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The Wittering Whitehalls

The Boat Race, Social Intricacies & The Ultimate Pub Quiz Team

The Wittering Whitehalls

Global

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.93.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It's true to say that Mr & Mrs Whitehall are not, traditionally, 'pub people', but if they were called upon to form a pub quiz team, who would get the nod?! Plus, a moderate-to-large rant about the Thames rowers at this time of year...

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0:00.0

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0:05.0

I said I live here. I pay race. I pay rent. I look after everything. I pay council tax.

0:11.0

Yeah. You just come up with you, Lord.

0:14.0

You come here once a year and cause chaos.

0:17.0

These, the guns, are on show because it's sleeveless.

0:22.2

Oh, Andrew Castle.

0:23.2

Yeah, well, come on to him because we met Andrew Castle.

0:25.9

So you certainly did come on to him.

0:33.6

DELs, welcome back to the Wittering Whitehall's from Whitehall Towers.

0:39.6

We are in, sorry, the podcast, time, space, continuum situation,

0:45.4

because Michael Whitehall and I are sitting here today are deep, deep, deep into the university boat race, 2026.

0:57.5

It's not the actual boat race, but there's a hell of a lot going on out there this morning, I have to say. Apparently, it's something called the Spares,

1:03.5

which I've never actually clocked before, which is essentially two people in a double rowing boat

1:09.9

or a double skull. I never know the difference.

1:13.1

Those of you in the know, please feel free to email in and correct me. It's one or t' other, a double something.

1:20.2

We've just seen the ladies' spares go past, two of them, who very nearly, I actually filmed it, not that you can see it because there's a

1:29.6

tree in the way, the Uber boat was doing its U-turn to start its journey back into town, Michael,

1:35.9

and it looked like it was getting quite ugly out there. There was a lot of tooting going on

1:39.8

as these two little tiny boats got in the way of the Uber Boats U-Turn.

1:45.8

So that is why, Diels, I am wearing this little purchase that I made not one,

1:52.3

not two, but three years ago for the university boat race because it is the Oxford and

1:57.4

Cambridge colours. I'm hedging my bets here. Now, unfortunately, since I bought it,

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