Big John At Breakfast - Fridays!

Big John, Liesl and James from Hallam FM / Hits Radio are back with a weekly podcast to kickstart your Friday!
What’s really been going on? Where have they been? What’s the plan?
And it's the only place for the Official Friday Song!

You can support the show at https://bigjohnatbreakfast.co.uk

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Episodes

Thursday Jan 15, 2026

It’s Throwback Thursday. We’ve opened the vault and whatever’s inside is going out unedited!
And it’s an Epic Fail Special –   we come very close to death for two of our listeners and another causes so much damage, his parents wished him dead!
Hallamster gets stuck in a bag of Liquorice allsorts
Liesl buys Jimmy Choos because she was drunk.
James when he was trying to fix the olympics
And when Big John accidentally posted the worst thing you could imagine, through my neighbour’s letterbox.
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Tuesday Jan 13, 2026

Big John At Breakfast Bonus -  It’s our little bit on the side!
You need a proper catch up with 3 old mates. And we’re here for you!
Today:
Liesl admits something she does in the bath – that she thinks is normal!
A voicenote from listener Gail stops the podcast!
Quite an incredible update from Coffee Girl.
Your messages, The Monday Song, Mum’s Catalogue GAME - it’s a 'Gospel of Good Vibes'!
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Friday Jan 09, 2026

Big John, Liesl and James back with another "Fridays"!
This is a radio show.  Big John At Breakfast was on Hallam FM for 25 years and now they do it just for you!
This week:
Which really famous American artist walked out of an interview with us?
Can you infect your ear with wee?
Liesl made a costly mistake in bed.
James has over done it with his new neighbours.
Big John attempts to solve the problem of ‘the worst day of the week’ (Sunday).
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Thursday Jan 08, 2026

This is Throwback Thursday. We’re opening the archives and letting them speak for themselves. 
This week
A little bit of Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse from when they joined us for breakfast.
The Epic Tale of Nikki thinking she had lost her kid!
James is overthinking bikes.
Big John is triggered by witnessing awkward flirting between two strangers.
Back to covid times – you won’t believe what Liesl used as a face mask and the chaos it caused.
And Hallamster has his work appraisal and then he thinks he’s got a new job.
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Tuesday Jan 06, 2026

Big John At Breakfast Bonus -  It’s our little bit on the side!
It starts with James and Liesl being upset with Big John about a video he DM'd them!
We talk bodies with James, pussies with Liesl and it turns out Big John has a form of Dysgeusia – do you?
Coffee Girl is back with something that terrifies James.
AND how much would a “Jennifer Aniston style fake suede jacket” cost back in the day? – It’s ‘Mum's Catalogue Game’.
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Friday Jan 02, 2026

Big John, Liesl and James back with another "Fridays"!
This week:
Time to reveal our plans for 2026.    Or to put it another way: 
Our strategy moving forward in order to align key leverage best-in-class insights, double down on quick wins, and build a scalable roadmap that drives meaningful impact across the podcast. And that.
James has something revolutionary for anyone who has a cold at the moment (or planning to have one soon).
Liesl admits she ignored everyone’s advice, went rogue, and reckons it’s been the best decision she’s made ever. You can be the judge.
Add in Mum’s Catalogue Game and the Friday Song, and you’ve got this week’s episode.
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Thursday Jan 01, 2026

This is Throwback Thursday, where we crack open the archives to see what falls out. Years of our breakfast show, packed with moments we probably should have forgotten, but never could.
This week
Ricky Wilson from The Kaiser Chiefs and The Voice came on to apologise to someone from Sheffield that he had booted off The Voice.  
It was Hallamster invention time. And his love for ITV Calendar news became so big – he created a rap song for them.
This week’s Epic Fail Call includes:  Too much booze, house keys and 999 for listener Janine.
And there’s throwback stories from each of us.
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Friday Dec 26, 2025

On Boxing Day – Big John At Breakfast Fridays:
The truth about what really happened to the Hallam FM 80’s Caravan.
Liesl has had another unwanted visitor.  She does seem to attract the wrong men (including James and Big John).
James finally comes clean about lying to his wife, all year!
An Epic Fail from listener Sharon, that goes back 20 years and is kind of Big John’s fault!
Coffee Girl has something important to tell Producer James.
And the final ever Friday Song, this year.
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Thursday Dec 25, 2025

It’s our “Throwback Thursday - Big John At Christmas”
We’re opening the vault and rewinding to some of the most unforgettable moments from our breakfast show at Christmas.
Today is just full of Hallamster.  There's Christmas Epic Fail from Jason and the friend’s ceiling.  Loads of throwback chats from Big John, Liesl and James including the age old question: Can you ask for sexy underwear from your brother for Xmas?  
And JOHN BISHOP.  But can you guess the year he was on the show from what he’s talking about?
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Friday Dec 19, 2025

Big John, Liesl and James back with another "Fridays"!
This week:
We kick off Mad Friday in a way guaranteed to get you going.
I admit I’m missing two very basic human traits. Am I normal?
Liesl gets escorted out of Santa’s grotto. (Yes, really.)
James reveals a genuinely new money-making idea involving Christmas lights.
Coffee Girl returns, Santa sends more presents, and we drop the Official Friday Song to launch the weekend 🎄🎶
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