Dougie Anderson, Josh James, Natalie Pike, Phil Brown
Fighting Talk
BBC
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2026
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Broadcaster Dougie Anderson, football presenter Natalie Pike, football manager Phil Brown, and comedian Josh James 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. |
| 0:05.7 | Hello, you're about to listen to a BBC podcast, and I'm Ed Gamble, host of another BBC podcast, The Traitors Uncloaked. |
| 0:12.7 | But my show is available only on BBC Sounds, just like Ellis and John's Saturday bonus episodes, |
| 0:18.2 | The Pop Top Ten podcast with Scott Mills and Rylan, and comedy specials |
| 0:22.2 | from the likes of Harriet Kemsley, Susie Ruffle and Rommashranganathan. |
| 0:26.0 | However, and maybe I'm biased, it's really all about the traitors uncoaked. |
| 0:30.3 | So for a whole bunch of exclusive scoops and podcasts, listen only on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | I only play the games that I win at. I'm Rick Edwards and this is Fighting Talk. |
| 0:51.5 | Hello, good morning and, less we forget. |
| 0:53.9 | Welcome. Can I just start by taking a moment to celebrate this? Hello, good morning and, lest we forget, welcome. |
| 0:55.1 | Can I just start by taking a moment to celebrate this. |
| 0:58.6 | For the umpteenth time in history, no head of FIFA has been convicted of fraud or corruption. |
| 1:05.2 | Imagine this is something really, really special. |
| 1:09.8 | Isn't it just, Jni, isn't it just? |
| 1:11.5 | There was some discussion this week at Fighting Talk Headquarters |
| 1:14.6 | about whether we should follow Manchester City's lead |
| 1:17.2 | and refund a portion of the listener's licence fees |
| 1:19.5 | if the show is disappointing. |
| 1:22.0 | But we concluded there was no way the show could be as bad |
| 1:25.7 | as spending half a billion quid and then getting pumped |
| 1:27.8 | by a load of Norwegian plumbers, especially because today we have a line-up that in my view is |
| 1:33.1 | almost as promising as Trump's Board of Peace. Let's say hello to them. On for her 33rd appearance |
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