Okay, folks, you're listening to Planet Porky, and welcome to the orb that is spinning out there in the Milky Way.

And I want to thank you all very much indeed for all the comments and responses we've had to the last Planet Porky.

That was when Leslie Ann Jones rejoined me after a short absence.

And I'm delighted to say that Leslie Ann Jones is back with me again today.

Leslie, and thank you very much indeed for gracing the studios of Planet Porky.

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at mike parry eight and leslie ann you are at la j writer that's right we'd love to hear from you now

leslie ann in between the last podcast and this one we were sharing a drink and you told me

this incredible story about joan coll okay? And it absolutely fascinated me.

I love Joan Collins.

I think she is such a sterling British actress, you know, who's conquered the world,

who's conquered American TV, who seems to be indefatigable in her energy and her ability to keep bouncing back. In her 80s now, married to a man, I think, 35 years younger, Percy.

But on she goes. But please tell me that. I've had fears about British Airways for a while now.

I think they're going down the tubes a bit. I told you the story. When British Airways first privatised, right, we had a great relationship with

them. Nick Lloyd is our editor, Sir Nicholas Lloyd, and the guy who ran the PR there was David

Burnside, right, a very fierce Ulsterman. I don't know if you ever came across him, did you? I didn't.

Yeah, well, well, anyway, he ran PR there and everything was pro-British Airway, so we got a lot of flights that we could do.

And I flew back one time from L.A. first class. Now, the story that came to mind when we were talking about that was I told you that Joan Collins threw a fit on a flight from L.A. to London on a British Airways plane because she couldn't get the seat that was always hers.

One A in first class and there were no first class seats left and they offered her, you know,

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