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Giles Coren Has No Idea

An Ode to Dave

Giles Coren Has No Idea

The Times

News & Politics, News

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Giles and Esther dig through the papers to find a story for this week's column; from the new shopping rules on the high street to how we've interacted with our neighbours during lockdown. Giles reveals there's hope for his cat and Esther has a special thank you.


You can read Giles in The Times here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/giles-coren


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Producer: Ben Mitchell



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0:00.0

I am happy to start whenever you're happy to start.

0:02.6

I love it when he puts his headphones on.

0:04.4

You know when we're sitting there?

0:05.6

And then he puts his headphones on like a pilot.

0:08.0

He goes...

0:09.0

If only he was flying us to Sardinia. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

0:25.0

Oh, oh. You are so outrageously brown. You are outrageously brown.

0:39.0

Ben isn't just outrageous, Ben is nodding, you are outrage, Ben is nodding.

0:42.8

You are outrageously brown.

0:45.2

It's from sitting opposite Claudia Winkleman

0:47.2

for two hours.

0:48.4

There's no need to brag yesterday.

0:50.0

You know Claudia Winkle.

0:50.6

I'm not bragging, I'm plugging.

0:52.2

There's a massive difference. It is just the way you do it I know I know

0:56.0

imperceptibly to the listeners they'll go oh he was Claudia that's interesting and you're

1:00.1

you know you're you know ring fencing it too much that's because Claudia was sitting in this

1:03.8

very kitchen with me yesterday in my seat in your seat pre-record actually was rather good

1:08.8

not as good as you no no no no let's get this very clear. Claudia is much better than me in every possible regard.

1:16.0

Better than me.

1:17.0

And the reason she was there is that she,

1:19.0

because she's our guest on Desert Island Crisps

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