343 episodes

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.
Email: elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk
WhatsApp: 07974293022
#elisandjohn

Elis James and John Robins BBC Radio 5 Live

    • Comedy
    • 4.8 • 5.3K Ratings

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.
Email: elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk
WhatsApp: 07974293022
#elisandjohn

    #336 - Tuffers’ Glow, Buffet Behaviour and Babes In The Mauve Interior

    #336 - Tuffers’ Glow, Buffet Behaviour and Babes In The Mauve Interior

    Dave’s back not with a vengeance, but for an absolute bumper buffet of an episode. For there’s not one, but TWO new features. Oh we do spoil you, but that's all we're telling you. A little tease. But no more.
    And by our reckoning this edition features the most car brands crowbarred in out of any episode we’ve ever done, which is quite some achievement.
    Everything from your weird fathers to your mammoth eating achievements, it’s elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk. We simply cannot stress enough that we want to be wading through correspondence until we’re practically drowning in electronic mail.

    • 1 hr 6 min
    #335 - Cursed FC, The Peter Clause and The Tide On Your Nethers

    #335 - Cursed FC, The Peter Clause and The Tide On Your Nethers

    Well, well, well. Every so often the old gal which is Made Up Games throws a grenade into the mix. And does it lead to drama? You bet ya it does as sparks fly.
    We’re still operating in a Daveless Zone as he launches his online whiskey company / goes walking in the Lake District - delete as to what’s believable. With the Masterman away there's a googly received at the 80 Daves crease and elsewhere Elis is humiliated on the football field.
    The quality of correspondence is *superb* at the moment. So whether it’s your Mad Dads or a dilemma to be solved by the boys then get it in to elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp us on 07974 293 022

    • 59 min
    #334 - Fish Finger Frenzy, Piña Colada Eggs and a Daveless Space

    #334 - Fish Finger Frenzy, Piña Colada Eggs and a Daveless Space

    It’s a podcast-first first as Elis and John enter the unknown: Cheadle Hulme’s most handsome producer is absent, leaving the unproduceables unproduced. It’s Elis and John unleashed. But digital Dave is on hand to provide some podcasting tips, should the boys completely forget how to broadcast.
    Fish fingers are another main course, as a listener answers the age old question of how many of the breaded delights can be eaten in one sitting. Dads are of course up to their mad tricks, and a comedian friend drops by to answer a listener's dilemma.
    Also you can watch ‘So Many Reasons’, the Taylor Swift John Robins breakup song by Charlene Kaye, in full right here: www.bbc.co.uk/elisandjohn or on the BBC Sounds YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@BBCSounds
    If you want to get in touch with the show then email elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07974 293 022

    • 51 min
    #333 - Fine For Bride, So Many Reasons and If You Come For The Queen You Best Not Miss

    #333 - Fine For Bride, So Many Reasons and If You Come For The Queen You Best Not Miss

    A huge moment for both Swifties and Red Breasts alike, for today’s the day we hear the hit new single about “What if Taylor Swift broke up with a Bristolian comic who specialises in emotional heft.”
    The crowds are in and the red carpet is out, as despite Elis and John seemingly confusing a first play with a film premiere, this is an occasion.
    Elsewhere a listener sends in another wonderful Made Up Games jingle BUT it must pass the discerning ear of Johnny JR.
    If you want to check out our songwriter, and her shows / work, it’s the very funny and talented Charlene Kaye. Just give her a Google.
    To get in touch with the show then elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp 07974 293 022 are the places to go.

    • 1 hr 15 min
    #332 - Mr Audio, Love's Best Lubricant and The Man Who Can Eat Three Curries

    #332 - Mr Audio, Love's Best Lubricant and The Man Who Can Eat Three Curries

    All sorts of achievements flying around on the show. Some aural and others gastronomic as the boys reflect on a great night at the big radio awards as well as John's food consumption.
    We check in on how the Swift x Robins masterpiece is coming together and also answer the question, "Should you clap 180 nominees?" A Q that all of the high fliers in various industries will be asking.
    If you want to slip us a note then it's elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or save the show WhatsApp number (07974 293 022) in your contacts and message in whenever.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    #331 - Five Star Bums, Tax Over Taylor and Too Punctual For Love

    #331 - Five Star Bums, Tax Over Taylor and Too Punctual For Love

    ‘Smorgasbord’ is a word frequently deployed to describe the Elis and John podcast. A buffet-style meal of Swedish origin which is typically celebratory with guests also to help themselves from a range of dishes laid out for their choice.
    And though there’s not a Swede in sight, there is a veritable buffet of delectable content on today’s show to pick through on the table.
    A chilled open sandwich of teenage Shame here, an anecdote delicacy to cut through the weight there. Pass the hors d’oeuvres bums across the table and a helping of inventive songwriting suggestions to top that.
    Do you want to get in touch with the show? Is *all* correspondence read? The answer to both of those Qs is ‘yes’. So send it all to elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or on Whatsapp 07974 293 022. (Save the number in your contacts and message the show whenever wherever).

    • 1 hr 19 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
5.3K Ratings

5.3K Ratings

NPG Fan ,

Podcast First Format Phenomena

As a Retro Oner the podcast goes from strength to strength.

In its new easy to understand podcast first format this podcast continues to deliver.

Genuine laugh out loud moments and in jokes make this a must have in my weekly podcast listening.

Keep up the good work Gents.

SiwanHo ,

Sad times

Have listened for as long as I can remember. I’m very sad about the great reset, it has caused a slow demise over the last few months. As many of my fellow listeners have noted, it’s just two comedians chatting now.
These are two people that I have adored for years, and it’s very sad that the new set up just doesn’t suit.
Please stop the gym chat John, it is boring I’m afraid - that’s not what we came for.

The jingles are awful.

I haven’t missed a show since the beginning, even radio X years and used to listen twice at least to every show. Now I struggle to listen all the way through.

Sad times, hope bbc listen and change the format!

Jo3782 ,

Too waffly now

I agree with other reviewers that it has lost some spark since no longer being live. I think there was almost something daring about giving these two a slot on 5Live when we knew it wasn’t the station’s usual vibe, and that felt fun.

I agree with others that you should reduce the background music, but disagree that there is too much Dave. Please lose Around the World in 80 Daves. 😬

Love that we still have Petty Parliament, Made up Games and the Shame Well though and still love you guys.

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