Off Air with Jane & Fi
Jane Garvey and Fi Glover keep the mics on, grab a cuppa and say what they really think - unencumbered and off air.
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 621
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
BBC Director of eye level - with Ross Kemp
If you were thinking...er...Ross Kemp doing a light entertainment game show…how does that work? So were we. And so was he.
TV tough guy turned Mr. Saturday Night Prime Time, Ross Kemp, joined Jane and…
That seal has a malevolent look about him - with Michaela Strachan
Jane and Fi are joined by 'Winter Watch' presenter Michaela Strachan, who solves the mystery of why there's no 'Summer Watch'...
Also, do you like going to school reunions? What will happen when radi…
I didn't take up much space and I wasn't any bother
If you didn't study geography, would still have gone on all the trips? Jane did?
Also, historian Katy Hessel discusses the power of the lost women of the art world with her new book 'A history of art …
Litter training, it's the natural world in all its glory - with Omid Djalili
Omid Djalili the actor and comedian joins Jane and Fi to talk about his new high-concept podcast 'Please Tell Me A Story'.
Plus, Fi tries to work out what name her phone would auto-correct to 'cathet…
I draw the line at the Sugababes
Ding! Ding! Gloves up gentlemen.
As extracts from 'Spare' hit the papers Stig Abell joins Jane and Fi to talk sibling rivalry and picks through the accusations Prince Harry has levelled at his brother…
I'm completely over beavers
Anoosheh Ashooori was held in an Iranian prison for five years only to be released last year alongside Nazanin Zagari-Radcliffe. He joins Jane and Fi to relive his harrowing ordeal.
Today PM Rishi Su…
I love Nando's mash - with Romesh Ranganathan
Do you still partake in a cheeky Nandos? What would you do for a famous 'black card'? Fi suggests a tattoo may get you there?
Comedian Ramesh Ranganathan reveals the story behind one of his fascinatin…
A whole degree in umbilical scrutiny
Jane and Fi talk about their favourite presents this Christmas, campaign for cat's eyes on the roads in the US, and discuss the ins and outs of blind baking.
They're joined by bestselling author Gill…
Drunk Funcles
In today's final best-of before Jane and Fi return next week, they talk to the award winning food critic, columnist and broadcaster Grace Dent, about her hit podcast Comfort Eating.
Plus, Hollywood di…
It's a strange time of year isn't it
Ready for a second helping of the very best of 'Off air with Jane and Fi'?
Today, the author and How to Fail podcast host Elizabeth Day joins them in the studio to talk about friendship, writing for …
Crimbo limbo
Another Christmas cracker of a best-of 'Off air... with Jane and Fi' for you today featuring the comedian Tom Allen who talks about how he channelled the loss of his father into his memoir "Too Much"…
Gloves off for Boxing Day
Welcome to the first of our best-of episodes of 'Off air' with some of Jane and Fi's favourite interviews of the year.
Today they are joined by Monty Python star and seasoned traveller, Sir Michael Pa…
Wine Times LIVE - with Jane and Fi
If you've been enjoying 'Off air... with Jane and Fi' then perhaps you might be interested in another podcast here at The Times? So let us introduce you to Wine Times.
And discussing and decanting wit…
Imagine Uncle Dave is a bit drunk
It's the final day of Jane's solo career in the studio with The Times science editor Tom Whipple filling in the guest presenter's chair.
Also, journalist and author Rachel Clarke joins them in the stu…
I really can't fathom a minestrone
It's day three with no Fi, so to help her cheer up, Jane is joined by three guests this episode.
Historical author Julia Boyd discusses the news that a 97-year-old former typist at a Nazi concentrati…
I'm starting to miss the little thing
Another day flying solo and Jane is already starting to look forward to Fi's return.
The Times Technology Business Editor, Katie Prescott, is Jane's presenters friend today and tries her best to expla…
I don't run the organisation...yet
With Fi off on her Christmas holidays Jane is flying solo...with a little help from her friends.
Fellow Jane and associate editor of The Times Magazine, Jane Mulkerrins, is in the hot seat to discuss …
I'm not driving home for Christmas
In the last podcast of the year for Fi before she follows Santa on a merry jaunt in the sky for her Christmas hols - they celebrate by talking all things snakes.
Jennie Bond reviews the second instalm…
At least I'm owning my own hypocrisy
Jane and Fi discuss Joanna Lumley's recent comments, being given presentation pickles, and the need for more lollipop people in Marrakesh.
They're joined by Teresa Weiler, who opens up about the proc…
Walruses, they're not lookers
Jane and Fi come up with a new safe word, and have to use it quite a few times.
They're joined by Andrea Elliott, Pulitzer prize winning author of 'Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an Ame…