{"id":11227,"date":"2022-02-16T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1585597"},"modified":"2022-02-16T01:45:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T00:45:07","slug":"sandi-toksvig-joins-episode-23-of-the-radio-times-podcast-listen-now","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/sandi-toksvig-joins-episode-23-of-the-radio-times-podcast-listen-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandi Toksvig joins Episode 23 of The Radio Times Podcast \u2013 listen now"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Kelly-Anne Taylor\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 16 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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On this week\u2019s episode of The Radio Times Podcast, Jane Garvey interviews Sandi Toksvig about her Channel 4 series Extraordinary Escapes. Toksvig, joined by some of the UK\u2019s most fabulous and witty women, visits some of the nation\u2019s most astonishing and beautiful holiday homes.<\/p>\n

Toksvig quips about the \u201cjob from hell\u201d that has taken her to some of the most exquisite homes in the UK \u2013 and why her and Sarah Millican drew the line at getting in their swimsuits at the spa \u2013 we were \u201cnot prepared to do a Baywatch scene\u201d. Garvey and Toksvig discuss how travel shows are dominated by male presenters (and their sons!) and the staple item all fancy houses in Britain have \u2013 Egyptian linen.<\/p>\n

Plus, Jane Garvey interviews Heidi Thomas, the screenwriter behind BBC\u2019s hit series Call the Midwife, which has been running for 11 series. Garvey, an avid admirer of the show, questions Thomas about the taboos the show has busted and how Thomas\u2019 own birthing story has inspired the show.<\/p>\n

What else can I expect from episode 23?<\/h3>\n

TV critic Rhianna Dhillon joins Jane Garvey to mark our cards for the week ahead. They review BBC\u2019s Couple Therapy, Amazon Prime\u2019s I Want You Back and Sky Cinema\u2019s Mass.<\/p>\n