The Birds
Giles Coren Has No Idea
The Times
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Coming up on this morning’s show…. Esther and Giles make their long-awaited pitch to replace Holly and Phil on daytime TV. They prove their worth by tackling serious subjects such as long-term sickness. They tug on the heartstrings with an emotional story about Giles’ late father; they make the effortless gear change to a personal struggle about ADHD, before finally a bit of bouncy mid-morning relief as they demolish the wine tasting industry.
A minor problem with a few indiscreet name drops, but nothing some tweety birds can’t fix.
Hope you enjoy the show. We’ll be back next week with a man who built a replica of the Taj Mahal out of orange peel.
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| 0:00.0 | Right, how were you then? |
| 0:07.7 | Well I'm depressed, I'm depressed, I feel depressed, I'm down, I'm in a funk, I've got |
| 0:15.9 | the blues. |
| 0:16.9 | Do you want to tell us why? |
| 0:18.7 | I don't know why, it's just, I don't know, it's, it's, it's because I'm such a loser |
| 0:25.0 | and a bad person. |
| 0:27.7 | But every other week you seem to be fine, it's not, look at you laughing already, I said |
| 0:32.7 | say that when one is broadcasting and one is feeling miserable and depressed, but you |
| 0:35.7 | have to talk about it, you can't just suppress it, like, I don't know, I don't really have |
| 0:39.9 | it. |
| 0:40.9 | I can't take that out. |
| 0:43.9 | I can't take that out. |
| 0:44.9 | Oh, just as an aside, Neil, can you bleep a name later? |
| 0:47.5 | I really want to say the name, but can you bleep it out? |
| 0:49.5 | Is that possible? |
| 0:50.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.5 | Or put birds on over it or something. |
| 0:52.5 | Is it my name? |
| 0:53.5 | No, it's not your name. |
| 0:54.5 | It's not. |
| 0:55.5 | Charles is it right? |
| 0:57.5 | Is it? |
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