This is Steve Allen's A Little Bit Extra.

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Morning everybody, welcome along to your free freezing cold podcast for today.

Couldn't be any colder, could it outside. I sat there and I couldn't remember what I'd done with my gloves.

And I packed them in another bag. It's like going on holiday half the time.

Freezing cold, but anyway, at least it's the weekend.

Well, it will be after we got rid of Friday.

And what a week it's been.

What a week it's been. Good grief, honestly.

You know, let right be done.

I was watching the Winslow Boy the other day, and that's the line that keeps coming up in it because he's accused. It's based on a true story, I think I told you,

about a young cadet who is accused of stealing

and cashing in a postal order for 15 shillings.

And one of the best barristers of the day takes on the case

and he grills him at the house.

And the boy bursts in tears, I didn't do it.

I didn't do it.

And so after he's berated him and the family have gone, oh, we think so, so and so, this is terrible.

Why are you treating him like this?

And he says, have the, you know, all the details sent around to my offices in the morning.

And they go, you're taking it on?

He said, of course I'm taking it on.

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