[2][3][4] Nik Speakman was working as a success coach at the time of his and Eva's 2005 appearance in That's Rich, a Granada Television series focusing on entrepreneurs in the north-west of England.

[5] Eva Speakman ran the Heavenly Bodies gym in Oldham at the time of the show.

[5] The Speakmans were subsequently hosts of a Living TV show, A Life Coach Less Ordinary, and in 2007 published a book titled You Can Be Fantastic, Too!.

[8][9][10] In 2014, the pair briefly hosted a spin-off daytime ITV show of their own entitled The Speakmans.

[13][14] The Speakmans are ambassadors for Variety, the children’s charity, and they support Stand Up to Cancer.