Rowing the Atlantic… for a laugh

Tailenders

BBC

Sports, Cricket, Comedy

4.9 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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A special episode as we’re joined by Tailenders Rob, Charlie and Rob who decided to row the Atlantic for a laugh… and charity. Tales of capsizing, sea sickness, bum sores, Mattchin-like hallucinations, weight loss, marlin strikes, arguments and listening to the Tailenders back catalogue. Plus more ’Tat Modern’ and the welcome return of ‘General Cricketing Sadness’.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I want to tell you why I love podcasting.
0:04.7	Hi, my name's Tommy Dixon, and I make podcasts for the BBC.
0:08.4	I'm a big fan of stories, always loved a good book.
0:11.4	But when I started commuting for my first job, I discovered podcasts.
0:15.4	I was blown away by how a creative idea and the right mixture of sounds could take you into
0:19.2	a whole new world full of incredible stories. You know, the type that make you go, wow. And that kind of inspired me to
0:25.2	give it a go myself, which to cut a long story short led to a BBC training scheme and a whole
0:30.0	new career giving other people that exact same feeling. So if you want to hear amazing stories
0:34.2	that make you go wow like I did, they're just a tap or click away on BBC Sounds.
0:40.8	BBC Sounds Music, Radio Podcasts.
0:44.7	Hello and welcome to Terlenders.
0:46.3	Hello, thank you for having us on Tell Enders. Very special one.
0:48.6	Very special one. We are going to get to the 15 pound eBay challenge in just a second.
0:53.1	We've got a lot of listeners have sent in nice things that they bought.
0:57.0	Have they literally sent for stuff in?
0:58.0	Yeah.
0:59.0	No, not the actual stuff.
1:00.0	Well, then don't.
1:01.0	Well, no, but we can read out the stuff.
1:02.0	Okay.
1:03.0	Well, because the listeners wouldn't see it anyway, because audio.
1:05.0	That's a good point.
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