Melissa Rice is one half of successful BBC Radio 5 Live podcast Hooked: The Unexpected Addicts, which debunks the stereotypes of who and what an addict is. It won Broadcasting Press Guild Radio Programme of the Year 2020, BBC Best Community Podcast 2020 and a Silver British Podcast Award. Until 2016, Melissa was a primary school teacher. After hospitalisation for her alcohol addiction and a period of rehabilitation at Clouds House, she submitted the winning pitch for the podcast with her friend from rehab, Jade Wye, for the Rachael Bland New Podcast Award. Melissa lives in London.
