334 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

    #327 - Tim’s Rumpus Room, Pork Chop Calves and Buckinghamshire Living

    #327 - Tim’s Rumpus Room, Pork Chop Calves and Buckinghamshire Living

    If you thought this show was your safe space away from pop behemoth Taylor Swift’s single handed takeover of popular culture then sadly you’d be wrong. For it’s Swiftmas Day (well if you view this in a linear fashion rather than circular) and John’s neck deep in it.
    Also the reverberations of Elis stepping on John’s turf continue to ripple through gains space and time, whilst the question of pâté comes under the spotlight.
    If you’ve got any crucial information that simply must see the light of day then to get in touch it’s elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07974 293 022

    • 1 hr 10 min
    #326 - Chiles Parsnips, Elis St. John, and Superfruit Cigs

    #326 - Chiles Parsnips, Elis St. John, and Superfruit Cigs

    What do the blue touch paper and the switchboards have in common? They’ve both been lit, that’s what. Elis and John have been inundated with some of our greatest set of emails EVER! And in that the models flow in like it's fashion week; from snacks to footwear, from 1940s yearning women to teenage graffitiing delinquents. This episode has them all.
    Elsewhere, things get racy, Elis’s newfound gym buff status comes under heavy fire, and John is rocked to his very core by some news at Junction 16 on the M4.
    If you want to get in touch with the show then email elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07974 293 022

    • 59 min
    #325 - Taut John, Cake In Your Wallet and Joanne McNally

    #325 - Taut John, Cake In Your Wallet and Joanne McNally

    Once the Welsh football media spring dries up Elis needs a retirement plan. Thanks to his dashing good looks there is only one viable alternative: international modelling. The boys thus get the lowdown on all things posing from the most handsome man they've ever chatted to.
    We also play a Made Up Game where Elis is restricted to levels previously unexperienced and we've got two of the masters of tasks in the studio today.
    If you want to get in touch with the show then here's how: elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07974 293 022

    • 1 hr 17 min
    #324 - Blancmange Bullying, The Custard Slice Scene, and Run to Win and Hate Yourself

    #324 - Blancmange Bullying, The Custard Slice Scene, and Run to Win and Hate Yourself

    If this show doesn’t become the go-to running podcast of 2024, we’re not sure what will. For all the on-foot 'experts' pumping out mid-level content NONE of them will cover big bones, being overtaken by your mum or exercising your big toes.
    But fear not, it’s not all the 'Pounding the P-odcast'. Elis takes to the metaphorical Mastermind chair in a grilling that he was born to do and the boys finally speak to a mythical figure.
    If you want to get in touch with the show then email elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07974 293 022

    • 1 hr 7 min
    #323 - Fleet McWrap, Handsome Turf and George Kink Lads Only

    #323 - Fleet McWrap, Handsome Turf and George Kink Lads Only

    Tuesdays used to mean the odd Champions League fixture and Holby City. Now they mean podcasts. More specifically this one, and on today's show a giddiness has descended on the studio. The boys are dreaming of things they could do and places they could go for the show: Barbados, a trip to Europe's largest folk museum, or "wearing unitards and beating each other up" are all equally exciting and viable options.
    Elsewhere there's a sexy Shame and we may even get a sequel to "It Floats Ladies".
    If you want to get in touch with the show then email elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07974 293 022

    • 1 hr 21 min
    #322 - Specs Appeal, Virgil van Dave, and Toilets At Dench

    #322 - Specs Appeal, Virgil van Dave, and Toilets At Dench

    A new John Robins has emerged. Move over Brains and Colin Firth in 'A Single Man' for there's a new doyenne of eyewear fashion. And with such style and grace he's also become a fount of knowledge on how best to wear one's specs. And Robins isn't the only podcast host dipping his toes into the haute couture world, as Elis is spotted modelling in the city of lights, Paris.
    The boys muse on names that could work as service stations, and there’s a humdinger of a listener anecdote from one of the North West's premier late-2000s leisure centres.
    If you want to get in touch with the show then email elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07974 293 022

    • 49 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
5.3K Ratings

5.3K Ratings

Carrie184 ,

Just brilliant, so funny and kind

This is the best podcast, I’ve listened for a while now and it never fails to lift my spirits whilst also touching on some serious topics with a deft touch. They seem like a good bunch and I very often laugh out loud whilst listening. Keep up the good work!

Sfre86 ,

Joy to listen to

I love these three, lots of fun, laughs and like a conversational hug in your ears.

Jo Lee'N ,

Radio and podcasts are not the same

…and the BBC will continue to shoot itself in the foot seemingly unable to realise this. Decide if you are making radio for a broad audience or a “comedians talk to each other and people who like them”podcasts.

The new show has too little structure and suffers from having entire crate Blanche. I’m glad they like chatting to each other still, and I wish only the best for them, but I’m not sure why I should listen to some mates chat to each other.

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