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Elis James and John Robins

#102 - Cistern Fear, Tommy Tabasco and Geo-Political Balance

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.86K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

Elis and John find unexpected joy in dealing in stone cold fact, Neil Diamond divides listener opinion and homemade guac comes in for a real hammering.

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.7

Hello everyone, welcome to the show, Ellison John here.

0:09.0

I'm very close to winging my way to a strategy meeting in a pizza express.

0:15.4

And Andrew's email is now going to play a pretty big part in that strategy meeting.

0:21.1

I'm having a catch up with my agent about brand robins.

0:24.0

Yeah. And Andrew has got a fantastic suggestion.

0:26.6

What's your strategy, John?

0:28.9

Andrew says,

0:30.3

Hi, Ellison John, I had a great idea for a show for John.

0:33.8

I think this could be bigger than the Wafters.

0:36.2

No way.

0:37.0

After listening to John's seemingly never-ending quest to get a TV programme pitched and made,

0:42.0

I give you this.

0:43.4

Vatman and Robins.

0:45.1

John follows various tax inspectors seeking what sort of things they do,

0:49.4

a lighthearted angle but with serious undertones.

0:52.4

Three one-hour long episodes covering one,

0:55.6

Income and Corporation Tax.

0:57.6

John follows a friendly, ruddy-faced inspector around the office.

1:01.0

Through paperwork and on an inquiry slash investigation,

1:04.3

John asks the inspector about his car a bit too.

1:07.5

Vatman customs.

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