Skinner, Dean and Cochran, together, the Frank Skinner show.

This is Frank Skinner on Absolute Radio.

I'm with Emily Dean and Alan Cochran.

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We're in Manchester.

Yeah.

So, what about that?

It's very state of the art in this studio.

From where I'm sitting now, I can see what I think is probably the Manchester Ship Canal, is that right?

I thought it was man's in humanity to man, is what I could see.

No, I think it looks beautiful and it's symbolic of the pathway which brought great industry and effort from this city to the rest of the contrary.

Of course, the Midlands canals, they're symbiotic, aren't they? Now, there's, you know, we've only before about facts that people tell you as if they're new facts, but everybody knows them. Birmingham, what do you think the fact is I'm thinking of? Oh, is this, uh... More canals than Venice. More canals than Venice. Yeah, everybody tells you. You know Birmingham has got... Yes! The taxi driver this morning said there's a nice canal there, I'll show you. Where was he from? That was the same as your impersonation of me. I don't like the idea that I'm doubling up jobs. I'm driving you in hand. It was kind of a similar accent. I don't like the idea of someone offering to show you a canal. Yeah. Many change from puppies. What about this studio? It's so state of the art, Frank. It's very abethron covered in here, isn't it? It's quite ravey. It's lovely. I like it. Anyway, here we are. Why are we in Manchester, you're asking? I was asking. I think we were all asking. No, I am, I'm on tour at the moment, so I was in Preston, which is nearby. Yeah. Last night, and I'm in Preston tonight, so it was just crazy to go back to London. So here we

are. This is my second time in Manchester this week. Is it? I just can't leave Manchester alone.

I'm like Sir Alex Ferguson. You just can't quit Manchester. I'm just lingering around,

you know, looking down and being a brooding presence. What about I got the train down with Daisy and Charlie, and we sat down, Frank.

I'm not going to like, it was first. And a businessman was there. You got first, did it? Yeah, I insisted.

Okay. And we went down and I said, just FYI, I'm your worst nightmare. I said we have, I did. Didn't I say that, Daisy? I said, we have loads of bags and we talk a lot. He laughed. A few minutes later, we heard the guard, the guard came over and went, down here, sir. We can move you down here. Oh, no. He moved. Good for him. Good for him. And then the guard said, would you like see a canal? Everyone on the train was thinking, yeah, we know a canal we can show you. Well, I think it's lovely to be here, isn't it? Yeah, oh, I'm very excited. I like it. We haven't had an away day for a very long time, so it's... I love it. I love that. It's a team bonding exercise. That's what you make it sound like an away day. I think it is a bit like that. I think maybe we should pretend to be animals of our own choice after. Oh, okay. I'll do that anyway on Saturday morning. It's just none of you've picked up on it. No. I thought there was an element of koi poo.

Pardon? It's an animal.

I broke... My tooth is so jagged on the inside. I was eating a wasabi pee. No offense, but I didn't notice. Yeah. It's on the inside, anyway.

I was eating a wasabi pee at Houston Station on my way to Manchester.

Oh.

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