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The Guardian - UK
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Lock up the mother-in-law - Tarby's back on the Beeb

BBC Radio 5 Live's Fighting Talk goes old school tomorrow, when regular host Colin Murray is replaced by none other than Jimmy Tarbuck. It's not the first sports quiz Tarby has hosted. Readers with slightly longer memories may remember his 1990s BBC1 effort, Full Swing, which tried to do for golf what Jim Davidson's Big Break did for snooker. It didn't. Celebrity golfers, comedy theme tune, ke-razy opening titles, Jimmy driving onto the set in a golf buggy - oh, what memories. Here's Jimmy's opening gag, sat in his golf buggy: "So the police stopped me driving this thing and I said hang on a minute it only goes up to 45. The problem is I live at 74." Ithangyou. "My wife ran off with a traffic policeman and when I saw you in the mirror I thought it was him bringing her back!" 1996, ladies and gentlemen, 1996.

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