#444 - Tim Key, He Needs A Cup Run and Bit Early For A Pint So I Have An Easter Egg
Elis James and John Robins
BBC
4.8 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 June 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
William Wordsworth, Carol Ann Duffy… Tim Key. Just a few of the great poets this fair nation has produced. But there are two more names to add to the pantheon, two new kids on the block: Elis James and John Robins. Our heroes have picked up their pens (opened their laptops), unfurled their manuscripts (opened Word), and trawled their creative depths to write some verses that Shakespeare himself would be proud of.
Why is poetry the order of the day you might be asking? Because the aforementioned Tim Key has unlocked the door to the house and made himself at home, that’s why! Plus he’s only gone and made a film which crucially John wasn’t invited to the screening of.
Elsewhere, there is newsworthy Cymru Connection to captivate people, but are they being entertained for all the wrong reasons? Also Dave’s life has fallen apart because Hannah’s gone to Ibiza.
Tim’s also in Saturday’s Bureau de Change of the Mind if you want some bonus Key. That of course is only on the delectable BBC Sounds.
If you want to get in touch then [email protected] is the means, as is 07974 293 022 on WhatsApp.
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| 0:00.0 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
| 0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, |
| 0:13.5 | moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
| 0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
| 0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
| 0:24.5 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
| 0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
| 0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
| 0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:40.3 | BBC Sounds, listen, That's right. We always record on a Friday. We're getting you ready for the weekend here on Ellis and John. |
| 1:11.3 | Yesterday, as I was hanging out so washing, I chatted to Rachel next door and I said, |
| 1:14.8 | listen, Rich, we've mastered talk radio on a news and sports station, despite not talking about news and sport that much. |
| 1:20.6 | John has mastered hard-hitting interviews with How Do You Cup? |
| 1:22.9 | And I'm on the Mount Rushmore-Light-hearted sports podcasters, Swat's left. |
| 1:28.4 | And Rachel said, |
| 1:30.1 | can you not be a bit more Radio One? |
| 1:31.8 | Which is easy for us, |
| 1:32.5 | because what do we love? |
| 1:34.2 | Pop, pop, pop, pop music, |
| 1:35.9 | pop, pop, pop, pop music. |
| 1:38.4 | The biggest tunes of the last 50 years perfectly fit the ethos of Ellis and John. |
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