#430 - Grief Granola, Psephologist Wildfowl and How is Scratching Free?

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

You’ve probably heard it whispered on the train on your way into work. You’ve likely heard mutterings about it on the concourse at the football. And you’ve almost certainly heard your grandma claim it at Sunday dinner. Well, this episode confirms the rumours; no one else is doing this.

Especially if by ‘this’ you mean an extensive chat about spare pants, an extraordinary insight into the ice cream van outside the BBC’s broadcasting hub, and an update on a boggle tournament. For this is a show that covers more topics than the world’s best stocked library. It’s the wonders of Adrian Chiles one moment, grief granola the next.

Sitting atop all these topics is a palpable sense of excitement surrounding the nation’s longest running opening set of Made Up Games. Johnny JR is currently on set point; can he channel his inner Andy Murray and secure that long-awaiting victory?

If you want to throw a topic of conversation into the hat, send it to [email protected], or WhatsApp the show on 07974 293 022.

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0:00.0	Oh!
0:01.3	On BBC Sounds, we have a brand new podcast you can enjoy with the little people in your life.
0:07.5	Do you love Hey Dougie?
0:09.1	Well, we have a treat for you.
0:11.2	Hey Dougie!
0:13.3	Join Dougie and the Squirrels on their first ever pubcast.
0:17.1	Want to hear some pup jokes?
0:18.9	Each 10-minute episode is full of amazing adventures,
0:22.6	fun facts and sensational stories.
0:25.4	It's Hey Doggy for your ears.
0:27.9	The Hey Dougie Pupcast.
0:29.7	Listen only on BBC Sounds.
0:33.8	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Music, Radio, podcasts.
1:12.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Ellis James and John Robbins show. And the sun has finally got its hat on, spreading joy throughout the offices at BBC Radio 5 Live. All eyes were on the clock as presenters waited for the midday lunch break. Adrian Charles's mum had said he was allowed to go out in short sleeves and he was dying to try at his new remote-controlled car on the
1:17.1	piazza outside. It's hotter here than it is in our bison, Adrian gleefully exclaimed to anyone who
1:23.5	would listen. He was planning a phone in about all the things that are better about Britain
1:27.6	than Ibiza and had scribbled down some of his own ideas next to a doodle of the Tesco logo.
1:33.2	So far, he had motorway services, pastry question mark, real ale and culture brackets general.
1:40.1	Adrian hated Ibiza. Ever since a trip out in the early 90s where he'd forgotten to pack any pants.
1:46.2	After four days in the same boxes,
1:48.1	he'd finally got lucky in Space Bar,
1:50.5	but felt too sweaty to ask the girl back to his room.
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