List of Fighting Talk episodes
This is a list of episodes of the BBC Radio Five Live sports panel show Fighting Talk, which began its twelfth season on 16 August 2014. In the list of episodes below, the winning panellist for each show (after Defend the Indefensible), where known, is shown in bold.
Season 2003/04
- This list is incomplete. Only episodes known to exist (either in the form of a recording, or a comment made in an episode referring to a prior episode) are listed. It is known that 22 episodes[1] were commissioned for the first season.
Season 2004/05
Season 2005/06
Season 2006/07
Fighting Talk: Any Other Business
| Date | Presenter | Guest 1 | Guest 2 | Guest 3 | Guest 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 December | Richard Bacon | ||||
| 8 July | Johnny Vaughan | Julia Hartley-Brewer | Mark Dolan | ||
| 15 July | Mark Dolan | Simon Greenall | Derek Draper | Stephen Pound (Labour) | |
| 22 July | Emily Bell | Don Foster (Liberal Democrats) |
Kevin O'Sullivan | Tony Law | |
| 29 July | Alan Duncan (Conservative) |
Robin Ince (debut) | Arabella Weir (debut) | ||
| 5 August | Diane Abbott (debut) (Labour) |
Season 2007/08
Euro 2008 specials
| Date | Presenter | Guest 1 | Guest 2 | Guest 3 | Guest 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 June | Colin Murray | Henning Wehn | Gary O'Reilly | Will Buckley | Gabriele Marcotti (debut) |
| 14 June | Danny Mills | Bob Mills | Des Kelly | Marten Andersson (debut) | |
| 21 June | Bobby Gould | Dougie Anderson | Greg Brady | Micha Wertheim (debut) | |
| 28 June | Michael Stich (debut) | Guillem Balague (debut) | Martin Kelner | John Rawling |
Season 2008/09
Season 2009/10
Season 2010/11
Summer specials
| Date | Presenter | Guest 1 | Guest 2 | Guest 3 | Guest 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 June Royal Ascot special Live at Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, Berkshire |
Nick Hancock | Ian Stone | Cornelius Lysaght | Will Buckley | Jason Weaver (debut) |
| 2 July Wimbledon special Live at the All-England Club, Wimbledon, London |
Gabby Logan | Robbie Savage | Martin Kelner | Bob Mills | Jamie Murray (debut) |
| 9 July British GP special |
Jake Humphrey | Al Murray (debut) | Anthony Davidson (debut) | David Croft | Des Kelly |
Season 2011/12
Season 2012/13
Season 2013/14
- NB: All programmes this season were produced at MediaCityUK, Salford unless otherwise noted.
Season 2014/15
- NB: All programmes this season were produced at New Broadcasting House, London unless otherwise noted.
‡ signifies that the panelist was at MediaCityUK, Salford
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Johnny Vaughan's Fighting Talk starts on Radio Five Live". BBC — Press Office. 2003-09-29. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ↑ In the 17 January 2004 episode, host Johnny Vaughan indicates Buckley is the "defending champion".
- ↑ "Christian O'Connell to host Fighting Talk on Radio Five Live". BBC — Press Office. 2004-05-27. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ↑ In the 28 August 2004 episode, host Christian O'Connell introduced Brady saying that there was 'a lot of pressure on last weeks ... winner'.
- ↑ "Colin Murray takes over Fighting Talk on Five Live". BBC — Press Office. 2006-01-31. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ↑ Watt was a replacement for John Barnes, as he was still competing on Strictly Come Dancing at the time.
- ↑ Steve Bunce filled in for Mark Bright via ISDN from Birmingham after the latter pulled out before air.
- ↑ "Jimmy Tarbuck to chair Fighting Talk on Radio 5 Live". BBC — Press Office. 2008-11-28. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
- ↑ John Bishop was slated to appear with a better season record than Kelner, but failed to return in time from a gig in Ireland.
- ↑ Will Buckley was a late replacement for Greg Brady, who experienced issues with his ISDN connection in Toronto.
- ↑ Ian Stone was an eleventh-hour replacement for Bob Mills, who had taken ill the night before.
- ↑ Tayo was brought in as a replacement for Jason Euell as he was called up to the Charlton Athletic squad that day.
- ↑ In this episode, Brady was given two wins, thus putting him top of FT's all-time wins list, with 41 vs. John Rawling's 40. Actually, Brady's answer to the same Defend the Indefensible from the very first FT in 2003 was played after his answer from 2011. Hence, Colin Murray's decision to give Brady the double victory.
- ↑ Pre-recorded at the Maida Vale Studios, London on 5 December
- ↑ Moore was a last-minute substitute for Kevin Bridges, who pulled out due to illness.
- ↑ Recorded on 11 May in London
- ↑ Fletcher was a late replacement for Olympic Gold Medal winner in the Long Jump Greg Rutherford, who pulled out at the last minute much to the annoyance of Murray. As a consequence, Murray slagged him off for the rest of the show.
- ↑ Didi Hamann was a late replacement for Christian Malcolm.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Colin Murray and Henning Wehn were both slated to host and appear on this episode, respectively, but were unable to do so owing to hazardous weather keeping them in Belfast.
- ↑ There were two programmes: the first in front of a small crowd of ten people at the regular 11.00 am slot, and the main episode which came live at 7.30 pm.
- ↑ Bob Mills filled in for Eddie Kadi, who pulled out owing to an 11th-hour "family emergency".
- ↑ Recorded 16 December at New Broadcasting House, London
- ↑ Recorded 17 April
- ↑ This holiday special aired on 17.30 BST on 25 December and was re-aired in the normal 11.00 Saturday slot.
- ↑ Recorded 2 April.
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