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The Chris Evans Show with The National Lottery

Tom Grennan, Rob Beckett, Candice Brown, John Bishop

The Chris Evans Show with The National Lottery

Virgin Radio UK

Comedy

4.4681 Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

This week on the show we welcome friends from the world of television, film, music and literature.

Brilliant musician Tom Grennan tells us about this year's 'Soccer Aid for UNICEF' taking place in September at Etihad Stadium.

The always hilarious Rob Beckett picks up the phone to recall the events of Tuesday night and England's big win against Germany in the Euros.

Bakeoff Superstar Candice Brown chats recipes from her brilliant new book 'Happy Cooking'.

And the brilliantly funny John Bishop discusses returning to the stage with the 'Marlow Comedy Weekender'.

Plus Andros Townsend, Ben Lyttleton, Melvyn Bragg and Sir Brendan Foster.

You can catch Chris and the team live weekdays 6:30am-10am on Virgin Radio UK.

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to hear the highlights every week. 


Tom Grennan - 00:47

Rob Beckett - 07:54

Andros Townsend - 14:14

Candice Brown - 21:52

Ben Lyttelton - 29:08

Melvyn Bragg - 36:12

Sir Brendan Foster - 43:06

John Bishop - 50:10


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, Chris Evans here with your latest instalment of the Best of the Breakfast Show podcast with Sky from Virgin Radio.

0:07.9

Coming up, top music ace Tom Grennan spills the beans about his secret sporting skills

0:12.3

ahead of this year's soccer aid on Saturday the 4th of September at the Etiad Stadium.

0:17.1

Tickets available now.

0:18.6

The slightly worse for wear, Rob Beckett picks up his phone

0:21.7

to recall his experience of the England versus Germany Euros match the morning after the round

0:27.0

of 16 match the night before. Bake off's Crem de la Crem, Candice Brown, makes our mouth's water

0:32.5

with incredible recipes from her new cookbook, happy cooking. And Crystal Palace's Andros Townsend was brilliant when he popped down the corridor from TalkSport to relive England's big Euros win against Germany.

0:43.2

All of that and so much more to come.

0:44.6

Now, Dapper Dave tell us, who is first?

0:47.5

If it wasn't for the pop star thing, our next guest could have spent his life on a football pitch, which is perfect because Soccerade is back for another fundraising kickabout later this year. And here to tell us about playing matches is a man known for

0:57.8

lighting matches. It's the singer who could be playing winger Tom Grennan.

1:01.6

All right, Tom. Hello, hello. How are you?

1:03.8

Brian and Derek, very well, and you've come in to talk to us about football? Yes, yes.

1:08.0

This is so cool. First of all, a little word about Elton John, the man in our tent in our field on Saturday night.

1:14.2

I'm so jealous.

1:15.3

I know you are.

1:16.1

I'm so jealous.

1:16.8

I said if I had your number or a phone, and I don't have either, I mean, I could have your number.

1:21.9

You don't have a phone?

1:22.7

No, I've not had a phone for two and a half years. Oh wow you are living the good life. Exactly. Well, see this is why I wish I could do that. Well, you can. I know, you can't, but you've given up enough for

1:32.0

for a while. So maybe that's the next chapter. But, um, you know, you, you, you're nodding your head there. When I'm talking about, you know, older artists still smashing it. Yeah. Something happens, you know, when they get, and you, like yourself, when they stand behind

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