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Elis James and John Robins

Significant Productions

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

300 episodes

#580 - Seething Resentment, Lance Legstrong and Director Deputy Director General 2 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 9 min Horrific. Seething. Resentful. No, those aren’t the words which Dave is feeling towards City’s owners today. Rather it’s the state of Elis’s head right now. He’s hungover. Yes he’…

#579 - Pad Cymru, Human Alps and A Constant Perma-Rolling Crisis 29 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 4 min Poor old Elis. Just when he thought he’d been surprised enough this year we go and chuck another one his way. Because a famous ghost from his past is about to stroll into the stud…

#578 - Inbetwosses, 8 Great Whites and The Pressures of Seagull Parents 25 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 5 min John’s having a nightmare because of a rapidly approaching admin hill AKA a holiday. He’s forgotten to count his t-shirts (but does it in his mind at the start of the show, don’t…

#577 - Laundry Zero, Final Score Yoga and Mmm Meat Toms 22 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 18 min There’s been a quiet revolution in John’s life. In one sense everything has changed. In another sense it’s been a quiet couple of weeks. He’s within touching distance of something…

#576 - Be Brilliant, Every Negative Face and 6 Music Pension Damage 18 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 14 min Hosting on 6 Music has long been Elis’s back up for if John ever retires at Project 2032. Sadly Dave reveals some news which could cause deep damage to this long term strategy. So…

#575 - Orc Nation, A Degree in Limbs and Sir Doctor Captain John Robins MP 15 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 22 min Watch out world because there’s a new doctor in town, and he’s got big plans. Yes it’s Dr Robins from now on, and if he’s lucky maybe someone will even chuck an MBE at the end. Th…

#574 - It’s Groinal, Club 44-60 and Crying At A Dog Called Bonehead 11 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 2 min Big week for Elis because he’s cried all the liquid out of his body in the cinema. Why? Well it’s obviously because a South American woman named her dog Bonehead. And he’s in a sp…

#573 - Denim Condoms and Prunes: A Strange Episode 8 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 17 min Remember where you are when you listen to today’s episode, because it’s one for the history books. It’s earth-shattering. It’s a leap forward in what’s possible in broadcasting. I…

#572 - My Multiple Men, Common Sense Express and In Association with Prunes 4 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 7 min John’s hammering away at the word count of his opinionated column again. This time in his crosshairs it’s e-scooters. Politically he’s a hard person to work out. Which from a bala…

#571 - She Shy, Crumpets for the Boys and What of the Chickens? 1 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 6 min It’s Lou Sanders FM once again and boy has she got Producer Dave sweating. From a pretty much unusable show introduction, to an anecdote that definitely flirts with the term ‘radi…

#570 - Radio Husbands, Everything’s Magnolia and The Wetter The Better 28 Aug 2026 · 60 min Lou is here! And she’s already made one friend and one enemy on the way in. Buckle up, in the first few minutes there are bad Welsh accents (sorry Elis) and promiscuous tales flyi…

#569 - Elis’s Nads, The London Custard Co. and 100 Cymru Connections 25 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 18 min The tensest feature in global podcasting turns 100 today. That’s right, Elis James attempts his 100th Cymru Connection. This. Feels. Significant. His heart feels hot but his bum f…

#568 - Laxative Links, Wow (Cubed) and A New Low For Freezer Storage 21 Aug 2026 · 54 min In significant happenings John reveals the longest relationship of his life and what has caused it to break down. Namely, a Boggle addiction. We also discover the silent reality o…

#567 - Bilking, A Glis Glis Stakeout and Old Uncle Yogsley 18 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 7 min It’s a very prison-based episode today, as John reveals he might be going there for petty crime, and Elis draws parallels between Albert Camus’s prison-residing outsider Meursault…

#566 - The Infinite Diversion, Screaming In My Car and Hell Is Close To Stow-on-the-Wold 14 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 8 min Robins has had a disaster. The sort of disaster that should only besiege Elis James. But what could it be? Tardiness? Something indicative of cognitive decline? Or maybe far worse…

#565 - Clive The Unwell, 30 Dairy Farmers and The 17:02 to Faversham 11 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 18 min Well, well, well, well, well. Elis has officially completed the best gig of his life, and that’s even without his routine about Black Bart the pirate. A mere five and a half hours…

#564 - I Tire of You, Glowing in Welsh and Chris Edwards’ Bad Skin 7 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 17 min The literary world has been set alight after a new best selling author was unveiled 30 years too late the other day. Is John Robins about to redefine the grounded motoring sci-fi…

#563 - Thatcher’s Playlist, Neil The Alien and The Bag of Digital Death 4 Aug 2026 · 1 hr 9 min Elis may have been struggling with delayed trains, but fear not - it turns out our Producer Dave has a hotline to the Big Dog himself: Bandy Urnham. Nothing a quick phone call can…

#562 - The Riff Ripcord, No Joy in a Tesco and Loyal As 10,000 Dogs 31 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 11 min John has shaken up the show at a big meeting in Elis’s absence. He should be prepared. In the meantime, comedy fans have been getting the true Elis James stand up experience: Havi…

#561 - Foxer & Foxee, Count Connection Face and Silly Sausage Britain 28 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 4 min Welcome to the silliest podcast around. It’s headphones filled with custard, it’s microphones made of cake, it’s stink bombs in the studio. And all because we have one of the nati…

#560 - The Messi of Englyns, Warranty Wallies and Garth Olwg or Bust 24 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 12 min If you like your podcasts jam-packed with top quality content, then boy do we have a show for you. First up: what’s it like to be in a creative powerhouse couple? A quite stressed…

#559 - Here We Hit It, The Calmru Connection and Darwin’s Flatmate Dave 21 Jul 2026 · 57 min Sad news everyone, Elis is retiring. We thought Johnny JR would go first, but Elis has beaten him to it. He’s peaked. He’s reached his zenith and there ain’t nowhere to go from th…

#558 - Drip Feeding Dross, Dave Kanchelskis and Oiling The Engine of Love 17 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 8 min John, Dave and Calvin Harris are with you today to discuss all things DJ’ing. Incidentally, Calvin Harris can only DJ when there’s another wifi connection. If there isn’t then he…

#557 - Live at the Crossed Wires Festival 14 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 7 min It’s not often you get to experience a world first. But here you go, you’re about to hear the first ever documented Sheffield-first, podcast-second, terrestrial-radio-third broadc…

#556 - Un-Air Conditional, 296 Johns and A Pitta Pocket or Two 10 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 7 min Our trio are on the old remote tricast today and John is, again, incredibly keen to emphasise just how well he is getting on during Operation Heatwave. But it’s also hot hot hot b…

#555 - Consent Cushions, A Cuddle Bath and Sitting Quietly in Ghent 7 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 1 min It’s been a big old week for Johnny JR, but has he won again? Well it’s one in the win column for his much anticipated return to the small screen. But it would be helpful if he co…

#554 - A Cream Spiral, Nude Dave and Dignity then Dignitas 3 Jul 2026 · 1 hr 2 min It’s an evening pre-record this week, and it would be a little bit more jazz, a little bit more Soho and a little bit more laid back…if Dave’s train hadn’t been held up by cows, a…

#553 - The Orbit of Peel, Potentials & Tangentials and WD-Phwoarty 30 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 10 min After doing what Status Quo failed to do, breaking America, Elis thinks it fitting to introduce the world of EJJR to those living stateside. So behold some dodgy accents, referenc…

#552 - Gloop, Love Bees and It’s Me Or The Lathe 26 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 4 min The heat’s great isn’t it. As John points out, it’s no longer twee and fun headlines, instead it’s “Phew You’re All Going To Die Quite Soon”. What japes! Luckily we’ve got the coo…

#551 - Bumsyl, A Mind STD and Switchblade and Porky in Space 23 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 7 min After a bout of promiscuous and unprotected thinking, John’s been in a panic sphere. He’s only gone and given himself a mind STD, but could some watermelon body wash be to blame?…