Podcast Guest Release and Appearance Agreement

A simple release for podcast, video and livestream guests – consent to record, edit and publish, use of name and likeness, promotional clips, guest responsibilities, data protection and AI use – with a pre-recording checklist.

Editable Word document
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10pages
Guidance notes included
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Podcast Guest Release and Appearance Agreement

About this document

What it’s for

Podcasts and video shows are published widely and kept online for years, and clips are often reused on social media. Guests need to know how their contribution will be used, and you need their written consent to record, edit, publish and promote it. This release covers those rights in plain English, makes clear who is responsible for what the guest says, and deals with data protection and AI.

When to use it

  • Before recording any guest for a podcast, YouTube show, webinar or livestream
  • For both in-person and remote recordings
  • For panel guests, interviewees and co-hosts who are not employees

What’s inside

The document is laid out in the sections below. Each one comes with a plain-English guidance note explaining what it does and what to change.

  1. Recording and use
  2. Ownership
  3. Your responsibilities
  4. Payment and sponsorship
  5. Publication
  6. Artificial intelligence
  7. Data protection
  8. General

Also included

  • Pre-recording checklist

How to complete it

  • Fill in the show and episode details and send it to the guest with the booking confirmation
  • Ask the guest to sign before recording (an electronic signature or a clear reply email is fine)
  • Keep it with the recording files

Key points to check

  • If a guest is under 18, get a parent or guardian’s signature as well
  • Sponsored or paid content must be clearly labelled as advertising

Our templates are professionally structured starting points for UK businesses, not legal advice. For anything complex, unusual or high-value, have your final version checked by a solicitor.

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