I'm plucking at chest hairs here (with Adele Roberts)
Off Air... with Jane and Fi
The Times
4.7 • 884 Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
"Surprise surprise!" sings Fi in her best Cilla Black voice. Today, Jane and Fi ponder on Tom Dudley's buboes and the dangers of shoddy handwriting.
And Fi chats to broadcaster Adele Roberts about her new memoir, 'Personal Best'.
Our next book club pick has been announced - A Dutiful Boy by Mohsin Zaidi.
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Assistant Producer: Hannah Quinn
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| 0:00.0 | But I will ask if my dad's had any other kids, if you wouldn't mind. |
| 0:04.8 | Obviously, his time in national service was lively, at least according to him. |
| 0:09.7 | So who knows? |
| 0:10.8 | This episode of Offair with Jane and Fee is sponsored by Norwegian Cruise Line. |
| 0:15.7 | Have you ever thought of taking a cruise? |
| 0:18.3 | Well, it's crossed my mind. Tell me a bit more about it. |
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| 1:09.1 | Contact your travel agent or visit ncl.com. |
| 1:17.4 | We have got lots of really, really lovely pictures, and Jane likes nothing more than the challenge on the radio |
| 1:28.4 | of describing photographs. Paint the scene. Paint the scene. Oh, I know. I'm no good at this. |
| 1:33.5 | That's why you asked me to do it. This is the Trug, isn't it? It is, yep. So the picture of the |
| 1:38.9 | truck comes from Nicola, and she sent us a picture of this because she usually listens to us whilst gardening or on a dog walk |
| 1:46.2 | and she's often to be found using her grandma's truck. That's the thing that she's inherited. |
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