76. The slow creep of modernity gone wrong, with Gideon Coe

Fortunately... with Fi and Jane

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Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

There’s a chill in the pizza, but it can’t puncture Fi and Jane’s demob-happy season finale mood. They’re joined by Gideon Coe for chats about their glamourous past lives in local radio, favourite Christmas songs, and a tale of teen sexting gone wrong. Fortunately returns in January.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.4	Isn't it beautiful to be in the piazza again?
0:06.9	So I went inside, ladies and gentlemen,
0:09.0	podcast listeners, Merry Christmas to all, quite deliberately,
0:12.4	because it's the middle of winter and it's blowing in I think gale.
0:15.4	And both fifth and James.
0:17.6	Oh no! Oh no, it's not that cold.
0:20.4	No, we'll be absolutely fine. Come on.
0:22.4	So I've found myself.
0:24.0	Well, what if you just put on your head?
0:26.8	Well, actually, no, I'll rephrase that.
0:28.3	What have you just put on your head?
0:30.2	My, I think, quite attractive.
0:32.3	And yes, it is cashmere, woolen hat.
0:35.0	But it's just a very, very luminous,
0:38.4	curmage shade of green.
0:39.7	It's a little nod to my Irish roots.
0:41.6	It's always a good, I think this time of year,
0:43.4	you've got to honour your roots.
0:45.3	Uh, BBC Christmas tree, which is just over there.
0:48.7	I mean, certainly never had roots, that's for sure.
0:52.0	That really is the last word in minimalist tat,
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