337 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

    #330 - Sleepy Elis, A Corporate Shill for Big Thick and David Gandy

    #330 - Sleepy Elis, A Corporate Shill for Big Thick and David Gandy

    Knees are shaking and pulses are racing as none other than international superstar model David Gandy stops by for a chat to answer all of Elis and John’s questions about modelling. Confronted with such handsomeness, how does everyone cope? Well, Elis ‘feels things’, John swears, and Dave’s glasses steam up.
    An unwell and remote John goes fully digital, a listener wins a marathon, and Elis’s commentating skills shine once again.
    If you want to get in touch with the show then email elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07974 293 022

    • 1 hr
    #329 - Sacked for Sadness, Hated for Content, and A Steady Hand on the Tiller of Love

    #329 - Sacked for Sadness, Hated for Content, and A Steady Hand on the Tiller of Love

    The boys are beset by worries this week: John is in a tizz over whether his faulty car will be covered its warranty, and Elis is suspicious that the neighbours are talking about him and his newly-scratched car behind his back. Thankfully these worries are soothed by scorching anecdotes about trying to smoke a cigar, and getting sacked from a mid-afternoon quiz show for looking too sad.
    Producer Dave’s willpower meets its match in a packet of chocolate biscuits, English accents are hidden from Scottish schoolchildren, and another Dave extols the virtues of living abroad.
    If you want to get in touch with the show then email elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07974 293 022

    • 1 hr 10 min
    #328 - The Golden Age of Whaling, Five Whimsical Bananas, and A Robin and A Swift

    #328 - The Golden Age of Whaling, Five Whimsical Bananas, and A Robin and A Swift

    Today’s episode tackles the Big Questions, but only if by Big Questions you mean specifically: what spotted insect is causing John to yelp in bed? Would Elis or John have thrived on a 19th century whaling vessel? And how would John’s life change if he started going out with one of the most famous women in the world?
    As usual, motorways feature, Elis gets lampooned for missing out on seeing one of John’s musical heroes live, and we all learn a valuable lesson: when a podcast matters, John matters.
    If you want to get in touch with the show then email elisandjohn@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07974 293 022

    • 1 hr 9 min
    #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

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.

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.

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!

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