• 33 minutes 2 seconds
    Q&A 123 - Oooh, me Trophy!

    In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard tackle listeners’ messages about retro design, the worst riding cars, and car launches you’d like to have been at.

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    23 October 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 13 seconds
    Why we all need car shows

    After Bicester Scramble a couple of weeks ago, Richard thinks there’s a reason car shows are more important than ever. Also in this episode, Scimitar grimace, asymmetric car faces, wallowy land yachts and unloved AMCs in old movies, staging a one car at a time car show, getting mobbed by tourists in a Honda Beat, and another great car chosen from Car & Classic.

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    This week’s C&C pick: https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1912335

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    19 October 2026, 5:00 am
  • 32 minutes 25 seconds
    Q&A 122 - Add lightness, remove trousers

    In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard respond to listeners’ messages the BMW M5 manual being available only in America, why paddleshift Ferraris are often advertised as manuals, a hypothetical quandary involving Gordon Murray, a former racing driver and a disgraced TV presenter, the least mechanical sympathy ever shown to a car, and strange automotive habits.

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    16 October 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Is retro the future?

    As Citroen announces a re-born 2 CV, Jonny and Richard wonder where the Euro retro car trend will end. Also in this episode, the British prime minister somehow ending up in an AC replica, an old Mini that couldn’t be stopped, Victorian follies, a strange idea from Vauxhall in the ‘90s, the low key cars of Paris, a listener’s inside story of a VW Beetle advert, engine silkiness on the radio, an off-brand A-Team, and another cracking pick from Car & Classic.

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    12 October 2026, 5:00 am
  • 31 minutes 9 seconds
    Q&A 121 - Peak steering wheel

    In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard respond to listeners’ messages about cars that don’t work outside of their homeland, oddball cars your dad told you about, why UK private plates are the way they are, and the greatest steering wheels of all time.

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    9 October 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    What is Aunt Bessie driving?

    Jonny and Richard wonder what an increasingly young-looking food logo lady might have bought with her pre-made Yorkshire pudding millions. Also in this episode, misheard lyrics, Weller wheels, local car show spots, Uncle Ben’s Benz and Captain Birdseye’s quayside Shogun, the new Bristol Fighter in person, the Bridgestone Super R.A.P. wheel, driving theory test strangeness, and another delightful thing found on the Car & Classic.

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    This week’s C&C pick: https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C2191812

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    5 October 2026, 5:00 am
  • 30 minutes 17 seconds
    Q&A 120 - Jaglorean

    In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard pick a convertible for a bored GR86 owner, nominate a celebrity co-driver for Jonny’s race-prepped Hillman Avenger, and decide if the DeLorean was a bad idea from the start.

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    2 October 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    I met Noel Edmonds!

    Jonny has a remarkable encounter in the Isle of Man. Also in this episode, an old new Beetle for a new driver, confusion about how Mini names its cars, Richard’s MG Metro Turbo coming home, Daihatsu Mira TR-XX Avanzato envy, the expensive delights of an early Ford Ka brochure, the other things Jonny got up to on the Isle of Man apart from meeting Noel Edmonds, and a forgotten Italian wonder from the Car & Classic classifieds.

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    28 September 2026, 5:00 am
  • 34 minutes 40 seconds
    Q&A 119 - Fixing British Leyland

    In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard talk what to choose as a fun third car, how they would have tried to sort the tangle of British Leyland, and ways to personalise a deceased-spec Micra.

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    25 September 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Nightmare on Pikes Peak

    A listener shares a harrowing tale of attempting to enjoy a specific vista at an iconic American motorsport venue. Also in this episode, an embarrassing Keith confusion, Natalie Imbruglia’s Mercedes M-Class, news of Nigel Havers and a Saab, the upcoming Days of Thunder sequel, the return of the Bristol Fighter, and another fantastic car from Car & Classic. 

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    21 September 2026, 5:00 am
  • 35 minutes 55 seconds
    Q&A 118 - Six wheeled filler fest

    In this week’s On The Other Side Of Things question answering show, Jonny and Richard talk about British vehicles for American postal services, an EV to replace a diesel SUV, cars that are like mediocre songs with great intros, and ridiculous bodywork bodges. 

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    18 September 2026, 6:28 am
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