LIFE LESSONS: "If in doubt, say nowt..."
The Wittering Whitehalls
Global
4.9 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM WHITEHALL TOWERS! Wishing you a prosperous, healthy and fulfilling 2026 and thank you for being a DL!
For the first episode of the year, Mr & Mrs Whitehall have some advice for a DL who is about to enter the Grandparent era of their life!
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| 0:00.0 | Now it's time to thank our partner of this episode, National Grid Electricity Distribution. |
| 0:06.0 | Michael, what's the first thing you do when the lights go out? |
| 0:09.5 | Pray for eight hours unbroken sleep, just for once in my life. |
| 0:15.3 | No, I mean during a power cut. |
| 0:17.7 | Oh, usually I give it 30 seconds and then say out loud, Hillary, there's been a power cut. Oh, usually I give it 30 seconds and then say out loud, Hillary, there's been a power cut. |
| 0:24.7 | Well, as helpful as that is, National Grid Electricity Distribution are on a mission to help us. |
| 0:31.2 | And especially you, Michael Whitehall, get power cut prepared. So start by keeping some torches and spare batteries to hand in case the power cut happens when it's dark. |
| 0:42.6 | Right. |
| 0:43.4 | And leave at least one light switched on in the house so that you know when the electricity comes back. |
| 0:49.5 | Smart thinking. |
| 0:51.0 | But also think community and take time to check on anyone vulnerable, like the |
| 0:56.9 | elderly, disabled, or anyone who relies on electricity for medical equipment to make sure that |
| 1:03.5 | they're coping okay. Wise words. Stay one step ahead and be power cut prepared this winter by searching National Grid, Don't Hang About. |
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| 1:22.4 | Celebrate the new year with triple discount savings on many sofas, from spacious corners to relaxing power recliners. |
| 1:29.2 | Plus, there's up to five years interest-free credit across the store. |
| 1:33.4 | But hurry, many offers end soon at SCS. |
| 1:37.8 | Credit subject to status minimum spend and deposit. |
| 1:40.5 | Many triple discounts and credit offer end 6th of January. |
| 1:46.2 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 1:54.5 | Diels, welcome back to the bonus episode, Mr Whitehall, looking at his watch as per usual. |
| 2:00.7 | Do we have to start an app like that? No, I'm just admiring the watch that you gave me from my... Yeager Lakutra. Yeager Lakutra is how you pronounce it. Well, I can't call. I know. I know they call themselves Lakutra. But I would call them Lakut. Yeah. Because I have. |
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