John Cross, Chloe Petts, Martin Kelner, Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake

Fighting Talk

BBC

Sports, Comedy

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Chief football writer John Cross, journalist and presenter Martin Kelner, GB sprinter Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, and comedian Chloe Petts 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.
0:05.6	Your time starts now.
0:07.2	You're about to listen to a BBC podcast.
0:09.4	Absolutely right.
0:11.5	So, you might like to know that the BBC makes loads of other podcasts.
0:15.6	Really?
0:16.4	Wow.
0:17.2	Many of them are very funny.
0:19.1	Which I think means...
0:20.3	A hatful of ha-hars. And energy! Even if you do say so ourselves. I agree 100% to that. Find them all on BBC Sounds. Just tell us a joke. Come on. Tell us a joke. Come on, tell us a joke. Come on, tell us a joke. Just search comedy on BBC Sounds. I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in. Don't go against the grain if you can't handle it.
0:38.4	I'm Rick Edwards and this is Fighting Talk.
0:52.7	Good morning. hello, welcome.
0:55.0	I am slightly emotional because it's a momentous day for the show, which I will get to shortly, but first if I can, as ever make this all about me.
1:04.0	It's my 79th show, edging me one ahead of Christian O'Connell on the all-time Fighting Talk host list into second most ever.
1:13.4	Yeah, that's right. Did any of you bring me a gift? Anyone want to say a few words?
1:18.8	I complimented your hat earlier. You did compliment my hat. Martin, anything from you?
1:22.8	Well, I complimented you on Impossible. Yeah, but you always do that. Chloe.
1:27.1	I just transferred you 100 quib.
1:29.1	Well, there we go.
1:30.6	Sometimes the simplest way of getting points
1:32.5	of the financial transaction.
1:34.3	John, anything?
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