Fighting Talk
- Radio panel show
- BBC Radio 5 Live
- 2003 - 2025
- 817 episodes (22 series)
Long-running panel show on Radio 5 Live focusing on the volatile world of sport. Four guests join the host to chat about the week's stories. Stars Colin Murray, Christian O'Connell, Josh Widdicombe, Georgie Ainslie, Jonathan Pearce and more.
- Continues on Saturday on Five Live at 11am with Series 22, Episode 14
- Catch-up on Series 22, Episode 13
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Series 15
1. Episode One
Saturday 19th August 2017
Presenter & Champion of Champions Richard Osman, broadcaster Caroline Barker, journalist and sports presenter Steve Bunce and comedian Eddie Kadi join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
2. Episode Two
Saturday 26th August 2017
Presenter and writer Dougie Anderson, sports broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd, sports commentator John Rawling and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray for more sporting punditry.
3. Episode Three
Saturday 2nd September 2017
QPR striker Matt Smith, former GB badminton player and Olympic silver-medallist Gail Emms, the Telegraph's Jim White and comedian Elis James join Colin Murray for more sporting punditry.
Special: Episode Four
Saturday 9th September 2017
Paralympic legend Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, former GB athlete and Olympic bronze-medallist Kath Merry, journalist and sports broadcaster Steve Bunce and comedian Justin Moorhouse join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry in front of a live audience at the Tyne Theatre & Opera House in Newcastle.
5. Episode Five
Saturday 16th September 2017
Former Chelsea footballer Pat Nevin, sport reporter Des Kelly, broadcaster Lynsey Hooper and comedian Henning Wehn join Colin Murray for more sporting punditry.
6. Episode Six
Saturday 23rd September 2017
Director of Wasps Netball Tamsin Greenway, former cricketer and TMS commentator Charles Dagnall, broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd and comedian Ivo Graham join Colin Murray for more sporting punditry.
7. Episode Seven
Saturday 30th September 2017
BBC 6 Music presenter Liz Kershaw, Canadian sports broadcaster Greg Brady, writer and broadcaster Dougie Anderson and comedian and voice of Love Island Iain Stirling join Colin Murray for more sporting punditry.
Special: Episode Eight
Saturday 7th October 2017
Three-time world champion boxer Carl Frampton, former Northern Irish footballer Keith Gillespie, former GB badminton player and Olympic silver-medallist Gail Emms and comedian Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for more sporting punditry in front of a live audience in Belfast.
9. Episode Nine
Saturday 21st October 2017
Presenter and comedian Clive Anderson, writer and football pundit Mina Rzouki, journalist and presenter Martin Kelner and comedian Mark Watson join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
10. Episode Ten
Saturday 28th October 2017
Former British cricketer and BBC TMS commentator Ebony Rainford-Brent, journalist and sports broadcaster Steve Bunce and comedians Eddie Kadi and Ivo Graham join Colin Murray for more sporting punditry.
11. Episode Eleven
Saturday 4th November 2017
Presenter Rick Edwards, former NFL player Osi Umenyiora, broadcaster Caroline Barker and comedian Nish Kumar join Colin Murray for more sporting punditry.
12. Episode Twelve
Saturday 11th November 2017
Former Premier League goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, Wasps Director of Netball Tamsin Greenway and comedians Justin Moorhouse and Tom Parry join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
13. Episode Thirteen
Saturday 18th November 2017
Journalist and broadcaster Martin Kelner, former GB athlete and Olympic bronze-medallist Katharine Merry, presenter and writer Dougie Anderson and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry live from Hull City Hall.
14. Episode Fourteen
Saturday 25th November 2017
Broadcaster and presenter Martin Kelner, comedian Neil Delamere, former snooker player Neal Foulds and comedian Paul Sinha join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
15. Episode Fifteen
Saturday 2nd December 2017
Former Scotland & Chelsea footballer Pat Nevin, Olympic silver-medalist badminton player Gail Emms, sport reporter Des Kelly and comedian Ivo Graham join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
16. Episode Sixteen
Saturday 9th December 2017
Reshmin Chowdhury, Felix White, Richard Osman and Paul Sinha take part in the panel game.
17. Episode Seventeen
Saturday 16th December 2017
Former GB and England Hockey player Kate Richardson-Walsh, Sports Editor of the Independent Ed Malyon, Canadian sports broadcaster Greg Brady and comedian Clive Anderson join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
18. Episode Eighteen
Saturday 23rd December 2017
Journalist Martha Kelner, sports commentator John Rawling, former cricketer and TMS broadcaster Charles Dagnall and comedian Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
Highlights Special: Episode Nineteen
Sunday 24th December 2017
Colin Murray presents some of Fighting Talk's best bits.
Special: Review of 2017
Saturday 30th December 2017
Colin Murray, Tom Davis, Kelly Cates, Elis James, John Charles and Steve Bunce look back at 2017 in sport as they battle it out to win points for punditry.
21. Episode Twenty One
Saturday 6th January 2018
Former professional footballer Gary O'Reilly, broadcaster Caroline Barker, journalist and broadcaster Martin Kelner and comedian and voice of Love Island, Iain Stirling, join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
22. Episode Twenty Two
Saturday 13th January 2018
Sport reporter Des Kelly, former GB athlete and Olympic bronze-medallist Kath Merry, Canadian sports broadcaster Greg Brady and comedian Darren Harriott join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
23. Episode Twenty Three
Saturday 20th January 2018
Sport journalist Thom Gibbs, presenter and football pundit Mina Rzouki, writer and broadcaster Douglas Anderson and comedian Matt Forde join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
24. Episode Twenty Four
Saturday 27th January 2018
England's record goal-scorer and former Arsenal footballer Kelly Smith, broadcaster John Rawling and comedians Paul Sinha and Eddie Kadi join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
Special: Six Nations 2018 special
Saturday 3rd February 2018
Martin Bayfield, former England Rugby player, sits in the judges chair for a rugby special ahead of the Six Nations 2018. Paralympic legend Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Northampton Saints and former England rugby player Ben Foden, journalist Martin Bashir and comedian Mark Watson all join Martin as they aim to gain points for their punditry.
26. Episode Twenty Six
Saturday 10th February 2018
Former GB and England Hockey player Kate Richardson-Walsh, sports broadcaster and journalist Steve Bunce, broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd and comedian Ivo Graham join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
27. Episode Twenty Seven
Saturday 17th February 2018
Former professional footballer Clinton Morrison, former GB badminton player and Olympic silver-medallist Gail Emms, presenter and Champion of Champions Richard Osman and comedian Nish Kumar join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
28. Episode Twenty Eight
Saturday 24th February 2018
Football manager Phil Brown, journalist Martha Kelner and comedians Justin Moorhouse and Paul Sinha join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
29. Episode Twenty Nine
Saturday 3rd March 2018
DJ and presenter Nick Bright, actor Tom Davis, sports broadcaster Jennie Gow and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
30. Episode Thirty
Saturday 17th March 2018
Former GB athlete and Olympic bronze-medallist Kath Merry, journalist Martin Bashir and comedians Neil Delamere and Justin Moorhouse join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
31. Episode Thirty One
Saturday 24th March 2018
Broadcaster and commentator John Rawling, England and Canberra United footballer Laura Bassett, Canadian sports broadcaster Greg Brady and comedian Eddie Kadi join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
32. Episode Thirty Two
Saturday 31st March 2018
Former GB and England Hockey player Kate Richardson-Walsh, journalist Jim White, TMS commentator Charles Dagnall and comedian Elis James join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
33. Episode Thirty Three
Saturday 7th April 2018
Presenter and comedian Clive Anderson, writer and football pundit Mina Rzouki, journalist and broadcaster Martin Kelner and presenter and writer Dougie Anderson join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
34. Episode Thirty Four
Saturday 21st April 2018
Paralympic legend Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, broadcaster Caroline Barker, former cricketer and TMS commentator Charles Dagnall and comedian Charlie Baker join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
35. Episode Thirty Five
Saturday 28th April 2018
Kate Richardson-Walsh, Thom Gibbs, Greg Brady and Justin Moorhouse join Colin Murray.
36. Episode Thirty Six
Saturday 5th May 2018
Former Scotland & Chelsea footballer Pat Nevin, sports broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd, sports commentator John Rawling and comedian Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
37. Episode Thirty Seven
Saturday 12th May 2018
Writer and football pundit Mina Rzouki, broadcaster and comedian Matt Forde, presenter and Champion of Champions Richard Osman and comedian Elis James join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry.
Special: Champion Of Champions
Saturday 26th May 2018
It's the FT season finale where Colin Murray is joined by the top four... Presenter and current Champion of Champions Richard Osman, broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd and comedians Neil Delamere and Justin Moorhouse.