Guest: Chris Atkins author 'A Bit Of A Stretch'
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4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 February 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Documentary film-maker Chris Atkins was given a 5 year prison sentence for tax fraud. He tells David & Joe what is was like being incarcarated, spending time in one of the UK's toughest prisons HMP Wandsworth. This scares Joe and David a lot who's own experiences of prison amount to delivering paint to HMP Lewes. Chris talks about his book and Podcast 'A Bit Of A Stretch' the Diaries of a Prisoner.
https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-bit-of-a-stretch/chris-atkins/9781838950170
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-bit-of-a-stretch-the-podcast/id1532249561
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| 0:00.0 | From the gas pump to the grocery store, inflation is everywhere. |
| 0:05.3 | Seriously, they can stop. |
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| 0:58.5 | What you said about math, Brown? |
| 1:20.9 | Oh, don't start the pot like that. |
| 1:25.4 | It's basically just saying he was a bloody good footballer. |
| 1:28.2 | Oh, right. |
| 1:29.3 | If you're listening math, I think he's a chatterbait skit. |
| 1:32.7 | It is. That sounds really dodgy. What we use are, basically, you're a good footballer. |
| 1:37.1 | So, who have we got on today, Joe? |
| 1:38.8 | This is your doing, and I'm very interested. |
| 1:41.9 | Chris Atkins, I read his book. |
| 1:44.3 | This is it here. |
| 1:46.0 | Bit of a stretch on holiday last year. |
| 1:48.8 | I've recommended it by someone. |
| 1:51.1 | Recommended it? |
| 1:53.0 | I had it recommended to me, and I've bought it on a whim, like a few years ago, |
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