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Flop stories, The Gentle Shove, celeb dads, awful whack-a-mole, Hitler, and email of the week.

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(Rec: 21/6/23) Durrell, Herriott, the voiceover world, Enn Reitel, throat steroids, and cancellation worries.

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(Rec: 2/4/25) An unsettling song, Nelson, mud, Neptune, life coaching, a bedroom filing cabinet, and Mike Read.

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Another sweet, pre-ballet snacks, a new pod launch, trial sunglasses, a solo trip and a ferry ride.

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Cheating cheaters, ‘Tony Woodsome’, fried bread, Madness, business talk, and flag chat.

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(Rec: 14/6/23) Corvid talk on a train, a dolphin ban, the Tamworth Two, Carlton Cole, and Harry Redknapp rescues a donkey.

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(Rec: 25/3/25) Great gig news, a dog intervention, fading friendships, sleepytime tips, and breakfast talk.

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Ember-raking, an epic battle, a capybara update, cheating and punishments, and ticket luck.

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Illness, a new pub, a pub dispute, praise, Ken Russell, and Austria-curiosity.

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(Rec: 7/6/23) Pig Beach, bear encounters, ghost attacks, universal basic income, the Branson connection, and history’s liveliest pig.

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(Rec: 20/3/25) A crunching tackle, commentators, the Eclipse nightclub, different enjoyments, hat loss, and Jimmy Slade loses it.

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Quips, Stilgoe, business expansion, salt, Organ Month, decisions, and a strange lunch location.

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(Rec: 31/5/23) Pigs in The Lancet, DNA, coining trouble, sexy eye patches, pig speed, pig sound, being eaten by pets, and a mixed grill in a bag.

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(Rec: 12/3/25) Kitchen bins, pressing the button, feet on seats, racket games, problematic celebs, and school summer holidays.

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A burning street light, four floors of culture, a local champion, crypto, and a non-stamp library.

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Holiday tension, Tony Walker, hot drink cancer, Richard O’Sullivan, and Miriam Margolyes.

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(Rec: 24/5/23) Attenborough, Nat West pigs, entry-level marketing professionals, middle-aged BMXers, and black pigs do some breeding.

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(Rec: 6/3/25) Boring men, a bionic footballer, Roy’s golden rule, Vic gets booked, Countdown, the bread basket, and some excuses.

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A properly-dressed butcher, a string of sausages, the le Carre influence, a tin pyramid, and a lovely supper.

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The cosmos, a capybara update, a brazen thief, weird crush time, and grains of ashes. 

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(Rec: 17/5/23) A possible pig visit, pig anatomy facts, pig encounters, and savers.

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(Rec: 25/2/25) Tory Bond and some of the top 40 countdown.

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Toast idiocy, bin sizes, shopping hatred, The Hargreaves Index, and old school cashpoints.

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A nasty fall, pre-death obituaries, a nomination, camper van travel, some spots, and a missing bag.

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(Rec: 10/8/21) Zippy aims for comedy glory, meets Ernie Wise, loses his pocket money, and Geoffrey gets to do some acting.

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(Rec: 19/2/25) A pan revolution, Mr SharkNinja, Popeye, a retirement home, mucking about, being cool, and magistrates.

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Blag fatigue, content hunting, Burnham’s barbecues, tiny beds, nose hair, and falling.

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An early one, niche singing, a divorce declaration, monkey escape, and the Hammer elder.

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(Rec: 3/8/21) Zippy gets measles, Bungle starts acting up, Sam loses his bot-bot, and George Harrison writes about Sooty.

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(Rec: 13/2/25) The most cocainey album, cancellations, a gentlemanly issue, and Blackie’s ongoing disappearance.

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Elite level Mr Men, trappings of success, tree sap, Arthur Lowe, and a dented house.

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Heat, game show formats, the Downing Street cricketing disgrace, a liar, and a new best footballer.

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(Rec: 27/7/21) A close look at the life and career of the Rainbow star as we try to figure out what makes him tick.

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(Rec: 4/2/25) Wedding booze woes, a gifted thief, picture-framing scams, hook hands, carriage brushes, and a poetic hangman.

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An exciting opportunity followed by loads of stuff about rats.

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Shoplifter wrestling, a broken man’s strength, a bowls hero, Soho pub nonsense, and kids motorbiking. 

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(Rec: 23/12/20) Post-death sticker album legal woes, twee swearing, Roald regresses, and we examine his hut.

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(Rec: 29/1/25) Cultural disposal, dump play, ‘Villain’, stranger pig talk, car brinkmanship, choke use, and ‘Traitors’.

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S4C anger, the noughties media boom, crying while stood on a chair, hidden wages boxes, and Ridley Scott.

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Zippy theorising, football agenting, WC Fields, books by ladies, an historical message, and shot-putting.

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(Rec: 16/12/20) Pencil-writing, Lamparding at a car accident, Sam gets his eyes examined, and bonfires.

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(Rec: 23/1/25) Feeding dogs, pigeonholing, earring code, the ‘nnnnf’ origin, Vic Guthrie loses it, and Roy’s comment.

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Youth-hosteling, spectral interference, realistic prison film slash TV, fridge threat, and corvid trickery.

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Gifting gratitude, earbuds, gyros anger, another notable coach driver, holiday friends, and an intense gym owner.

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(Rec: 9/12/20) Misdelivered toilet rolls, an accidental horn-parp, Beeping Timmy, a pub gang, and how to write a book.

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A tribute to the late, great Electric Mouse, a man loved beyond all reason by this podcast.

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(Rec:14/1/25) A career leap, the hell of house-moving, strong heart work, lesser royal weddings, and bring back Grandstand.

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Salt Bae, the best final, boycotting, Uber dinner, Tony Walker, observing Qatar, and a ghost mascot.

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An episode recorded just a few days before someone we talk about in it actually died. And some other stuff.

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(Rec: 2/12/20) Quentin Blake’s colouring-in failures, the fireplace precedent, Roald Dahl’s big sandal, and more.

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