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Off Air with Jane & Fi

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Off Air with Jane & Fi

The Times

News, Relationships, Community, Society & Culture, The Times, Chat, Entertainment News, Entertainment, Conversation, Jane Garvey, Fi Glover, Women, Times Radio

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

It’s the day of the Christmas party, and there’s excitement in the air! Can you hear the distant snap of a Christmas cracker? No, us neither… Jane and Fi chat building a holiday around Harold Wilson’s bungalow, who would play them in their biopics, Austrian sewer tours, and misleading Tube stops.


Plus, writer and producer Catherine Carr discusses her book Who’s the Favourite?


Our new playlist 'Coiled Spring' is up and running: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tmoCpbp42ae7R1UY8ofza


Our next book club pick is 'A Town Like Alice' by Nevil Shute.


Our most asked about book is called 'The Later Years' by Peter Thornton.


If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radioFollow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Don't you think that Eve is looking unbelievably beautiful today?

0:12.5

Very put together.

0:13.4

Very, yep, she's applied makeup.

0:15.3

Is that because we're all going out to dinner tonight?

0:17.7

It is.

0:18.5

It's party day.

0:23.3

Just say it. It's our Christmas dinner. It's our Christmas dinner. It is our Christmas party day. Yes. Do you know what? I wish Jane and I have our makeup applied daily now because we're

0:29.8

visualised. Yes, why couldn't the lady have already been to do that? No, mind, she'll come along later.

0:35.3

I wish there was such a big difference between us with makeup and us not. Don't we just ask Eve to do that. Never mind, she'll come along later. I wish there was such a big difference between us with makeup and us not. No, we just ask Eve to do our makeup. That's clearly the answer, isn't it? No, I do have my whole kit with me. There we are. But I think it's because I never wear makeup day today, so it's... You look a right sight normally. You look a bit haggard. You don't look haggard. There's a bit of a feeling of kiddiness on the team today. Yes. Yeah.

0:57.9

Because it's Christmas we've got yeah we've got chicken schnitzel to look forward to I was hoping to have like a turkey dinner but I suppose it won't be available in March really I've just had to accept it but the last time time we went to that restaurant, we were with our agents. Should we just slap that down on the table? And it was the height of summer and a shepherd's pie was taken with all the vegetables. I was very, very impressed. But you do. You need stamina in the world of showbiz. It wasn't me. I would never choose Shepard's Pie. No, it was one of our agents. We have several. Anyway, Eve, you look absolutely terrific and let's look forward to a fantastic evening tonight. In the meantime. Yeah, let's bring it. We have enough girly chat. Let's bring in Stuart. He's got a very important message about people driving around with full tanks of petrol. Now, forgive me if this was discussed yesterday because I wasn't here,

1:48.4

but the day before we talked about panic buying and about the human psychology and how people

1:54.1

can be better informed about the, well, about how to cope with a potential shortage.

2:03.6

And we just need to keep saying, there is no shortage of fuel.

2:06.8

Well, so stop introducing the topic.

2:08.6

Well, you see, this is why I'm interested.

2:14.6

Stuart says, people who drive around with a full tank of petrol need to know it's going to cost the money.

2:15.8

Petrol's heavy.

2:19.0

It makes MPG worse and you end up spending more.

2:21.9

Self-interest is always an important motivator.

2:22.5

Thank you, Stuart.

2:23.9

Just worth noting.

2:26.9

That sometimes we don't understand that actually,

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