{"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":"Mallet's Mallet, Leigh's Treasured Star Wars Toys and Emma's Stolen Photos","slug":"mallet-s-mallet-leigh-s-treasured-star-wars-toys-and-emma-s-stolen-photos","published_at":"2026-04-23T15:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlikely-friends-7532565/mallet-s-mallet-leigh-s-treasured-star-wars-toys-and-emma-s-stolen-photos","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unlikely-friends-7532565","url":"https://unlikely-friends.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/4a7ca3af-ea20-4e9d-8543-63bd41553ba1.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=d5c6a070-5ccc-44eb-9886-f32be5091f72&aw_0_1st.episodeid=4a7ca3af-ea20-4e9d-8543-63bd41553ba1","summary":"This week on Unlikely Friends , there’s a very special guest contributor in the mix: Timmy Mallett . Inspired by his own treasured letters home from boarding school, Timmy asks the gang which possessions they could never give away. Leigh’s answer will surprise absolutely no one, Emma shares why her family photo albums mean so much after some very bad luck in the past, and everyone gets wonderfully nostalgic about the sentimental things they’d save forever. There’s also a chaotic round of Mallet’s Mallet with Timmy himself, where poor Emma takes a fairly hefty whack to the head, plus plenty of seaside chat as the gang swap stories about their favourite coastal towns.","meta_description":"This week on Unlikely Friends , there’s a very special guest contributor in the mix: Timmy Mallett . Inspired by his own treasured letters home from board…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1065,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unlikely-friends-7532565/episodes/mallet-s-mallet-leigh-s-treasured-star-wars-toys-and-emma-s-stolen-photos/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/mallet-s-mallet-leigh-s-treasured-star-wars-toys-and-emma-s-stolen-photos.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}