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Speaker 1: It fits in with her Gangster Granny is back, a

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Speaker 1: brand new book by David Williams, and he joins us

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Speaker 1: Now Live from London.

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Speaker 2: Wegan to the show, David Williams, what time is it?

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Speaker 2: I assume you're in the UK right now?

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Speaker 1: It is wine o'clock right as you moved to the

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Speaker 3: It is quarter It is quarter to ten.

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Speaker 2: Okay, thank you for standing up.

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Speaker 3: A nice glass of red wine. Well it's album.

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Speaker 1: Oh what do you think of Adel's new album?

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Speaker 4: I think it's I think she's got a great future

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Speaker 2: Is she a friend of yours?

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Speaker 3: I think it's going to do well. I do know

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Speaker 3: quite well. She's lovely.

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Speaker 4: I think what you see is what you get, and

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Speaker 4: she's very kind, very generous.

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Speaker 2: Were you at her performance the other day that she

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Speaker 2: did in the UK.

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Speaker 5: I did not go.

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Speaker 3: No, I couldn't make it, but it was I saw

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Speaker 5: It was incredible.

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Speaker 2: She would be a cracker after a few drinks. I

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Speaker 2: think adele around the dinner table.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, she's just just fun, but very I think that's

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Speaker 4: the whole thing, isn't it. She's very normal and so

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Speaker 4: I think she's very relatable. So even though she has

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Speaker 4: that's past the appeal.

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Speaker 5: Dave.

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Speaker 2: You are you are friends with a lot of celebrities

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Speaker 2: through your business and what you do. But is there

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Speaker 2: you've met where you've thought I didn't expect that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, let me think of as well. John.

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Speaker 4: Elton John is quite sort of blokey in a way.

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Speaker 4: Is this I like that because.

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Speaker 3: I thought and he's just really sort of normal.

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Speaker 4: It's like, I mean, I'm not gonna say it's like

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Speaker 4: normal than you think because all the stories you always

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Speaker 4: hear about Elton John is you know, he's sort of

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Speaker 4: But at the end of the day, it's just really

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Speaker 4: nice bloke and wants to talk about the football.

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Speaker 1: Well, do you know what. It's funny because we're just

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Speaker 1: about to start the ashes. The cricket's about to start

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Speaker 1: here in Australia in two weeks, David, And there was

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Speaker 1: there's some footage going around of when he Elton this

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Speaker 1: just but he loves his sport and he must love

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Speaker 3: Yeah, getting I don't know what he was doing with

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Speaker 4: He wasn't born man. He's a big sports fan. He's

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Speaker 1: My congratulations. I didn't realize you've sold forty five million

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Speaker 1: copies of your books all across the world, translated into

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Speaker 1: this morning. Oh that was just this.

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Speaker 3: Translated into fifty We've been Wow.

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Speaker 1: But Gangster Granny is the one that strikes accord with everyone,

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Speaker 1: and Gangster Granny strikes again. You've even there's been a

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Speaker 1: BBC film that was done in twenty thirteen. I hear

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Speaker 5: Really? There is? Yes?

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Speaker 3: Have you not got your own theme park ride?

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Speaker 2: Because what happens on Gangster Granty theme Ride?

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Speaker 3: It's an Alton Towers resort. It's just a short twenty

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Speaker 3: It's great.

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Speaker 4: Well, it's basically like you experienced the story of the

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Speaker 4: Gangster Granny the book, where you basically are with Ben

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Speaker 4: and Granny on their mission to steal the Crown Jewels

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Speaker 4: and sit on a little train. It's great, and I

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Speaker 4: amazing because I've not only just got my own ride,

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Speaker 4: So I was one of my friends. It's like, would

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Speaker 3: Yes, my merchandise.

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Speaker 2: Get into the gift shop on the way out. But

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Speaker 2: your Prime Minister the other day was gloating about pepper

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Speaker 2: Pig World and we saw him there in a beanie

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Speaker 2: with the family. Have you done Pepper Pig World.

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Speaker 4: I didn't let my son watch Pepper Pig because I've

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Speaker 4: And I was once with some friends and they were

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Speaker 3: She went, I'm not legging.

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Speaker 4: Well, what's going to happen that he's going to scream

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Speaker 2: Well, the controversy was here too in Australia was mister

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Speaker 3: Well, it's just another child being eaten by a spider.

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Speaker 3: Let's that morning.

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Speaker 1: Any Australian influence in the house with the kids, David,

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Speaker 4: I'm aware of the v Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Do you think they're going to have like the Beatles

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Speaker 3: They're quite popular in the UK.

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Speaker 4: Again, I only let my son watch and enjoy things

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Speaker 3: He has not listened to the Wiggles.

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Speaker 5: I'm sorry, Okay, he's never.

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Speaker 3: He's not really interested in it.

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Speaker 5: No, so he doesn't really watch it.

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Speaker 4: He well, one time my mum was on it because

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Speaker 3: Your pen in.

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Speaker 2: The air's signal that I'd like to ask another question.

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Speaker 5: I'm using my manners.

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Speaker 2: I've been saying this for ten years.

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Speaker 5: How do you confirm it?

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Speaker 4: Me?

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Speaker 2: Me, me, me to me, guys, another question if you

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Speaker 2: don't mind for David, got another question for you. A

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Speaker 2: friend of mine that worked on your show told the

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Speaker 2: the other talent on the show said, well, can we

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Speaker 2: do while we see who waiting for Simon. So would

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he went home for a bar There wasn't even

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Speaker 4: And then the last one is Simon's about to walk

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Speaker 5: Through the door.

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Speaker 3: going Simon, Simon Simon. We've been so hyped up about

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Speaker 4: But he just is on Simon time, and I think

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Speaker 4: he just never wants He never wants to.

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Speaker 3: Have to wait for anybody. It's like everybody has to

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Speaker 4: And do you know what the worst thing he does

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Speaker 2: I'm going for a bath, see you guys.

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Speaker 5: I'm heading home. If you would, if you were, Yeah,

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Speaker 5: whippus on the way home for a bath.

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Speaker 1: Guys, thank you for joining the and Simon cow Show.

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Speaker 1: We really enjoy it. Against the Grannie, it strikes out,

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Speaker 1: strikes again, he's out.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 1: You can go to World of David Williams if you

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Speaker 1: want to dot com to get more information. There Mate,

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Speaker 1: always a pleasure.

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Speaker 3: To talk to you on the show.

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Speaker 5: We appreciate your time.

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Speaker 3: Thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: Thank care, buddy, Bye bye