Al Murray, Jenson Button, Tom Newton Dunn, Giovanna Fletcher

The Chris Evans Show with The National Lottery

Virgin Radio UK

Comedy

4.4 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show we welcome friends from the world of television, sport, comedy and literature.

Al Murray tells us about narrating 'The Battle of Britain' audiobook for Audible.

Tom Newton Dunn shares all about the upcoming launch of Times Radio and the role he will play.

Sky Sports F1 pundit Jenson Button chats the return of the Formula 1 season.

And Giovanna Fletcher talks about 'The Baby Club at Home' on Cbeebies.

Plus John Hudson, BJ Fogg, Dr Nikki Brink and Alice Irwin.

You can catch Chris and the team live weekdays 6:30am-10am on Virgin Radio UK and on Sundays from 10 am.

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear the highlights every week.

Al Murray - 00:40

Jenson Button - 07:27

Tom Newton Dunn - 14:38

Giovanna Fletcher - 22:42

John Hudson - 29:14

BJ Fogg - 36:16

Dr Nikki Brink - 43:29

Alice Irwin - 50:07

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0:00.0	Chris Evans here. Thanks for downloading this week's podcast of The Best of the Breakfast
0:03.5	Show with Sky from Virgin Radio coming up. Comedy Colossus Al Murray explains how he got involved
0:08.1	in narrating the new audiobook, The Battle of Britain. Formula One legend and Sky Sports
0:12.7	Pundit Jensen, Button tells us about the return of the F1 season and what changes to expect.
0:18.5	Tom Newton Dunn tells us about putting down the pen and fading up the mic
0:21.5	in his new role from the Sun to Times Radio as cheap political commentator beginning Monday,
0:28.1	June 29th. Plus Giovanna Fletcher shares all on her latest charity supporting venture,
0:33.0	Military Tough Guy John Hudson, talk surviving a pandemic and so much more all on the way.
0:37.9	Write dapper Dave, who's first?
0:40.2	As well as being a comic genius, our next guest is a real history buff that knows his stuff.
0:44.6	He narrates the new audible audio book, The Battle of Britain, which is out now.
0:48.2	So please welcome a man that's temporarily swapped a punchline for the front line and laughter for the Luftwaffe.
0:53.6	It's the one and only, Al Murray.
0:55.4	Good morning, Al.
0:56.9	Well, I'm only going to be disappointing after that intro.
0:59.7	That was fantastic.
1:00.8	It's pretty good, Al, pretty good.
1:02.4	So what are you up to?
1:03.4	Al The Race, the Audubal, audiobook, The Battle of Britain, written by James Holland,
1:06.2	which is out now via Audubourable, published on Saturday, 30th and May. But it's the first time the Battle of Britain has been described from both British and German
1:13.3	perspectives in the same narrative.
1:15.3	I think, yeah, I think you definitely, that's the thing James is going for.
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