{"podcast":{"title":"Unlikely Friends","slug":"unlikely-friends-7532565","podcast_index_feed_id":7532565,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/unlikely-friends/","website_url":"https://unlikely-friends.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f00de03a-f011-40aa-85d5-bf3453397f7b/UNLIKELY-FRIENDS-TILE-3000x3000-1.jpg","author":"Global","episode_count":69,"summary":"Welcome to Unlikely Friends, A brand new podcast from BAFTA winning comedian Leigh Francis, Spice Girl turned radio host Emma Bunton, Damage frontman Jade Jones, and Jill Francis - where anything can (and probably will) happen! Each week, they’ll be taking questions, topics and conundrums from listeners, diving headfirst into whatever you want to hear about. Nothing is off limits. From parenthood and fame to 90s fashion and cold wedding buffets, the conversation is driven solely by you brilliant lot! Unlikely Friends is all about laid-back chats that are funny, honest, insightful, and sometimes surprisingly deep - with a few shocking revelations and celebrity guests along the way. You can watch or listen to full episodes of Unlikely Friends on Global Player, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts every Monday & Thursday. 💌 Get in touch at unlikelyfriends@global.com 📱 Follow on socials: @unlikelypodfriends Unlikely Friends is a Global Production For advertising opportunities on this podcast email: dax@global.com Director of Podcasts: Vicky Etchells Executive Producer: Adem Waterman Senior Producer: Ben Tulloh Creative Video Content Producer: Samson Falodun","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T04:18:14.983427+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlikely-friends-7532565"},"episode":{"title":"Love Island, Flirting FAILS & A STOLEN Spice Girls Dress?!","slug":"love-island-flirting-fails-a-stolen-spice-girls-dress","published_at":"2026-04-16T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlikely-friends-7532565/love-island-flirting-fails-a-stolen-spice-girls-dress","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlikely-friends-7532565","url":"https://unlikely-friends.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/71e33488-4be3-4752-adc6-05c09f379343.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=d5c6a070-5ccc-44eb-9886-f32be5091f72&aw_0_1st.episodeid=71e33488-4be3-4752-adc6-05c09f379343","summary":"This week on Unlikely Friends , the gang are joined by some brilliant guest questions from Iain Stirling — and one question in particular opens the floodgates: what’s the most memorable thing that’s ever been stolen from you? What follows is a surprisingly robbery-heavy chat, with stories involving houses, cars, and even Emma’s iconic Spice Girls dress . There’s also, naturally, plenty of Love Island chat, as the gang imagine how they’d have fared in the villa back in their prime — and whether they’d have been coupling up, causing chaos, or getting dumped early.","meta_description":"This week on Unlikely Friends , the gang are joined by some brilliant guest questions from Iain Stirling — and one question in particular opens the floodg…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1433,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unlikely-friends-7532565/episodes/love-island-flirting-fails-a-stolen-spice-girls-dress/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlikely-friends-7532565/love-island-flirting-fails-a-stolen-spice-girls-dress.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}