First Guest Revisited

Who's Tom & Dick

Patrick Mortimer & Martin Weavers

Anxiety, Cancer, Cardiac Arrest, Comedy Interviews, Hospice, Mental Health, Comedy, Stents, Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Depression, Health & Fitness, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Breast Cancer

5.0 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 22 Today’s episode of Who’s Tom & Dick is a truly special one. We’re welcoming back someone who holds a unique place in the story of this podcast — Andy Read, the very first guest to ever sit behind the mic with us. Andy returns this time not just as a guest, but as a friend, to talk openly and honestly about the sad loss of our co-host, Martin. In this episode, Andy shares his memories of Martin — the laughs, the conversations, the opinions, and the mome...

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0:00.0	Good morning and a very warm welcome to another episode of Who's Tom and Dick.
0:12.5	I'm your host to Patrick Mortimer and today we're going to continue to reminisce about
0:17.7	my old mate Martin, co-host of Who's Tom and Dick. How can we do this?
0:22.6	Well I thought, why don't we invite back our very first guest? He was a really good friend
0:28.6	with Martin over the years and has some great stories to tell. Andy joined us on Tom and Dick
0:35.6	nearly two and a half years ago to talk about his cardiac arrest.
0:39.1	But today he's going to tell us all about his memories with Martin.
0:43.6	So I'd like you to join us and welcome Andy Reid.
0:47.2	Good morning Andy and welcome once again back to Who's Tom and Dick.
0:50.7	Good, Patrick. How are you?
0:51.7	Fine, thank you. Welcome to Who's Tom and Dick again?
0:55.0	Good.
0:56.0	Just over two and a half years since we last spoke on this podcast.
0:59.0	Believe it or not, to this day, one year ago, Martin and myself were staying in a hotel in
1:06.0	Aylesbury and about to embark on an interview with Sir David Jason.
1:10.9	So it's quite a significant day for us today.
1:14.6	So you're in good company.
1:16.1	That's the only time that I think I'll be mentioned in the same sentence as David Jason.
1:19.9	That's David Jason.
1:21.7	We're going to talk about Martin today and your relationship.
1:25.8	What's your earliest memory of Martin?
1:29.3	I think there's quite a few.
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