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The Six Nations is here! Dan Cole introduces: For The Love Of Rugby

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Classic: About Sports Promoters, with Eddie Hearn

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Classic: About Driving Instructors, with clearviewdriving

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Classic: About Dating, with Paul Brunson

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Classic: About Drag Queens, with Blu Hydrangea

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Dan Cole Introduces: For The Love Of Rugby

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Classic: Things People Did, with Joel Dommett

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Classic: Things People Did, with Joe Wilkinson!

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Classic About Farmers: The Most Dangerous Job in the UK

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Classic About PTs: Are all Personal Trainers Narcissists?

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Classic About Bouncers: Why are trainers banned in clubs?

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Classic About Being Blind: The time a guide dog did a poo in a supermarket

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Classic About Mediums: Can they really communicate with dead people?

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Emergency Committee Meeting: Agony Joe, Nipple Tassels and a Bath of Crisps

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Classic About Cyclists: What does Geraint Thomas eat before a race?

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About Pop Music: What’s the big deal with Taylor Swift?

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Classic About Vets: Is it easier to operate on a mouse or a horse?

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About Climate Change: Will turning off the lights really save the world?

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Classic About Poker Players: How a pair of shoes lost him $1 million

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About Personal Assistants: How to manage your boss's outrageous behaviour

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Classic About Water: Are we drinking recycled wee?

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Out of Office Re: Things People Do

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Classic About Diamonds: Top Secret Missions and Elaborate Heists

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Things People Did, with Kerry Godliman: Bingo Calls, Sales Pitches and Hiding in a Shoe Shop

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Classic About Forensic Pathologists: Have you ever seen a dead body?

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About Audiologists: Is it actually bad to clean your ears with cotton buds?

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Classic About Geography: Which of these capital cities do you know?

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About Burlesque: Joe Marler's transformation into Kitty Backlaine

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About Theme Parks: We made Joe go on a rollercoaster at Alton Towers Resort

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About Maths: This episode will teach you more than school ever did

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Classic About Archaeologists: Did the lost city of Atlantis actually exist?

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About Air Ambulance Doctors: Performing heart surgery on the side of the road

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Classic About Clowns: What does it take to be a good clown?

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About Conductors: Where are the biggest egos in the orchestra?

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Classic About Ultra Runners: Bleeding nipples and losing toenails mid race

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About Gardeners: What is the ultimate gardening tool?

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Introducing... Zookeeper in Training

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Classic About Drug Trafficking: Building an ecstasy empire and facing 200 years in prison

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About Stress: How to cope when you're struggling to switch off

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About Joe’s Hair Transplant: Is the mohawk saved?

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About Birds: Are geese horrible or misunderstood?

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Pub in the Park London: What happened when we forced Joe onto a ferris wheel?

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About Cricketers, with Stuart Broad: What happens when a ball hits you in the face at 90mph?

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About Blood Tests: Learn what’s really going on in your body

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About Baking: The one huge mistake everyone makes at home... ft. Jane's Patisserie!

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New Studio Reveal: Joe's WILD new diet and will he finally get his neon sign?

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Things People Did, with Chris McCausland: Live from Pub in the Park London!

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About Carpet Cleaners: Can white wine actually fix a red wine stain?

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Pub in the Park Marlow: Tom Kerridge BBQ tips, finding Daniel Bedingfield and Elis James's boat

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About Sex Education: How to fix your problems in the bedroom

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Things People Did, with Elis James: Live at Pub in the Park!

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About Astrologers: Which star sign has the most serial killers?

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Classic About Penetration Testers: How to rob a bank and not get caught

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About Bus Drivers: Low bridges, drunk passengers and how hard is it to actually park one?

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Classic About Paramedics: How fast can you actually drive with blue lights on?

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About Blacksmiths: Are 3D printers killing traditional crafts?

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About Traffic Lights: Do they all have secret hidden cameras?

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About Sheep: Are they actually more intelligent than we think?

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Classic About Ice Cream: Joe's extreme reaction to horseradish flavoured gelato

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About TV Personalities: How did Pete Wicks outsell Justin Bieber?

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Classic About Sleep: How many hours do you actually need?

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About Antiques: Could your IKEA furniture be worth MILLIONS?

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Brighton Q&A Special: What farm animal best describes Joe?

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About Hearts: Can you die from a broken one?

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Things People Review: The Next Step for Joe's OnlyFans

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About Pilots: Do they just turn on autopilot?

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Things People Did, with Suzi Ruffell: How many doughnuts can Joe eat in one sitting?

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About British Caffs: How to cook a PROPER fry-up

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Classic About Museums: Is it possible to steal the Mona Lisa?

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About Cyber Security: Are we being watched through our webcams?

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Come and see us at Pub in the Park!

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Things People Did, with Jamali Maddix: Prepping for a zombie apocalypse with baked beans and a samurai sword

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About Celebrants: The strangest wedding trends you’ve never heard of

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Things People Review: Josh the Chimney Sweep is back!

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About Ghosts: How to tell if your house is haunted

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About Beer Scientists: Who let Joe loose in a beer lab?

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About Brewers: Meet the Willy Wonka of beer making

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Things People Did, with Abi Clarke: Work experience in a cupboard, teaching 'movement' and flirting with Poldark

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About Delivery Drivers: The weirdest substitutions for customer’s shopping

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Classic: About Lifeguards

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About Child Psychologists: Why do kids hate broccoli?

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Things People Did, with Jake Lambert: How to be a star employee at Legoland

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About Makeup Artists: The most important product to keep us looking young

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Things People Did, with Russell Kane: Comedian, podcaster and... hoover salesman

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About Polar Explorers: How do you survive in Antarctica alone?

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Classic: About Stunt People

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About The Traitors: The ultimate guide to lying and deception

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Classic: About Tree Surgeons

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About Sobriety: What happens when you can't remember your night out?

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Things People Review: Our first ever 'culture' club

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About Crime Scene Investigators: Tampering with evidence, hidden murder weapons and a set of giant crayons

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Classic: About Cheerleaders

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About New Year: Resolutions and BIG plans for 2025

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Classic: About Pirates

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The Things Speech: A Christmas message from King Marls...

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The Marlie Awards (part two): The people's champion of 2024 is crowned

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The Marlie Awards (part one): Celebrating the best of 2024 ft. special guests

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Classic: About Funeral Directors

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About Pantomime Dames: Ridiculous costumes, throwing sweets at kids and Joe the panto cow

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About Hair Loss: Can you save a thinning mohawk?

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About Art: Why did a banana taped to a wall cost $6.2 million?

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Classic: About Midwives

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About Goldsmiths: A golden yacht, divorce rings, and why white gold is a massive con

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Things People Did, with Sindhu Vee: What do consultants ACTUALLY do?

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About Cocktails: Who is the worst person at a bar?

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Classic: About Reality TV, with Sam Thompson

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About Footballers: The carnage combination of Jimmy Bullard and Joe Marler

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Things People Did, with Marcus Brigstocke: The podium dancing oil rig worker

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About Shoes: Can you cook a pair of Converse in the oven?

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Classic: About Words, with Tom Read Wilson

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About Train Drivers: Delays, drunk passengers and a giant Bop It!

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About Batteries: How many would it take to power Wembley Stadium?

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About Pilates Instructors: A popular form of exercise or a religious cult?

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Things People Did, with Nick Frost: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz... and a plastic apple factory?

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About Biscuits: The incredible story of the two-foot Jaffa Cake

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Classic: About Bomb Disposal Technicians

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About Life In Prison: How do you survive on the inside?

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Things People Did, with Catherine Bohart: Buses with roofs, ox bile tablets and other extraordinary revelations

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About Egg Farmers: A real life chicken run, and the hen that met Emma Watson

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About Strongmen (Part Two): Pulling planes, crazy injuries, and the incredible journey of the Stoltman brothers

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About Strongmen (Part One): Meet the Stoltmans, the world's strongest brothers

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Things People Did, with Tom Davis: Scaffolding, acting with Paddington bear and eating Timothée Chalamet's breakfast

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About Embryologists: 600 babies and counting...

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Classic: About Firefighters

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About Restaurants, with Tom Kerridge!

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Things People Did, with Tez Ilyas: The man who saved the London Olympics

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About Gymnasts: Max Whitlock, the most successful gymnast in British history

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Back To School Special: About Headteachers

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About GPs: Wait times, chronic underfunding and strange items found "up there"

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Classic: About Weather

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About Singers: Rag'n'Bone Man talks touring nightmares and crazy fan stories

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Emergency Show Growing Committee: Joe's wrestler heartbreak and red raw chest

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About Waxing: Goodbye Joe's chest hair...

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Classic: About Black Holes

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About Crowd Control: Operation London Bridge, the Olympics, and the attack on Wembley

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About Dinosaurs (Bonus): How much is an 80million year old T-Rex tooth worth?

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About Dinosaurs: Would Velociraptors make good pets?

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Classic: About Submariners

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About Dominatrixes: Wild fetishes, spanking parties and a squirming Joe Marler

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Things Joe Is Doing: Back with a bang (and a broken foot)

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Classic: About Zookeepers

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Classic: About Detectives

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Things People Did, with Seann Walsh: A very angry rant about touchscreens and McDonalds carrots

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Things Joe Is Doing: A 'Fings People Drink' extravaganza ft. The England Rugby Team

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Classic: About Drainage Engineers

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Introducing... The Positive News Podcast

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Things Joe Is Doing: Ninja training, Japanese Valencia ice lollies and a baby owl staring contest

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Things People Did, with Karl Porter: You'll never eat Travelodge eggs again

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Classic: About Prisons

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Things Joe Is Doing: Sumo wrestling, real life Mario Kart and the world's steepest street

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The Show Growing Committee: The one you've all been waiting for... it's Daisy's Mum!

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About Joe's Summer: An important message from your Chairman (and some very silly listener questions)

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Classic: About Groundspeople

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About Pharmacists: Fake Prescriptions, addiction and why you shouldn't buy branded pain killers

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Classic: About Artificial Intelligence

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About Cinema Managers: The real reason why the snacks are so expensive...

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Classic: About Police Dogs

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About Freedivers: How to hold your breath under water for over six minutes

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The Show Growing Committee: Joe Marler costumes, recycle bin drama and a neon sign betrayal

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Siya Kolisi: The mindset of a World Cup winning captain

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About Micro Engineers: Taking Over the World with Super Small Spy Gadgets

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Things People Did, with Stephen Bailey: A guide on how to make Joe Marler uncomfortable

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About Game Shows: Richard Osman, come on down!

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Classic: About Flight Attendants

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About Wildlife Cinematographers: Filming elephants, living with penguins and what David Attenborough is really like

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Things People Did, with Maisie Adam: Litter picking, a Christmas Elf, and spilling graving down a brides dress

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About Bin Lorries: The unsung heroes of our streets

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The Show Growing Committee: Take Marler to work day, intimate waxing and the return of the gavel

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About Librarians: The most disgusting things people do to books

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Classic: About Estate Agents

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About Financial Traders: Extreme wealth, greed and depression. Welcome to the trading game.

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Things People Did, with Doc Brown: The best resignation story you’ll hear today

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About YouTubers: Max Fosh, stupid stunts and billions of views

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Classic: About Pest Control

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About Newsnight: The producer of THAT Prince Andrew interview on how it all unfolded

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The Show Growing Committee: Joe becoming a priest, sex toy merch and Bob the tortoise

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About Taxi Drivers: 'The Knowledge', drunk passengers and why you should never get an Uber

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Things People Did, with Kae Kurd: Next in Croydon, service stations and Angelina Jolie in the Apple store

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About Chimney Sweeps: 'The awkward things you find up people's fireplaces'

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Classic: About Bodyguards

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About Crufts: Meet Maisie, champion of the worlds biggest dog show (who also pooed on her victory lap)

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Things People Did, with Fern Brady: Flower potions, stealing toothpaste from Boots and 'The Kinky Wrinkly'

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About Painter Decorators: Elephant breath, fifty shades of white and 'the begrudged husband'

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Classic: About Opera Singers

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About The Tower of London: Guarding the Crown Jewels, Anne Boleyn's ghost and ravens stealing crisps from kids

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Things People Did, with Jen Brister: Homebase, data entry and selling fancy cakes

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About Hostage Negotiators: How to remain calm when dealing with kidnappers and terrorists

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Classic: About Car Salespeople

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About Celebrity Stylists: Red carpet meltdowns, Lady Gaga's meat dress and how to be more fashionable

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Things People Did, with Mike Bubbins: Tesco checkouts, bodybuilding, and being a world class Elvis

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About Window Cleaners: Meet Terry Turbo, officially the fastest man in the world (on glass)

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Introducing: For The Love Of Rugby - with Dan Cole and Ben Youngs

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The Show Growing Committee: Billboards, squirrel photographers and a power hungry producer

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About Survival: How to stay alive when stranded on a desert island

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Classic: About Hotel Managers

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About Film Extras: Meet the woman who has featured in over 2000 movies and shows

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Things People Did, with Lloyd Griffith: Working at Pizza Hut, smuggling satellites and power washing bird poo

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About Playground Designers: Being a big kid for a living - the best job in the world?

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Classic: About Surgeons

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About Beekeepers: Thousands of stings, breeding Queens, and David Beckham's unrealistic hives

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The Marlie Awards: Best of 2023

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Classic: About Tattoo Artists

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About Rebranding: A new era of the show begins

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About Father Christmas: The secrets of being a professional Santa

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Classic: About Being Homeless

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About Marketing: How to promote yourself and the greatest adverts of all time

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Classic: About Cheesemongers

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About Mortuaries: What happens to our bodies when we die?

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Classic: About Astronauts

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Things People Did, with Joel Dommett: Riding cows, being a security guard and shooting a sex scene with Sienna Miller

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About Feet: Fetishes, fungus and 30 year old 'ram's horn toenails'

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Classic: About Psychopaths

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About Ecologists: Bat detectors, counting newts, and protecting the environment

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Classic: About Historians

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About Joe Wilkinson: Bouncy castles, toy shops and a lifeguard that can't swim

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Classic: About Vicars

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About The Rugby World Cup: Swimming pool antics, Faf de Klerk and the greatest header of all time

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About Germs: Could a virus wipe out humanity?

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Classic: About Teachers

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About Masseuses: Treating Tom, little old ladies and Lance Armstrong

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Classic: About Funeral Directors

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About Whisky: How to become an expert

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Classic: About Stuntwomen

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About Cleaners: All the secret hacks you need to sort your house out

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Classic: About Death Row

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About Lifeboats: The father and daughter saving lives for the RNLI

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Classic: About Marine Biologists

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About Geowizard: The adventurer who crossed Wales in a straight line

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About Traffic Wardens: Britain’s most hated profession, and the nicest man we’ve ever met

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About Competitive Eaters: Meet the woman who can eat 3 pickled eggs in 7 seconds

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About Mayors: Andy Burnham on expensive trains, and 'the' Joy Division

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Summer Best Bits: Part Two

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Summer Best Bits: Part One

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About Miners: The most dangerous workplace on Earth?

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About Neuroscientists: How our brains work

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About Retirement Homes: Seniors and their sex lives

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About Recruitment: How to perfect your CV and nail a job interview

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About Football Hooligans: Stories of violence, racism and gang culture in the eighties

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About Theatre Critics: A must-listen smash hit of an episode

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About Butchers: How the meat industry works

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About Sex Trafficking: Ex-detective shares dark stories of kidnap, pimps and rescue operations

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About Disasters: Responding to terror attacks, flooding and pandemics

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About Chocolatiers: Meet the real life Willy Wonka

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About Social Media: How to stop being addicted to your phone

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About Construction Workers: Stories from a building site

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About Bristol: Cider Tim and a Well Hung Lover

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About DJs: Jordan North on Brad Pitt, I’m a Celeb and being a radio presenter

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About Airport Security: What are the strangest items found in passenger's bags?

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About Manchester: Home of the Ice Lolly Olympics

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About The Coronation: Everything you need to know about the crowning of King Charles III

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About Birmingham: The Fresh Prince of Bull-Air

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About Politicians: What are Raab, Johnson, Truss and Rees-Mogg really like?

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About Glasgow: Life on tour begins

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About Driving Instructors: Road rage, bad habits and the worst ways to fail a test

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The Show Growing Committee: Retirement homes, Michelle Obama and professional panda fluffers

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About Jockeys: How to pick a winner at The Grand National

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About Police: Making the force a more neurodiverse place

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About Cows: Cattle hoof trimming, the most fascinating job you've never heard of

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About Supermarket Managers: Shoplifters, checkout races and fights in the reduced aisle

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About Removal Men: From lifting grand pianos to clearing the UK's most disgusting houses

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About Etiquette: The correct behaviour for every social situation

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The Inaugural Show Growing Committee

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About Postal Workers: What is it like working for Royal Mail?

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About Ukraine: The inside story twelve months after Putin's invasion

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About Archaeologists: From ancient Egypt to digging up pub car parks

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About Railway Workers: Why there are accidents, delays and train strikes

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About Eddie Hearn: Promoter, salesman and failed athlete

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About Fighter Jets: Life of an RAF Engineer

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About Market Traders: How to sell and what The Apprentice boardroom is really like

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About Dating: Relationships advice from the world's no.1 matchmaker

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About A&E Workers: Life inside the NHS

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The Xmas Best Bits Episode 2022 (Part Two)

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The Xmas Best Bits Episode 2022 (Part One)

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About Criminologists: Hate crimes and why people commit them

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About Dental Hygienists: How to have better teeth and avoid gum disease

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About Snowboarders: What it's really like at the Winter Olympics

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About Blu Hydrangea: Everything you need to know about Drag Queens

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About Coffee: Meet the man who can drink 80 cups in a day

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About Words: How to improve your vocabulary and the origin of swearing

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About Osteopaths: How to fix your back pain and a headless chicken called Mike

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About Dancers: How to be a real life Magic Mike

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About Beef Johnston: What's it like to be a professional golfer?

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About Ultra Runners: Pushing your body to the limit in the world's toughest challenges

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About Wedding Planners: How NOT to behave on the big day

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About Black Holes: Mind blowing facts about the universe

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About Money: The cost of living crisis and how to cope

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About Sam Thompson: How reality TV really works

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About Bomb Disposal Technicians: Saving lives in Iraq and Afghanistan

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About Museums: Can you steal the Mona Lisa?

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About Gangsters: The truth about about the London mafia

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About Lifeguards: Rescue stories, children's parties and Baywatch

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About Cheerleaders: This sport is not what you think it is

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About Groundspeople: Everything you ever wanted to know about grass

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About Opticians: How do eyes actually work?

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About Artificial Intelligence: Will robots take over the world?

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About Personal Trainers: James Smith on narcissism, steroids and Mark Wahlberg

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About Drainage Engineers: Fatbergs, super sewers and The Great Stink

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About Laura Woods: How to be a TV Presenter

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Joe and Dan: One final fixture

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About Magicians: Mentalism, manipulation and guessing your friend's pin numbers

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About Tube Drivers: Everything you need to know about the London Underground

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About Architects: What is the best building in the world?

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Joe and Dan: Cauliflower Club?

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About Drug Trafficking: Meet the man who built an empire selling ecstasy

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Joe and Dan: The Horsefly and the Supper Club

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About Restaurant Critics: What is the perfect dining experience?

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About Bouncers: Life on the doors

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Joe and Dan Rugby Show: Stone Cold Scrum Refs

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About Video Games: Zombies, ninjas and the golden wombat of destiny

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The Joe and Dan Rugby Show (Pilot Episode)

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About Submariners: What are they actually doing down there?

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About Car Salespeople: Are second hand vehicles all dodgy?

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About Fashion: Charity shops, catwalks and meeting Kate Moss

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About Funeral Directors

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About Opera Singers

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About Detectives

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About Hotel Managers

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About Refugees

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About Sausages

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About Estate Agents

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About Songwriters

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About Pirates

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About Vets

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About Theme Park Designers

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About Cyclists

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About Sex Workers

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About Surgeons

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The Xmas Best Bits Episode (Part Two)

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The Xmas Best Bits Episode (Part One)

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About the Autumn Internationals

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About Farmers

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Rugby Special with Dan Cole

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About Geography

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About Men (Again)

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About Barbers

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About Forensic Pathologists (Part Two)

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About Forensic Pathologists (Part One)

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About Diamonds

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About Water

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About Poaching

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About Ice Cream

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About Pest Control

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About Cults (Part Two)

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About Cults (Part One)

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About Clowns

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About Firefighters

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About Flight Attendants

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Lions: The Aftermath

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Lions: Campervans and Dan’s bugbears

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Lions: Lendrid and 12 packs of Quavers

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Lions: Curry’s arousal curve and relentless ‘Maz’

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Lions: Joe, Dan and Tips

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Lions: The Legend of Darren Fatland

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Lions: Tom Curry's raw eggs

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Lions: Can they swim? And Marcus Smith gets called up

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Lions: Tips and the Midweek Veg

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Lions: How hairy is Elliot Daly?

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About A Rugby Miracle

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About The 2017 Lions

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About The Lions

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About Pub Landlords

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About Actors

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About The Future

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About Boxers (Part Two)

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About Boxers (Part One)

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About Vicars

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About Tree Surgeons

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About Mediums (talking to dead people)

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About Bodyguards

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About Sleep

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About Police Dogs

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About Special Forces

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About Anti-Social Behaviour

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About Historians

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About Poker Players

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About Paramedics

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About Penetration Testers

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About Lawyers

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About Weather

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About Being Blind

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About Cheesemongers

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About Death Row

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About Marine Biologists

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About Midwives

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About Being Homeless

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About Chefs

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About Psychology

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About Spoonface

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About Prisons

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About Tattoo Artists

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About Stuntwomen (and stuntmen)

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About Teachers

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About Men

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About Astronauts

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About Zookeepers

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About Psychopaths

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About Joe (Practice Episode)

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About The Show (Trailer)

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