Danny Mcloughlin, David Alorka, Emma Paton, Guvna B

Fighting Talk

BBC

Sports, Comedy

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Sports presenter David Alorka, rapper and author Guvna B, presenter and former athlete Emma Paton, and comedian Danny Mcloughlin 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, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:05.0	Hit you like Stephen Seagall, it will pull your shoulder out.
0:07.7	I'm Rick Edwards, and this is Fighting Talk.
0:23.0	Hello, good morning, welcome.
0:25.5	I did want to address something straight away.
0:31.2	A number of people have noticed these similarities between the career of Novak Djokovic and this show.
0:37.1	Jokovic still desperate to try and win that record-breaking 25th Grand Slam, but his body is struggling.
0:38.4	Time is catching up with him.
0:41.9	The parallels with fighting talk are undeniable.
0:45.8	Here is a show that was great in its heyday, winning an unprecedented.
0:48.6	I've got a note here to check that, let's just assume it's true.
0:50.0	Unprecedented.
0:55.5	Two Sony Awards for Best Sports Show in 2006 and 2011.
1:01.2	So quite recently, and we are still desperate to try and win that record-breaking third.
1:03.9	But the format is struggling. Time is catching up with us.
1:06.6	Djokovic, the person divides people.
1:09.4	This show, the show divides people.
1:12.1	Djokovic is unvaccinated.
1:14.3	This show is unvaccinated.
1:19.1	I could, of course, go on, but I won't because we need to get on with things.
1:21.7	So who is here and ready to get jabbed?
1:29.6	First up, our champion returns for his 24th show and his first as champion of champions.
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