Joe McGrath, Natalie Pike, Ned Boulting, Rachel Burden
Fighting Talk
BBC
4.6 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 December 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Football presenter Natalie Pike, sports journalist Ned Boulting, 5 Live breakfast host Rachel Burden, and BBC Radio Manchester presenter Joe McGrath 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. |
| 0:07.0 | My Christmas Mix is pure 90s festive nostalgia. |
| 0:11.1 | You know, the Christmas songs you listen to on repeat. |
| 0:14.0 | Ho! |
| 0:14.3 | Ho! Ho! No, no, no. |
| 0:17.5 | I'm all about the big hitting Christmas anthems. |
| 0:20.4 | Come on, guys. What about those tunes that really slay? |
| 0:23.7 | It's Christmas kitchen disco season, surely. |
| 0:26.4 | Give me hip-hip-hop Christmas bangers every day. |
| 0:28.6 | Those Christmas tracks that are straight out of Lapland. |
| 0:30.9 | Get all kinds of Christmassy. Just search Christmas music on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.8 | Everybody spread love. If you want it, let me hear you say it. |
| 0:38.2 | I'm Rick Edwards and this is Fighting Talk. |
| 0:52.4 | Hello, good morning and welcome. I think it's worth opening up with a short disclaimer. |
| 0:58.0 | It was a work Christmas party last night and this morning I feel exactly how you should feel after a work Christmas party. |
| 1:05.0 | So to be honest, it's quite key to get on with things. |
| 1:08.0 | Four serious contenders in the studio today. Well, three. We've searched through |
| 1:13.6 | five years of their social media history. So here are today's panel all introduced with something |
| 1:19.0 | they have posted in that time. But yes. First up, any tips on the best vegetarian haggis, |
| 1:26.1 | always welcome. And I can't wait for it to be cold again |
| 1:28.8 | So I can wear this outfit |
| 1:30.0 | Could literally be any of them to be fair |
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