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Vicky Pattison and Angela Scanlon enter the crowded TV-presenters-nattering-on-a podcast market, with just the right amount of inane nonsense and affirming girl talk. Episode one contains poo and pee chat, and a reminder that Gillian McKeith smuggled half of Sainsbury's into the I'm a Celebrity jungle in her undies. HJD
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