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Never Write Off The Germans

Never Write Off The Germans

  • Radio panel show
  • BBC Radio 2
  • 2010
  • 5 episodes (1 series)

Radio 2's football-based panel show broadcasting during the FIFA World Cup. Hosted by Christian O'Connell, with regulars Andy Parsons and Jon Richardson facing a different away team each week.

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Genre
Panel Show
Broadcast
2010
Channel
BBC Radio 2
Episodes
5 (1 series)
Creator
Ashley Blaker
Stars
Christian O'Connell, Jon Richardson and Andy Parsons
Writers
Bill Matthews and Ged Parsons
Producer
Ashley Blaker
Company

Football based panel show Never Write Off The Germans runs on Radio 2 for the five weeks of the World Cup.

Never Write Off The Germans aims to separate the truth from the lies, the Terrys from the Bridges, and the Capellos from the Crapellos.

Christian O'Connell hosts this show devoted to the FIFA tournament, in which the resident 'home team' of Jon Richardson and Andy Parsons must challenge a different 'away team' every week.

Mixing proper World Cup news with idle gossip, there is something for everyone. One thing is for sure, though - with 32 teams, 64 matches and a minimum of 5,760 minutes of football, the World Cup is a constant source of success, failure, heart-ache and scandal, ensuring Never Write Off The Germans has more than enough material to sink its claws into.

NEWS: In 2012 it was announced that the series would be brought back as a podcast by Playback Media.

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Broadcast details

First broadcast
Saturday 12th June 2010 at 10pm on BBC Radio 2

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