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Olympic Fighting Talk

Josh Widdicombe plays judge and jury as a panel of pundits fight for points discussing all things Olympic Games. With guests Rick Edwards, Iwan Thomas, Gail Emms and Paul Sinha. Fighting Talk, the cult weekly sports comedy show, comes out of the radio studio and in front of the TV cameras for the first time to celebrate Rio 2016. Topics up for contention include; greatest Olympic rivalries, best Olympic sporting bodies and we find out about some rather peculiar events from previous games. Josh awards points for informed comment, passion and humour but takes them away for any nonsense or drivel. The two highest scoring panellists go head to head to 'defend the indefensible', where they are forced to defend a downright distasteful statement for twenty seconds. Joining Josh is Badminton Olympic Silver medallist from the 2004 Athens games Gail Emms, Olympic viewer and presenter Rick Edwards, 4x100 relay Silver Olympic medallist from the 1996 Atlanta games Iwan Thomas and Olympic fanatic and comedian Paul Sinha.

English
  • Originally Aired July 29, 2016
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network BBC
  • Created August 8, 2016 by
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Name Type Role
Josh Widdicombe Writer
Rick Edwards Guest Star
Iwan Thomas Guest Star
Paul Sinha Guest Star
Josh Widdicombe Guest Star
Gail Emms Guest Star
Paul Routledge Director