#238 - Spartan Skodas, Curveball Carvery and The Terracotta Assassin

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2022

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

With Elis James spending this Friday sunning himself in Wales it was down to John to choose a suitable co-host to take his place. It was a drawn out process featuring seven preliminary rounds of auditioning, two auditions in front of a live audience and an arm wrestle. The victor, and sharing the airwaves with John this week, was none other than Ivo Graham; and boy did he relish the opportunity. Making his first appearance as an official co-host, Ivo really embraced the cut and thrust nature of broadcasting with John. It was a case of “run before you can walk”, and with each stride he got closer to a finishing line marked “chat”. There was an impromptu discussion with a referee, John got annoyed during a Made Up Game, Ivo put his improv skills to the test and Producer Dave NEARLY Backed Britain.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.6	Hello everyone, welcome to the podcast of The L.S. James and John Robbins Show.
0:08.4	Ellis is away, he's in Wales, celebrating the centenary of the
0:14.4	Camarthen Town Clock Tower.
0:17.2	And he's opening a little plaque to pay respects to its architect,
0:22.4	Reverend Reese Reeves.
0:25.8	So we wish him all the best and what a time you'll be having of it.
0:32.0	But in his stead of dear friend, it's Mr. Ivo Gray, I'm Hello Ivo.
0:37.2	Hello John, thanks for having me, long time listener, first time co-host.
0:40.4	Yes, or should I say, Ivo Gray?
0:43.3	Oh, that's very nice, actually.
0:45.1	Because we went into Adrian's studio for a bit of a chit chat,
0:50.5	we were sort of jostled quite unceramoniously into a very small corner.
0:54.6	Of an already very small studio, so really commiserations to Charles,
0:57.8	who's got to live there permanently.
0:59.1	Yeah, Charles, I mean, he's got his air mattress and his sleeping bag.
1:03.1	They were sort of deflated and rolled up respectively.
1:06.2	But you could tell by the mounting pot noodles that the space of the studio
1:11.4	is starting to take its toll, real hum in there as well.
1:14.5	So a smelt of chicken.
1:15.9	Yeah, now I would say this is the flight of fancy that a long time host
1:21.3	and colleague and friend of Charles can make, but I feel uncomfortable diving into
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