David James, Dougie Anderson, Eleanor Oldroyd, Ray Bradshaw

Fighting Talk

BBC

Sports, Comedy

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Former England and Liverpool footballer David James, broadcaster Dougie Anderson, broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd, and comedian Ray Bradshaw 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.
0:06.1	Can I just say?
0:07.6	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:10.0	It's such a wonderful listen.
0:11.7	So nice.
0:12.5	There are loads more like it on BBC Sounds.
0:14.8	Different paces, different heights, the roof is buckling.
0:17.9	Where you can also listen to live sports commentary.
0:20.2	It's right foot goes for goal.
0:22.6	And then enjoy even more podcasts full of analysis and reaction to the big stories.
0:27.7	The stat that is astonishing is they ended with the lowest amount of possession.
0:31.2	And she's had to live with that.
0:32.8	So if you love sport, a passion, it's almost like a religion.
0:35.8	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.8	Sort of expecting that every week now.
0:40.6	For you to even touch my skill, you've got to go through one killer B,
0:43.7	and he aimed for the kill.
0:44.9	I'm Rick Edwards, and this is Fighting Talk.
1:04.7	No! Right, so I've got a note here to myself, but also to you, for this introduction to work at all,
1:08.8	it is quite important that you've seen the referee Anthony Taylor's comments this week.
1:10.5	So with that in mind, here we go. Good morning. Hello,
1:12.2	welcome. First off, I would like to address some of the things that you may have seen in the
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