Jacob Hawley, Jess Thirlby, Ned Boulting, Paul McNamee

Fighting Talk

BBC

Sports, Comedy

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

England netball head coach Jess Thirlby, sports journalist Ned Boulting, The Big Issue editor Paul McNamee, and comedian Jacob Hawley 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	Hello, I'm Giovanna Fletcher and I am a runner, which feels odd as I still find getting
0:07.1	out the door quite a challenge, but I'd love to help you become a runner too. My new Coucher 5K
0:12.9	podcast from BBC Sounds has inspirational guests like Lindsay Burrow, Joe Wiley and Charlie Marlow.
0:18.4	I'm really trying to reframe my brain.
0:21.2	This is my time and I get to do this.
0:23.7	And hopefully I can motivate you to go from Couch to 5K.
0:27.6	You never really regret a run.
0:29.3	Might do at the time.
0:31.3	The Couch to 5K podcast.
0:33.6	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:36.4	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:40.3	Your iron lung technique is unmatched.
0:42.3	It's top notch. It's incredible. It's unbeatable.
0:44.4	I'm Rick Edwards.
0:45.2	And this is Fighting Talk.
1:12.1	No! Good morning and welcome. It is good to be back, contractually speaking. Speaking more loosely, I'd obviously rather be at a cruise ball making small talk with John Virgo. But here we are. I woke up this morning and checked the qualifying for the sprint race at the Miami Grand Prix. Kimmy Antonelli is on pole. This is an 18-year-old
1:17.8	who passed his driving test in January. It is amazing, but also it's sickening. That is too
1:23.5	young to be successful. And that is one of the many reasons. I love snooker. Mark Williams is in the semi-final of the world.
1:29.5	The geezers 50.
1:31.2	I like it when sports people are older than me.
1:33.1	And frankly, it's quite slim pickings these days.
1:35.4	Now, all of that being said, I am in quite a good mood this morning.
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