Although this is Frank Skinner last week, some of you will know that I ended the show by telling you that

our former colleague and dear friend, Gareth Richards, had been in a serious road accident and was

fighting for his life. And there's been lots of beautiful messages about Gareth

and his family have been very kind to us in that they've kept us informed about the details of his

struggle. But look, Gareth didn't make it. Gareth didn't make it. And we were missing intensely.

he was a very kind gentle, funny, fascinating man and I can't believe that he.

Anyway, today's show is features, Gareth's best bits and you will know to cry but you have to

laugh as well. I think he would have insisted upon that. This is the best of Frank Skinner on absolute

radio. It was a national poetry week this week. Oh, well, the day was on Thursday, national

poetry day. So I don't think I heard a single poem. Oh, where you should have called me?

So, well, I did because my son, I've got a seven year old, if you're new to the show.

And I know it's tedious when people talk about their kids but there is a point to this.

And he had to learn a national poetry day, the owl and the pussycat.

I learned it with anxiety and I didn't know if by heart it's really good to get poems off by heart.

But there was the second verse begins, Pussy said to the owl, you elegant foul.

And he, you know, he's a big queen fan and he started over and over again going, Pussy said to the

owl, Pussy said to the owl, then Pussy said to the owl, Pussy said to the owl, and I've been

unable to get it out of my head all week. And of course, that out of context, people can be

trying to get it out by heart. But it just was so, it's so perfect. Pussy said to the owl, Pussy said

to the owl. I thought maybe we could try on the pressure with that as a back-in thing.

Do you know the words on the pressure? Yeah. Okay, were you delivered, okay, maybe me and Emily

can do Pussy said to the owl, okay? Hang on. You can go on. Go on. One, two, three, four,

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