John Cleese, Plane Problems & Mashed Potato

The Jason Manford Show

Absolute Radio

Comedy

4.8 • 947 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Jason Manford and Steve Edge are joined by comedy legend John Cleese on the first show of 2025. They talk all about bringing 'Fawlty Towers - The Play' to life as it gears up for a UK tour. Plus, Jason shares his embarrassing start to the year boarding a plane and the guys share loads of your trivia as Hit Me With Your Best Facts Returns.

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0:00.0	Oh, Jamie's got a new car. He only passed his test last week.
0:03.9	Chloe and the kids on the school run and their new hybrid,
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0:42.0	Where real music matters.
0:44.4	Absolute Radio.
0:45.8	This is Jason Manford.
0:47.8	Jason Manford.
0:49.9	Good morning.
0:51.3	It's the Jason Manford Show on Absolute Radio. I hope you very well. We missed you. Steve Edge is here.
0:57.6	Hello. Happy New Year. I know it's late, but you know, it's the first time we've spoken.
1:01.5	First time we've spoken on air.
1:03.9	Yeah, but we say this every year. We say when is the cutoff points? I was talking to one of the dads at School gates and he said March, he got it too.
1:11.6	No, he's taken that too far.
1:12.6	He hadn't seen the bloat though and they were good mates and then he just thought, I'll just throw it in here in March.
1:17.6	Yeah, fair enough.
1:18.6	I was say I sent an email yesterday and put Happy New Year in there.
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