List of Fighting Talk episodes

This is a list of episodes of the BBC Radio Five Live sports panel show Fighting Talk. It is currently in its sixth season. In the list of episodes below, the winning panellist for each show (after Defend the Indefensible), where known, is bolded.

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Season 2003/04

This list is incomplete. Only episodes known to exist (either in the form of a recording, or a comment made in an episode referring to a prior episode) are listed. It is known that 22 episodes were commissioned for the first season.

Date

Presenter

Guest 1

Guest 2

Guest 3

Guest 4

4 October

Johnny Vaughan

Will Buckley (debut)

Bradley Walsh (debut)

Greg Brady (debut)

Stan Collymore (debut)

20 December

Greg Brady

Gordon Ramsay (debut)

Bob Mortimer (debut)

Eleanor Oldroyd

27 December

Tommy Docherty

Dickie Davies

Jimmy Hill

Keith Allen

10 January

Will Buckley

17 January

Will Buckley

Greg Brady

Rick Wakeman (debut)

Graham Taylor (debut)

24 January

Greg Brady

Steve Bunce

Eleanor Oldroyd

Trevor Nelson (debut)

31 January

Steve Bunce

John Rawling (debut)

Greg Brady

Ainsley Harriott

7 February

Steve Bunce

John Rawling

Will Buckley

Dickie Davies

14 February

Greg Brady

Will Buckley

Bradley Walsh

Perry Fenwick (debut)

21 February

Greg Brady

Sean Lock (debut)

Steve Bunce

John Rawling

28 February

Greg Brady

Steve Bunce

John Rawling

Kevin Kennedy

6 March

Greg Brady

Will Buckley

Danny Kelly (debut)

Dominic Holland (debut)

13 March

Greg Brady

John Rawling

Eleanor Oldroyd

Sean Lock

20 March

Greg Brady

Steve Bunce

Will Buckley

Graham Taylor

27 March

Greg Brady

John Rawling

Will Buckley

Steve Bunce

Season 2004/05

Date

Presenter

Guest 1

Guest 2

Guest 3

Guest 4

7 August{{Cite web

url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/05_may/27/oconnell.shtml

title = Christian O'Connell to host Fighting Talk on Radio Five Live

accessdate = 2007-06-13 |publisher=BBC - Press Office}}

Christian O'Connell

Greg Brady

14 August

John Rawling

John Fashanu (debut)

Steve Bunce

Keith Allen

21 August

Greg Brady

28 August

Steve Bunce

Greg Brady

Kevin Day

Gavin Peacock (debut)

4 September

John Fashanu

Will Buckley

Steve Bunce

Gary Beadle (debut)

11 September

John Rawling

Dickie Davies

Eleanor Oldroyd

Stuart Hall (debut)

18 September

Steve Bunce

Kriss Akabusi (debut)

Greg Brady

Sean Lock

25 September

Will Buckley

Fred Dinenage (debut)

Greg Brady

Stuart Hall

2 October

Steve Bunce

John Rawling

Keith Allen

Lawrie McMenemy (debut)

9 October

Steve Bunce

Bobby Gould

Greg Brady

Will Buckley

16 October

Mark Pougatch (debut)

Will Buckley

Gavin Peacock

Dominic Holland

23 October

Steve Bunce

Kevin Day

John Fashanu

Greg Brady

30 October

Brian Woolnough

John Rawling

Steve Claridge

Gary Beadle

6 November

Will Buckley

Dominic Holland

Dave Bassett

Stuart Hall

13 November

Steve Bunce

Phil Taylor

Andy Zaltzman (debut)

John Rawling

20 November

Steve Bunce

Gary Beadle

Chris Sheasby

Greg Brady

22 November
Live in Purfleet

Steve Bunce

Dominic Holland

Gavin Peacock

Mark Pougatch

27 November

Steve Bunce

Kevin Day

Greg Brady

Ronnie Irani (debut)

4 December

John Rawling

Gavin Peacock

Will Buckley

Bob Mills (debut)

11 December

Greg Brady

Danny Kelly

Steve Bunce

Richard Park (debut)

18 December

John Rawling

Sean Lock

Steve Bunce

James Nesbitt (debut)

25 December

Steve Bunce

John Rawling

Will Buckley

Greg Brady

8 January

15 January

Danny Kelly

John Rawling

James Brown

Will Buckley

22 January

Richard Park

Bob Mills

Will Buckley

Steve Bunce

29 January

Gavin Peacock

John Rawling

Greg Brady

Steve Bunce

5 February

Will Buckley

Bob Mills

John Rawling

Mark Bosnich (debut)

12 February

Greg Brady

Stuart Hall

Gary O'Reilly (debut)

Tim Clark (debut)

19 February

Dickie Davies

Jeremy Beadle

Jeff Probyn

Kevin Day

26 February

John Rawling

Bob Mills

Greg Brady

Gavin Peacock

5 March

Steve Bunce

Dominic Holland

Eleanor Oldroyd

Martin Kelner (debut)

12 March

Danny Kelly

Will Buckley

John Rawling

Stuart Hall

19 March

Martin Kelner

Steve Bunce

Bob Mills

Mark Bright (debut)

26 March

Bobby Gould

Will Buckley

Eleanor Oldroyd

John Oliver (debut)

2 April

Danny Kelly

John Rawling

Greg Brady

Terry Neill (debut)

9 April

Terry Wogan

John Rawling

Danny Kelly

Bob Mills

Rick Wakeman

16 April

Dickie Davies

Bob Mills

Will Buckley

Greg Brady

Steve Cram (debut)

22 April
Election special

Christian O'Connell

Lembit Öpik (debut)
(Lib Dem)

Stephen Pound (debut)
(Labour)

Alan Duncan (debut)
(Conservative)

Bob Mills

23 April

Martin Kelner

Richard Park

Gary O'Reilly

Tim Clark

30 April

Steve Bunce

Dominic Holland

Jim Thane (Listener)

Greg Brady

7 May

Bob Mills

Will Buckley

Kriss Akabusi (debut)

Greg Brady

14 May

Gavin Peacock

Danny Kelly

Eleanor Oldroyd

Dominic Holland

21 May

John Rawling

Greg Brady

Steve Bunce

Bob Mills

Season 2005/06

Date

Presenter

Guest 1

Guest 2

Guest 3

Guest 4

3 September

Christian O'Connell

John Rawling

Danny Kelly

Greg Brady

John Emburey (debut)

10 September
The Ashes special

Will Buckley

John Oliver

Henry Blofeld (debut)

Gideon Haigh (debut)

17 September

John Rawling

Bob Mills

Gavin Peacock

Steve Bunce

24 September

Martin Kelner

Sean Lock

Greg Brady

Gary O'Reilly

1 October

Dominic Holland

Eleanor Oldroyd

Will Buckley

Mark Bright

8 October

John Rawling

Bob Mills

Greg Brady

Steve Cram

15 October

Richard Park

Steve Bunce

Trevor Nelson

Tim Clark

22 October

Dickie Davies

Danny Kelly

Will Buckley

Mick Dennis (debut)

Paul Tonkinson

29 October

Gabby Logan

John Rawling

Bob Mills

Andy Parsons

Steve Bunce

5 November

Christian O'Connell

James Brown

Eleanor Oldroyd

Tim Clark

Greg Brady

12 November

Bobby Gould

Will Buckley

Roddy Forsyth (debut)

John Oliver

19 November

John Rawling

Martin Kelner

Mark Watson (debut)

Bob Mills

26 November

Greg Brady

Mick Dennis

Dougie Anderson (debut)

Steve Bunce

4 December

Greg Brady

Danny Kelly

Bob Mills

Clare Balding (debut)

10 December

John Rawling

Sid Waddell (debut)

Steve Bunce

Dominic Holland

17 December

Will Buckley

John Oliver

Gary O'Reilly

Richard Park

24 December

Greg Brady

Mark Watson

Danny Kelly

Martin Kelner

31 December

Greg Brady

Bob Mills

John Rawling

Steve Bunce

Temporary hiatus (Rumour Mill)

4 February{{Cite web |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/01_january/31/murray.shtml

title = Colin Murray takes over Fighting Talk on Five Live |date=2006-01-31 |accessdate = 2007-03-27 |publisher = BBC - Press Office}}

Colin Murray

Greg Brady

Jeff Probyn

John Oliver

11 February

Bob Mills

Martin Kelner

Will Buckley

Mick Dennis

18 February

Eleanor Oldroyd

Steve Bunce

Ian Stone (debut)

John Barnes (debut)

25 February

Richard Park

Allison Curbishley (debut)

Will Buckley

Bob Mills

4 March

Danny Kelly

Gary O'Reilly

Mark Watson

Greg Brady

11 March

Dickie Davies

Will Buckley

Dominic Holland

Steve Bunce

Andrew Castle (debut)

18 March

Colin Murray

Martin Kelner

John Rawling

Bob Mills

Geoffrey Mortlake (debut)

25 March

Danny Kelly

Mick Dennis

Dougie Anderson

Roddy Forsyth

1 April

Greg Brady

Gary O'Reilly

Richard Park

Tim Clark

8 April

John Rawling

Bob Mills

Eleanor Oldroyd

Steve Bunce

15 April

Will Buckley

Rod Liddle (debut)

Martin Kelner

Ian Stone

22 April

John Oliver

Steve Bunce

Jill Douglas (debut)

Bobby Gould

29 April

Andrew Castle

Will Buckley

Greg Brady

Bob Mills

6 May

Tim Clark

Martin Kelner

John Barnes

John Rawling

13 May

Gabby Logan

John Oliver

Gary O'Reilly

Greg Brady

Richard Park

20 May

Colin Murray

Steve Bunce

Bob Mills

Kriss Akabusi

Richard Seymour (Listener)

27 May

John Rawling

Ian Stone

Danny Kelly

Jimmy Pursey (debut)

3 June
World Cup special

Greg Brady

Steve Bunce

Matt Dawson (debut)

Henning Wehn (debut)

Season 2006/07

Date

Presenter

Guest 1

Guest 2

Guest 3

Guest 4

2 September

Colin Murray

Eleanor Oldroyd

Bobby Gould

Bob Mills

Martin Kelner

9 September

Mark Bright

Greg Brady

John Rawling

Dougie Anderson

16 September

Gary O'Reilly

Richard Park

Will Buckley

Ian Stone

30 September

Ian McGarry (debut)

Greg Brady

Mark Watson

Rod Liddle

7 October

John Rawling

Steve Bunce

Tom Watt (debut)

Rob Heeney (debut)

14 October

Richard Park

Nihal (debut)

Bob Mills

Mick Dennis

21 October

Martin Kelner

Greg Brady

Eleanor Oldroyd

Geoff Whiting (debut)

28 October

Dominic Holland

Roddy Forsyth

Ralph Little (debut)

David Conn (debut)

4 November

Steve Bunce

Gary O'Reilly

Dougie Anderson

Charlie Pickering (debut)

11 November

John Rawling

Tom Watt

John Oliver

Iyare Igiehon (debut)

18 November

Gabby Logan

Greg Brady

Bob Mills

Des Kelly (debut)

Mark Bright

25 November

Colin Murray

Trevor Nelson

Clare Balding

Ian Stone

Nihal

2 December

Charlie Pickering

Martin Kelner

Will Buckley

Jill Douglas

9 December

Gary O'Reilly

Steve Bunce

Greg Brady

Mark Steel (debut)

16 December

Richard Park

Danny Mills (debut)

Adil Ray (debut)

Rob Heeney

23 December

Des Kelly

John Rawling

Ian Stone

Martin Kelner

25 December

Steve Bunce

Kriss Akabusi

Greg Brady

Dougie Anderson

30 December

Gabby Logan

John Rawling

John Oliver

Greg Brady

Tom Watt

6 January

Mark Watson

Steve Bunce

Gary O'Reilly

Will Buckley

13 January

Colin Murray

Bob Mills

Martin Kelner

Iyare Igiehon

Eleanor Oldroyd

20 January

Richard Park

Dominic Holland

Barry Fantoni (debut)

Mick Dennis

27 January

Dougie Anderson

Greg Brady

Des Kelly

Andy Goldstein (debut)

3 February

Steve Bunce

Gary O'Reilly

Mark Watson

Eleanor Oldroyd

10 February

John Rawling

Ian Stone

Adil Ray

Dean Saunders (debut)

17 February

Tom Watt

Martin Kelner

Nihal

Jim Jeffries (debut)

24 February

Greg Brady

Bob Mills

Des Kelly

Barry Fantoni

3 March

John Rawling

Mark Watson

Richard Park

Jim White (debut)

10 March

Johnny Vaughan

Gary O'Reilly

Will Buckley

Ian Stone

Iyare Igiehon

17 March

Colin Murray

Steve Bunce

Dougie Anderson

Tom Watt

Greg Brady

24 March

Eleanor Oldroyd

Sue Mott (debut)

Gail Emms (debut)

Hazel Irvine (debut)

31 March

Des Kelly

Jim White

Martin Kelner

Bobby Gould

7 April

Greg Brady

Steve Bunce

Bob Mills

Adil Ray

14 April

Tom Watt

Gary O'Reilly

Andy Goldstein

Steve Marsh (debut)

21 April

Dominic Holland

Richard Park

Jill Douglas

Gershon Portnoi (debut)

28 April

Ian Stone

Greg Brady

Steve Bunce

Dougie Anderson

5 May

Will Buckley

John Rawling

Bob Mills

Chris Briggs (Listener)

12 May

Tom Watt

Jim White

John Oliver

Iyare Igiehon

19 May

Greg Brady

John Rawling

Ian Stone

Gary O'Reilly

Fighting Talk: Any Other Business

Date

Presenter

Guest 1

Guest 2

Guest 3

Guest 4

17 December

Richard Bacon

15 July

Johnny Vaughan

Stephen Pound
(Labour)

22 July

29 July

Alan Duncan
(Conservative)

Robin Ince (debut)

Arabella Weir (debut)

5 August

Diane Abbott (debut)
(Labour)

Season 2007/08

Date

Presenter

Guest 1

Guest 2

Guest 3

Guest 4

8 September

Colin Murray

Greg Brady

Tom Watt

Max Rushden (debut)

Des Kelly

15 September

Johnny Vaughan

Bobby Gould

John Rawling

Martin Kelner

Ian Stone

22 September

Colin Murray

Dougie Anderson

Iyare Igiehon

Bill Bradshaw (debut)

Charlie Pickering

29 September

Jim White

Gary O'Reilly

Henning Wehn

Greg Brady

6 October

Graeme Le Saux (debut)

Tom Watt

Sue Mott

John Oliver

13 October

Steve Bunce

Bob Mills

Des Kelly

Jeff Probyn

20 October

Ian Stone

Jill Douglas

Martin Kelner

Pat Nevin (debut)

27 October

Steve Bunce

Will Buckley

Gary O'Reilly

Greg Brady

3 November

Tom Watt

Iyare Igiehon

Ian Hyland

Mark Watson

10 November

John Rawling

Dougie Anderson

Simon Day (debut)

Jim White

17 November

Richard Park

Gary O'Reilly

Eleanor Oldroyd

Rob Heeney

24 November

Greg Brady

Des Kelly

Iwan Thomas (debut)

Paul Sinha (debut)

1 December

Tom Watt

Martin Kelner

Hazel Irvine

Bob Mills

8 December

Jim White

Simon Day

Steve Bunce

Barry McGuigan (debut)

15 December

Will Buckley

Kevin Garside (debut)

Clare Balding

Dominic Holland

22 December

Ian Stone

John Rawling

Iyare Igiehon

Graham Rix (debut)

25 December

Greg Brady

Bob Mills

Dougie Anderson

Henning Wehn

29 December

Des Kelly

Will Buckley

Martin Kelner

Gary O'Reilly

5 January

Bob Mills

Eleanor Oldroyd

Graeme Le Saux

Greg Brady

12 January

Tom Watt

Steve Bunce

Andy Zaltzman

Dougie Anderson

19 January

Jim White

Mark Watson

Greg Brady

Brian Alexander (debut)

26 January

Jim Jeffries

John Rawling

Max Rushden

Martin Kelner

2 February

Johnny Vaughan

Iyare Igiehon

Sean Lock

Iwan Thomas

Steve Bunce

9 February

Colin Murray

Simon Day

Will Buckley

Dougie Anderson

Jeff Probyn

16 February

Gary O'Reilly

Greg Brady

Bill Bradshaw

Al Pitcher (debut)

23 February

Paul Sinha

Pat Nevin

Jim White

Des Kelly

1 March

Iyare Igiehon

Martin Kelner

Ian Stone

Eleanor Oldroyd

8 March

Steve Bunce

Greg Brady

Kevin Garside

Roger Black (debut)

15 March

Tom Watt

Will Buckley

John Rawling

Henning Wehn

22 March

Jim Jeffries

Iwan Thomas

Dougie Anderson

Greg Brady

29 March

Jim White

Andy Parsons

Martin Kelner

Steve Bunce

5 April

Phil Williams

Gary O'Reilly

Eleanor Oldroyd

Simon Day

Tom Watt

12 April

Colin Murray

Paul Tonkinson

Iyare Igiehon

Greg Brady

Bill Bradshaw

19 April

Will Buckley

Dougie Anderson

Des Kelly

Ian Moore (debut)

26 April

Keith Allen

Bob Mills

John Rawling

Jill Douglas

3 May

Sue Mott

Martin Kelner

Greg Brady

Ian Stone

10 May

Will Buckley

Simon Day

Gary O'Reilly

Jim White

17 May

John Rawling

Greg Brady

Bob Mills

Des Kelly

24 May

Eleanor Oldroyd

Tom Watt

Martin Kelner

Mark Watson

31 May

The Best of Fighting Talk (season review)

Euro 2008 specials

Date

Presenter

Guest 1

Guest 2

Guest 3

Guest 4

07 June

Colin Murray

Henning Wehn

Gary O'Reilly

Will Buckley

Gabriele Marcotti (debut)

14 June

Danny Mills

Bob Mills

Des Kelly

Marten Andersson (debut)

21 June

Bobby Gould

Dougie Anderson

Greg Brady

Micha Wertheim (debut)

28 June

Michael Stich (debut)

Guillem Balague (debut)

Martin Kelner

John Rawling

Season 2008/09

Date

Presenter

Guest 1

Guest 2

Guest 3

Guest 4

6 September

Colin Murray

Gail Emms

Pat Nevin

Bob Mills

Greg Brady

13 September

Des Kelly

Dougie Anderson

Martin Kelner

Doug Stanhope (debut)

20 September

Bobby Gould

Guillem Balague

Ian Stone

Iyare Igiehon

27 September

John Rawling

Greg Brady

Gary O'Reilly

Mark Watson

4 October
Live in Harrogate

Martin Kelner

Bob Mills

Will Buckley

Jim White

11 October

John Rawling

Simon Day

Tom Watt

Luther Blissett (debut)

18 October

Jim Jeffries

Eleanor Oldroyd

Dougie Anderson

Ian Holloway (debut)

25 October

Martin Kelner

Ian Stone

Henning Wehn

Greg Brady

1 November

Iwan Thomas

Will Buckley

Gary O'Reilly

Rob Heeney

8 November

Sue Mott

John Rawling

Iyare Igiehon

Paul Sinha

15 November

Jeff Probyn

Greg Brady

Mike McClean (debut)

Jim White

22 November

Kelly Dalglish

Henning Wehn

Bob Mills

Martin Kelner

Iwan Thomas

29 November

Jimmy Tarbuck{{Cite web |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/11_november/28/fighting.shtml

title = Jimmy Tarbuck to chair Fighting Talk on Radio 5 Live |date=2008-11-28 |accessdate = 2008-12-09 |publisher = BBC - Press Office}}

Will Buckley

Ian Stone

Dougie Anderson

6 December

Colin Murray

Eleanor Oldroyd

Bill Bradshaw

Des Kelly

Paul Tonkinson

13 December
Live in Liverpool

Pat Nevin

John Aldridge (debut)

Tim Brabants (debut)

Bob Mills

20 December

Gail Emms

John Rawling

Mark Watson

Leroy Rosenior (debut)

26 December

Fighting Talk: Old Chestnuts (entire series review)

27 December

Will Buckley

Iyare Igiehon

Greg Brady

Simon Day

3 January

Lawrie Sanchez

Ian Stone

Des Kelly

Martin Kelner

10 January

John Rawling

Mark Watson

Tom Watt

Greg Brady

17 January

Eleanor Oldroyd

John Bishop (debut)

Jim White

Dougie Anderson

24 January

Gary O'Reilly

Kevin Garside

Sue Mott

Paul Sinha

31 January

Iyare Igiehon

Will Buckley

Bob Mills

Pat Nevin

7 February

Austin Healey

Greg Brady

Henning Wehn

Jim White

14 February

Gary O'Reilly

Leroy Rosenior

Efan Ekoku (debut)

Perry Groves (debut)

21 February

Ian Stone

Martin Kelner

Gregg Wallace (debut)

Eleanor Oldroyd

28 February

Bob Mills

Des Kelly

Roger Black

Greg Brady

7 March

Dougie Anderson

Will Buckley

Tom Watt

Rob Heeney

14 March

Bob Mills

Gary O'Reilly

Iyare Igiehon

Greg Brady

21 March

Simon Day

David Croft (debut)

Martin Kelner

Kevin Garside

28 March

Perry Groves

Jim White

Eleanor Oldroyd

Paul Sinha

4 April

Dougie Anderson

Mark Watson

Pat Nevin

John Rawling

11 April

Eleanor Oldroyd

Ian Stone

Greg Brady

Bobby Gould

18 April

Kelly Cates

Simon Day

Des Kelly

Will Buckley

Les Ferdinand (debut)

25 April

Colin Murray

Gary O'Reilly

Dean Holdsworth (debut)

Martin Kelner

John Oliver

2 May

Bob Mills

John Rawling

Steve Lamacq (debut)

Greg Brady

9 May

Tom Watt

John Bishop

Will Buckley

Perry Groves

16 May

Sue Mott

Henning Wehn

Bob Mills

Martin Kelner

23 May

John Rawling

Jim White

Paul Tonkinson

Dougie Anderson

30 May

Mark Watson

Matt Dawson

Will Buckley

Gary O'Reilly

6 June

Bob Mills

John Rawling

Martin Kelner

Greg Brady

13 June
Correspondents special

Ian Robertson (debut)

Cornelius Lysaght (debut)

Mike Costello (debut)

Colin Paterson (debut)