Eddie Izzard, Jo Brand, Alicia Vikander, Ben Miller

The Chris Evans Show with The National Lottery

Virgin Radio UK

Comedy

4.4 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show we welcome friends from the world of television, film, comedy and literature.

The one and only Eddie Izzard chats his latest marathon challenge.

The hilarious Jo Brand tells us about her new Channel 4 show 'How to Stay Sane in a Mad World'.

Oscar award winner Alicia Vikander shares how you can support 'Pippi of Today', a collaboration between The Astrid Lindgren Company and Save the Children.

And comedian Ben Miller discusses his latest children's book and the new Netflix series 'Bridgerton'.

Plus Caitlin Moran, Jimmy Wales, Michael Greger and Aled Jones.

You can catch Chris and the team live weekdays 6:30am-10am on Virgin Radio UK and on Sundays from 10 am.

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear the highlights every week.

Eddie Izzard - 00:35

Jo Brand - 07:00

Alicia Vikander - 14:15

Caitlin Moran - 22:06

Ben Miller - 28:59

Jimmy Wales - 35:08

Michael Greger - 40:53

Aled Jones - 46:47

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0:00.0	Enjoy cracking deals at ASDA this Easter.
0:02.3	With selected roast joints roll back to half price.
0:05.3	Try our mouth-watering whole lamb leg.
0:07.2	Named Best Easter lamb 2025 by the Good Housekeeping Institute,
0:10.8	down from £12.34 per kilo to just £617.
0:14.8	Or a large beef joint also half-priced.
0:17.2	Down from £11.36 per kilo to just £5.68. For more great offers, make Asda
0:22.6	your one hot Easter shop. That's Asda price. Selected stores and line subject to availability,
0:27.7	offer ends 20th of April, excludes Azure Express.
0:32.9	Well, hello there. It's Chris Evans here. Thanks for downloading this week's podcast to The Best
0:37.3	of the Breakfast
0:37.6	Show with Sky from Virgin Radio coming up. The Comedy Worldwind, that is Joe Brand, telling us all about her new Channel 4 show,
0:44.3	how to stay sane in a mad world. Actress extraordinaire, Alicia Vikanda, urges everyone to get on board
0:50.2	with the incredible Save the Children Pippi of Today campaign. The cheeky chappy Ben Miller appears with news of his latest children's novel,
0:57.3	The Boy Who Made the World Disappear, and the Marathon King, Edizard, Limbers us up
1:01.9	with news of his latest jaw-dropping running challenge, all of that and loads more still
1:05.8	to come.
1:06.5	Dapper Dave, who's first?
1:07.8	A, funner-run runner, you will not find. His marathon escapades are famous, and now
1:11.7	he's taking it up a notch. His upcoming Run for Hope Challenge will simply blow your socks off.
1:16.0	So, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the human equivalent of a jurisel bunny. It's the
1:19.9	magnificent. Eddie is odd. Eddie! Good morning. You're going to be rocking it all over the
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