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Off Air with Jane & Fi

Formidable in the front, petite in the back (with Ian Russell)

Off Air with Jane & Fi

The Times

News, Relationships, Community, Society & Culture, The Times, Chat, Entertainment News, Entertainment, Conversation, Jane Garvey, Fi Glover, Women, Times Radio

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It’s Thursday - the day before a very special day involving a Colin. Need we say more? Before we get to Colin, Jane and Fi cover cheerful train drivers, dobbing in your neighbours, disposing of deceased pets, and the fickle nature of muslin. There are also a few parish notices, including mention of a new playlist…


Plus, Ian Russell, father of Molly Russell, discusses the upcoming documentary Molly vs the Machines.


Our next book club pick is 'A Town Like Alice' by Nevil Shute.


Our most asked about book is called 'The Later Years' by Peter Thornton.


You can listen to our 'I'm in the cupboard on Christmas' playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1awQioX5y4fxhTAK8ZPhwQ


If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


Podcast Producers: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Is it actual podcast time?

0:09.8

It's actual podcast time.

0:13.6

Matching laundry and the menopause.

0:16.2

Welcome aboard, Rachel.

0:18.0

Hello, Jane, Fee and Eve the voice.

0:21.1

Honestly. When will it end? You did this one yesterday?

0:25.4

Honestly. Yeah, we did. We did so that's fine. There's a bit of sensible production there.

0:30.8

Okay. Well, I don't want to repeat things. No, you can. But people are they're very, very patient with us. It's fine.

0:36.5

Okay. I'm a relatively new listener, first time emailer, Crosby Girl, now living in Leicestershire, around three years younger than Jane. Did you read this bit? Yeah, yeah. We know about this. Oh, I'll read this bit again. Still astounded to learn that Jane's a scouser. I listened to the podcast impaired. Tonight, you made me laugh so much at to get up and write On the subject of matching lingerie I'm flabbergasted to hear that Merchant Taylor's chain Does not wear matching niggers and bra As a manor high girl Now talk me through that Well that's the It's the comprehensive There's no other way to put it That was the comprehensive down the road Now called else. Very good school. Did you at Merchant Taylor's slightly looked down on Manor High? I think they hated us. Right. And hockey matches between our school and the other schools in the area were always a, shall we say. In particular, I did sometimes feel that I got targeted. Right. A bruised ankle. Well, I talked to shin pads. Let's put it that way. Right. As a man a high girl, matching knickers and bras were a complete sign as an adult that I'd made it. Made what entirely, I'm not sure. It's a standing joke in our house married 36 years next week. Well done. God, get the bunting out. That is a remarkable achievement. Isn't it? What do you think the anniversary is for 36 years? Because they go quite weird, don't they after 20? Fortitude. Is it? Something like servitude? Magnitude. I'll look it up because it would probably be a kind of, it would be something like op wouldn't it? I think we could both honestly both we could just go blimey that's you know that would be the blimey award yeah the reason my brother and sister and law were not successful in avoiding divorce was the fact that she refused to wear matching underneath we did establish did establish between us, Eve and I yesterday, that wasn't, that was a joke.

2:21.6

What's the point of me reading this out again then?

2:23.7

Well, because I wanted to put the case for my lack of interest in matching underwear and just

2:28.9

explain it. There is, by the way, some quite meaty content in this podcast.

2:33.5

So this is just, we're just warming you up with all this

2:35.4

um i've only got two or three good bras i've got quite you know got issues with my chest

2:43.3

quite some i think i'll just describe it it's formidable um i need to be wearing the right bra and i go to

2:50.4

that special shop uh that does you wearing the right bra and I go to that special shop

2:51.3

that does the right fitting bras or says it does.

2:56.7

And I've no reason to disbelieve them, by the way,

2:58.6

they've given me a great deal of satisfaction.

3:00.5

So I haven't got matching knickers for my three good bras because the bras are really expensive.

3:06.1

I'm not going to leave with matching knickers

3:07.5

when knickers I don't have the same problem with. But sometimes I could go high street. I'm wearing,

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