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Beware of the size of your jacket potato! (with Jonathan Dimbleby)

Ep. 254

Jane G is away so Jane M is here to play! Fi speaks about her plans to get a “job-stopper” face tattoo… And Jane M responds with an anecdote of when she walked, camped and pool-partied naked. 


Plus, Fi is joined by presenter and author, Jonathan Dimbleby, about his new book ‘Endgame 1944: How Stalin Won the War’.


You can book your tickets to see Jane and Fi live at the new Crossed Wires festival here: https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/book/instance/663601


If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio


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Assistant Producer: Hannah Quinn


Times Radio Producer: Rosie Cutler

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