Gail Emms, John Cross, Nish Kumar, Paul McNamee
Fighting Talk
BBC
4.7 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Former GB badminton player Gail Emms, football journalist John Cross, The Big Issue editor Paul McNamee and comedian Nish Kumar 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. |
| 0:05.0 | They're on a journey into the unknown. |
| 0:09.0 | We've got a checkpoint to get to. |
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| 0:38.3 | I don't love the game. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm the shot clock way above the game. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm Rick Edwards and this is Fighting Talk. |
| 0:55.7 | Hello, good morning and welcome. |
| 0:59.4 | As we enter May, crunch time is upon us. |
| 1:02.6 | Just four games left of the Fighting Talk season. |
| 1:04.6 | The last game is the Champion of Champions show, |
| 1:06.4 | which will be in front of them an exclusive, |
| 1:09.4 | she very exclusive, live audience at the end of the month. |
| 1:11.1 | Ticket details coming up later. |
| 1:16.9 | But this is the time when you start to see who panellists really are. Can they do it at the sharp end? Can they handle the pressure? How strong are they mentally? Some panellists, |
| 1:21.4 | let's be honest, have already checked out. They're on the beach. They're daydreaming about |
| 1:25.7 | next season. Well, maybe there won't be a next season because these people will be found out and I'm not looking at anyone in particular, Nish. I would also like to state for the record and in the interest of transparency, I am not 100% here either. Immediately after the show, I am running to get a train up to Sheffield to watch the snooker. |
| 1:45.4 | In my head, I'm already at the crucible. |
| 1:48.5 | Mentally, I'm ordering a curry that's slightly too hot because I'm overexcited because I haven't |
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