The Frank Skinner Show - The Expiry Date On Being Cancelled

Episode Date: May 22, 2026

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Um, yeah, that's that. Is everything okay? Yeah, I'm feeling, I'm feeling all right, thanks. I don't know what you say that? I went into, um, you know what's talking about Foyles Bookshop? Oh, yes, you love a Foyles. So I went in and today, because I pass it on my way to, um, we're at, um, Soho radio again today. In London's glittering Soho.

Yes. Yes. And London, large conurbation. in South East England, for those of you are not familiar with it. And I went in and I bought a book. And I got the receipt and I got out my freedom pass wallet

to put the receipt. That's where I keep my receipts. And I realised, I said to the bloke who's serving me, I've actually become that old bloke who causes a cue because he has to put all the receipts in everything. in his little wallet.

That's who I am now. And I suppose I thought of it in a... Obviously, when you look at me, you know I'm not that, but I'm being self-deprecating to show a certain human warmth. Actually, I'm very ony and alert, smart. And I walked off and he said, you forgot your book. Oh, Frank. So, actually, he's...

What softened it? He said, you forgot your book, Frank. And I thought, well... See, you know what? You know, I would still recognise. If that had been the offer, I would have to be... Let's get you to the door. There you go. You take care.

I find so often for you, the cloak of celebrity can come in very useful. Oh, yeah, it is like the cloak of invisibility. Did you buy a nice book? Was it one of your little comics? No. It was a... He likes action. A William S. Borough's reader.

Oh, you've gone posh. And I've got a few of his novels. But this is one is like a bit, a lot of little bits in one volume. great for public transport. Do you know why I like that book? It looks like the sort of book my dad would have read on holiday and we used to say, why can't you read normal dad books with a sword on the front

or silhouette of St Petersburg? Well, it's hard to read them. I think dads are a bit wary of reading those really big fantasy novels because they remind them of marriage. Something with, you know, when you keep forgetting the names and it's very, very long.

Do you read, are you a quick reader? No, I'm not actually. I'm very, I'm... That's so adorable. That's like the first question you asked someone at primary school. Hello, my name's Stevie, you're a quick reader. I'm a real plodding reader and I wish I could read. There's so many books I've just accepted.

I'm never going to get through. I'm told you can learn. You can speed it up. Speed reading course. David Badeel, who I lived with. Not like that. I showed... The thought didn't even cross my mind.

there was a big article about me in The Guardian and interview. This was when I was read hot. And I said, this is pretty good, this article. And he had a look at it. He went, yeah, it's good. And I thought, I thought you might actually fucking read it. He said, I did read it.

I said, what, in five seconds? He said, asked me some questions. And he had read it. It was like phenomenal. He's really fast. Oh, he's ever so bright, your friend, David. Yes, he's the second bright. person I know.

Oh. Anyway, so... No, we didn't do it, Stephen. I'm proud of us. Anyone who knows me would have guessed who it was. It's got to be the Archbishop of Canterbury. It's me!

You fools. No, I'm sorry. I'm going to put the ABFC up there, Frank. The new one or the old one? Well, I don't know. That's up to Frank. I don't know. What, does he pass the friendship on, like a baton?

When there's a new Archbishop of Canterbury? I've ever met Sarah Mulali. Do you have to say to the old one, I'm so sorry, it's been lovely knowing you. No, no, I just pretend it's the same person. That's it. It's a continuity. It's a regeneration.

Yeah, I think they had to swat up on previous conversations and stuff when they take over. I don't know. Nobody tells me anything, you know what I'm talking about? Yeah. What else? Wow, I'll tell you what else. Oh, I'll tear some.

I'll tear something. But when I arrived today, I arrived with Sarah, our departing producer. Yeah. Who's storming out to have a baby. And Sandy, our new producer who arrived this morning. She's not actually called Sandy. But you've christened her, Sandy. Well, it's because her first name's Emily.

It's too confusing if there's two of you. Look, I can call her Emily, but you'll have to leave. Is that the choice is yours? Anyway, so Steve Hall came in, it was already there, to be fair. Steve's never late, let's make that clear. It's very reliable. So that's because the elderly get up about five years.

So Sarah says, oh, I like your t-shirt. And he says, go on, I'm a dear. I said, because I've got quite a naturally miserable face, I often feel like I can... No one jumped in at that point. Just say it that. This is an accepted truth. Nobody said...

No, nobody said that. Absolute silence. I always feel I have to wear a few pieces of flare, as it were, to sort of balance out for the natural stoniness of my own visage. Yeah. Are you talking about a pop of colour? Yeah, a little pop of colour, yeah. Okay.

So I always go, I like, I've got pink socks on in a similar way. Oh, but it's a sort of eccentric landowner. Well, that's the thing. The balance is it's basically what I'm going for is not as miserable as I appear. Okay, that's a good idea. But it can tip over into wacky. Yes. That's the delicate balance.

Yes, that's true. Yeah, Joe Swash has to wear a medieval pest attack. To take the shine. Otherwise, he'd be too dazzling. Anyway. Frank, I need to share this with you. Can you get stickers with Joe Swash on? What do you mean?

Because you'd have to go into a shop and say, have you got any swash stickers? I'm just thinking it could be his interpretive. Who goes into shops and asks for swat stickers in this day and age? Well, let's not even go there. Who was it and ask for swash stickers? I bet there are swash stickers and I bet it's never occurred to him. That's my two bets today. I only have two bets a day.

I hope he doesn't... Since things went wrong with the betting. I hope he doesn't write an autobiography with that in the title somewhere. But someone might write one on his behalf. Oh, no, that would be awful, Frank. I tell you what's not awful. Oh, God, this could be a long list. That you...

I think Emily's have been shorter than most people. 100%. You have pushed the sitcom Superstore right up to the top of the algorithm on Netflix. I think you are responsible for this. Since you recommended Superstore, you mentioned there's this great... Superstore is...

Superstore is, in case you didn't listen, was it last time? Yeah. It is the greatest sitcom of all time worldwide. We have had so many people getting in touch this week. Chris from St. Albans, for example, I just want to express my complete agreement with Frank. There you go. You don't hear that often at home for his shout-out about Superstore. Such a brilliantly structured comedy.

Fantastic. Sometimes obvious, sometimes subtle. I feel like. St. Alban himself when he went into the pagan lands and spread the good word. 047 got in touch. I've listened to your show

since the dawn of time. Since your recommendation to watch Superstore, I dived in. I'm now totally hooked, Frank. Yes, we will be. Anyway, they keep on coming. Darren Grimmer,

is obsessed with it now. Is he less grimmer than he is? Nor does Grimmer as Steve. No. We've also had Paul from Windy Ridge. Farm. Oh, lovely. Yeah?

And... That is very nice. What's something about that book? It's Rebecca of Sunni from farm. It's a weird from her. Yeah, Anne of Green Gables, style. And he sounds a bit Children's BBC, Wendy Ridge Farm. But Paul says, I'm so happy that you mentioned Superstore, although during your buildup to

announce the greatest sitcom of all time, I was shouting, Shane, Shane, Shane. Yes. Anyway, Frank, Steve really believes, don't you? that you've had an impact on its popularity. Say what happened? Well, it's gone, it's, I've seen lots of people on social media raving about your comments. Wow.

And we've both seen it pop up on our Netflix. It pops straight up onto the top of my Netflix. It's like the local council election. It's me as nice or farage. Well, I'd watch bits of, I re-watched the first episode. Oh, you've never seen it before. My wife likes the American sitcoms. Steve can't possibly allow me to recommend comedy.

didn't know. Well, the reason that it stuck in my mind is because the bloke who creates it the next thing he does after that is called American Auto and it's got Humphrey Carr of Wrexham

and excellent comedian fame. I don't know. Is he related to Jimmy Carr? No, he's K-E-W. K-E-R, yeah, yeah. And he also works on S&L, doesn't he? Oh, okay. So basically, because this bloke,

the background is... Well, it was an interesting story. But now it's been turned into paperwork. Oh, for God's sake, Frank. Can I just say what Paul from Windy Ridge Farm has added at the end? And he added, Sue, way, pig, pig, pig. He said, I'm also with you on David Attenborough. He's made a living from despicable.

I'm afraid I don't know if I can even say what he says about the films. But it's a certain type of awful film where people get pleasure from watching people's demise. Are you familiar with this kind of film? I don't want to say the word. I don't like it. Snuff movie. Yes. I don't think we can say that of DA.

No. When he could... Look, I acknowledge that Steve that he's much, much loved. I just don't like watching animals being ripped to peace. I'm different like that. When Attenborough was head of BBC 2, he was responsible for a lot of the junking of old TV shows.

Was he? So there's that time for as well. The only one I ever... He was my dad's boss, thank you. Oh, of course he was, yeah, yeah. But it was the bloke who was the head of ITV, Greg. Oh, yes, Greg Dyke. Greg Dyke, he took the wrestling off.

That's something enough. In our house, that was a big deal, the wrestling going off. Was it like, was it on a Saturday the wrestling? Saturday afternoon and Wednesday night. Because Kent Walton at the end of Wednesday night would say, happy Thursday Friday, see you Saturday. He had the most perfect mid-Atlantic. Was that the thing that Big Daddy was on?

Big Daddy was later stage. I'm talking about Mick McMannis, Jackie Pala. They all look like big, fat, drunken bloke so you saw fighting outside the pub on a Friday night. And in fact. Now they look like heavy metal workout fanatics. Oh, yeah. It's all changed.

Anyway, well done, Frank, on the superstore front. I'm really proud of you for being so culturally relevant. What I like about it is, well, it's a, I mean, it finished a few years ago. Oh, that's a shame. But if I see something really funny like that, I just want, I want to share, I want more people to be laughing at it. There are some comedians who would think,

this is really funny, I must keep this quiet. Yeah. Like Steve's wife was a big fan of it, but he knew. That's all I'm saying. That is all I'm saying. But this is the power, like whenever you would play bands that, no, like unsigned bands on the radio show, there would always be people who would listen to those bands because of that.

But like I say, I didn't know they were on sign They just arrived I played them if I liked them That's the way to do me My son, God bless him Started a little like a Facebook Or something

With a list of all the songs I played each week And then three weeks later I was sacked That's pretty much Timing Everything in this business I've spoken to him But that's great news Because I like the idea

of bringing happiness into people's lives. Oh, do you? Okay. I do know, I know you do. We've also... Yes, darling. And this is again from Paul, from Wendy Ridge Farm. Oh, wow.

I know, but he's got a lot he wants to ask us. Has he sent an item on his email? Number one. He's also... I remember trying... I tried Alexander Technique once. You ever tried that? Oh, yeah.

my mother was a big fan. Of course she was actress from the 70s and 80s. Looking back on it, it's a charade. But I used to go. You can't say that about things. I used to go and my teacher phoned me up and said, I remember she began, she left a voicemail which began, three things. I like that.

Oh yes, I like three things. You know exactly what's coming there. Three things. Anyway, Paul has a contact lens on the back of the bowl that's been there. for 11 days. Oh, and he has a question. What are your rates for visiting, Frank?

Do you want to explain to Steve in case he wasn't there for this? Well, yes. So when I discard my... I don't do it anymore. I don't do it anymore because someone emailed in and said it's back for the environment.

Anyway, but what I used to do, I would cast my discarded disposal. contact lenses into the toilet bowl and often they don't hit the water at the bottom. They stick on the side and then they'll keep you going for...

It's like having an Xbox in the bathroom. Trying to piss those off the side of the thing. It's such the pleasure of it. In fact, I took one out this morning. Oh my God. I'll be honest. But it's great. I love it.

When they fold up, they look like a little... Are you talking about the contact lens at this point? When they fold over. You know they fold over sometimes. They look a little translucent pasty. Oh. I don't want to get involved with what's going on in your toilet bowl.

Yeah, I admire a man. You've still got the courage to wee standing up. I'm of an age now where I prefer a sit-down wee. Really? It eliminates the fun of that game. Do you sit down to wee? Oh, yeah, I don't trust myself. How long are you wee?

You need to sit down for them. I didn't know men sat down to wee. It's like a shy-old. Just like a shy horse. Why do they sit down? Do you sit down? Just to eliminate the potential for dripage. Do a lot of men sit down?

I don't know. I may well have declared that I'm a cell of one here. I was having such a nice time. But now... Well, no, now that I know that there's a game to play, I'm going to buy myself some contact lenses. It was all windy ridge farm and superstore. And pissing contact lenses.

You don't have to start wearing contact. Just chuck one of your two-pay collection in there. It'll take months to remove it from the side of the mall. Oh, I see what? Go on. Me and Emily went out on the town. Oh, we did, actually. We had a lovely evening.

We went to the BFI. We went to the BFI. It was a screening of the new Russell T. Davis, forthcoming drama. I think it starts on Saturday, Frank. It's called... 31st of my hit starts. Very good. He remembers these things.

Tiptoe. And it was a screening with the first two episodes and then a Q&A, wasn't it, Frank, with the cast. Yes. And when we got there... Guess who was in our row? Yeah, guess. I'd like you to guess.

Russell T. Davis? No. No, he was on the stage. Guess, come on. Jack Thorne? I'm trying to think who... No. A person who's really at the moment very high profile indeed.

He's very current. I would say he's having a pretty good spring summer. There's a good season for him. Pete Hagseth. Nigel Farron. No, it wasn't Nigel Farad. It was the other one. If Nigel Farad went to a Russell T. Davis preview,

he would be ripped to pieces. I literally spat my coffee out like Ronnie Corbett in a sitcom. It'd be like releasing a parrot into the wild, torn apart by Steve. darling, jealous of it's plumage. With it going, help! Help me! Oh, so yeah, it was Zach Polanski. Yes, he was on the end of our row.

He was. I didn't speak to him. No, I wanted you to speak to him. I don't need another fucking egg timer for the show. I wanted you to strike. I think he was quite excited to see, Frank. He doesn't know why I am. They don't know anything about the real world politicians. No, he does know who you are.

When they talk about football, they don't... They do know some things. I looked at a Davies playlist. I remember said... He said his team was West Ham, I think, is what he said. And everyone said, well, I thought you were Aston Villa fan. He said, oh, I'll get the colours mixed off. What?

What are you talking about? Gordon Brown said he liked Arctic monkeys. He got himself into terrible football. But then I did when I... He thought it was a species. When I met Ed Davy yesterday Oh you met Ed Davey We'll be discussing that at a later day

I demanded to see his playlist Oh Frank come on His playlist I just said well that's the best way now Because they can't hide then I said just give me your phone I want to say what music are you into And then I said just give me your phone

I'm there's an easy way to find out I went through all of it Adele Abba All the A's Yeah What was his most You didn't see his most recently played Yeah, I think it was ABBA.

A bit of ABBA. It's the most Lib Dem playlist that ever existed. He did admit, he said, is it a bit Radio 2 my playlist? I said, yeah, but that's not bad. There was Coldplay as well. And some Billy Joel. Wow, I mean, that is the Liberal Democrat Party. And it makes a lot of people feel very safe.

I felt safe. Yeah. Anyway, when we got there, I'd invited Frank as my guest. But when we went to the man to get the tickets from the day, It was Green Day. He had a green jumper. Professor Green. Green is my valley.

It must be a nightmare being near to the Green party. It's not easy being green. You want to go to think, I'm desperate. That should be a slogan, Frank. I'm desperately thirsty, but I can't get a fucking bottle of water from the shop in case somebody sees me with a party a lot. I have to drink out of puddles on the pavement. It is so.

People must be really watching. He can't do anything, Zach. People were getting his photos and all that, you know, photo. Of course they were, Frank. People love a politician. Well, he was on safe ground, wasn't he? Yeah. British Film Institute screening of a Russell T. Day.

He's got that vibe. Anyone the Daily Mail hate are all right in people's books and because the Daily Mail seemed terrified of him. Really? So a lot of people approve of him because he's making the right kind of people angry. Mm-hmm. Well, when I went to get my tickets from the man, and I said, oh, I've got the tickets reserved. It's Emily Dean and Frank Skinner.

And Frank said, no, I'm just the plus one. And I just said, no, I intentionally mentioned your name because I thought we'd get better seats. And I said this to the man. And the man said, yeah, he just smiled. He didn't say, don't be silly or anything. We handed over the seats. They were the best seats I've ever had. We were in Rojay.

I honestly think that was a coincidence. No. And then a man came up from. channel, like a senior channel 4 bloke and said I've always felt that Russell T. Davis has done his best work for Channel 4. I thought,

what are you talking about? Was Doctor him on Channel 4? No. What about after the Q&A? And the first thing Russell T. Davis said, I thought, no wonder Frank and him get on so well. He starts the Q&A. He starts it by saying, well, no one laughed as much as I'd hoped.

And then he slightly berates the producer for turning up late. I said, Frank, this is you. We should say, by the way. Guess he was there. Guess he was there, Steve. Frank, we need to tell Steve who is there. He think you spotted. Who was it?

I've never seen you so excited in my life. He said, I think that's Dick Fiddy. Oh, yeah, Dick Fiddy was there. No, it was Dick. Anyway, sorry, Frank, you're going to say, we should say. We should say it was brilliant. It was brilliant. So I would really, I would recommend TIPT.

Did they throw it open to the audience for the question? There was two audience questions because everything had overrun. They only had some. Because I love a Q&A after a screening because you get some truly extreme examples of lunacy. Well, no, we had one about the intimacy coordinator. Yeah, that was one question. That was a quite one question wasted. Oh, Frank, that's so mean.

No, no. No, I don't enjoy the Q&As. Don't you? Why not? Because there's all what you always get. Like I went to a James Bond. Q and A thing. And there was Daniel Craig and someone else from the film and all that. And then Barbara Broccoli.

And nobody was asking Barbara. And that's what I get. There's always a producer or something that nobody asks or a minor character. And I'll say, we've got another question for that. And I'm thinking, oh, please, just ask her anything. Ask her a favorite call. Ask for what time is.

I've got a question for Barbara. Do you know what time? Coronation's straight up? Anything just to please involve this person. I was hoping you'd ask a question because I wanted people... I would have asked a question. Because I know you would have asked a good question and I would have felt proud. It was one of those things where there was a question I really wanted to ask.

I wanted to... And I don't want to say what it was, but the opening is such a big decision. The opening of episode one... Seal yourselves. Is a major writing decision to start a series with. Luckily, I saw David Morrissey and I got to ask him about... about him. And I said, what did you think when you saw that at the beginning of the first group? He said, I thought, that'll be, that'll be cut out.

I like David Morrissey. Oh, I like it. Frank was gripping my arms. Because, you know, Frank, we won't give it away, but there are bits which really are seats of your pants, aren't there, Frank? I've got bruises. It's what happened to the seat of my pants. It was very tense. Yeah. I mean, my stomach was like a clenched food.

It wasn't just your stomach, you were going, oh. No, there was a moment. You were openly. There was a moment where that phone, it was a bit where a phone goes off and I'm going, no, I mean literally that loud. Because I get so in, oh. He gets very involved.

He gets so emotional. I get very, very tense. You know, I've told you many times about if someone's breaking into a cupboard in an office and then you realise the person who was, leaving the office, has forgotten something they're coming back. My stomach, honestly. This is his nightmare. If there's a film, he's in the dark office

rummaging for things and then you see a torch in the hallway. Oh, Frank. What you usually see, you get on frosted glass in the door, you get into the person. Oh, my new one, which honestly gives me, even talking about it makes me tense, people fucking

driving in films and chatting to the person, the passenger just looking straight at for like eight seconds, not looking at the road. Oh, God, I am literally at home saying, look at the road! I mean, I'm not saying that for comedy. I am literally saying it.

I understand. Anyway, we loved it. It's called Tiptoe and Frank gave the dates when it's out, if you want to watch it. Yeah, sounds great. My favourite ever weird question asked at a screening was there was a film with Jason Biggs from the American Pie movies,

and it's him and the director, and I can't even remember the name of the film. But it was a decent of... Can I say 85% of the people you name in conversations with me? I've never been. Oh God, that's so rude. That's so rude, Frank.

I don't know, Jason Biggs. He's only really known from the American Pie films. He's the main... That's quite depressing for your CV, isn't it? Hey, you're an actor. What have you done? King Leo or... Do you know American Pie? I think when I was growing up, I think we like those.

What, American Pie? I think so. No, you didn't. Because American Pie You didn't when you were growing up Because they only came out, when were they? 2000s. Yeah, early 2000.

Perhaps I'm thinking of something. I think you're thinking of a rude thing, one of those videos. No, I'm thinking of the Fatty Arbuckle films. Of Harold Lloyd, American Pie. Yes, he hasn't done life. Was Fatty Arbuckle the first person to get cancer? Pretty much. Did he get cancer?

It's a pretty bleak story, yeah. Fatty Arbuckle, poor old sod. Oh, okay. I'm glad you sympathise with the sexual abuse. I thought, but wasn't it all found? I thought it was all proved to be, wasn't it all proved to be nonsense? Was it all proved to be nonsense? Well, you would say that.

I need to cancel him again then. Okay. You want cancel fatty arbuckle. Well, there was a restaurant in Oxford that used to be called fatty arbuckles. But that's no reason to un-cancel him. That's a physical clearance. It's terrible what's happened. Yeah, exactly.

Yes, so Jason Biggs. I was in Barrymore's wine bar the other night. He has been reinvented, doesn't he Barrymore? He was, well, he's huge on TikTok. He's all over the socials. Oh, good on him. Once again. Sympathising with the...

There must be an expiry date on these things. It depends on the seriousness. Fatty off, God, really. It was 1921. Something like that, yeah. Yes. I believe it said, you are right, Steve. I've just checked, and other things I never wanted to Google,

fatty Arbuckle, a guilt. The first two trials, Frank, resulted in hung juries, but the third trial acquitted Arbuckle. Oh. The jury took the unusual step of giving him a written statement of apology. Okay. Okay. I want to have wrote that.

Steve. Citation needed. Time travel. So he didn't do terrible sexual assault things. Well, I know you adorably believe in the justice system. Well. And so I think that possibly this third jury he got lucky, potentially. Or you could say.

I bet he was a man he didn't worry about fat-shaping on his list of things to be shamed of. It's probably quite down there. Sorry, Fassie. I don't want a fat-shed. No, don't worry about that. If he'd met Zach Polanski, what would Zach Polanski call him? Nice to meet you for... Mr. Arbuckle.

He'd have to call him his real name, which was Roscoe. Oh, of course it was. Roscoe Conkling, Arbuncle. Arbuckle, Roscoe Conkling. Okay. Arbuckle became a term for a fat person. Did it? Yeah, I met a woman who I liked a lot.

And to never tell you. about when I was expecting a letter from her and it didn't come and I got all the carpet up and that's see if it had gone underneath the carpet so tragic. All things like that make me try. Anyway, that was her. But I remember when I met her, she sat down, I had a mate who was a large man and I

said, this is Steve, this is thing and he was too far away to introduce. She says who's the R buckle on the end? Different times. I might bring it back. No, I won't. I won't go down one. I'll bring it back. Especially with the unfortunate associations Although you know what, thanks for clearing that up, Steve,

as an R-Buckle apologist. You know, it's good. Yeah. I was completely believing the whole thing. I don't think I've ever seen any of his films. Oh, yeah, I've seen some of his. Is they decent? Case you're wondering, yes, he is.

The nickname wasn't unfounded. Yeah. Yeah, he's funny. But a lot of the funniness is him eating 18 pies and stuff. I think he was in American Pies. Frank, he weighed 30. The plural. Not the sequel, the plural.

Very good. He weighed 13 pounds at birth. Is that a lot? Yeah, that's a big. That is big. Yeah, it was a sign of things. Anyway, that's enough for the Arbuckle facts for this week. I'm a little fatigued because I was kept awake last night by cars blasting in the street.

Yeah, there's been a lot of celebrations. To the tune of, uh, uh, uh. I was very happy, Steve. I got my lovely email from Arsenal Football Club this morning. And do you know what's interesting? What, they thought you didn't know? Exactly. I thought a bit late with the label news.

I still have to email their family. They email all the members. But what's interesting is they say Arsenal Football Club. Well done us. Yeah, to Emily Dean, your Premier League champions. We are Premier League champions. This belongs to all of us. Does it?

Does it? It doesn't really, Frank, does it? I won't get nothing for that membership. But did anyone receive that email who didn't know? It's possible, isn't it? Maybe someone just emerging from a coma. Yeah. They just played the beach boys and pet sounds for the 98th time because it worked.

And they came out and they got an email. It would be a bit weird if you. I must have been asleep longer than I think. If you bother to pay for membership and then didn't notice when your team won the Premier League for the first time in 22 years. I phone my dad up. He's a big Arsenal fan.

Oh, I didn't know that? But he doesn't allow himself to be happy about anything at all. So if anyone said, champions! Anyway, yeah, but we're going to lose a fucking Champions League, though, aren't we? It was straight to me. There was not a nanosecond that he allowed himself to enjoy. Oh, well, that is the way of... But it's also a weird day, because that happened for Arsenal,

and I'm a Southampton fan. and we've just been kicked out of the playoffs. Well, there was a great thing. I put the news on this morning and they had Putin and Z-Ping. Xi Jinping, yeah, Xi Jinping. Xi Jinping walking along. And then the next story said SpyGate

and it was about Southampton football. And I thought there's a spy story. And it's not those two. I didn't see that coming. One of the teams we spied on was Oxford United. and a game we managed to lose as well. I think they didn't win any of the games that they Spide on. It's so fabulously low level.

What are you learning from Spide Honor teams football training? Who was the last one, Frank, the Leeds manager? Yeah, Bielsa. Yeah, Bielsa. Didn't he have the goggles? People used to get the goggles out. Are they getting a walkie talk about? They wear these sort of bibs type things.

What we need to get is some traffic cones. They're really helpful. What are they seeing? They all drive quite tasteless cars and they're on TikTok a lot. And the Saints players are now apparently going to sue, they might sue the club.

Really? Because Roy Keane's son-in-law is one of the Southampton players. He'll sue the club. Yeah. I should think. Oh, yeah. And Man City, now we're on football. We're ending soon if you don't like football.

Man City's iconic manager, Pep Guardiola, is leaving. We leave that, I reckon. What they've just replaced him with Enzambresco because he looks like. That's not going to be, oh, well, it'll just carry on, we'll keep winning things. If we find someone else, it looks like him.

It's like the Labour Party replacing Kea with Hannah Gatsby. Oh, my God. Do you know, I've never thought of that before. But that's... And relax. Oh, no. Oh, dear. It's going to be the new thing that goes right after Superstore.

That will be the new thing like that. Can we just see the radio? Oh, yes. See that? She thought I'm going to speak today on air because it's my last one before I'm at my baby. I'm still on air. But I love it. No, I like to.

I like, used to be a thing, didn't it? On radio, is you'd hear like a distant voice from a producer. But I'll tell you what they'd say and we never liked it when they'd call them producer and then their name fact. They'd go, oh, producer John is in or something. Oh, but that's a radio thing. Yeah. I went to a show that David Badeel was hosting and he's very against, you know, following convention and that.

And he said, so what do you are Amando Anucci think about this? And I thought, oh, it's the radio forward speaking to people and using their name. I guess if it's Sarah's like me, we call it a reproducer Sarah. Oh. Yeah, I don't like that. Frank, why do you pull a face? Because you're making it sound like a surrogate and I'm not saying. that's a bad thing.

She's not some kind of birth mule. Someone who lists themselves as a reproducer. It's not our only fans page. Only a second child. I mean, she's not, you know, not a production line. A woman that lives in the shoe. A reproduction line. Is that what they call it?

Just read the thing. Okay. I've just thought of something from Superstore. Just read the thing and then do your joke. The next episode of, Frank Skinner's radio days is out on Wednesday. We've reached 2014 now. This time I've had an incident with a nativity scene.

Oh. I know what this was. It involves super glue. That's all I'm saying. It's the Frank Skinner podcast. A new winter change is blowing. It's the Frank Skinner podcast. I'm not totally sure how it's going.

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