Not Dave Attenborough

Smith and Sniff

Jonny Smith and Richard Porter

Cars, 5th Gear, Leisure, Road Trips, Automotive, Comedy, Top Gear, Improv, The Grand Tour

4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Jonny and Richard pay a belated 100th birthday tribute with a surprising fact about Sir David Attenborough. Also in this episode, a lizard for a car alarm, a strimmer mishap, the Peugeot 1007 and James Bond, the PR power of swans, a haughty lady and a pastry, two delightful roofless cars from Car & Classic, the Morgan Supersport, Jello Biafra’s Celica, Tiffany in Staffordshire, and midnight vacuuming. WARNING: Around 50 minutes into this episode there is a chat about mental health and a recent incident that some listeners may find distressing. There is a warning in the show when it’s coming up. If you’re struggling, or you know someone who is, there are some links below to places that can help and people you can talk to.

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0:00.0	I'm Johnny Smith.
0:02.3	I'm Richard Porter.
0:03.5	And this is Smith & Sniff, a podcast in which two friends talk about cars and many other things.
0:13.2	David Attenborough.
0:14.8	Yes.
0:15.7	Doing the ton.
0:17.9	Yes.
0:18.6	Yes.
0:18.9	We haven't talked about Atto. No. Nobody calls him Atto. Come on.
0:25.3	Nobody calls him Atto. And he is also, I said this on social media last week or some time,
0:29.3	he is one of those people whose first name must never be abbreviated. There is no world
0:36.4	where he is Dave Attenborough.
0:38.4	No.
0:39.1	I'm convinced.
0:40.0	Nobody calls him Dave.
0:41.5	It's just not a thing.
0:42.7	Do you know what they do call him, apparently, within BBC circles?
0:47.4	I don't think.
0:49.4	I don't know.
0:50.3	He's sometimes referred to as SDA.
0:53.4	Sir David Attenborough.
0:54.5	SDA?
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