
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.
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Series 19
1. Episode One
Saturday 14th August 2021
Boxing promoter and presenter Eddie Hearn, former England Rugby player Ugo Monye, football presenter and current Champion of Champions Natalie Pike and comedian Elis James join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
2. Episode Two
Saturday 21st August 2021
BBC Sport presenter Holly Hamilton, broadcaster Dougie Anderson and comedians Justin Moorhouse and Danny McLoughlin join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
3. Episode Three
Saturday 28th August 2021
Comedian and writer Ian Moore, presenter and YouTuber Flex, football broadcaster Lynsey Hooper and football writer John Cross join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
4. Episode Four
Saturday 4th September 2021
Football commentator and former Chelsea player Pat Nevin, presenter Charlie Webster, radio and TV presenter Rickie Haywood-Williams and comedian Tez Ilyas join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
Special
Saturday 11th September 2021
Presenter and writer Richard Osman, Lancashire and North West Thunder captain and former England cricketer Alex Hartley, Canadian sports broadcaster Greg Brady and comedian Eddie Kadi join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
6. Episode Six
Saturday 18th September 2021
F1 journalist and broadcaster Will Buxton, football broadcaster Mina Rzouki, sports presenter David Alorka and comedian Justin Moorhouse join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
7. Episode Seven
Saturday 25th September 2021
Actor Jake Wood, presenter and former GB athlete Kath Merry, sports broadcaster Alistair Bruce-Ball and comedian Bob Mills join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
8. Episode Eight
Saturday 2nd October 2021
Former cruiserweight boxer Tony Bellew, sports presenter Josh Denzel, broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd and comedian Danny Mcloughlin join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
9. Episode Nine
Saturday 9th October 2021
Former NFL player Jason Bell, sports broadcaster Kate Mason, sports journalist Jim White and comedian Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
10. Episode Ten
Saturday 16th October 2021
Former GB badminton player Gail Emms, broadcaster Steffan Powell, The Vixen 'Chaser' Jenny Ryan and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
11. Episode Eleven
Saturday 23rd October 2021
Former England rugby player Martin Bayfield, football presenter Natalie Pike, sports broadcaster and journalist Lynsey Hooper and comedian Ivo Graham join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
12. Episode Twelve
Saturday 30th October 2021
Football manager Phil Brown, BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter Reece Parkinson, sports broadcaster Holly Hamilton and comedian Paul Sinha join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
13. Episode Thirteen
Saturday 6th November 2021
Sports presenter and journalist Jennie Gow, footballer Neil Danns, broadcaster Dougie Anderson and comedian Bob Mills join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
14. Episode Fourteen
Saturday 13th November 2021
Lancashire and North West Thunder captain and former England cricketer Alex Hartley, F1 journalist and broadcaster Will Buxton, journalist Jim White and comedian Justin Moorhouse join guest host Sam Quek for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
15. Episode Fifteen
Saturday 20th November 2021
Broadcaster David Alorka, presenter Charlie Webster, Canadian broadcaster Greg Brady and comedian Kae Kurd join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
16. Episode Sixteen
Saturday 27th November 2021
Presenter and pundit Mina Rzouki, football commentator Pat Nevin, comedian Kojo Anim and editor of The Big Issue Paul McNamee join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
17. Episode Seventeen
Saturday 4th December 2021
Former England Rugby player Ugo Monye, sports broadcaster Kate Mason, presenter Reece Parkinson and comedian Tez Ilyas join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
18. Episode Eighteen
Saturday 11th December 2021
TV presenter and author Richard Osman, former GB athlete, former GB athlete and presenter Iwan Thomas, England netball player Eboni Usoro-Brown and comedian Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
19. Episode Nineteen
Saturday 18th December 2021
BBC F1 commentator Jack Nicholls, football broadcaster Lynsey Hooper, presenter Rickie Haywood-Williams and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
New Year Special: New Year's Special
Saturday 1st January 2022
Colin Murray is joined by Phil Brown, Henning Wehn, Caroline Barker and Rick Edwards as they look back on the events of 2021 and look forward to the big sporting year ahead.
21. Episode Twenty One
Saturday 8th January 2022
Football presenter Natalie Pike, footballer Glenn Murray, sports broadcaster Alistair Bruce-Ball and comedian Ivo Graham join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
22. Episode Twenty Two
Saturday 15th January 2022
Football presenter Flex, former GB Badminton player Gail Emms, Canadian sports broadcaster Greg Brady and Bob Mills join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
23. Episode Twenty Three
Saturday 22nd January 2022
Sports broadcaster Holly Hamilton, writer and football journalist John Cross, broadcaster Martin Kelner and comedian Kae Kurd join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
24. Episode Twenty Four
Saturday 29th January 2022
Former GB athlete Kath Merry, sports presenter David Alorka, editor of The Big Issue Paul McNamee and comedian Justin Moorhouse join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
25. Episode Twenty Five
Saturday 5th February 2022
Former Nottingham Forest, Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday footballer David Prutton, broadcaster Dougie Anderson, Chaser Jenny Ryan and comedian Mike Bubbins, join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
26. Episode Twenty Six
Saturday 12th February 2022
Former England rugby player Martin Bayfield, former GB snowboarder Aimee Fuller, sports presenter Kate Mason and comedian Tez Ilyas join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
27. Episode Twenty Seven
Saturday 19th February 2022
Former two-weight boxing world champion Carl Frampton, sports broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd, presenter Reece Parkinson and comedian Neil Delamere join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
28. Episode Twenty Eight
Colin Murray is joined by Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, Thom Gibbs, Natalie Pike and Danny McLoughlin.
29. Episode Twenty Nine
Saturday 5th March 2022
Football presenter Natalie Pike, Davis Cup champion and former British No.2 tennis player James Ward, football broadcaster Mina Rzouki and comedian Danny McLoughlin join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment. Points are awarded for informed comment, wit and passion, but taken away for nonsense and answers lacking in conviction.
30. Episode Thirty
Saturday 12th March 2022
Sports presenter Holly Hamilton, actor Jake Wood, GB sprinter Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and comedian Bob Mills join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
31. Episode Thirty One
Saturday 19th March 2022
F1 presenter and journalist Will Buxton, sports broadcaster Jennie Gow, former Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday footballer David Prutton and comedian Kae Kurd join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
32. Episode Thirty Two
Saturday 26th March 2022
Sports pundit and Former GB athlete Kath Merry, ITV Chaser Jenny Ryan, football reporter Aaron Paul and comedian Justin Moorhouse join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
33. Episode Thirty Three
Saturday 2nd April 2022
BBC Radio 1Xtra presenter Reece Parkinson, former GB Badminton player and presenter Gail Emms, broadcaster Dougie Anderson and comedian Ian Moore join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
34. Episode Thirty Four
Saturday 9th April 2022
Comedians Sikisa and Ivo Graham, presenter David Alorka, and sports journalist Thom Gibbs join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
35. Episode Thirty Five
Saturday 16th April 2022
Football presenter Natalie Pike, journalist Jim White, sports broadcaster Lynsey Hooper and comedian Andrew Mensah join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
36. Episode Thirty Six
Saturday 23rd April 2022
Former Wolverhampton and West Ham footballer Matt Jarvis, comedian Neil Delamere, broadcaster Charlie Webster and radio presenter Martin Kelner join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
37. Episode Thirty Seven
Saturday 30th April 2022
Broadcaster and former cricketer Charles Dagnall, sports broadcaster Kate Mason, editor of The Big Issue Paul McNamee and comedian Danny Mcloughlin join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
38. Episode Thirty Eight
Saturday 7th May 2022
Comedian Bob Mills, GB sprinter Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake, sports broadcaster Eleanor Oldroyd and BBC Radio 1 DJ Rickie Haywood-Williams join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
39. Episode Thirty Nine
Saturday 14th May 2022
BBC Sport presenter Holly Hamilton, football broadcaster Mina Rzouki, journalist John Cross and comedian Elis James join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
40. Episode Forty
Saturday 21st May 2022
Former Australia, Middlesbrough and Fulham goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, sports reporter Bianca Westwood, broadcaster Dougie Anderson and comedian Kae Kurd join Colin Murray for an hour of sporting punditry, humour and entertainment.
Special: Champion Of Champions
Saturday 28th May 2022
Colin Murray judges the season finale. Who will win between Natalie Pike, Justin Moorhouse, Neil Delamere, Reece Parkinson and Lynsey Hooper in this extended special?