Off Air with Jane & Fi
Episodes
OFF AIR... EXTRA
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Friday special. This week's bonus episode features an interview with James Coney, news projects editor at The Sunday Times. Th...
A thunderous bra strap with three clasps and a padlock
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's the final Off Air episode before we take a week's hiatus. Jane and Fi will return on July 21st. Today, Jamal and Fi chat the ugly shoe phenomenon...
A small boat with a flat bottom... (with Vassos Alexander)
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Boom! A knowledge chunk of joy is coming your way in this episode! Keep an eye out for that… Jamal and Fi also chat retirement, capes, murals, and b...
Embracing the corned beef leg look (with Christina Lamb)
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jamal's cosplaying continues and today she's bringing Parisian chic... Jane and Fi also chat fake tanning, neglected inflatables and emojis. Plus, Ch...
Off to North Berwick with my trusty travel glockenspiel
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fi and Jamal Kerrins find common ground in their (40-)love for tennis in this Wimbledon-mad email-only episode (Jamal even brings her visor). They als...
Watching Strictly via Wollongong (with Jack Mosley)
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Jane and Fi's last episode together for two weeks, they bounce from the Cotswolds to Wollongong to Crete. They also peruse Fi's last six Google sea...
Slightly more advanced on the nipple-o-meter (with Molly Jong-Fast)
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who do you think should feature on the new bank notes? Perhaps two plucky five-foot-nothing brunette lady broadcasters? Just a suggestion... Jane and ...
Spring chicken? Or sad potato?
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Feast your ears on today's ultimate finger buffet of an Off Air episode. Today, Jane and Fi discuss Banksy's potential retirement, six-month-old prawn...
I admire his menopausal spirit.
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's a new week, and today's revelatory episode explores conflicted feelings towards musicians, school reunions and the mysterious disappearance of Ja...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week's Friday special marks the 500th episode of Off Air, so we wanted to explore a topic close to our hearts. We heard from Katharine Sacks-Jone...
We can only be where we are... and that's here (with Anthony Scaramucci)
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Thursday! Jane ponders how she’d respond if someone offered her bread and milk in a time of need, whilst Fi thinks about where the Rogers of t...
Expressing milk at Mach 3...
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane and Fi acknowledge that there may be a period of light adjustment to the LTLFTE jingles. They also discuss (and judge) mid-flight refreshmen...
Prickly love Down Under (with Rob Rinder)
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane and Fi are pinching their necks and trying not to corpse in this episode... it's not working. They also chat Glastonbury, white jeans, guide dog ...
Shoehorning Sir Rod into skinny jeans
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's Jane's birthday but not everyone has remembered... *cough Fi cough*. On this special day, they chat significant ages, bra fittings, Rod Stewart i...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Friday special. This week's bonus episode features an interview with Deborah Aydon, co-founder of Future Lidos. This conversat...
Just a walking gobsh*te (with Sarah Vine)
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jamal Kerrins is back for one day, and one day only. The Janes chat Liverpool (of course), hanxiety, and bears. Plus, columnist Sarah Vine, former ...
Bonnet work on OnlyFans? (with Jo Hamilton)
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello sailor! Welcome to Wednesday's episode. The heat is getting to Jane and Fi... they chat Dubai chocolate, hanxiety, and fridge magnets. Plus, fo...
Birdwatching vaping recalcitrant crows (with Jacinda Ardern)
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The sheer volume of accents in this episode is extremely high - proceed with caution. Jane and Fi also chat UFO sightings, hedgehogs, and feeling the ...
Absolute daffy regional boutique plonkers
16 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Monday! Jane and Fi are both knackered, so bear with us as this episode bumpily chugs along... They chat Portuguese public toilets, fridge magne...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Friday special. This week's bonus episode features an interview with the author Kate Mosse, from our Times Radio afternoon sho...
The curious problem of the inactive lady-stunt-rider (with Harry Redknapp)
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode bounces from decimalisation to Avanti West to ventriloquism to lucky bags to motherhood – you can't say we don't have range. Plus, b...
A ledge of bosom (with Eluned Morgan)
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fi is struggling with some listeners' names — apologies to anyone called Linda... Jane and Fi also discuss potent wees, manifesting people, and dysl...
A certain bad-ass insouciance (with Steph McGovern)
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mystic Garv makes a very brief return - listen out for it... As well as that, Jane and Fi discuss global stamps, neighbourly interactions, and unguent...
Pinging out the ladies!
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The team’s fox troubles continue, and we thank you for your sage advice—it’s somewhat more productive than Jane’s suggestions. Jane and Fi als...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Friday special. This week's bonus episode features an interview with campaigner Zelda Perkins, a former assistant to Harvey We...
A bit of frisky fun! (with Sathnam Sanghera)
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fi’s had her fake-grass paved over, and it’s caused a bit of a hullabaloo! Jane and Fi also chat getting down with labour, resting grouch face, an...
Tipping people over the edge since 2017 (with Jameela Jamil)
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane had an accident just before recording — apologies if you can hear her toes squelching... Jane and Fi also chat care, foxes, and maths. Plus, a...
Single, female, unwilling to get you out of a third-world prison (with Chloe Dalton)
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's been a new addition to the list of things we need to get sorted in the Off Air community—so we need your help! (Admittedly, the list is gett...
Flashing your headlights in a National Trust car park
02 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Garvey is back – bring out the bunting! She's got some thoughts on... well, a lot: Hay Festival, the Eurostar, Andy Warhol, various types of lo...
LIVE AT THE RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW (with Thomas Fudge's)
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this special bonus episode brought to you by Thomas Fudge's, Jane and Fi head down to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to take in the flora and fauna, e...
Level 9 woo woo (with Richard Dawkins)
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane M has had a bumpy journey back from sipping champagne at Roland-Garros, while Fi's had a bumpy experience with some sub-par paving —naturally. ...
The Off Air Military Unit (with Jesse Armstrong)
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane M is off on a Challenge Anneka-style mission — we hope to see her tomorrow, but who knows... Before that, Jane M and Fi chat jobs in another li...
Waiting for the internal filth to settle (with Mary Trump)
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Garvey is off this week so Jamal Kerrins is here. She's fresh off a flight from Berlin... Ok, fresh may be a stretch but she's here! Jane M and F...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Friday special. This week's bonus episode features an interview with The Times and Sunday Times' Literary Editor, Robbie Mille...
Carry On Off Air Wild Camping (with Laura Bates)
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The AstroTurf trailblazers bring big news from their back gardens — steady yourself against something firm. They also cover kindness, costume partie...
The lost King Charles Spaniel hairdo decade (with Adam Buxton)
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jane and Fi take a trip down memory lane, dredging up memories of questionable hairdos and cat-suits. They also chat wine charms, the...
Toilet roll, hand soap and self-deprecation (with Sir Ed Davey)
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane and Fi agree quite a lot in this episode – and it's rather unnerving. Please proceed with caution. They also discuss umbrellas, BBQs, downstair...
Nothing but a fit, lycra-wearing coypu...
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s in a name? Rather a lot, as Jane and Fi discover in this email-only episode. They also discuss gardening, Slough, Bruce Springsteen, and Laur...
All the best, Sex.
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Producers of Celebrity Race Across the World, if you're reading this: you've got two easy wins right here! Jane and Fi also chat bolts on benches, Leo...
Ribbed baguette and whipped butter? (with Simon Reeve)
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Dr. Dr. Garvey and Dr. Dr. Glover share their musings on whipped butter, Helens, foxes having a to-do, Gustave Eiffel, and the home of the tart. W...
She may have been anti-granary (with Alison Phillips)
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Going just off this episode, you'd be forgiven for thinking the purpose of this podcast was to inform... In this fact-filled edition, Jane and Fi disc...
Spag bol and hot love
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this racket sport special! Jane M sits in for Jane G for one day only. She and Fi chat badminton, sexiversaries, and late-night bolognese. ...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Friday special. This week's bonus episode features an interview with Bryan Dorries, artistic director of Theatre of War Produc...
Be sure to separate your whites from your cardinal colours!
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The next book club pick has been announced! We’ll be reading Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession — we hope you’ll join us. Also in this e...
It's the pomp of it all! (with Gillian Anderson)
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's another slightly giddy episode as Jane and Fi discuss Clacton Pier, Crosby and badminton. Plus, actress Gillian Anderson discusses her latest fi...
Judgy or concerned?
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There's quite a lengthy period of accents in this episode – please be warned. Jane and Fi also cover women fishing, thong bikinis, onions and orange...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Friday special. This week's bonus episode features an interview with The Times and Sunday Times' Literary Editor, Robbie Mille...
Welcome to the world, Ignatius and Derek (with Sara Davies)
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's very hot today and the effects are being felt in the studio... Please bear with us. Jane and Fi discuss education, Jamal Current and Spain. Plus...
Trouble in Winchester (with Alex Crawford)
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fi's been to Badminton and had some realisations. Jane and Fi ponder those realisations, as well as mini Magnums, Padel, Crosby, and train carriages. ...
Euston toilets, we have a problem
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fi's off today on important business, so Jane M is here! Normal schedule resumes tomorrow... whatever that means. Today, Jane and Jane chat power outa...
The laughter and steaminess was unending
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane and Fi are reunited! They join you in their bikinis for discussions about chickenpox, religion, Wells Cathedral, and men who ask too many questio...
There is nothing romantic about poo (with Jeremy Vine)
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane Mulkerrins is still sitting in. Jane Garvey is still off (back Monday). And there are a few more Janes thrown into this episode for good measure....
Been Rooney'd (with Nussaibah Younis)
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Times wind tunnel has been wreaking havoc, but Jane M and Fi have made it in one piece. They discuss the Pope, postcard bunting, and cold water sw...
Stop! I need to put my socks on! (with Geri Halliwell-Horner)
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fi's back, but Jane Garvey is now off – keep up! Fi and Jane Mulkerrins chat pigeons, cold feet, and Gouda. Plus, former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell-...
Pettiness is underrated
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Jane's podcast masterclass. Please be seated. The Janes chat chocolate kittens, ASNAC, hero pigeons, and war memories.Plus, The Sunday Time...
The more parochial the rumpus, the better (with James Nelson-Joyce)
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you close to a pigeon fancier? We want to hear from you! Jane and Jane also chat James Bond, healthcare and Touchnote. Plus, actor James Nelson...
A giant penis heading into space...
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday was not a bad day! There was lots to laugh — postcards, space trips, and JD Vance with a trophy. Jane and Jane discuss all that and more. ...
'Garvenomics' (with Melinda French Gates)
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fi's off all this week, so The Janes are reunited! They chat 'Threads', Jon Hamm, weight loss drugs, and 'Garvenomics.' Plus, philanthropist Melinda ...
Fuming your way through your own funeral (with David Dimbleby)
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We've reached a man-banker, and our work here is done! Before that, Jane and Fi chat petrol, late starters, Tartan Week — and there are more postcar...
How do you sex a cat?
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The ladies are getting a bit competitive with the office over the postcards - so do keep sending them in. Meanwhile, Jane's been dreaming about a new,...
Keep everyone close, buy a Swiss Army Knife (with Tim Marshall)
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane and Fi wonder how best to disrupt each others' funerals musically and marvel at Melvyn Bragg's hair. They also sort through our, quite frankly, b...
We haven't even got to the resurrection yet!
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this unplanned email special. Jane and Fi cover pointless work experience, two-wipe poos, Jane's breast enlargement and Swiss Army knives. ...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Friday special. This week's bonus episode features an interview from our Times Radio afternoon show (2–4 pm, Monday to Thurs...
Don't go changin'
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're on a very long journey and we haven't even got to the services... Buckle in! Jane and Fi chat vegetarian farmers, flicking the V, and managing t...
I feel the same about marriage as I do black pudding... (with Prof. Alice Roberts)
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're building a wall... of postcards! Keep em coming. Jane and Fi also chat MAFs, fruity ITV, black pudding and derelict buildings. Plus, Professor ...
The mistaken identity of the Wote Street Willy (with Jill Scott)
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane's in need of some fresh batteries—please excuse any malfunctions from her in this episode. There's also more postcards, signs from the universe...
Vodka with a gherkin on a Sunday morning
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this email-only and travel-special episode! There’s mention of Avanti West, rail replacements, speed-walking, front seats, buses, the DLR...
Unprintable life-time ambitions
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The weather is clement and Jane's got some words on your turf. There's also chat about speed awareness, winter weddings and dried sage. Plus, author ...
Reproducing and heavy lifting (with Stig Abell)
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane and Fi have received some postcards, and they're thrilled! Do please send more, but only with second-class stamps—we don't want anyone breaking...
Harry Redknapp and Michael Ball making sweet, sweet music
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You won't believe it but Mystic Garv is back, and she's got some ground breaking predictions. Jane and Fi also chat Vegas, snoring, pesto and Fi Glove...
Up and down the street with a loudhailer
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please be warned: accents feature in this email-only podcast episode. Jane and Fi also discuss adolescence, Hadrian's Wall, Mother's Day, and Basingst...
Book Club - Eight Months on Ghazzah Street
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane and Fi are back with their eighth book club, and this one's gone internationale - get the nibbles ready... Plus, Nicholas Pearson, Hilary Mantel...
Please avoid space if you've got a vagina! (with Sara Cox and Clare Hamilton)
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane and Fi have something to get off their collective podcast breasts, and amid that, there's also chat about space travel, rumours of who will be th...
Kinky in Kingham (with Ruth Wilson)
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Accent alert in this podcast — proceed with caution! Jane and Fi chat saucy postcards, sex work, twin towns, and space nappies. Plus, actor Ruth Wi...
Kind Regards, Jane and Fi
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Lady has landed, and it's causing a stir... Jane and Fi also chat sufferable men, bonny babies, Lucozade, and 80085. Plus, Phyllida Lloyd — dir...
With Love, Jane and Fi
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this unspecial email-only podcast episode — Jane and Fi chat Cockney frogs, twinned towns, and St. Patrick's Day. The next book club epi...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Friday special. This week's bonus episode features an interview with The Times' Deputy Literary Editor, Laura Hackett, from ou...
'Awful, really boring, feminist women' (with Emma Barnett)
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Book club is coming (finally), so prepare yourselves and get in touch! Jane and Fi chat bird song, burly beavers, sex workers, pets on zoom, divorce, ...
Nothing like the pong of an economy scented candle (with Baroness Lane-Fox)
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you have been impacted by any of the dross discussed on Off Air, just contact an action line... This episode's dross includes turtle soup, the Adel...
Taunton Vanilla
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We're all about minimum effort, maximum impact round here. Jane and Fi chat Pepper Pig, the gynaecology of hens and hairdresser etiquette. Plus,...
A bit of pampering and a digest shot (with Jodie Whittaker)
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to this carefully curated episode. We begin with the admin section before moving on to toddler Crufts, ear health and pet anal glands... Enjoy...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to another Friday special. This week's bonus episode features an interview from our Times Radio afternoon show (2–4 pm, Monday to Thurs...
Private download gone public (with Sue Campbell)
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane and Fi somehow manage to link the gendering of chickens to bedside chocolate bars... tune in to find out how. And Jane speaks to Sue Campbell, Fo...
An unusually erudite edition...
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Jane and Fi delve into whether it’s acceptable to make use of someone else’s Ring doorbell, the gynaecology of a hen, and Ja...
She doesn't have a drawer of joy (with Jared Harris)
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy flipping on this fine Shrove Tuesday! Today, Jane shares a memory of being left fully exposed on the loo at a National Trust property, while Fi ...
WHAT IS HAPPENING (with Esther Ghey)
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Global events can't be ignored, but there's still room for more vasectomy debate and the ladies ponder how Americans know the week has ended without a...
A delicious puddle of unashamed oestrogen (with Tuppence Middleton)
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane is angry at the world because it isn't her birthday... but it is Fi's. They talk more class nonsense, the etymology of "napkin" and Screwfix spam...
Did Trump go to school? (with Anthony Scaramucci)
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, Jane has a bone to pick with Fi, whose new glasses bear an uncanny resemblance to a pair Jane was once mercilessly teased for wear...
In case you come back as a pigeon...
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane questions whether she should have been a TV critic—despite refusing to watch any film or show beginning with a 'W'. Meanwhile, Fi puts to rest ...
You've triggered me darling (with Nancy Birtwhistle)
24 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fi's back from her holidays and Jane can't be sure she didn't take such a news-heavy week off on purpose.Big questions are asked, such as: why does Ro...
What I'd do if I were you love...
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane² convene for the final time ahead of Fi's return next week, discussing Mulkerrins' former hatred for spring and Garvey's past life as a strict d...
Don't tease your tales, tell them! (with James Graham)
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today, Garvey and Mulkerrins delve into censoring wolf whistles, age-ambiguous cagoules, and the days of cheap Bulgarian country wine. Plus, Jane G s...
Middle-aged muttering
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jane² are back, answering all the questions plaguing this slightly sunny Tuesday afternoon: What happened to empathy? Why call them beavers? And does...
The unforgiving barrel (with Sanjeev Bhaskar)
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fi is off on holiday this week... so it's Jane and Jane! Or Garvey and Mulkerrins, if you prefer. They chat running, waitressing, and the return of th...
OFF AIR... EXTRA
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Friday! We're bringing you a bonus episode this Friday featuring an interview from our Times Radio afternoon show (2-4pm, Monday to Thursday). ...
Into the hide...
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Helmet, sunglasses, high-heeled boots, toy-gun and handcuffs at the ready? Welcome. Jane and Fi chat beavers, Jane's sofa cushions and wellies. F...
Narcissism of small differences
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the Poo Museum to Freud, enjoy the meandering journey of this episode's conversation. Jane and Fi also discuss chaff, Romantasy, and property sho...
Anyone in need of knitted nose protection? (with Jojo Moyes)
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In tonight's episode, Fi asks for a grown-up version of mitten elastics whilst Jane contemplates taking up golf for a man called Nigel... Plus, Fi sp...
Have you been? (with Baroness Grey-Thompson)
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Monday! It's grey and miserable, but let us warm you up. Jane and Fi chat Bear Grylls' flatulence, emergency supplies, humid hair, men in berets...
OFF AIR... EXTRA (with Anu Anand and Nabila)
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Friday! We're bringing you a bonus episode this Friday featuring an interview from our Times Radio afternoon show (2-4pm, Monday to Thursday). ...