#466 - The UK’s Dumb Plums, The McFlurry Route and The Menutality Monster

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode is filled with the big questions of our age. These are the things that government top brass are pouring over day in, day out: Is Martin Lewis up there with Galileo and Mozart? Can you put goodwill on your shelf? And most divisively, is wee ever fine in a paddling pool?

It’s a show that asks questions rather than answers them, and you the you the listener are left to make up your own minds on these contentious issues.

What we can guarantee, however, is wall-to-wall Elis and John certified bangers: top-tier anecdotes, a classic Cymru Connection, a wonderfully chaotic Made Up Game, and a toe-curling Oasis-based shame to round things off. Sit back and enjoy the Elis and John vibes in your area.

You can get involved with this crazy old thing we call the Elis and John show by emailing [email protected], or WhatsApping 07974 293 022.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts.
0:05.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Ellis James and John Robbins show.
0:26.5	Now, according to recent studies, as a nation, we are getting stupider.
0:31.3	And today's papers make for stark reading.
0:34.1	The sun leads with what next for Britain's thickos.
0:40.2	The star, UK's dumb plums,
0:46.2	numb bum, deadbeat exam cheat sheets would rather tweet than learn metres and feet. And the mail has called for anyone arriving in the UK without a degree to help tidy the place up.
0:51.4	The government's response, backing Britain's brains. Youngsters are going to be
0:56.5	encouraged to expand and enhance their minds with a broader landscape of subjects, from common sense
1:02.2	and then-or-thence to self-defense and pounds and pants. GCSE's in A-levels are getting a shake-up,
1:09.3	and I can confirm that for the first time in its 11-year digital domination, Ellis and John are on the syllabus.
1:16.4	As head consultant for EdXL, AQA and WJEC, I have been advising on how to make the youth of today the content creators of tomorrow and can share with you some sample
1:28.6	questions. Discuss the progress of Ellis's cognitive decline. In your answer, you must make
1:34.7	reference to a minimum of two of the following factors. Come reconnection statistics, made-up game
1:40.9	statistics, increasing reliance on the beaker people as a cultural reference,
1:45.5	knowledge of Pythagoras and guesstimation brackets general incompetence.
1:50.5	Second question.
1:52.6	What does producer Dave's rehabilitation tell us about the future of the Northern Powerhouse?
1:58.5	And finally, can geniuses be too hunky?
2:02.7	Discuss the relationship between intellect and lifting in relation to John.
2:07.1	Nice.
2:08.1	So here to Shepard Britain's youth through crisis yet again.
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