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Jun 2020
1h 18m

#84 - Richard Osman, Sexy Silence and Jo...

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Elis and John are joined by the presenter and novelist Richard Osman. Records are broken in Made Up Games, James Cracknell enters the Shame Well, and friend of the show Tan France gives his verdict on John's new alice band.

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