11. Nearly As Good As The Shrimping Man

This week, after five years and over 250 episodes, Fi Glover and Jane Garvey present the final Fortunately...with Fi and Jane podcast. Their last guest is the broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd, star of BBC Radio 5 Live, ceremonial commentator and 'first lady' of Fighting Talk. Eleanor ...  Show more

Fi and Jane welcome the actor David Harewood this week on the Fortunately Podcast. The star of stage and screen discusses his book 'Maybe I Don't Belong Here: A Memoir of Race, Identity, Breakdown and Recovery', which includes his experience of psychosis. He also offers his opini ...  Show more

Three excerpts from one of the last conversations a mother dying from cancer will have with her adult daughter, introduced by Fi GLover. 

Broadcaster Fi Glover hosts a celebration of all things audio. Fi explains her passion for a medium which she describes as being like the best friend you never had. She reflects on the raw power of audio and talks to the broadcasters behind some of the bravest, brightest sounds y ...  Show more

The ladies try their hands as newscasting while discussing what like would like in the other's shoes, breaking down the rat vs frog theory, and chatting about wearing pimple patches in public, and end of the year plans while looking ahead to 2024.  This epsiode is brought to you ...  Show more

Peek behind the curtains of broadcasting with Fi Glover and Jane Garvey. Grace Dent discusses the perils of being a food critic, and Clare Balding and Alice Arnold also join in.Producer: Georgia Catt