This week's guest on Behind the Lines is the legendary TV and podcast presenter James Richardson, who joined us for a special live event with members on the eve of the European Championships.
You can now listen back to the full conversation, as we reflect on the days of Football Italia, and hear a few tales of how it was to be working with Paul Gascogine.
There are also plenty of other Italian stories, including how the show ended up being criticised in the Italian parliament, a Monty Python skit with Roberto Mancini, and how James once tried teaching Italian to a young Robbie Keane.
We also talk about the show’s brief return with Pierluigi Collina on Bravo, the roots of its success in the first place.
And we discuss podcasting: did he ever think the Guardian Football Weekly would become as successful as it became? And why did he decide to split from the show to start his current venture, the Totally Football Show?
Plus there’s TIME Man of the Century Ronnie O’Brien, Tino Asprila, Charlemagne, and the ethics of drinking as a Mormon.A
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