Kae Kurd, Kate Mason, Katie Owen, Tez Ilyas

Fighting Talk

BBC

Sports, Comedy

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Broadcaster Kate Mason, DJ and presenter Katie Owen, and comedians Kae Kurd and Tez Ilyas join guest host Martin Bayfield 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.
0:07.5	This winter, cricket's oldest rivalry is reignited.
0:15.0	England and Australia do battle to compete for the ashes.
0:20.8	That is extraordinary.
0:23.1	Hear live ball by ball commentary on five sports extra.
0:27.4	And get analysis and reaction of every day's play with the Test Match Special podcast.
0:32.9	The Stamps out of the ground.
0:34.4	Test match special at the Ashes.
0:37.3	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:40.0	If you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.
0:42.7	I'm Martin Bayfield, and this is Fighting Talk.
0:45.1	Questionable relationship advice from Luther Vandrasper with Rick Edwards away, it's all I have to cling to.
1:02.0	I'm a man whose imagination is writing checks, reality refuses to cash.
1:07.0	I sent a list of who I wanted on as my Dream Quartet and the producers completely ignored it,
1:12.0	as they did with requests 2, 3, 4 and 5.
1:15.1	So, who is on today?
1:16.8	Who is up for the fight?
1:19.1	Well, back for his 12th appearance after an absence of over 18 months.
1:23.0	The last time he was on, he was competing against me as a fellow panelist.
1:26.8	I'm the third host he's appeared under. Sounds weird, but I think you know what I mean. And he scored exactly one win with each of the other two. He's the best average score of anyone on this show, exactly 44 points, comic. And since he was last on, co-host of the Wayne Rooney podcast. Come on. Take Kurd. Thank you for having me, Martin.
1:45.0	It's wonderful seeing you.
1:46.0	This is a nice surprise, man.
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