I don't believe that. I don't buy it. I don't. They're trying to make these sweets sound like I'm eating, you know, a plate of vegetables.
Feb 25, 2026
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42:56 - 43:04
WDWDY #60: Yesterday waits for no man
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Midweek Mayhem
they're just there to oh no you eat the veg because they soak up all the chickeny juice yeah okay yeah okay so I did onions and carrots now because I'm I'm trying to disengage consciously uncoupled from potatoes which is really sad because obviously I love them
Apr 20, 2025
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57:34 - 57:49
S2 EP16: Nadia Shireen
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Interview
But you wouldn't know it. Just a normal guy, you know? It's funny. You know someone's doing well where there's a whore in the background and it's six jewel-lit toasters because they famously don't pop up.
Jan 4, 2026
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3:28 - 3:40
S4 EP1: Bret McKenzie
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Interview
They're going to look quite normal now because I've just had them done, but I mean, I didn't think they were long.
Jun 29, 2025
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37:19 - 37:26
S3 EP2: Tom Basden
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Interview
we have received a total of zero new guesses for the Rebel Cheese Tour fair enough no not fair I would like to say this for the record this is the first time I've been disappointed in the audience oh wow because we've offered you a Rebel Cheese Board
Feb 11, 2026
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57:25 - 57:43
WDWDY #58: Y.E.S.T.E.R.D.A.Y.
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Midweek Mayhem
Well, just beige food. I like beige food.
Apr 25, 2026
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35:29 - 35:31
S4 EP17: Waleed Aly
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Interview
No, you're right. Just a regular guy. So otherwise you nerds just get too technical talking about rondos and panenkas.
Jan 19, 2025
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14:49 - 14:59
S2 EP3: Huge Davies
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Interview
Would you like to play They're Just Normal Countries, David? I would love to play They're Just Normal Countries.
Jan 28, 2026
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24:58 - 25:02
WDWDY #56: All my troubles seemed so far away...
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Midweek Mayhem
The Catholic wafers. Yeah. The communion wafer. They're really good. No, we do a system of like, is it HelloFresh, or one of these things where they make it.
Sep 8, 2024
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42:47 - 42:56
EP3: Alex Horne
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Interview
Yeah, we do. Yeah, I think you'll like this. Fake ham, mayonnaise, butter, mustard. I think that's it.
Sep 1, 2024
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7:19 - 7:28
EP2: Lou Sanders
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Interview
I feel they're natural bedfellows. I feel that is something you could easily get on a plate.
Jul 19, 2025
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1:00:59 - 1:01:04
S3 EP5: Stevie Martin
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Interview
Courgettes. Courgettes! Right. They should be the emoji that's used. Are they that rare in Ireland?
Apr 9, 2025
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50:20 - 50:27
WDWDY #15: The Champignon's League
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Midweek Mayhem
It is worth, it is worth doing. They're just normal countries. You have to do.
Dec 28, 2025
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12:56 - 13:00
WDWDY #52: Duelling Cheeseboards
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Midweek Mayhem
flip the toast over and it's cheese, chili and onion with a lot of black pepper and a pint of water.
Jun 15, 2025
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53:24 - 53:32
S2 EP24: Tim Key
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Interview
It's an impossible situation. Should we play They're Just Normal Countries? Yes. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time for They're Just Normal Countries.
Jan 14, 2026
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20:06 - 20:15
WDWDY #54: A Yesterday Like Any Other
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Midweek Mayhem
Yeah. It doesn't get any weirder than basically a ghost cake appearing. I'm not sure how happy the kids are with this, but there's also ice cream, cheesecake, fruit salad.
Dec 28, 2025
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1:08:11 - 1:08:27
WDWDY #52: Duelling Cheeseboards
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Midweek Mayhem
He just wants some plain pita, doesn't want the cheese. Then we turn the sofa into a train, which involves him sitting on one end of the train with a small,
Jul 9, 2025
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41:23 - 41:32
WDWDY #28: The Poet Laureate
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Midweek Mayhem
The chicken schnitzels have like an aioli underneath the panko breadcrumbs. They're really good. No criticism.
Jun 24, 2025
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57:39 - 57:47
WDWDY #26: What Pants Were You Wearing Last Summer?
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Midweek Mayhem
Oh, my goodness. Would you like to play the Just Normal Countries?
Jul 22, 2026
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19:31 - 19:37
WDWDY #80.1: Washing Pandora's Carpet (Max's Yesterday)
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Midweek Mayhem
But on a recent holiday, I found myself in a rare situation where my mind was clear of all things cheese, lesser known countries, Commonwealth, three quarter flat whites, bikes, etc, etc.
Nov 26, 2025
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15:00 - 15:09
WDWDY #48: End Teddington Now
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Midweek Mayhem
Make it end. Well, let's play. They're just normal countries. Here we go. It's time for They're Just Normal Countries.
Nov 5, 2025
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23:45 - 23:51
WDWDY #45: Chainsaw Lube
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Midweek Mayhem
Corn chips. Corn chips. For goodness sake. Cherry tomatoes, avocado, cheddar cheese, sliced bread. How much?
Apr 7, 2026
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37:22 - 37:28
WDWDY #66: Busted knees and ruptured spleens
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Midweek Mayhem
I make three pieces of toast, one which had a cheese, two with peanut butter.
Jun 10, 2025
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51:14 - 51:19
WDWDY #24: A day by any other name...
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Midweek Mayhem
It's fine. I also don't know what they are, because I haven't been snooting them out like a little truffle pig like you.
Sep 15, 2024
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7:45 - 7:53
EP4: Josh Widdicombe
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Interview
They thought it was just different cornflakes. And then he tried one. He was like, mum, that orange one is really nice.
May 31, 2025
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20:18 - 20:25
S2 EP22: Cariad Lloyd
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Interview
So I've wrestled the cheese back from him. In the interest of content. Yeah. That's not why I mentioned this.
Dec 17, 2025
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2:05 - 2:12
WDWDY #51: In Fairness To Lube
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Midweek Mayhem
Okay, welcome everybody to They're just normal countries. With apologies to Jackie. She probably missed this bit on the fast forward 30 seconds.
Sep 16, 2025
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17:32 - 17:38
WDWDY #38: Trainspotting
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Midweek Mayhem
and they've delivered it to us. Weirdly though, Max, in the box of stuff from the farm, you got kale, fine. You got sweet potatoes, great. You got a bag of carrots that look like wizard's dicks, you know, like proper wonky lads.
Apr 23, 2025
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48:58 - 49:16
WDWDY #17: A confession from David...
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Midweek Mayhem
This wasn't a culinary display. It was a logistics operation for fermented curd. This discrepancy has racked my brain for months.
Dec 28, 2025
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19:22 - 19:29
WDWDY #52: Duelling Cheeseboards
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Midweek Mayhem
Like, it's a different totalizer to Comic Relief, isn't it? Anyway, we left you last week with the Montenegro Tees, so let's play They're Just Normal Countries Redux.
May 26, 2026
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23:40 - 23:49
WDWDY #73: I'm Eating Bullets
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Midweek Mayhem
Probably cheap. Yeah. Cheap. They've tricked it up. There's a little nice chili oil or something in the top.
Jan 21, 2026
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35:49 - 35:55
WDWDY #55: A Soapy Explosion
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Midweek Mayhem
Do you take a bite of each, or do you do it in order? Your tofu cigarette boxes, then your mozzarella boxes.
Sep 7, 2025
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45:18 - 45:23
S3 EP12: Alan Davies
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Interview
It's a great sandwich. Well, I don't like marmite. But without that, I like cheese and tomato sandwiches.
Sep 22, 2024
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27:03 - 27:09
EP5: Suzi Ruffell
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Interview
You know what I mean? There'll be something, there's nothing wrong with this. And then you get to Australia and they've got chutney flavored polo mints or something.
Mar 5, 2025
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34:39 - 34:48
WDWDY #10: Worm Feet
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Midweek Mayhem
Obelix and the magic potion. Right, come on, let's get on with the cheese game.
Feb 19, 2025
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17:55 - 18:03
WDWDY #8: A nose like a sommelier on heat...
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Midweek Mayhem
Ooh, no chips? No. Wow, no chips. And I got a side of, they've got a new thing called house pickles and it's tiny bits of like broccoli and not broccoli, cauliflower and other pickles, but pickled.
Dec 14, 2025
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50:18 - 50:28
S3 EP26: Jessica Fostekew
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Interview
Oh, yeah. Little shortbreads and things. Yeah. There's like some lemon curd shortbreads or something.
Dec 21, 2025
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1:01:50 - 1:01:55
S3 EP27: Rob Auton
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Interview
that occasionally you just throw in a pastel de nata one of those little custardy cakes
Nov 19, 2025
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45:35 - 45:42
WDWDY #47: Enya says hello
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Midweek Mayhem
You're the ultimate master, but forever you will never be able to guess the cheeses, which is your calling.
Dec 28, 2025
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37:08 - 37:13
WDWDY #52: Duelling Cheeseboards
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Midweek Mayhem
Oh, wow. Wow, the disembodied. A jingle for cheese board mastermind. Absolutely sensational. Look, there is more feedback, but I'm just conscious that we need to get onto what we did yesterday.
Jan 8, 2025
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15:54 - 16:07
WDWDY #2: Midweek Mayhem
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Midweek Mayhem
Because for me, mayhem involves guessing cheese, and one of us talking about what we did yesterday, it does not involve a bunch of football matches.
Feb 18, 2026
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1:55 - 2:05
WDWDY #59: Fun Facts and Days Before
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Midweek Mayhem
Can I ask a question about the hash brown? Are they basically they've gone and just got some dirty ones, aren't besties or whatever.
Nov 17, 2024
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23:27 - 23:33
EP13: Amy Gledhill
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Interview
Because we know that Brie and Cashel Blue are in the right place. Kefili is, it's only got two spots it can go in, right?
Mar 11, 2026
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51:24 - 51:30
WDWDY #62: Dublin Show Post Mortem
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Midweek Mayhem
It's like a dairy milk, but you know, it's got wafer inside it, but it's a twirl with a wafer inside it.
Mar 5, 2025
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34:56 - 35:02
WDWDY #10: Worm Feet
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Midweek Mayhem
So decadent. What? What is this conversation? I come from Ireland. There's just eggs. Actually, my parents get eggs from a farmer who lives nearby.
Oct 6, 2024
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24:32 - 24:42
EP7: Rose Matafeo
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Interview
No mozzarella on a cheese board. The fuck's wrong with you? And then he said, I know your taste in food and left your own devices.
Feb 19, 2025
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12:50 - 12:58
WDWDY #8: A nose like a sommelier on heat...
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Midweek Mayhem
And they're always like melted around the outside when they've been next to the toast and then cold and hard in the middle where they've been in the fridge.
Nov 30, 2025
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44:56 - 45:04
S3 EP24: Kelly Cates
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Interview
That's what Taylor was thinking about. Right. So we've re-energized with our tofu and our mozzarella and our sun-dried tomatoes.
Sep 7, 2025
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52:22 - 52:30
S3 EP12: Alan Davies
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Interview
It sort of turns it into a pasty of some kind. I don't know. I mean, eggs on toast, lovely, but eggs in a pita, I'd like hummus and cheese in a pita, please,
Jun 4, 2025
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39:24 - 39:35
WDWDY #23: Room Temperature Yoghurt
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Midweek Mayhem
So why whack it in some flatbreads then with onion? It tastes nice, but, but you do, you understand why probably you put the roughest mints into a normal burrito, you know,
Jan 29, 2025
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37:49 - 38:04
WDWDY #5: Batch Cookers of the World Unite
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Midweek Mayhem