The arrival, thrillingly, of James Pond, with David Mitchell and Tamsin Greig. He's running away from his girlfriend! Also, we have Stephen Brown but don't worry, he hasn't brought a joke. 

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Anna Savory is too intimidated by Stephen Brown's joke to risk telling one of her own; a rare heron has been seen in London (assuming it is still 2013); and the truth about taxidermy sitcom episodes is stranger than the fiction...

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Gareth Edwards joins us TWICE. Anna Savory expands on scary movies and the Kent Education system at terrifying length. We investigate the Swiss cheese industry, cow doping and world of Tasmanian gothic...

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Or do we mean Annie Proulx's invention of the ice hockey romance? Maybe we do. Also, further analysis of Stephen's joke and Tom decision about whether or not to move past writing about sexy werewolves dining on Jeremy Clarkson.

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We asked for it, we got it. Also, Mike Westcott's Young Workfinder learns London Rules and we talk Vikings. And there are terrapins.

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Controversial rock legends; Agatha Maud cuts through a Gordian Knot; I was at school with a boy called Gordon Knot; admitting you are wrong; refusing to admit you are wrong and making an unwise bet with your dentist. All these and more!

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Gareth Edwards on Graham the badger's adventures in the woodland health service; Matthew Parker on ill-fated Matthew Perry vehicles; Noble Postmen of Norway; AND MORE

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Anna Savory is having a great new year because her goose didn't give anyone rabies; Agatha Maud is having the best miracle ever; Andrew Lincoln's murder ballads...

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The impractical gifts of Stephen Brown; Anna Savory on stray dogs and children; and some bitter arguments with Netflix's legal team...

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Mad Nazi scientists have bombed London with hybrid super sharks, along with Anna Savory, other new year treats including songs in which nice people dream of being unflashy birds...

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