87. On the fringe of the leadership summit, with Maria McErlane

Fortunately... with Fi and Jane

BBC

Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.8 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Maria McErlane, agony aunt on Graham Norton’s Radio 2 show, dispenses advice. Amongst other issues, she addresses how to do the perfect ugly face crying and whether Fi and Jane really should apply for the job of Radio 4 Controller.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:12.8	Sam and Pink, Batwing, jumper is back.
0:15.1	I know, but if you see, I've had a cleaning accident.
0:17.4	Not sure. Is that bleach?
0:19.0	It's bleach.
0:20.0	I bleach my surfaces so violently that I obviously...
0:23.8	...my surfaces.
0:26.0	Sorry, I've just done a gun and come on.
0:27.9	A gynecology item.
0:31.0	A gynecology item.
0:32.2	All of the words that you should be able to say
0:34.1	after 243 years on Women's Hour,
0:36.8	gynecological is one of them.
0:38.8	I bought a bank-related product today
0:40.8	from a very nice young gentleman in a call centre
0:43.1	somewhere in the northeast of England
0:44.3	who couldn't say regulatory body.
0:46.6	And you would have thought that actually,
0:47.9	if you are going to self-financial services,
0:49.7	you do need to practice the phrase regulatory body.
0:52.6	I had it about 15 minutes to offer, Michael.
0:55.4	And in the end of it, I just said, just say body.
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