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After two weeks with the brilliant Catriona Stewart and Shona Craven, the Boys are Back In Town!

At the end of the show a question from J.P. Gallacher

Recommendations:

Stuart:

Bobby Fischer Goes to War: The most famous chess match of all time - Dave Edmonds

Bobby Fischer Goes to War by David Edmonds and John Eidinow details the occasion when Bobby Fischer met Boris Spassky in one of the most thrilling and politically charged chess matches of all time.

For decades, the USSR had dominated world chess. Evidence, according to Moscow, of the superiority of the Soviet system. But in 1972 along came the American, Bobby Fischer: insolent, arrogant, abusive, vain, greedy, vulgar, bigoted, paranoid and obsessive - and apparently unstoppable.

Against him was Boris Spassky: complex, sensitive, the most un-Soviet of champions. As the authors reveal, when Spassky began to lose, the KGB decided to step in. . .

https://www.waterstones.com/book/bobby-fischer-goes-to-war/david-edmonds/john-eidinow/9780571214129 

Eamonn:

Scoop - Netflix

Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous interview.

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81600418 

The Boys in the Boat - MGM

The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction book written by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed by George Clooney, is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world.

https://www.mgm.com/movies/the-boys-in-the-boat 

Paddy:

Girls5eva - Netflix

A one-hit wonder '90s girl group attempts a comeback while hilariously navigating family and relationships — plus the joys and pains of middle age.

https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81630704 

Round Britain Quiz - Radio 4

Radio's most fiendish quiz, with cryptic questions drawing on unpredictable fields of knowledge

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007qxpr 

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