One in four adults in the UK live with high blood pressure. And about five million adults are living with undiagnosed high blood pressure. But what is high blood pressure and how can it affect your health? And what can be done to bring it under control? In this short bonus episode, Ticker Tapes host Bill Snaddon talks with BHF cardiac nurse Sindy Jodar on all things blood pressure.

Zena Forster's life was upended at age 60 when out of the blue she suffered a stroke. A year later, in the middle of the night, a traumatic heart attack would add to Zena’s troubles. On this episode, Bill Snaddon from the BHF hears her story of living with cardiovascular disease – and how Zena's strength, purpose and humour brought her back from the abyss.

Rachel was in her 30s, fit and healthy, and working as a successful lawyer - and when she started to experience chest pains, heart disease was the last thing on her mind. In this episode, Rachel talks to Molly Tresadern from the BHF about how being a woman affected her journey to the correct diagnosis, and how her life has changed in the 17 years she's been living with heart disease.

In this series of Podcasts, talking to people about heart failure, Pumping Marvellous look beyond the cardiologist and delve into what makes people tick, what’s their “Secret Sauce” the Elixir that drives people to overcome and conquer challenging situations in their life.

Meet Laurence, who lives with heart failure in London. Laurence is the Chair of the British Society for Heart Failure Patient Advisory Panel. We speak to him about living his life with heart failure and his opinions on heart failure as a whole. Laurence is a good friend of the charity, and his heart is definitely into improving the care and treatments available to people living with heart failure.