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The Times

Jane Garvey and Fi Glover keep the mics on, grab a cuppa and say what they really think - unencumbered and off air.

Follow Off Air with Jane & Fi on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the Times Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts.

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio and follow our antics away from the mic on Instagram: @janeandfi

Join Jane and Fi on Times Radio every Monday to Thursday afternoon between 2pm and 4pm on DAB, smart speaker and the Times Radio app: www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/live

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Off Air... with Jane and Fi

'Tis the season - Jane's tree is en route and Fi's came rather late last night. The Lady has also arrived and is providing some giggles. And some chat about I'm A Celeb, ancestry and karaoke. 

Plus, actress Juliet Stevenson discusses her latest film 'Reawakening'. 

Get your suggestions in for the next book club pick!

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

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We show our grati-Judi (with Juliet Stevenson)

If you've ever fallen in love with a lamp post, a bollard, a fire hydrant, or a post box, then welcome! You're in good company. Jane and Fi also chat vasectomies, diaries, and talking cloths. 

Plus, actor Rob Brydon talks all things Gavin and Stacey and then some... 

Get your suggestions in for the next book club pick! 

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio 

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I would've dated a lamppost, happily (with Rob Brydon)

Jane and Fi have some editorial notes for certain globally successful authors: more wings, a bit more fur, and some claws. They also chat double vasectomies, going to the cinema solo, and Mr. Darcy. 

Plus, Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey discusses growing up in care and her autobiography ‘Eight Weeks’. 

Episode recommendations: The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, The Enigma Girl by Henry Porter

Get your suggestions in for the next book club pick!

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fairy porn for the middle-aged lady

Are you a bell ringer? Were you the first person to ever use the word 'chillax'? How do you feel about plastic chairs? We want to hear from you! There's also chat about retirement, party etiquette and Lourdes. 

Plus, financier, political activist and Putin’s "number one enemy” Bill Browder discusses recent events. 

Episode recommendations: Supremacy by Parmy Olson 

Get your suggestions in for the next book club pick! 

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio 

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi 

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Returning to smoking and tap dancing (with Sir Bill Browder)

Fi joins us from home today as she's not very well. After she's let Nancy out, Jane and Fi chat vasectomies, bell ringing and Shetland.

Plus, gardener and broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh discusses his festive album Jack Frost: A Winter Tale in collaboration with composer Debbie Wiseman.

Get your suggestions in for the next book club pick!

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gardeners that Jane gets her twinkle out for (with Alan Titchmarsh)

Fi's still at home but feeling better. However, relationships with Nancy are somewhat tense. Jane and Fi chat cable-tied wreaths, house guests, and going out after dark. 

Plus, historian, author, and writer-at-large for The Times, Ben Macintyre, discusses his book The Siege. 

Get your suggestions in for the next book club pick!

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Am I in danger of sounding a trifle pompous? (with Ben Macintyre)

The ladies are still not reunited but they're together in spirit, and wondering if they should put their faces on 3000 piece jigsaw puzzle. Well why not? 

Plus, explorer Levison Wood talks about the 10th anniversary of his book Across The Nile. 

Get your suggestions in for the next book club pick! 

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio 

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi 

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm a vintage blue tit!

She's back in the building! Yes, Fi joins Jane in the studio for their final episode before they 'break up' for the Christmas period. A bonus Christmas special will air on the big day itself, and normal service will resume on Monday the 6th of January. Before that, Jane and Fi chat yuletide highlights, painful show-biz endings and going solo. 

Plus, psychotherapist Julia Samuel answers listeners’ Christmas dilemmas. 

Get your suggestions in for the next book club pick!

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's all about the baby Jesus! (with Julia Samuel)

Merry Christmas from the Off Air team! We hope this email special Christmas bonus episode brings you some festive cheer. Jane and Fi chat destitute donkeys, round robins and Noel Edmonds. 

Get your suggestions in for the next book club pick! 

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio 

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Popping upstairs to iron the napkins!!!

It's Divorce Day, it's nearly 8:30, and Jane and Fi are back! Welcome! In this episode, they cover reduced Christmas decorations, sausage dogs on rail replacement buses, and TV inches.

Plus, historian Lucy Worsley discusses her new series of ‘Lucy Worsley Investigates’.

Get your suggestions in for the next book club pick!

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Private time with Rod (with Lucy Worsley)

Happy flipping on this fine Shrove Tuesday! Today, Jane shares a memory of being left fully exposed on the loo at a National Trust property, while Fi recalls delivering a lesson on life at the Britannia swimming baths. 

Fi also speaks with actor Jared Harris about his role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's new production of Hamlet. 

The next book club pick has been announced! 'Eight Months on Ghazzah Street' is by Hilary Mantel. 

If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio 

Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi

Assistant Producer: Hannah Quinn

Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler

 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

She doesn't have a drawer of joy (with Jared Harris)

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