{"id":11296,"date":"2022-02-17T17:34:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1587166"},"modified":"2022-02-17T17:58:10","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T16:58:10","slug":"sandi-toksvig-and-sarah-millican-get-the-giggles-in-extraordinary-escapes","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/sandi-toksvig-and-sarah-millican-get-the-giggles-in-extraordinary-escapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandi Toksvig and Sarah Millican get the giggles in Extraordinary Escapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 17 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Sandi Toksvig returns to our screens with a new season of Extraordinary Escapes tonight, and it looks like she\u2019s enjoyed plenty of laughs along the way.<\/p>\n<p>In a preview clip exclusive to <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a>, Sandi and her first companion for the new run \u2013 comedian Sarah Millican \u2013 can be seen getting the giggles after coming across a rather unorthodox toilet.<\/p>\n<p>The clip begins with narration from Toksvig, who informs us: \u201cBehind one of these posh bedroom doors, lies the holy grail of luxury loos.\u201d<\/p> <p>When they enter the room, Millican is initially wowed by the bath located by a window, but Toksvig soon alerts her to something even more exciting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomewhere, I think it\u2019s in this room, they\u2019ve got one of those Japanese toilets that cleans your bottom,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you need it now?\u201d Sarah responds, which prompts an outburst of giggles from Sandi.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, the pair discover the toilet in question and assess the different options, before closing the door and giving it a whirl \u2013 which naturally leads to much hilarity!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, that\u2019s much better,\u201d Sandi jokes as the pair walk out of the room, before later adding: \u201cI think I\u2019m squeaking when I walk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the clip in full below.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"&quot;Extraordinary\" escapes=\"\" with=\"\" sandi=\"\" toksvig=\"\" returns=\"\" to=\"\" channel=\"\" on=\"\" thursday=\"\" february=\"\" at=\"\" width=\"&quot;200&quot;\" height=\"&quot;113&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nwhHs6po-PA?feature=oembed&quot;\" frameborder=\"&quot;0&quot;\" allow=\"&quot;accelerometer;\" autoplay=\"\" clipboard-write=\"\" encrypted-media=\"\" gyroscope=\"\" picture-in-picture=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>Speaking about the new season ahead of the launch, Toksvig detailed what makes the show stand out for her.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">\u201cThe main thing for me, apart from the glorious landscapes and the astonishing architecture, is that in each one, it\u2019s two women, I\u2019m going to say \u2013 of a certain age \u2013 having a good time and just enjoying ourselves,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">\u201cThere\u2019s something infectious about watching people genuinely having a good time. Even though the scene you see on television might only be a couple of minutes long, you know the truth of it is that the laughter carried on for a long time before and a long time after.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">Speaking more specifically about the first episode and her friendship with Sarah Millican, Toksvig explained that she\u2019s known Millican for a very long time and that she always makes her laugh.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">\u201cShe keeps me up to speed with things and teaches me about social media,\u201d she said. \u201cShe can\u2019t quite believe how disengaged I am as I still write people handwritten letters.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\">\u201cShe and I just had the most astonishing time and of course, we do get to stay in the places we visit so the joy for me is that after filming, I then got to cook her dinner in a 16th century mill, sit and have a long chat over and above the work we\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\"><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/andrew-garfield-strictly-come-dancing-newsupdate\/&quot;\"><strong>Andrew Garfield says Strictly Come Dancing is on his \u201cbucket list\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/natalie-imbruglia-masked-singer-guess-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Natalie Imbruglia reveals which Masked Singer contestant she guessed<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/weakest-link-second-series-romesh-ranganathan-exclusive-newsupdate\/&quot;\"><strong>The Weakest Link fans call for second series with Romesh Ranganathan<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p dir=\"&quot;auto&quot;\"><strong><span lang=\"&quot;en-US&quot;\">Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig season 2 begins on Channel 4 on Thursday 17th February at 9pm. 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For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong><strong>isten to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Cremona Published: Thursday, 17 February 2022 at 12:00 am Sandi Toksvig returns to our screens with a new season of Extraordinary Escapes tonight, and it looks like she\u2019s enjoyed plenty of laughs along the way. 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