

Elis James and John Robins
BBC Radio 5 Live
Join the UK's youngest and most relevant broadcasters Elis James and John Robins for your twice-weekly dose of big laughs and top quality #content.Hilarious, welcoming and unashamedly ashamed, let these two best friends keep you company every Tuesday and Friday.Listen to the Elis James and John Robins podcast every Tuesday and Friday on BBC Sounds.Email: elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk
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Jan 19, 2021 • 44min
#126 - The Isolation Tapes: Soft John
A busy hunk of pure intense chat this week, with seamless traversing of the timeless topics of the CIA, smells and getting kicked in the knackers. Also expect sweet tales of fatherhood and Elis laying into John for frankly little discernible reason.

Jan 15, 2021 • 1h 19min
#125 - Dictionary Fawners, Mean Averages and a Penchant for Purple
Week two under the new tri-simulcast regime, and the boys are flying as they broadcast from their respective lounges and open wardrobes. Ulcer obliteration, homeschooling hacks and the plight of the education system all get a run out in what will certainly go down as a 'top-50' level show. Enjoy!

Jan 14, 2021 • 44min
#124 – The Isolation Tapes: Between Wonnacott and Gooch
The boys are encapsulating two different aspects of the UK population's gamut of lockdown problems.In Casa del James the issues are of the practical home-schooling variety.In Robins towers the river to navigate is far more existential. So expect childcare stress chat from Elis, and from John rumination on what gives him purpose in life.

Jan 12, 2021 • 40min
#123 - The Isolation Tapes: Booze Banishment & Beauty Sleep
The lads return to keep you company throughout Lockdown 3. It's non-stop non-action in the Robins and James households, but they're full of public service advice on quitting booze and going to bed at 7pm.

Jan 8, 2021 • 1h 19min
#122 - Glitchy Daleks, Sky High Plaques and Domestic Printing
In what was most certainly a radio first (it probably wasn't), Elis, John and Producer tri-simulcast from Bucks, South London and Salford as the chaps went LIVE for the first time from their respective homes.Was it a looser show than usual? Sure. Did the unpredictable performance of Elis's WIFI network create an air of edgy tension for the entire 90 minute broadcast? Maybe. Was it still top quallo #content. You betcha! After all, who doesn't want to hear a professional broadcaster blow their nose over the intro of David Bowie's 'Let's Dance'? Enjoy the chaos.

Jan 1, 2021 • 1h 17min
#121 - Elis and John's New Year's Day Nuggets
Elis and John look back over their favourite show moments from 2020. Including a day that John describes as 'the great betrayal,' a tense Made Up Game and a toe curling Shame Well. Happy New Year!

Dec 25, 2020 • 1h 46min
#120 - Elis and John's Christmas #Content
Hitting digital terrestrial airwaves on Christmas Morning, Elis and John bring you a very special show jam-packed with Christmas Content. Expect present swapping, an Unsung Hero from the North Pole, a festive and calorific Made Up Game, and Producer Dave's 'Big Christmas Poem'. Merry Christmas one and all!

Dec 18, 2020 • 1h 23min
#119 - Brian May, Plaque Chat and Poetreh
Elis and John chat to Queen legend, Brian May! Or, to rephrase, John chats to Brian May while Elis patiently listens. Elsewhere, some secondary school pupils have a poetic surprise for Producer Dave, and today’s Made Up Game comes with an accompanying spreadsheet that will win awards. Enjoy!

Dec 11, 2020 • 1h 20min
#118 - Overstated Groins, Toddler Tax and Bums
A show derailed by backsides, Elis and John try to keep up with a flurry of correspondence focused solely on celebrity derrières and how many we’ve 'collected'. There’s some normal show stuff, too.

Dec 4, 2020 • 1h 21min
#117 - Sackable Tardiness, Naked Nicholas Witchell and Bare Naked Shame
After arriving 12 minutes late for today’s show preparation, this may well be Elis’s final show on 5 Live, as John makes it his number one priority to get him disciplined/fired. Elsewhere, a man talks about inventing ATMs. It’s all go.


