Ben Bailey Smith, Katie Smith, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, Tom Rosenthal

Fighting Talk

BBC

Comedy, Sports

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Actor and comedian Ben Bailey Smith, sports reporter Katie Smith, GB sprinter and Gladiator Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, and comedian Tom Rosenthal join Rick Edwards for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment. Points are awarded for informed comment, wit and passion, but taken away for nonsense and answers lacking in conviction.

In the final round, the top two points scorers go head-to-head in 'Defend the Indefensible' where they must both defend a statement however ludicrous or distasteful for twenty seconds. There can only be one winner!

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.2	Music, radio, podcasts
0:04.5	And BBC Sounds
0:08.7	Football from Five Live
0:10.9	Join the Five Live sport team
0:15.2	for exclusive commentaries
0:16.8	from the Premier League,
0:17.9	FA Cup and Champions League
0:19.5	Chance to shoot!
0:23.5	And stay on top of everything football every day
0:26.1	with the Football Daily podcast.
0:28.0	I think you've got to earn the right to play the way that you want to play.
0:31.6	Football from 5 Live.
0:33.7	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:36.6	Oh yeah, New Year next phase begin.
0:38.6	Look who's got you going crazy again.
0:39.9	I'm Rick Edwards and this is Fighting Talk.
0:54.0	Hello, good morning, welcome and I suppose Happy New Year. It was a good morning, welcome, and I suppose happy new year.
0:58.2	And what you have to think is some eccentric timetabling.
1:01.5	My wife and I have been potty training our toddler.
1:04.4	So it is fair to say that my 2026 has been absolutely and literally,
1:10.0	oh that's not working
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