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Off Air with Jane & Fi

Moving seamlessly on to hip replacements (with Michael Ball)

Off Air with Jane & Fi

The Times

News, Relationships, Community, Society & Culture, The Times, Chat, Entertainment News, Entertainment, Conversation, Jane Garvey, Fi Glover, Women, Times Radio

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

There are some public service announcements to kick off today’s podcast, so make sure your ears are pricked! Jane and Fi also cover young George Clooney, appearance discourse, period ads, more tummy time (unfortunately), and, of course, saucepan lids.


Plus, performer Michael Ball discusses his upcoming album 'Glow'.


Recommendations in today's podcast: Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout and Helen Garner's collection of diaries


Our next book club pick will be a collection of short stories! 'Interpreter of Maladies' is by Jhumpa Lahiri. 


You can check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@OffAirWithJaneAndF


Our new playlist 'Coiled Spring' is up and running: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tmoCpbp42ae7R1UY8ofza


Our most asked about book is called 'The Later Years' by Peter Thornton.


If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radioFollow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler


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Transcript

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0:00.0

You should just go back and watch.

0:10.0

You haven't done a y'all, have you?

0:12.0

Well, you should.

0:13.0

I think that would be an absolute treat and you get to see George Clooney.

0:17.0

In his pomp?

0:18.0

Well, I think he's in his pomp now.

0:19.0

It's an interesting point.

0:20.0

I did see an image of him yesterday. Yeah, I think he's in his pomp now. It's an interesting point. I did see an image of him

0:21.1

yesterday. Yeah, I think he's a deliciously well-kept older man. And actually it's quite weird seeing him

0:28.1

as the younger George Clooney, because his face is obviously just a bit pertin-pojia. I prefer it now.

0:35.1

We've got some appearance email. I've got quite a few. Yes, we have. Welcome along. Most of this podcast will be dedicated to source pandits. Well, yes. And we will get to that. But can we just have some public service announcements just to start with? Oh, okay. Because I sometimes think I don't do enough of these and people are making good points. This is from Jill.

0:55.2

I do agree about the merits of a senior rail card, says Jill. As a Londoner, Jane may not be aware of the benefits for us provincial types of linking your rail card to an oyster to benefit from discounted TFL fares. I didn't know you could do this. When you have a rail card and an oyster, next time you're in London,

1:12.2

seek out a member of TFL staff at a TFL station. There would, and that's actually a task in itself.

1:18.1

You've got to find a member of TFL staff. It's very confusing because the people who sit behind the

1:25.0

desk and behind the glass. Yeah, they don't do certain things. Well, they're not TFL. What do they do? I don't know. But there are so many people who arrive at Dahlston, Kingston. It's quite a busy hub of a place. And they're frequently told, no, we can't deal with that because that's TFL. And you can just see people thinking, but this

1:44.5

literally, I thought this was. I've got a TFL card. I'm about to enter a TFL building. I can't

1:51.0

you deal with my query. So yeah, good luck with that. Well, anyway, to continue, Jill's point,

1:55.0

they will use a ticket machine to link the two together so that for the duration of the rail card,

2:00.5

you'll get the discounted fares

2:01.9

via the oyster card. You do need to repeat this process each time you get a new rail card.

2:07.6

I hope this is useful. It doesn't seem to be that well known, says Jill. And thank you very much

2:12.2

for bothering to email us on that, Jill. I think it will help a few people. Thank you. And Marion is

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