Ant’s Wet Jacket, The Origin of Dec’s Diary & Our Favourite Pod Moment (so far….)

Flip Me, You Silly Goose 🪿 We’re thirty episodes in! And what a time we’ve had - this week we take a look back at some of our favourite moments… The origin of the diary, Ant’s discovery of the name ‘Bethan’, Dec’s uncanny Cher impression and the worst prize ever given out. As ever, keep your letters coming to [email protected]. Sign off your email with the name you'd like us to use. If you'd rather we didn't mention your surname, simply leave it out. And if you'd like a full name shout out, throw the whole thing in there! ----- 00:00 - Hi Guys!02:02 - Dec’s First Diary06:43 - Listener Feedback Is In08:36 - Are People Called Bethan?13:23 - Ant’s Jacket Fell Down The Toilet14:36 - Ad Break17:17 - A Listener’s Diary23:34 - Mike’s GCSE Revision Guides24:52 - What About The UK Listener’s Map?31:11 - Ad Break35:43 - No, The…38:30 - Cher Impressions39:31 - A Right Silly Goose!42:28 - The Finale of Dec’s Diary50:00 - Dec’s Letter To His Younger Self Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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• 1:32Declan Donnelly?

  Hello, everybody. How are you?

• 1:36Ant McPartlin?

  Hi, everybody.

• 1:38Declan Donnelly?

  Thanks for stopping by to the hangout once again for another hanging out with him and me. It's lovely to be with you once again. Not just any old hanging out today, you know.

• 1:46Ant McPartlin?

  No, today is a very special day because.

• 1:50Declan Donnelly?

  Do you know why? Do you guys know why? Have you got any idea why?

• 1:53Ant McPartlin?

  Because we are 30 episodes old.

• 2:00Ant McPartlin?

  Seven months of doing this pod.

• 2:02Declan Donnelly?

  They said we'd never get there. Well, actually, they didn't say that.

• 2:05Ant McPartlin?

  They didn't say that.

• 2:06Declan Donnelly?

  It's been going on for 10 years, hasn't it? What was it in? Gillian, Julie?

• 2:09Ant McPartlin?

  The Psychic Sisters.

• 2:10Declan Donnelly?

  Psychic Sisters. Back in the very, very beginning. We've laughed a lot, haven't we?

• 2:14Ant McPartlin?

  We've laughed a lot.

• 2:14Declan Donnelly?

  We have had a heck of a lot of laughs here.

• 2:16Ant McPartlin?

  There's been loads of stuff I've enjoyed so far. You asking if I was having a sexy, nice and sexy time at my Valentine's night?

• 2:24Declan Donnelly?

  Yes.

• 2:24Ant McPartlin?

  We've laughed a lot.

• 2:25Declan Donnelly?

  No, though.

• 2:26Ant McPartlin?

  No, that was very good. That was very good.

• 2:29Declan Donnelly?

  We laughed a lot at that. We've had some, we've had some good times, haven't we, over the last seven months?

• 2:33Ant McPartlin?

  We have had some great times. Yes, we really have. Some good guests, some good fun, some great letters, some good correspondence from you lot. You lot out there with your letters have really made us laugh. The GCSE revision guide coming late in the post, the worst present, the most late present ever from a TV show.

• 2:50Declan Donnelly?

  That's the one thing we've really, really enjoyed about this is hearing from you guys out there via your messages to us at hangingoutabeltbox.com or your comments on our videos and on podcasts. So please do keep them coming in.

• 3:04Ant McPartlin?

  I wish there was a way we could kind of sit back, relax and just enjoy some of the pod.

• 3:10Declan Donnelly?

  Well, funny you should say that, Anne, because this remote control has just come into the studio here. And if I point it and press it at the camera, I think we can watch back some of the first moments from the last seven months.

• 3:22Ant McPartlin?

  Really? Watch myself on telly? My favourite thing to do.

• 3:25Declan Donnelly?

  Okay, let's see if this works. I'm going to give this a bash just like this.

• 3:33Declan Donnelly?

  I was summoned first week of January.

• 3:35Ant McPartlin?

  By Mrs. Donnelly.

• 3:36Declan Donnelly?

  By the current Mrs. D.

• 3:37Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 3:38Declan Donnelly?

  She, yeah, you never know what's going to happen, do you?

• 3:41Ant McPartlin?

  Trust me, you don't.

• 3:46Declan Donnelly?

  To our storage unit.

• 3:48Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, yeah.

• 3:48Declan Donnelly?

  Which is always a joy on your day off. So yeah, I spent an afternoon going through.

• 3:52Ant McPartlin?

  Doing what? Like organising what?

• 3:55Declan Donnelly?

  Well, going through old mirrors, bits of furniture.

• 3:58Ant McPartlin?

  I look great in this one. I also look great in this one. And it looks good in this one. Let's leave it.

• 4:04Declan Donnelly?

  That's all I did, just look at all the mirrors.

• 4:05Ant McPartlin?

  Why do you keep all this stuff?

• 4:07Declan Donnelly?

  Why?

• 4:08Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 4:08Declan Donnelly?

  Because we don't have an attic or a garage. We've got a garden shed, but that's full of.

• 4:12Ant McPartlin?

  Mirrors.

• 4:15Declan Donnelly?

  Cushions. That's got me outdoor furniture cushions. What?

• 4:20Ant McPartlin?

  Just get rid of it, bud.

• 4:21Declan Donnelly?

  Those are the cushions for the summer.

• 4:23Ant McPartlin?

  What?

• 4:24Declan Donnelly?

  The cushions for the summer for the outdoor furniture.

• 4:26Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, okay, right.

• 4:27Declan Donnelly?

  The other stuff obviously has to go into storage, like the Christmas tree. And what I found in there is some old memorabilia boxes.

• 4:34Ant McPartlin?

  Of?

• 4:35Declan Donnelly?

  Of mine from days gone by.

• 4:37Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, PJ and Duncan stuff.

• 4:38Declan Donnelly?

  PJ and Duncan stuff, old scripts.

• 4:40Ant McPartlin?

  Did you?

• 4:41Declan Donnelly?

  I found a diary that I kept from 1994. It's the three weeks in the run up to the first chart position.

• 4:49Ant McPartlin?

  Of?

• 4:49Declan Donnelly?

  Why me?

• 4:51Ant McPartlin?

  Now, none of you will know, that, none of you will know what that means. That was the first.

• 4:56Declan Donnelly?

  That was just, that was the song before Let's Get Ready to Rumble.

• 4:59Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah. That was the first proper PJ and Duncan single.

• 5:04Ant McPartlin?

  Why me? It's a crying shame. Why me?

• 5:07Declan Donnelly?

  Aren't we all the same?

• 5:08Ant McPartlin?

  Why me?

• 5:09Declan Donnelly?

  Is it justified? Why me? Why me?

• 5:13Ant McPartlin?

  Diary. Come on. Do you want me to read it?

• 5:16Declan Donnelly?

  No, no, no, no, no, no.

• 5:17Ant McPartlin?

  It's definitely something in there about me, isn't it? Is that it? It's not even a diary. What is that?

• 5:22Declan Donnelly?

  It's just a little note pad of, look.

• 5:24Ant McPartlin?

  It is just a little note pad. It's gone slightly yellow.

• 5:26Declan Donnelly?

  28th of March, 1994.

• 5:28Ant McPartlin?

  28th of March, 1994.

• 5:32Declan Donnelly?

  Day one. Oh, boy.

• 5:35Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, boy. Is that what you said?

• 5:36Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah. Quite a busy day today. Up at 10:30 ish. Breakfast at our manager's house and on the road at 1:30, our fan club cards didn't arrive.

• 5:48Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, my God. Stop, stop, stop.

• 5:52Declan Donnelly?

  So we had to autograph flyers and stuff.

• 5:54Ant McPartlin?

  Stop.

• 5:54Declan Donnelly?

  Arrived in Portsmouth around 4pm, had a beer and went on stage about half five.

• 6:00Ant McPartlin?

  That was so unlike us.

• 6:01Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 6:02Ant McPartlin?

  We never normally have a beer and then go on stage.

• 6:04Declan Donnelly?

  No. The crowd were great and why me went down well. Bad Boys Inc. were there too. And two guys called General something were there. Top blogs. Respect, guys.

• 6:14Ant McPartlin?

  Did you write respect guys? You did not write respect guys. You were top blogs. Respect, guys. Oh, my God. I'd like to point out now that Dex does not speak for the perigus when he writes this. This is Dex's diary entry alone.

• 6:30Declan Donnelly?

  So we were in Portsmouth. After we finished, we went straight off to Yeat in Avon. The people there are very straight.

• 6:40Declan Donnelly?

  Anne put it good when he said, they just sit back and say, impress us. Well, we eventually warmed them up.

• 6:46Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, did we? We eventually impressed them.

• 6:49Declan Donnelly?

  I got them jumping. We're now in this hotel in Bristol.

• 6:52Ant McPartlin?

  Jumping. Respect, guys. Respect, guys. We got them jumping.

• 6:55Declan Donnelly?

  We're now in this hotel in Bristol, the Fort Hay Travelodge.

• 7:01Ant McPartlin?

  Nobody, nobody in the history of travelling has ever used the word forte when they've described a travel lodge.

• 7:10Declan Donnelly?

  It's clean and comfy.

• 7:11Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, it was. They were very clean and comfy.

• 7:13Declan Donnelly?

  But that's it. Very basic.

• 7:15Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 7:15Declan Donnelly?

  It's now 1am the next day and I suppose I'd better sleep before our road manager arrives and gets us both out of bed again.

• 7:22Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, my.

• 7:23Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, well.

• 7:23Ant McPartlin?

  Gets us both out of bed again.

• 7:25Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, well, life on the road, eh?

• 7:29Ant McPartlin?

  So let me bring you back. See, when you wrote this, what made you think you should write this diary in the first place?

• 7:36Declan Donnelly?

  I foresaw a podcast.

• 7:39Ant McPartlin?

  No, did you think maybe you'd need to write an autobiography one day?

• 7:44Ant McPartlin?

  Or maybe like someone might want your diaries one day when you pass?

• 7:48Declan Donnelly?

  It was just an exciting.

• 7:49Ant McPartlin?

  Would that want to publish your diary?

• 7:50Declan Donnelly?

  It was an exciting time in my life.

• 7:51Ant McPartlin?

  Respect, guys. Respect. I've never heard you say that. I never heard you say that at the time. I've never heard you say it since. You've never given respect to anybody.

• 8:02Declan Donnelly?

  Well, I'm not doing any more pages today. We'll just do day one.

• 8:05Ant McPartlin?

  How many pages are there?

• 8:06Declan Donnelly?

  There are 21 days of it.

• 8:07Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, that's pretty good going.

• 8:09Declan Donnelly?

  Stay tuned. Day two, we're off to Radio Coventry.

• 8:14Declan Donnelly?

  We enjoyed very much going into the comments and reading more.

• 8:18Ant McPartlin?

  I don't normally like going into the comments, if I'm honest with you. You never read the, if it's a newspaper article about you, like if, if you're in one of the papers and there's like comments at the bottom, never read them.

• 8:28Declan Donnelly?

  No.

• 8:28Ant McPartlin?

  That was the first bit of advice we were ever given. Don't read the comments because anybody that leaves a comment in a newspaper, it's not going to leave a nice comment on it.

• 8:35Declan Donnelly?

  No.

• 8:36Ant McPartlin?

  They're not.

• 8:36Declan Donnelly?

  They've not gone there to praise you, have they?

• 8:38Ant McPartlin?

  They haven't gone there to praise you. And I did it once and I'll never do it again. Because it, they're never good. So let's hope that these comments are better.

• 8:47Declan Donnelly?

  Thankfully, I delved into the comments and they were, they were better. Do you want me to read you some of the comments?

• 8:52Ant McPartlin?

  Yes, please.

• 8:52Declan Donnelly?

  Okay. Enjoying the podcast could do with it being longer.

• 8:55Ant McPartlin?

  Okay.

• 8:55Declan Donnelly?

  That's positive.

• 8:56Ant McPartlin?

  That, that's fair enough. That, that means they liked it and they want a bit more.

• 8:59Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 8:59Ant McPartlin?

  Good.

• 8:59Declan Donnelly?

  Because the opposite of that was, enjoyed the podcast, it could do with being shorter.

• 9:03Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, exactly.

• 9:03Declan Donnelly?

  You don't want that kind of feedback.

• 9:05Ant McPartlin?

  Just relax and chat to each other. We'll watch. What are you relaxed? What are you talking about? I'm relaxed. I'm not relaxed now. Now I'm annoyed.

• 9:15Ant McPartlin?

  Who puts that? Just relax and chat. And that's what we're doing? That's the whole point of a podcast? Jeez, who wants that? Me mother.

• 9:24Declan Donnelly?

  Hey, just relax.

• 9:25Ant McPartlin?

  Relax.

• 9:29Ant McPartlin?

  That's what it should say. I need to get, just relax. Just relax, T-shirt for next week.

• 9:34Declan Donnelly?

  It's not a podcast till you both drop the F-word.

• 9:39Declan Donnelly?

  We'll have to bleep that. We've got to bleep that.

• 9:42Ant McPartlin?

  I'm trying not to swear.

• 9:43Declan Donnelly?

  Just relax. Whatever you do on this won't affect your TV stuff. Good first round though.

• 9:48Ant McPartlin?

  Why are they mentioning relax as well?

• 9:50Declan Donnelly?

  You obviously didn't look that relaxed on the first set.

• 9:52Ant McPartlin?

  Say to someone, calm down. Then that's a whole, do you know what I mean?

• 9:55Declan Donnelly?

  It does the opposite.

• 9:56Ant McPartlin?

  Okay. Well, we're not going to just swear for the sake of it.

• 9:58Declan Donnelly?

  So we will try not to swear. So go fuck yourself. We'll have to bleep that.

• 10:07Declan Donnelly?

  That was from Bethan.

• 10:08Ant McPartlin?

  Bethany?

• 10:09Declan Donnelly?

  Bethan.

• 10:09Ant McPartlin?

  Just Bethan?

• 10:10Declan Donnelly?

  Just Bethan. Then I've got another one.

• 10:12Ant McPartlin?

  People call Bethan?

• 10:13Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 10:13Ant McPartlin?

  Are they?

• 10:15Declan Donnelly?

  She is.

• 10:17Ant McPartlin?

  Now I'm just thinking that you haven't missed a Y, have you? People are called Bethan? That's not a thing. You're whining me up.

• 10:22Speaker 05

  No, it is.

• 10:23Ant McPartlin?

  Prove it. Can you send a picture of your driving licence or passport? Please. I don't believe you.

• 10:28Declan Donnelly?

  Sounds like proof.

• 10:30Ant McPartlin?

  Name me a famous Bethan.

• 10:31Speaker 05

  My old neighbour.

• 10:32Ant McPartlin?

  Your old neighbour? How convenient. Your old neighbour. So I can't even pop round and talk to her. Because she's old.

• 10:39Declan Donnelly?

  Nice try, sexy.

• 10:42Speaker 05

  Bethan Jenkins.

• 10:42Ant McPartlin?

  Don't know.

• 10:43Speaker 05

  Bethan Guanás?

• 10:44Ant McPartlin?

  No.

• 10:45Speaker 05

  Bethan Hughes?

• 10:46Ant McPartlin?

  No.

• 10:46Speaker 05

  Bethan Effin?

• 10:47Ant McPartlin?

  No. I'm Effin and Jeffin at you two in a minute. Whoa, we've got a ball of paper, not just an aeroplane.

• 10:54Declan Donnelly?

  No, aeroplanes are sweet.

• 10:55Ant McPartlin?

  We're going to need to unfurl this. Bethans across the country have been in touch.

• 11:00Declan Donnelly?

  Should I read this?

• 11:01Ant McPartlin?

  I think you probably should.

• 11:02Declan Donnelly?

  Come on. Bethans across the country been in touch since you said Bethan isn't a proper name.

• 11:08Ant McPartlin?

  Uh huh. Go on. Prove me wrong.

• 11:10Declan Donnelly?

  Bethan Parfit says, Bethans of the world unite. I can't believe Ant didn't know Bethan was a name. It's a Welsh name. And there were three Bethans in my primary school class of thirty people.

• 11:22Ant McPartlin?

  Well, that's good for her. But I've not met one.

• 11:24Declan Donnelly?

  And ten in my secondary school year in Newport. What a silly goose.

• 11:29Ant McPartlin?

  How convenient, Bethan. That the only other Bethans you know went to your primary school and then your secondary school. And I've never met them.

• 11:37Declan Donnelly?

  Another Bethan says, on behalf of Bethans everywhere, I wanted to share that of course it's a real name. Bethan is in fact the Welsh version of Elizabeth.

• 11:44Ant McPartlin?

  What?

• 11:48Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, how silly of me.

• 11:50Declan Donnelly?

  Something that as a Welsh woman, I'm very passionate about.

• 11:54Ant McPartlin?

  You went slightly Welsh.

• 11:54Declan Donnelly?

  I discussed that yesterday. I'm very passionate about.

• 11:57Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, it's good.

• 11:58Declan Donnelly?

  You also pronounce it as Beth-ann, as it's Welsh. Beth-ann.

• 12:02Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, okay. Now that's, all right. Yeah, okay.

• 12:05Declan Donnelly?

  Other outraged Bethans who have written in are Bethan Wyn Jones, Bethan G from Lichfield, Bethan R from Swindon, Bethan Gray from South Wales, who said, since he thinks my name doesn't exist, I will refer to Ant as Tony. Sorry, Ant, but you brought this on yourself.

• 12:22Ant McPartlin?

  Do you know what? Just because I don't know something, it shouldn't have to bring on this amount of

• 12:28Declan Donnelly?

  vitriol.

• 12:29Ant McPartlin?

  Vitriol and criticism. I didn't know that. I didn't go to primary school with Bethans or secondary school with Bethans.

• 12:36Declan Donnelly?

  Do you think these Bethans owe you an apology?

• 12:38Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, I do, actually. Yeah, yeah. Can you make it on their behalf?

• 12:43Declan Donnelly?

  One of the Bethans says, we will apologise as a collective of Bethans if Ant apologises to Jamie Oliver.

• 12:49Ant McPartlin?

  No, I did not say that. Shut up.

• 12:54Ant McPartlin?

  I've got nothing to apologise to Jamie Oliver for, although I do have a lot to apologise to the Bethans for.

• 12:59Declan Donnelly?

  So here we go.

• 13:00Ant McPartlin?

  Didn't know it was a name. So sorry.

• 13:05Declan Donnelly?

  We have got one more Bethan here. Uh, we've got the full letter. Dear Ant and Dec.

• 13:12Ant McPartlin?

  Hi.

• 13:13Declan Donnelly?

  Spelt with a K. I'll see past that, Bethan.

• 13:15Ant McPartlin?

  Has she? Like texture. Brilliant, brilliant.

• 13:19Declan Donnelly?

  Dear Ant and Dec with a K, I think you will be shocked to hear this, but to your surprise, my name is Bethan.

• 13:27Ant McPartlin?

  I'm not shocked now, Bethan, because we've been through it. But go on, carry on.

• 13:30Declan Donnelly?

  Surprise. I had seen a short clip of you saying, can you actually get that as a name? She's seen a short clip, shall we?

• 13:36Ant McPartlin?

  What are you, what are you, hold on. Why have you not subscribed to Belt Box to watch the whole pod? She'll not see this then, will she?

• 13:42Declan Donnelly?

  No, unless we clip this up. Can we clip this up?

• 13:44Ant McPartlin?

  No, don't send it to her.

• 13:45Declan Donnelly?

  I had seen a short clip of you saying, can you actually get that as a name? And this is when my mum said, maybe you should write a letter to them and say that you can. And this is then yet another thing. I decide I will and then start writing. I got quite excited for the thought of you knowing that it could be a name. Then you should know.

• 14:09Declan Donnelly?

  Then you would know one person called Bethan. That's from Bethan, aged nine.

• 14:16Declan Donnelly?

  Isn't that a lovely letter?

• 14:17Ant McPartlin?

  It's a lovely letter. I mean, there's a lot of talk about the thought process into the letter writing and less letter.

• 14:23Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 14:24Ant McPartlin?

  There's not much letter.

• 14:25Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah. It's, it's quite, it's quite a meta letter. She's she's talked us through the process of writing a letter. I love that, Bethan.

• 14:33Ant McPartlin?

  And by the time you get to the end of the process of writing the letter, the letter's finished. I'd like more letter from, from her. From Bethan?

• 14:40Declan Donnelly?

  More letter from Bethan.

• 14:41Ant McPartlin?

  That's good. Okay, apologise. My biggest apology is to you. Bethan aged nine.

• 14:47Declan Donnelly?

  And to all Bethans out there, respect, guys.

• 14:50Ant McPartlin?

  But not Jamie Oliver.

• 14:53Ant McPartlin?

  What's the worst thing you've dropped down the toilet?

• 14:55Declan Donnelly?

  Uh?

• 14:56Ant McPartlin?

  What's the worst thing you've dropped down the toilet? Mobiles? Mobile phone? A lot? Not so much anymore. It used to be a thing. I used to do it loads.

• 15:05Declan Donnelly?

  It's the, when it's in your back pocket?

• 15:06Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 15:07Declan Donnelly?

  And you pull your trousers down and go, oh!

• 15:08Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 15:09Declan Donnelly?

  Plop! Not the plop you're expecting. Oh, no. Done that.

• 15:15Ant McPartlin?

  My coat fell down a, uh,

• 15:17Declan Donnelly?

  Your coat?

• 15:17Ant McPartlin?

  My coat.

• 15:21Ant McPartlin?

  Well, jacket. I was in a public toilet and there was nothing to hang me coat on, but I really wanted to take my jacket off because I just needed to sit.

• 15:27Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where did you put it?

• 15:29Ant McPartlin?

  Well, I kind of held it under my arm. Held it under my arm like this. And then as I flushed like this, I stood up and it just slipped. It was slipped out under me, under me arm and went into the toilet. And it got, it got so wet, like, I don't know. Of course it would get wet, but it was really soggy. Try explaining a soggy jacket when you come out of the toilet. It's impossible.

• 15:56Declan Donnelly?

  Because had you flushed?

• 15:58Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, I flushed.

• 15:58Declan Donnelly?

  So it was gushing.

• 15:59Ant McPartlin?

  So it was gushing and I think the flush sucked it in more.

• 16:06Declan Donnelly?

  This next bit is brought to you by TV Licensing. Have you been watching anything good?

• 16:11Ant McPartlin?

  Forces of Nature.

• 16:13Declan Donnelly?

  The, that nature documentary?

• 16:14Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 16:14Declan Donnelly?

  I love a nature documentary. I haven't actually seen this one yet, though.

• 16:18Ant McPartlin?

  Have you not?

• 16:18Declan Donnelly?

  No.

• 16:19Ant McPartlin?

  You love it.

• 16:19Declan Donnelly?

  What's it, what's going on?

• 16:20Ant McPartlin?

  It's about how nature is fighting back against extreme weather.

• 16:24Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, really?

• 16:25Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, you really like it. I love any kind of nature documentary, mate.

• 16:28Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 16:29Ant McPartlin?

  Don't you?

• 16:29Declan Donnelly?

  But one that feels so topical.

• 16:31Ant McPartlin?

  Yes.

• 16:31Declan Donnelly?

  As we are in the middle of a sweating, hot summer, um, that's quite interesting.

• 16:36Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, it's really good.

• 16:36Declan Donnelly?

  Like how all species of animals are coping with the change in weather and stuff.

• 16:40Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, you've got it on.

• 16:41Declan Donnelly?

  That's interesting.

• 16:42Ant McPartlin?

  You like it?

• 16:43Declan Donnelly?

  I will like that.

• 16:43Ant McPartlin?

  Add it to your plan.

• 16:44Declan Donnelly?

  I'll put that on. It sounds like it could be quite dramatic. Tell you what else is quite dramatic.

• 16:49Ant McPartlin?

  Go on.

• 16:49Declan Donnelly?

  The return, the return of Van de Valk.

• 16:52Ant McPartlin?

  What?

• 16:52Declan Donnelly?

  Do you remember Van de Valk?

• 16:53Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 16:54Declan Donnelly?

  See, it had that really iconic theme tune.

• 16:58Declan Donnelly?

  It's coming back with a remake. So now they've done loads of detective drama remakes, like Bergerac is back in Jersey.

• 17:06Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 17:06Declan Donnelly?

  And now Van de Valk is back.

• 17:08Ant McPartlin?

  Was it in like Amsterdam or something?

• 17:10Declan Donnelly?

  Yes, set in Amsterdam. And it's got that really lovely theme tune. I don't know if the new version has got the same theme tune.

• 17:14Ant McPartlin?

  Well, I hope it has.

• 17:15Declan Donnelly?

  The theme tune is really iconic.

• 17:24Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, I know it.

• 17:26Declan Donnelly?

  You don't need to carry.

• 17:28Ant McPartlin?

  It always carries on a bit too long.

• 17:30Declan Donnelly?

  This is like, I think, series three or four of the remake, but it's been three years since the last series has been out.

• 17:39Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah, it's updated.

• 17:40Ant McPartlin?

  Right.

• 17:41Declan Donnelly?

  It's brought back into the modern day.

• 17:43Ant McPartlin?

  That sounds good.

• 17:43Declan Donnelly?

  Yes. I think it's going to be really good. I think it's going to be fun. A TV licence covers you to watch over 400 TV channels, including the ones we've talked about today and BBC iPlayer.

• 17:54Ant McPartlin?

  To find out more, go to tvl.co.uk/pod. This next section is brought to you by Northern Door Co. Now, there's nothing better, is there? Than getting the whole family together to have a pizza party.

• 18:07Declan Donnelly?

  Well, if there is anything better than that, I don't want to know about it.

• 18:10Ant McPartlin?

  Everyone can just create their own pizzas.

• 18:12Declan Donnelly?

  There's no more arguments about whether everybody wants mushrooms, whether pineapple belongs on a pizza or not. No more arguments. You can do whatever you want. But everybody knows that great pizza starts with great pizza dough. And that's where the Northern Door Co. have got you covered.

• 18:27Ant McPartlin?

  So next time you're having a pizza party with our amazing Northern Door Co. pizza dough, you can thank us.

• 18:34Declan Donnelly?

  Yes. If you spill it down your front, that's nothing to do with us. That is all on you.

• 18:39Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, it's entirely up to you.

• 18:41Declan Donnelly?

  Head to northerndoorco.com to check out the full range of products and where you can get your hands on them.

• 18:49Declan Donnelly?

  7th of April, 1994, day 11. Well, this was the most hectic day yet, but probably one of the most enjoyable.

• 19:00Ant McPartlin?

  Good.

• 19:00Declan Donnelly?

  Up at 7am.

• 19:02Ant McPartlin?

  Wow!

• 19:03Declan Donnelly?

  A trip over to TV Centre was required.

• 19:08Ant McPartlin?

  Who writes that?

• 19:09Declan Donnelly?

  Who writes that? Was required to rehearse for Blue Peter.

• 19:14Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, Blue Peter.

• 19:16Declan Donnelly?

  Well, we're going to be on Blue Peter, guys. We're going to be on the telly. We sang live, double underline.

• 19:21Ant McPartlin?

  Did we?

• 19:22Declan Donnelly?

  Mm-hmm. And had to run through the track a few times.

• 19:25Ant McPartlin?

  Because our pitch was all over the place.

• 19:28Declan Donnelly?

  Because we were awful. As soon as we finished, we jetted off to Edinburgh.

• 19:33Ant McPartlin?

  I remember this. I remember this.

• 19:36Declan Donnelly?

  Remember this day?

• 19:36Ant McPartlin?

  Yes, I do remember this day.

• 19:37Declan Donnelly?

  Sped to an RAF base and got a private eight-seater jet to Scotland.

• 19:43Ant McPartlin?

  Can you believe that? A life of a pop star, eh?

• 19:45Declan Donnelly?

  So we flew to Scotland to the Radio 1 Roadshow.

• 19:47Ant McPartlin?

  I remember it.

• 19:48Declan Donnelly?

  We shot back to the airport and we're back in London just after 4pm. Sped back to TV Centre.

• 19:55Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 19:55Declan Donnelly?

  Time for makeup and a quick rehearsal before live on air.

• 19:59Ant McPartlin?

  Another rehearsal? There's a lot of rehearsals for Blue Peter.

• 20:02Declan Donnelly?

  Dress rehearsal.

• 20:02Ant McPartlin?

  We really couldn't sing live.

• 20:04Declan Donnelly?

  Dress rehearsal. It went, in brackets, supposedly, close brackets, well,

• 20:10Ant McPartlin?

  Supposedly?

• 20:12Declan Donnelly?

  Brackets, we haven't seen it back yet. Our record producer, his girlfriend, Ant and I, went for a curry. It was a pretty good night until we read the review of Why Me in Just 17 magazine. Bastards!

• 20:32Declan Donnelly?

  Yes, yes, yes!

• 20:37Declan Donnelly?

  Yes.

• 20:45Declan Donnelly?

  You just have any.

• 20:48Declan Donnelly?

  I'm quite philosophical about it.

• 20:50Ant McPartlin?

  Are you?

• 20:51Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, well. That's showbiz.

• 20:54Ant McPartlin?

  God, that was amazing doing that all in one day.

• 20:56Declan Donnelly?

  That was proper pop.

• 20:57Ant McPartlin?

  It was good for us, but I wonder what it would be like if you were a fan of P G Duncan back then. You know, like you'd see us at a road show, then you get go home, you get to see us on telly.

• 21:08Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, yes.

• 21:09Ant McPartlin?

  I've actually, I've actually in my drawer behind us, I've got a diary. I don't have a jingle.

• 21:16Declan Donnelly?

  Is this your diary?

• 21:17Ant McPartlin?

  It's not my diary. It's a diary from one of our viewers who was there on the day.

• 21:22Declan Donnelly?

  In Scotland?

• 21:22Ant McPartlin?

  So it is the same day.

• 21:24Declan Donnelly?

  No, 7th of April, 1994.

• 21:26Ant McPartlin?

  Thursday, the 7th of April, 1994.

• 21:30Declan Donnelly?

  Who is this?

• 21:31Ant McPartlin?

  This is Lorna. Thank you, Lorna. Shall I read? I haven't, I haven't read this beforehand.

• 21:37Declan Donnelly?

  Okay.

• 21:38Ant McPartlin?

  I thought I'd just do it on the pod. Oh my God, exclamation mark. Today was so good, yet so bad at the same time.

• 21:48Declan Donnelly?

  Did she read the Just 17 review as well?

• 21:50Ant McPartlin?

  Maybe, we'll get to that. We got through to Edinburgh so early so we could be right at the front, which we were. Dex looked totally gorge. He was so cute when he was dancing. I can't actually believe how close I was to him, breathing the same air.

• 22:11Ant McPartlin?

  Fan me down. I was dying. Dying, dying is in capital letters.

• 22:18Declan Donnelly?

  Fan me down. I was gonna use that.

• 22:21Ant McPartlin?

  This isn't, this is my diary, by the way.

• 22:25Ant McPartlin?

  I caught his eye at the end and waved our banner and he flashed me a giant cheeza. Highlight of my life. He's very good at giant cheeses, Dex is. It was so adorable. I was screaming so much. I now have no voice. In brackets, and my mum says I'm so immature. Like, I care.

• 22:47Ant McPartlin?

  Honestly, it was so good. They are, they are.

• 22:52Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, you're in it now.

• 22:54Ant McPartlin?

  Thanks, Lorna. They are amazing on stage. I swear it was the best day ever until we realised I can't even hardly bear to write this. Oh, God, I'm afraid.

• 23:08Declan Donnelly?

  What? What happened? What happened?

• 23:10Ant McPartlin?

  There was no film in the camera.

• 23:17Ant McPartlin?

  We had no film in the camera, exclamation mark, exclamation mark, exclamation mark, exclamation mark. We took so many photos of Dex looking like a total mega bonk.

• 23:31Ant McPartlin?

  And now I have nothing. I have nothing.

• 23:37Ant McPartlin?

  I feel so bad. It's my fault and I don't think Lucy will ever forgive me.

• 23:44Ant McPartlin?

  I will never forgive myself.

• 23:47Ant McPartlin?

  You just don't want those faces where you do unhappy, unhappy mouth.

• 23:52Ant McPartlin?

  I will never be as close to them again, knowing my luck. He did look gorge, though.

• 24:00Ant McPartlin?

  I know I will love him for the rest of my life. Lorna. Oh my God, Lorna. That.

• 24:09Declan Donnelly?

  That was close for Lorna.

• 24:10Ant McPartlin?

  Is, God almighty, that was, that was epic.

• 24:14Declan Donnelly?

  That is amazing.

• 24:15Ant McPartlin?

  If there's any more, Lorna, we want to hear it because if we can tally them up with your diary. Then that would be really good. If anybody else got any more diary entries, that kind of tally with Dex's diary. Where are we up to? April the 7th. So anything from April the 7th onwards, we will happily read them out on the pod. But thank you, Lorna, for sending this in. That has, that has made the show for me today.

• 24:37Declan Donnelly?

  That is amazing, Lorna.

• 24:39Ant McPartlin?

  I mean, I thought that was a great day.

• 24:40Declan Donnelly?

  That was a good day, but seeing it from the other side.

• 24:43Ant McPartlin?

  From the other angles. No film in the camera, though. God, you mega bonk.

• 24:50Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, Lorna.

• 24:51Ant McPartlin?

  You ever been called a mega bonk before?

• 24:52Declan Donnelly?

  Never.

• 24:53Ant McPartlin?

  Really?

• 24:53Declan Donnelly?

  Not to my knowledge.

• 24:54Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, well, not even the current Mrs Donnelly, eh?

• 24:56Declan Donnelly?

  No, definitely not.

• 24:59Ant McPartlin?

  What a shame. Well, Lorna, thank you very much. I'll pop that back.

• 25:05Ant McPartlin?

  Next, next.

• 25:05Declan Donnelly?

  Yes.

• 25:06Ant McPartlin?

  Hey, guys. Back when I was 15, 29 years ago.

• 25:11Declan Donnelly?

  So he's now 44.

• 25:12Ant McPartlin?

  I won a competition on The Big Breakfast, which was hosted that week by yourselves and Melanie Sykes.

• 25:18Declan Donnelly?

  Wow.

• 25:19Ant McPartlin?

  That's right. We did host it with Melanie Sykes. I want to set up GCSE revision guides and a signed photo of you both, in brackets, and Melanie. The books arrived two weeks after I did my exams.

• 25:35Declan Donnelly?

  Eh, eh.

• 25:38Declan Donnelly?

  Eh, what a terrible prize doing.

• 25:42Declan Donnelly?

  I bet.

• 25:54Ant McPartlin?

  Good God. Good God. Oh my God, I'm so sorry, Mike. He says respect, guys.

• 26:03Declan Donnelly?

  It's on the end of the story.

• 26:04Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, no, he passed his exams. He passed. Luckily, luckily I managed to pass my exams. Respect, guys.

• 26:13Ant McPartlin?

  Ah, you, mate. It's a terrible prize. Terrible. And then for that prize to be delivered late, it's even worse.

• 26:22Declan Donnelly?

  Let me update you.

• 26:23Ant McPartlin?

  Please do.

• 26:24Declan Donnelly?

  Um, so I was gonna dive straight into the listeners map.

• 26:27Ant McPartlin?

  Okay.

• 26:27Declan Donnelly?

  Ooh, there's an aeroplane coming in. Right, hang on a minute. Let me read this to you first.

• 26:32Ant McPartlin?

  Well, you need your specs for that one. Look how long that letter is. Who was timing the date to write a letter that long?

• 26:36Declan Donnelly?

  Kerry does.

• 26:38Ant McPartlin?

  Kerry.

• 26:38Declan Donnelly?

  Hi, Kerry.

• 26:39Ant McPartlin?

  Hi, Kerry.

• 26:40Declan Donnelly?

  Dear Anton Deck, I hope this finds you both well.

• 26:42Ant McPartlin?

  Doesn't actually. Doesn't find me well. Still got an ear infection. Thanks for asking.

• 26:48Declan Donnelly?

  Nothing.

• 26:48Ant McPartlin?

  No. What's going on?

• 26:50Declan Donnelly?

  What is going on?

• 26:51Ant McPartlin?

  What is going on? Any ear doctors watching or listening, get in touch. I need your help.

• 26:56Declan Donnelly?

  Dear Anton Deck.

• 26:57Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, hi, Kelly.

• 26:58Declan Donnelly?

  Kerry.

• 26:59Ant McPartlin?

  Kerry.

• 26:59Declan Donnelly?

  I hope this finds you both well.

• 27:01Ant McPartlin?

  It doesn't actually.

• 27:02Declan Donnelly?

  And still very pleased with yourselves.

• 27:06Ant McPartlin?

  Uh, this is, this is starting well, isn't it? Good start.

• 27:10Declan Donnelly?

  This is getting better. I hope this finds you both well and still very pleased with yourselves over the ever-expanding global footprint of the podcast. I am writing with you with what I would describe as a mild but heartfelt grievance.

• 27:22Ant McPartlin?

  Grievance?

• 27:24Declan Donnelly?

  Each week with great enthusiasm, you unveil your world map.

• 27:27Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, we do.

• 27:28Declan Donnelly?

  And proceed to marvel at listeners in far-flung corners of the globe.

• 27:31Ant McPartlin?

  And the rich.

• 27:31Declan Donnelly?

  Australia, Canada, the United States.

• 27:34Ant McPartlin?

  The rich.

• 27:34Declan Donnelly?

  Cue stories about tours, jungle adventures, or the time you nearly bought a pair of cowboy boots. I don't remember that story.

• 27:42Ant McPartlin?

  We've never, we have not talked about what?

• 27:45Declan Donnelly?

  She's making that. Kerry, you've made that up. You've made that up.

• 27:48Ant McPartlin?

  I've got a grievance about your grievance. We never once talked about buying cowboy boots. I don't think I've ever worn. Oh, I must have worn for like a sketch or something.

• 27:56Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah, you have, yeah.

• 27:56Ant McPartlin?

  But I've never bought a pair of cowboy boots. Have you?

• 27:58Declan Donnelly?

  Do you remember when we shot?

• 27:59Ant McPartlin?

  You should because there's a little heel on there. It's a good heel.

• 28:03Declan Donnelly?

  Do you remember we filmed who shot Simon Cowell?

• 28:05Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, yeah.

• 28:06Declan Donnelly?

  And we were dressed as, I think we were at a fancy dress party, weren't we?

• 28:09Ant McPartlin?

  It's cowboys.

• 28:09Declan Donnelly?

  And we were dressed as cowboys. But it took like a week to shoot the whole thing and we were dressed as cowboys for a week.

• 28:14Ant McPartlin?

  Yes.

• 28:14Declan Donnelly?

  By the end of it, you're just like, oh, get rid of these boots.

• 28:20Declan Donnelly?

  Anyway.

• 28:22Declan Donnelly?

  Kerry goes on.

• 28:22Ant McPartlin?

  Yep.

• 28:23Declan Donnelly?

  And yet, what of us? What of the loyal British listeners quietly tuning in from perfectly respectable towns and cities across the UK? We get no pins, no stories, no nostalgic recollections of a service station off the A1, nothing. Until you have truly cracked America, may I gently propose you focus on the solid home support?

• 28:42Ant McPartlin?

  Wow, that is a grievance.

• 28:45Declan Donnelly?

  Kerry.

• 28:46Ant McPartlin?

  Kerry.

• 28:47Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, you should have wrote this. You should have wrote this, slept on it, and then read it back the next morning before you sent it. When Dex says reach, perhaps that is the moment to actually reach for a UK map.

• 28:58Ant McPartlin?

  Okay, right, yeah, that's a fair point.

• 29:00Declan Donnelly?

  For balance, I currently live in Derby, which has many fine qualities. I was born in Doncaster. I'm confident there is at least one anecdote.

• 29:06Ant McPartlin?

  Confident.

• 29:07Declan Donnelly?

  Between you involving either a racecourse, a theatre, or a service station sandwich. I look forward to hearing Derby and Donny receive the recognition they so richly deserve. Kerry.

• 29:19Ant McPartlin?

  That's put a really awful taste in my mouth, Kerry. And we won't have a map. Do we have a map?

• 29:27Speaker 06

  We do.

• 29:28Ant McPartlin?

  We do?

• 29:29Speaker 06

  We do.

• 29:29Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, okay, yeah. Okay, Kerry, we might be able to help you out here.

• 29:36Declan Donnelly?

  On the back of the lizards up. I've got the bar.

• 29:42Ant McPartlin?

  Okay, there you go, that's good.

• 29:44Declan Donnelly?

  So.

• 29:45Ant McPartlin?

  Kelly, Kerry, whatever you're called.

• 29:47Declan Donnelly?

  Kerry.

• 29:47Ant McPartlin?

  This is all for you in Donny and Derby.

• 29:50Declan Donnelly?

  You ever been to Derby?

• 29:51Ant McPartlin?

  Probably yes.

• 29:52Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 29:52Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah. Any funny stories about service stations, sandwiches or cabo boots?

• 29:57Declan Donnelly?

  None that's printable.

• 29:59Ant McPartlin?

  Shit, not any funny stories about service stations, cabo boots or sandwiches in Doncaster?

• 30:06Declan Donnelly?

  None that's printable. Oh, sorry Kerry.

• 30:08Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, well.

• 30:09Declan Donnelly?

  But thank you for your letter and it has made us think twice about it.

• 30:14Ant McPartlin?

  Just gonna file that, file that in constructive criticism.

• 30:17Declan Donnelly?

  Yes.

• 30:17Ant McPartlin?

  Over there in the filing cabinet.

• 30:19Declan Donnelly?

  Sure.

• 30:20Ant McPartlin?

  Thanks.

• 30:21Declan Donnelly?

  But it did make me think about everybody that is listening in the UK. So for this week, we're gonna do a UK special.

• 30:26Ant McPartlin?

  Okay.

• 30:27Declan Donnelly?

  So we have Chantel in Liverpool. There she is up in Liverpool. Ever been?

• 30:31Ant McPartlin?

  Yes, I have been to Liverpool many times.

• 30:33Declan Donnelly?

  We love Liverpool a lot. Heather is in Cornwall, down in Cornwall there.

• 30:38Ant McPartlin?

  Hi Heather.

• 30:38Declan Donnelly?

  I went to do a Cornish accent and then I decided against it.

• 30:43Ant McPartlin?

  You go. Yeah, you do.

• 30:46Declan Donnelly?

  What, the accent?

• 30:50Declan Donnelly?

  Why are you taking the, why are you taking the make out of quarter zip? What's the matter? Why?

• 30:53Speaker 05

  It feels quite Cornish.

• 30:54Declan Donnelly?

  What, a quarter zip feels quite Cornish?

• 30:56Speaker 05

  Yeah, to me.

• 30:57Declan Donnelly?

  Kit is in.

• 30:57Ant McPartlin?

  Hold on, have you ever been?

• 30:59Declan Donnelly?

  Yes, have you ever been?

• 31:00Ant McPartlin?

  Yes.

• 31:00Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 31:01Ant McPartlin?

  Have you, will you go a lot to the Cornwall?

• 31:02Declan Donnelly?

  I do. I try and go for a week every year. I love it in Cornwall.

• 31:07Ant McPartlin?

  Same place?

• 31:08Declan Donnelly?

  Same place.

• 31:09Ant McPartlin?

  Every year?

• 31:09Declan Donnelly?

  Every year.

• 31:10Ant McPartlin?

  Any funny stories, the cabo boots, the sandwiches?

• 31:13Declan Donnelly?

  Hmm, no, just nice times on the beach, ice creams, fish and chips.

• 31:17Ant McPartlin?

  Family time.

• 31:18Declan Donnelly?

  Family time.

• 31:18Ant McPartlin?

  Just like to talk about it. Private time, private, private. Get a pen, private time. Just circle, circle Cornwall.

• 31:26Declan Donnelly?

  You know, Ron Atkinson never wanted Mr Bean in Italy because he wanted to go somewhere on his holiday. It's me in Cornwall.

• 31:32Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 31:32Declan Donnelly?

  I never talk about it.

• 31:33Ant McPartlin?

  So just like Britain's Got Talent, I'm a celebrity, that, that, we can't see limitless when they're nothing.

• 31:37Declan Donnelly?

  No, nobody knows who I am in Cornwall.

• 31:39Ant McPartlin?

  That's good, so you can just walk around.

• 31:40Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 31:40Ant McPartlin?

  Private time.

• 31:41Declan Donnelly?

  Private time.

• 31:41Ant McPartlin?

  Good.

• 31:41Declan Donnelly?

  Family time. Kit is in Northumberland.

• 31:44Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, of course, we're in Northumberland.

• 31:45Declan Donnelly?

  Being in Northumberland, loads, beautiful part of the world.

• 31:47Ant McPartlin?

  It is gorgeous.

• 31:48Declan Donnelly?

  Alice is in Dorset.

• 31:51Ant McPartlin?

  It's a bit like your Cornish accent, that, isn't it? Your Dorset accent.

• 31:54Declan Donnelly?

  Alice is listening in Dorset, ever been?

• 31:56Ant McPartlin?

  Yes, I have been in Dorset.

• 31:57Declan Donnelly?

  What have you done in Dorset?

• 31:58Ant McPartlin?

  Uh, one of the holidays down there to Dorset, went crabbing in Dorset.

• 32:02Declan Donnelly?

  Sorry?

• 32:03Ant McPartlin?

  Crabbing.

• 32:04Declan Donnelly?

  Crabbing?

• 32:04Ant McPartlin?

  Crabbing, crabbing, getting crabs.

• 32:06Declan Donnelly?

  Grabbing, crabbing.

• 32:07Ant McPartlin?

  Grabbing crabs.

• 32:08Declan Donnelly?

  Grabbing crabs.

• 32:09Ant McPartlin?

  Do you know the key to getting good crabs?

• 32:10Speaker 05

  Bacon.

• 32:11Ant McPartlin?

  Bacon fat. I was gonna say that Lola, you've ruined my podcast.

• 32:16Ant McPartlin?

  You've ruined today's podcast.

• 32:18Declan Donnelly?

  That's it, respect guys.

• 32:19Ant McPartlin?

  Bacon fat, they love it. Crabs can't get enough of it. So if you want a bucket full of crabs, bacon fat.

• 32:26Declan Donnelly?

  There you go, handy hints. Clarice is in Derry, Northern Ireland.

• 32:29Ant McPartlin?

  Ah, Clarice.

• 32:30Declan Donnelly?

  Clarice.

• 32:33Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, you know Derry, Northern Ireland well, don't you?

• 32:35Declan Donnelly?

  I do.

• 32:35Ant McPartlin?

  Used to go there on family holidays.

• 32:37Declan Donnelly?

  Every year.

• 32:37Ant McPartlin?

  Private time, hints to talk about it.

• 32:39Declan Donnelly?

  Every year.

• 32:42Ant McPartlin?

  This next bit is brought to you by Gemini, Google's AI app. So, question for you.

• 32:47Declan Donnelly?

  Go on.

• 32:47Ant McPartlin?

  Did you do a full body workout today?

• 32:49Declan Donnelly?

  No, I did not.

• 32:50Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, why?

• 32:50Declan Donnelly?

  Did one yesterday though.

• 32:52Ant McPartlin?

  Did you?

• 32:52Declan Donnelly?

  Bashed out a full body yesterday, then tomorrow, my rest day today, then tomorrow I've got posterior chain.

• 32:57Ant McPartlin?

  What on earth is that?

• 32:59Declan Donnelly?

  It's your back, hamstrings, calves, glutes. You gotta, don't, don't, uh, don't forget the glutes.

• 33:06Ant McPartlin?

  No, don't forget the glutes.

• 33:07Declan Donnelly?

  Uh.

• 33:07Ant McPartlin?

  It should be worse than. Do you want me to do a workout plan with Google Gemini?

• 33:13Declan Donnelly?

  That's a great idea.

• 33:14Ant McPartlin?

  Should I do one?

• 33:15Declan Donnelly?

  Yes, please.

• 33:15Ant McPartlin?

  See what it says?

• 33:16Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 33:16Ant McPartlin?

  Okay. Gemini, can you build deck an exercise plan for a full body workout? Uh, he's a 50 year old man.

• 33:24Declan Donnelly?

  Unnecessary.

• 33:24Ant McPartlin?

  Who leads a very busy life, so keep the workouts short, but impactful. Impactful, always include a good warm up.

• 33:33Declan Donnelly?

  What does Gemini say?

• 33:34Ant McPartlin?

  Gemini says, here's a time efficient, high impact, full body workout plan.

• 33:39Declan Donnelly?

  Time efficient is good.

• 33:40Ant McPartlin?

  Designed specifically for busy bees.

• 33:44Declan Donnelly?

  That's you.

• 33:45Ant McPartlin?

  So, the schedule, two to three times a week, yeah?

• 33:49Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 33:50Ant McPartlin?

  Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

• 33:51Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 33:51Ant McPartlin?

  Duration 35 to 45 minutes in total, including warm up.

• 33:55Declan Donnelly?

  That's good.

• 33:56Ant McPartlin?

  That is good. Do you warm up?

• 33:58Declan Donnelly?

  I do, always.

• 33:59Ant McPartlin?

  What kind of warm do you do?

• 34:01Declan Donnelly?

  I do stretches.

• 34:02Ant McPartlin?

  Because Gemini says, arm circles and shoulder rolls, body weight squats and the world's greatest stretch. You know what that is?

• 34:08Declan Donnelly?

  Yes.

• 34:09Ant McPartlin?

  Go on, show me. On the floor. Yeah. Yes, it is. Now look, hold on, it gives you exercise, yeah, yeah, yeah. It gives you exercises. So it's 25 to 30 minutes this. Low body push, dumbbell goblet squats. Fancy that? Yeah, he knows what he's doing. Next, the upper body pull, dumbbell bent over rolls. Yeah, that's it. Well done. Next, the lower body pull, dumbbell Romanian deadlifts.

• 34:37Declan Donnelly?

  Is that there?

• 34:38Ant McPartlin?

  There, that's good. And then you cool down.

• 34:40Declan Donnelly?

  Well, I need it.

• 34:40Ant McPartlin?

  There's all sort of function on here where you can, um, film yourself doing a workout and it'll tell you about your form.

• 34:48Declan Donnelly?

  So you thought you're doing it the right way?

• 34:50Ant McPartlin?

  Now try it.

• 34:50Declan Donnelly?

  Come on then, yeah, let's do it.

• 34:52Ant McPartlin?

  Go on, hover the table then. So Gemini, can you be brutally honest about the form of these push ups please? Thank you. Let's take an honest look at what's going on here. Oh yeah, let's. As you asked, here is my brutally honest opinion on the form of those push ups. I noticed that you kept your body in a nice straight line from your head to your heels, which is an excellent foundation. You also positioned your hands well and lowered your chest nicely, showing good control. Overall, it was a solid display of form.

• 35:24Declan Donnelly?

  Really?

• 35:25Ant McPartlin?

  That's, that's handy though, isn't it? Like if you're working out at home.

• 35:29Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 35:29Ant McPartlin?

  And.

• 35:30Declan Donnelly?

  Just on your own.

• 35:31Ant McPartlin?

  Just on your own, you've got no idea whether you're doing it right, you're doing it wrong, using that.

• 35:35Declan Donnelly?

  Very helpful.

• 35:36Ant McPartlin?

  That's very helpful. That's really good.

• 35:38Declan Donnelly?

  But also you need the right nutrition.

• 35:41Ant McPartlin?

  Yes, you do.

• 35:41Declan Donnelly?

  That's an important bit. Um, Gemini, what about food before a workout? Because I love eggs. Should I be eating lots of eggs before I work out or after I work out?

• 35:52Ant McPartlin?

  No, never.

• 35:53Declan Donnelly?

  Uh, and also give me some other high protein snack ideas too, please.

• 35:57Ant McPartlin?

  Yes, please do, Gemini.

• 35:59Declan Donnelly?

  Gemini says, eggs are fantastic for fitness, but timing is everything because they contain both proteins and fats, they digest slowly. So after your workout is the best time to eat your eggs. Before your workout, avoid eating lots of eggs. Before workout.

• 36:14Ant McPartlin?

  Cause you're.

• 36:16Declan Donnelly?

  Maybe, yeah.

• 36:17Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 36:17Declan Donnelly?

  Scare your PT off. Before a workout.

• 36:21Ant McPartlin?

  Yes.

• 36:21Declan Donnelly?

  You could have some Greek yogurt with a drizzle of honey.

• 36:24Ant McPartlin?

  No, nice, yeah, yeah, yeah.

• 36:25Declan Donnelly?

  That's nice.

• 36:26Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, I'm up for that.

• 36:26Declan Donnelly?

  Gemini says, rice cakes with a thin layer of peanut butter and banana slices.

• 36:31Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, now you're talking.

• 36:33Declan Donnelly?

  That sounds good.

• 36:33Ant McPartlin?

  Hmm, anything with banana slices, anything.

• 36:36Declan Donnelly?

  That's a great energy boost.

• 36:37Ant McPartlin?

  Other than the eggs.

• 36:37Declan Donnelly?

  Without it feeling heavy.

• 36:39Ant McPartlin?

  Mm-hmm.

• 36:39Declan Donnelly?

  Then great food for after workout, hard boiled eggs and a handful of almonds.

• 36:44Ant McPartlin?

  Thank you very much, Gemini.

• 36:45Declan Donnelly?

  Well done.

• 36:46Ant McPartlin?

  There you go. With Gemini, you can chat live with a truly helpful AI assistant. You can jump in, get some fitness tips, ask for more details or even show what you're talking about by sharing your screen or your camera as well. It's there for a real chat, not just a quick question and done.

• 37:01Declan Donnelly?

  Absolutely. Download the Gemini app today to unlock the power of Google AI on your phone.

• 37:07Ant McPartlin?

  Check responses, setup required, compatibility and availability varies, 18 plus.

• 37:14Declan Donnelly?

  17th of April, 1994, day 21.

• 37:17Ant McPartlin?

  Wow.

• 37:18Declan Donnelly?

  Of life on the road.

• 37:19Ant McPartlin?

  Whoa, it's a long hard slog, isn't it?

• 37:21Declan Donnelly?

  Sure is, but it's an exciting day.

• 37:23Ant McPartlin?

  Why?

• 37:24Declan Donnelly?

  Chart day.

• 37:25Ant McPartlin?

  It's chart day, isn't it?

• 37:25Declan Donnelly?

  Chart day. And the final position was.

• 37:32Declan Donnelly?

  27.

• 37:33Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, oh, take it back, take it back. Put them back in, put them back in. We went down the charts. We went down the charts, guys.

• 37:40Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah, I would have loved, underlined, to have stayed at 25.

• 37:45Ant McPartlin?

  So would I.

• 37:45Declan Donnelly?

  But hey, 27 is just great.

• 37:47Ant McPartlin?

  Well done, well done. Congratulations anyway, 27. Not me sniffing that, is it?

• 37:51Declan Donnelly?

  Number 27.

• 37:52Ant McPartlin?

  Well done, well done.

• 37:52Declan Donnelly?

  That's all right.

• 37:53Ant McPartlin?

  How brilliant.

• 37:54Speaker 06

  Do you wanna know who the top 10 were?

• 37:55Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, yeah, go on.

• 37:56Speaker 06

  Top 10 that week. 10, You Are The Best by Dee Ream.

• 37:59Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, I know I am, but what's the title of the song?

• 38:02Speaker 06

  Number nine, Rock My Heart by Haddaway.

• 38:04Ant McPartlin?

  Haddaway.

• 38:05Declan Donnelly?

  Haddaway.

• 38:06Speaker 06

  Eight, I'll Remember by Madonna.

• 38:08Ant McPartlin?

  Uh, no, I don't, not funny.

• 38:11Declan Donnelly?

  Ironically.

• 38:12Ant McPartlin?

  I don't remember.

• 38:13Declan Donnelly?

  We've forgotten.

• 38:14Speaker 06

  Uh, seven, Like To Move It.

• 38:16Ant McPartlin?

  I like to move it, move it. I like to move it, move it. I like to move it, move it.

• 38:21Declan Donnelly?

  You like to.

• 38:22Ant McPartlin?

  Move it!

• 38:23Speaker 06

  Number six, The Real Thing by Tony DeBart. Number five, The Sign by The Ace of Face.

• 38:27Ant McPartlin?

  I saw the sign.

• 38:29Declan Donnelly?

  And then open up my eyes.

• 38:31Speaker 06

  Keep going.

• 38:32Ant McPartlin?

  And it always keeps going. It makes you feel uncomfortable, doesn't it?

• 38:35Speaker 06

  Four, Doop by Doop.

• 38:36Declan Donnelly?

  Doop, doop, dooby, dooby, doo, I do.

• 38:39Speaker 06

  Keep going.

• 38:39Declan Donnelly?

  Doop, dooby, dooby, doo, I do.

• 38:41Speaker 06

  Three, Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen.

• 38:43Ant McPartlin?

  Streets of Philadelphia.

• 38:46Declan Donnelly?

  My clothes don't fit me no more.

• 38:48Speaker 06

  Two, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World by Symbol.

• 38:51Declan Donnelly?

  Could you be the most beautiful girl in the world?

• 38:55Speaker 06

  Who do you think number one was?

• 38:56Declan Donnelly?

  Number one was Edwin Collins.

• 38:59Ant McPartlin?

  I've never known a girl like you before.

• 39:06Declan Donnelly?

  No, Toploader, Dancing in the Moonlight.

• 39:07Speaker 06

  No, does begin with T.

• 39:09Ant McPartlin?

  The Turtles.

• 39:10Speaker 06

  No, the.

• 39:11Ant McPartlin?

  The Terrifics.

• 39:12Speaker 06

  No, the.

• 39:14Ant McPartlin?

  The.

• 39:14Declan Donnelly?

  The Tremolos.

• 39:15Speaker 06

  No, the.

• 39:16Declan Donnelly?

  No, the.

• 39:18Declan Donnelly?

  I thought you were going, no, the.

• 39:21Speaker 06

  Oh no, there was no the.

• 39:26Ant McPartlin?

  Toploader, Dancing in the Moonlight.

• 39:30Ant McPartlin?

  Is that what you started? So I wasn't listening.

• 39:33Declan Donnelly?

  No, the.

• 39:35Speaker 06

  Ah, ah.

• 39:37Ant McPartlin?

  Ah.

• 39:40Ant McPartlin?

  Oh God, just tell us for Christ's sake.

• 39:42Speaker 06

  Take that.

• 39:43Ant McPartlin?

  Take that.

• 39:46Speaker 06

  Everything changes.

• 39:47Declan Donnelly?

  No.

• 39:53Ant McPartlin?

  Oh God.

• 39:54Declan Donnelly?

  Oh my God.

• 39:55Ant McPartlin?

  Sweating in here.

• 39:55Declan Donnelly?

  No.

• 40:01Declan Donnelly?

  This one is from Rowan and Dana. Hello, Ant and Dec, following on from the previous musical impressions. Can either of you do any good impressions of people? Maybe famous people, dead or alive? Love the podcast, respect guys. I can do Cher. Do you believe in love after love?

• 40:22Ant McPartlin?

  You can't do that.

• 40:25Ant McPartlin?

  Do you believe in love after love?

• 40:30Ant McPartlin?

  Are you on, can I ask two shit about that?

• 40:32Declan Donnelly?

  No matter how hard I try. You have to be a person.

• 40:39Declan Donnelly?

  This hasn't been a very successful item. I'm so sorry, Rowan and Dana.

• 40:43Ant McPartlin?

  I'm sure we do.

• 40:44Speaker 06

  Gordon Ramsay.

• 40:45Ant McPartlin?

  Come on, get you dead.

• 40:50Ant McPartlin?

  Is that good?

• 40:54Declan Donnelly?

  I mean, we'll have to bleep it.

• 40:55Ant McPartlin?

  Well, it's good though, right? Yeah, it's good though, right?

• 41:01Declan Donnelly?

  We've been through some more comments. I've had a look.

• 41:04Ant McPartlin?

  I've looked at them.

• 41:05Declan Donnelly?

  You haven't looked?

• 41:05Ant McPartlin?

  I never look at them.

• 41:06Declan Donnelly?

  Absolutely loving the podcast, just want you both to relax a bit more.

• 41:09Ant McPartlin?

  Shut up. They're doing this to our milk now, aren't they?

• 41:13Declan Donnelly?

  I think so.

• 41:14Ant McPartlin?

  I think they are.

• 41:14Declan Donnelly?

  I think they are.

• 41:15Ant McPartlin?

  I'm not going to respond to it.

• 41:16Declan Donnelly?

  Don't respond.

• 41:16Ant McPartlin?

  I won't, I won't.

• 41:18Declan Donnelly?

  My six year old would love this.

• 41:19Ant McPartlin?

  That's just downright rude. Isn't it though? That is just rude.

• 41:24Declan Donnelly?

  I'd take that as a compliment.

• 41:25Ant McPartlin?

  Do you?

• 41:25Declan Donnelly?

  I think that means it appeals to the whole family.

• 41:28Ant McPartlin?

  Hmm. We shouldn't have done all that swearing last week. Thank God we bleeped it.

• 41:31Declan Donnelly?

  I know.

• 41:32Ant McPartlin?

  Because the six year olds, that wouldn't go down well. Are you all swearing at chips?

• 41:34Declan Donnelly?

  No, they're not actually.

• 41:35Ant McPartlin?

  Have they ever sworn?

• 41:36Declan Donnelly?

  I don't think I've caught them swearing.

• 41:38Ant McPartlin?

  Right, they're good.

• 41:39Declan Donnelly?

  I'm very careful not to swear in front of them.

• 41:41Ant McPartlin?

  Right.

• 41:41Declan Donnelly?

  Although I have let it slip a couple of times.

• 41:43Ant McPartlin?

  What do you say instead of swearing?

• 41:46Declan Donnelly?

  Well, you go back to a lot of, oh my gosh.

• 41:48Ant McPartlin?

  Right.

• 41:49Declan Donnelly?

  Oh my giddy aunt.

• 41:50Ant McPartlin?

  Giddy aunt?

• 41:51Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 41:51Ant McPartlin?

  Okay, did the thing you're just talking about me?

• 41:54Declan Donnelly?

  Maybe. Maybe, maybe that's why they keep saying it's giddy aunt coming around today.

• 42:01Ant McPartlin?

  He's so silly, Uncle Anne. He's really happy and giddy all the time, yeah?

• 42:05Declan Donnelly?

  Oh my god, fathers.

• 42:06Ant McPartlin?

  Oh my god, fathers?

• 42:08Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 42:08Ant McPartlin?

  Right, okay. That's, that's a new one, I've never heard that one. What do you say instead of?

• 42:14Declan Donnelly?

  Shoot.

• 42:14Ant McPartlin?

  What do you say? Because we can bleep the, you can bleep my swear words.

• 42:19Declan Donnelly?

  And leave.

• 42:19Ant McPartlin?

  And now try and guess the swear word from what Dex replaced it with.

• 42:27Ant McPartlin?

  What do you say?

• 42:28Declan Donnelly?

  I don't, I don't call, I don't call my kids that.

• 42:32Ant McPartlin?

  What do you replace that word with?

• 42:35Declan Donnelly?

  I don't replace that, I just don't use it.

• 42:36Ant McPartlin?

  You don't use it?

• 42:37Declan Donnelly?

  I don't.

• 42:41Declan Donnelly?

  I don't call them that.

• 42:42Ant McPartlin?

  No, I know you don't call them that, but like, say, oh, you dirty.

• 42:52Ant McPartlin?

  No, you're not saying, no, you're not saying it.

• 42:56Ant McPartlin?

  You don't say it to your kids. You're saying it like you're watching the match, for example.

• 43:01Declan Donnelly?

  All right, right, right, right.

• 43:01Ant McPartlin?

  Say you're watching the Newcastle PSG game, right?

• 43:04Declan Donnelly?

  A problem, yeah.

• 43:05Ant McPartlin?

  The other, the other week.

• 43:06Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 43:06Ant McPartlin?

  And they awarded that penalty.

• 43:08Declan Donnelly?

  They awarded the penalty after two minutes.

• 43:10Ant McPartlin?

  And the referee was all right.

• 43:13Ant McPartlin?

  Well, you would have called him, if the kids were listening, all right.

• 43:16Declan Donnelly?

  Silly goose.

• 43:19Ant McPartlin?

  Would you?

• 43:20Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah, that's what I've called him.

• 43:21Ant McPartlin?

  Okay.

• 43:22Declan Donnelly?

  As I, come on, you silly goose.

• 43:25Ant McPartlin?

  And if you're in the car and someone is in a car in front of you and they're not getting a move on, you want them to get a move on, they need to edge forward a bit. So instead of saying, off, off. You would say?

• 43:37Declan Donnelly?

  Oh, flip me.

• 43:38Ant McPartlin?

  Flip me, okay.

• 43:39Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 43:40Ant McPartlin?

  Okay, good. This is, I'm learning, this is all learnings for me.

• 43:42Declan Donnelly?

  You see?

• 43:43Ant McPartlin?

  Good.

• 43:43Declan Donnelly?

  I mean, it doesn't quite get the anger out in the same way.

• 43:46Ant McPartlin?

  No, I bet it doesn't, no, no, it doesn't.

• 43:47Declan Donnelly?

  You, you kind of need to go.

• 43:49Ant McPartlin?

  Flip me, you silly goose.

• 43:53Ant McPartlin?

  We're on help?

• 43:54Declan Donnelly?

  No, it doesn't do it, does it?

• 43:56Ant McPartlin?

  It doesn't do it, no, it doesn't do it, no.

• 44:00Ant McPartlin?

  Dex's Diary, the grand finale. Ah, my God, I love Michael's voice. Empires have risen and fallen. Civilizations have crumbled into dust. Yet somehow, against all odds, Dex's Diary endured. What began as a simple journey between friends became something far greater. A tale of courage, endurance, and one iconic bum cut. Across the scenic landscapes of Scunthorpe, through the windswept majesty of Newcastle, and into the untamed wilderness of Portsmouth, two brave explorers, PJ and Duncan, ventured where few men dared to go.

• 44:48Ant McPartlin?

  Marilyn's nightclub. What did they find, you say? Stages, stardom, but never a hairdryer in sight. How he survived those dark hours without one remains a mystery to modern science. Alas, they continued their quest from city to city, town to town, where the girls all went wild. There were moments where arses were grabbed, there were moments where willies were grabbed. Even a brush with theft, Ant's hat, a national treasure, a cultural landmark, very nearly swiped. Yet, all of this was merely the beginning.

• 45:29Ant McPartlin?

  The boys crossed the vast frontiers of the UK in search of answers. Today, they get them.

• 45:42Ant McPartlin?

  It all comes down to this, one final adventure, one final chapter. Will PJ and Duncan's friendship survive? Will they ever appear on TV again? Will they ever get to make a podcast? Fasten your seatbelts, hide your hats and protect your willies. And for heaven's sake, can someone get Dec a hairdryer? There is only one way to find out what happened. This is the spectacular, the unbelievable, final installment of Dex's Diary.

• 46:28Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, Michael Sheen, you are a legend. Thank you so much. That is, that is the perfect, um, run up, the perfect prelude to what I'm sure will be a fitting, fitting finale.

• 46:46Declan Donnelly?

  It's quite underwhelming, guys.

• 46:47Ant McPartlin?

  We'll be the judge of that. As Michael said, there's a lot of questions unanswered and I hope that this will tie it all up in a nice little bow and answer all those questions, even pop a little cherry on the top.

• 47:00Declan Donnelly?

  Okay.

• 47:03Ant McPartlin?

  Good luck, Dex.

• 47:04Declan Donnelly?

  I'll guess, I'll just, I'll just whip it out.

• 47:08Ant McPartlin?

  Thanks, Michael, for doing that, by the way. That was brilliant.

• 47:11Declan Donnelly?

  It was amazing.

• 47:11Ant McPartlin?

  Can we just cut that up and use that for other bits of the pod? Yeah, especially the, the bit where he talks about willies.

• 47:18Speaker 06

  Protect your willies.

• 47:18Ant McPartlin?

  Protect your willies, yeah, just use that, yeah, it's good. Safe sex, protect your willies, boys.

• 47:25Declan Donnelly?

  Um, so the very, the very fact that this is the last diary excerpt.

• 47:33Ant McPartlin?

  I know, we're all very excited about it. That's why they're all wearing wings, that's why I'm wearing this, that's why Michael's done that, that's why I've had voice notes.

• 47:39Declan Donnelly?

  I think I'd started to lose interest in keeping a diary.

• 47:42Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, what?

• 47:45Declan Donnelly?

  But this is the last installment, it is day 24 of Life on the Road.

• 47:49Ant McPartlin?

  Okay.

• 47:50Declan Donnelly?

  It is the 20th of April, 1994.

• 47:55Declan Donnelly?

  What a day.

• 47:56Ant McPartlin?

  I see, it started well. It started well.

• 48:00Declan Donnelly?

  It's moving day.

• 48:03Declan Donnelly?

  We are moving out of our manager's current house and into the new place.

• 48:09Ant McPartlin?

  Ah.

• 48:10Declan Donnelly?

  Fortunately, we were able to get out of the way by having a photo shoot for Smash Hits.

• 48:16Ant McPartlin?

  That's good. That's, that's up, that's a step up from the Daily Star.

• 48:22Declan Donnelly?

  Which is where we started.

• 48:23Ant McPartlin?

  Pop bands, it is.

• 48:24Declan Donnelly?

  Which is where we started. It went really, really well.

• 48:29Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, did it? See, it's good.

• 48:32Declan Donnelly?

  The photographer, Simon, was excellent.

• 48:36Ant McPartlin?

  Was he?

• 48:36Declan Donnelly?

  Not that I'd encountered that many photographers at this point in my life.

• 48:40Ant McPartlin?

  I wonder why you thought he was excellent?

• 48:41Declan Donnelly?

  I don't know, he was excellent.

• 48:42Ant McPartlin?

  Simon what?

• 48:44Declan Donnelly?

  Don't know.

• 48:45Ant McPartlin?

  Okay. Another question left unanswered.

• 48:49Declan Donnelly?

  Did a few pieces for the magazine, Scruples?

• 48:52Ant McPartlin?

  Hmm.

• 48:53Declan Donnelly?

  And Mr. And Mister.

• 48:56Ant McPartlin?

  Oh my God, we play that all the time now.

• 48:59Declan Donnelly?

  All the time.

• 48:59Ant McPartlin?

  Not out of choice, just people think, people think it's something we've never done before, so they get us to do it. Still now.

• 49:05Declan Donnelly?

  To see how well we knew each other.

• 49:07Ant McPartlin?

  That would have been the first time we played that.

• 49:08Declan Donnelly?

  One of the first times.

• 49:09Ant McPartlin?

  The origin story.

• 49:11Declan Donnelly?

  I think I won that one.

• 49:14Ant McPartlin?

  You can't, what do you mean, you think you won it?

• 49:15Declan Donnelly?

  I won it.

• 49:16Ant McPartlin?

  You wrote that in your diary?

• 49:17Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 49:17Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, what a competitive. Why would you put that in there?

• 49:21Declan Donnelly?

  Because I won it, I won Mr. And Mister, like I won air hockey.

• 49:24Ant McPartlin?

  And like you won bowling?

• 49:25Declan Donnelly?

  And like I won bowling and air hockey.

• 49:27Ant McPartlin?

  Oh my God.

• 49:28Declan Donnelly?

  Touchy subject, as I said back in the diary.

• 49:32Declan Donnelly?

  Anyway, back to Maidstone and out for, guess what?

• 49:36Ant McPartlin?

  A curry.

• 49:37Declan Donnelly?

  Yep, a curry. It was a pretty nice one, though. Back home to the new house and ready for the start of a new chapter. Into bed amongst the half unpacked cardboard boxes. I don't know which one has my hairdryer.

• 49:54Ant McPartlin?

  Yay.

• 49:57Declan Donnelly?

  Declan.

• 50:05Declan Donnelly?

  She's wiping a tear. Don't cry because it's over. Just smile because it happened.

• 50:13Ant McPartlin?

  Well, how do you feel?

• 50:15Declan Donnelly?

  Like, like, like it is a bit of a closing of a chapter. That's like, that was the last day. We'd moved into that new house, our manager's new house. We didn't stay with her for that long.

• 50:24Ant McPartlin?

  No.

• 50:24Declan Donnelly?

  But we moved into their new house. Surrounded by cardboard boxes. It was the start of a new chapter. Um, and I kind of lost interest in keeping a diary. I wish I kept it.

• 50:34Ant McPartlin?

  That's a shame because not long after that last diary entry, things started getting better.

• 50:40Declan Donnelly?

  And I think we must have got so busy then that I just, I don't know, I just.

• 50:43Ant McPartlin?

  Fell into bed.

• 50:45Declan Donnelly?

  Fell into bed, stopped doing the diary.

• 50:47Ant McPartlin?

  What a shame.

• 50:48Declan Donnelly?

  Um, and the rest is history.

• 50:51Ant McPartlin?

  Well, we're very pleased that you wrote what you did.

• 50:53Declan Donnelly?

  Well, I'm glad. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

• 50:56Ant McPartlin?

  And lots of memories.

• 50:58Declan Donnelly?

  And we can now put it to bed. Put it in a little time machine.

• 51:03Ant McPartlin?

  Bit underwhelming at the end though, wasn't it?

• 51:04Declan Donnelly?

  I told you, I told you it was.

• 51:06Ant McPartlin?

  Wasn't it, really? What a shame. It's nice that the last word was hairdryer. Yeah, it's true. And that's coming from a bald man, so. That takes a lot for him to say that. That takes a lot.

• 51:19Declan Donnelly?

  Yeah.

• 51:19Ant McPartlin?

  Okay, so just take, take that, take that.

• 51:22Declan Donnelly?

  But he does use it on the rest of his body.

• 51:25Ant McPartlin?

  He's very hairy suit.

• 51:29Declan Donnelly?

  In anticipation of this week, and this guy sat on his bed. I thought it might be quite nice to write a letter to my younger self. To.

• 51:40Ant McPartlin?

  What?

• 51:41Declan Donnelly?

  To write a letter to my younger self to thank him for the diary.

• 51:46Ant McPartlin?

  Okay.

• 51:47Declan Donnelly?

  Shall I read it?

• 51:48Ant McPartlin?

  Yes.

• 51:48Declan Donnelly?

  I wrote this this week. So you think it is. Dear Declan, it's me, stroke you from the future, from 2026. Sounds exciting, right?

• 51:59Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah.

• 51:59Declan Donnelly?

  Well, I'm sad to report we're not yet travelling around in hover cars or nor do we have robo servants or space colonies. But I wanted to write you this letter to tell you that I found and have just finished reading the diary you kept in March and April 1994 on yours and Ant's new podcast, which you can hear and watch on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and all other podcast providers. And on Belt the Box channel on YouTube. I realise pretty much all of that information won't make any sense whatsoever, considering you haven't been introduced to the internet yet. You don't know what an email is and you haven't even started texting. That's coming later this year when you get your first Nokia 2110. But rest assured, it is a good thing. It's brought back a lot of memories from that time.

• 52:41Declan Donnelly?

  Things I'd forgotten to be honest, and it's reminded me how life felt for you back then. I remember it was exciting and exhilarating, yet daunting and bewildering. Thrilling and intoxicating, yet intense and exhausting. I know you think you and Ant have left to go on a bit of an adventure for a few weeks, but, and you don't realise it yet. You've both pretty much left home now and your lives will never return to how they have been.

• 53:03Ant McPartlin?

  Oh, but it turned out all right, guys.

• 53:09Declan Donnelly?

  I don't want to reveal too much of what happens next because you need to live the next adventure ahead and experience the highs and lows and the lessons they will teach you. Those lessons will make you the man you are today. However, I have a few words of advice to make the next part of your life and the ride that is ahead a bit more enjoyable. Grab every opportunity that comes your way and give it your all. I know this foundation has been laid by the wonderful people you've worked with on Biker Grove and rest assured they've set you on the right path. Treasure the true friendships you make. Lots of people will come and go, but the real friendships last. Don't take them for granted though, they must be nurtured. That's why, and I know this will be no spoiler. Yours and Ant's friendship will endure through thick and thin.

• 53:52Declan Donnelly?

  And if you can believe it, is even stronger in 2026 than it is there now.

• 53:57Ant McPartlin?

  Damn straight.

• 54:00Declan Donnelly?

  Stop and smell the flowers from time to time and don't pay so much attention to the weeds. Don't worry so much about things not being perfect or what's coming next and have those anxieties ruin the present. Enjoy what's coming your way and appreciate it. Get home as much as you can. This might be a heartbeat.

• 54:19Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, I'm a bear man.

• 54:24Declan Donnelly?

  Get home as much as you can. Your family have given you the best daughter in life. Your success is their success, so share it with them. You'll miss them and Newcastle more than you know, but they'll always be there for you. They're not all going to be there forever though, so appreciate them all while you have them. Don't get too high with the highs or too low with the lows. You'll have your fair share of both and it's too exhausting to constantly ride that rollercoaster. Finally, and most importantly. Buy a flipping hairdryer. They're not that expensive. Splash out, what's the matter with you? But thank you for writing the diary.

• 55:08Declan Donnelly?

  I wish you'd done more, but it's been a fantastic reminder of a special period in your life. Say hi to 1994 and for me. Tell him to remember he's a great kid and it'll all be okay.

• 55:21Ant McPartlin?

  Oh.

• 55:21Declan Donnelly?

  Even when it feels like it won't. Look after each other, enjoy the ride and hey, respect guys. Love from future deck. P S, buy Tesla, Apple and loads of Bitcoin.

• 55:41Ant McPartlin?

  Well done, well done.

• 55:48Declan Donnelly?

  I said I wasn't gonna cry.

• 55:51Ant McPartlin?

  I think we were all crying. What the hell? Oh my god. I thought it was just gonna be about hairdryer.

• 55:59Declan Donnelly?

  And Finn Lasses, Willies and Arses.

• 56:05Ant McPartlin?

  Ah, that was good, wasn't it?

• 56:09Declan Donnelly?

  You enjoy it?

• 56:09Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, I do.

• 56:10Declan Donnelly?

  Watch yourself back on telly.

• 56:11Ant McPartlin?

  Yeah, but we've had fun though, that's what I liked about it. And if you liked it too, then you can check out Belt the Box on YouTube and give us a little subscribe. That'll go down well.

• 56:21Declan Donnelly?

  All of the episodes are there from the last seven months.

• 56:23Ant McPartlin?

  You can see it all, and you see all the other stuff Belt the Box do as well.

• 56:26Declan Donnelly?

  Um, give us a little follow as well, wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you for doing that. We'll be back on Monday with another episode. Until then, respect guys, see you then.

• 56:38Ant McPartlin?

  Bye.

• 56:41Declan Donnelly?

  Spill my finger on that.

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