Pains Stains & Automobiles

Pains Stains & Automobiles

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Pains Stains & Automobiles episodes

  • Episode 12
    In our latest instalment, how Penny's Christmas Lights switch-on nearly went with a really special Bang, plus other assorted ramblings.

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    33 min
  • With Anneka Rice

    For this week's random ramblings, Penny Smith and Charles Nove are joined by special guest, action-woman Anneka Rice.


    How was she trampled by a horse, and why do some people call her The Limpet? Those stories and many more...

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    38 min
  • Episode 10
    More choice ramblings from Penny Smith and Charles Nove. Come on in and put your feet up. Unless you're driving, in which case keep your feet where they need to be.

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    35 min
  • Episode 9
    More chunterings from Penny and Charles. Never mind the elephant in the room, there may be one in the custard!

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    32 min
  • Episode 8
    Penny Smith and Charles Nove sharing the random contents of their brains, in another free-ranging discourse. You're very welcome!

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    30 min
  • With Suzanne Dando
    Charles and Penny return with more free-range ramblings, joined by guest rambler, former Olympic gymnast Suzanne Dando. Did her former career leave a legacy of Pains?

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    29 min
  • Episode 6
    More of the free-range ramblings of Penny Smith and Charles Nove.

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    38 min
  • Remembering John Stapleton

    None of us could have known that this would be one of the final appearances of journalist and presenter John Stapleton.


    John died on 21st September 2025, aged 79. Our recent chat is presented here in tribute.

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    22 min
  • Episode 4
    In another wide-ranging ramble, Charles and Penny discuss this, that and probably the other, until the whole thing comes full circle. In a roundabout way.

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    33 min
  • Episode 3
    Why do we say "Knife and fork" when a certain logic suggests it should be "Fork and knife"? That's just one of the questions of life over which we stumble in this episode. Penny and Charles just chewing the cud, like they do.

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    25 min

About Pains Stains & Automobiles

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Is it a cure for loneliness, a gentle, free-range conversation, thought-provoking, sleep-inducing, or just two friends rambling on?


Come into the unpredictable world of Penny Smith and…