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Feb 2022
1h 57m

#197 - Human Dressage, Chaud Shame and S...

Bbc Radio 5 Live
About this episode
As they have proven time and time again Elis and John know instinctively what the nation wants to talk about; and this week the people of this country wanted to talk about the names of text groups they’re in. By the end of the show the switchboards had transformed into Blackpool Illuminations, and lit up brighter than Producer Dave’s face on the morning of a ... Show More
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