#478 - Zones, Curry Pyjamas and Pre-Time Speeches

Elis James and John Robins

BBC

Comedy

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

If there was an award given out for the ‘Most Tense Moment in the Final Round of a Game Made Up by a Listener’, then this show would win it. Fresh from their triumph at the British Podcast Awards, Elis and John look to add another trophy to the cabinet by creating a moment so contentious and dramatic that it requires the use of VAR; Voice Assisted Referee.

Away from the Made Up Game hijinks there’s week-late-Ryder Cup chat, a revelatory story about the lengths a young Dave Masterman went (literally) for love, and a mystery caller in The Cymru Connection unearths some troubling memories for Elis.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.6	Your time starts now.
0:07.2	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:09.4	Absolutely right.
0:11.5	So, you might like to know that the BBC makes loads of other podcasts.
0:15.6	Really?
0:16.4	Wow.
0:17.2	Many of them are very funny.
0:19.1	Which I think means...
0:20.3	A hatful of ha-hars. And energy! Even if we do say so ourselves. I agree 100% to that. Find them all on BBC Sounds. Just tell us a joke. Come on. Tell us a joke. Tell us a joke. Come on. Tell us a joke. Just search comedy on BBC Sounds. I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in. I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in.
0:58.1	Hello everyone. It's the morning after the night before in Long Island, New York,
1:03.5	despite actually being about a week and a half after that. But bear in mind, this show is pre-recorded.
1:09.2	And Team Europe's heads will be sore after celebrations following their historic Rider Cup victory.
1:12.1	Just 12 hours earlier, there were jubilant scenes amongst the visiting supporters as European players gathered on the 18th Green, and in interviews,
1:18.1	there were special words of thanks aimed at two unlikely Rider Cup heroes. After holding a five-foot
1:24.0	puttut to retain the cup, Shane Lowry spoke to Sky. This means so much, not just for me
1:30.4	personally, but for all the players, wiping tears from his eyes and with a tremble in his voice,
1:35.2	he gathered himself. And not just the 12 players here, but two huge figures that couldn't be here
1:40.5	due to their undying commitment to content. Ellis and John, this is for you.
1:46.0	As Shane broke down, Nikolai Hoggard grabbed the microphone and shouted,
1:50.2	Ellis and John, we couldn't have done this without you,
1:52.7	before rolling up his sleeve to reveal an I want listen to this rubbish tattoo.
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