#527 - Ab Merchants, Bleeding VAT and Ladybirdaggedon
Elis James and John Robins
Significant Productions
4.8 • 6.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
It’s a rollercoaster of a show for Elis James. He has the opportunity to rectify recent Welsh footballing disappointment by becoming the only player in Cymru Connection history to connect with 5 people twice.
National pride can be restored, as long as Elis opens his eyes and doesn’t go down a Cymru cul-de-sac. Come on El, a (potentially imaginary) listener’s haircut depends on it!
Plus John plays hardball with the One Show, there’s a trip down the Shame Well that knocks Elis bandy, and Dave finally reveals what he’s known for turning up to parties with…
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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. |
| 0:27.8 | How have you been, John? |
| 0:29.2 | Oh, it's been a roller coaster week, really, in many ways. |
| 0:35.1 | I've been doing some, like, PR and interviews for my book. |
| 0:40.8 | Oh, okay. |
| 0:41.7 | All of which, for some reason, including walking on the same footpath near me. |
| 0:48.4 | How did that happen? |
| 0:50.0 | Because the wonderful podcast with Emily Dean is walking your dog. |
| 0:54.6 | Yeah. Interview with The Guardian, is walking your dog. Yeah. |
| 0:55.6 | Interview with The Guardian. |
| 0:57.2 | The photos were taken outside. |
| 0:59.2 | So I went there. |
| 1:00.0 | I didn't interview with the Guardian. |
| 1:01.1 | Well done. |
| 1:01.5 | And then the Observer would also do a feature where you're going for a walk. |
| 1:07.2 | So they all sort of feature in a local spot I drive to and walk around. |
| 1:11.9 | Oh, that's good. |
| 1:14.1 | Oh, I can't, I can't. |
| 1:16.7 | That's a successful PR campaign. |
| 1:17.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:18.5 | It's decent stuff. |
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