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The Fringe Of It

The Fringe Of It

A weekly podcast from Liv Purvis (What Olivia Did) and Charlotte Jacklin (Betty) aka out of touch early grandma's (wishing they had their own radio show), navigating their way through millen...

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#94 Telly Tennis, Overtaking Santa, and Mad for Christmas

It's the great Fringe of It Christmas bumper episode! Wrap yourselves in tinsel and adorn your festive (monogrammed, if you're Charlotte) ji...

1:10:47Dec 24, 2025

#93 Christmas Chips, Liv's Film Oscar and Snowman Noses

After weeks of crafts, Christmas prep, wrapping gifts for the thousands and erm, visual merchandising slap bands- the girls are tired. Eveni...

57:47Dec 19, 2025

#92 Elf Curious, Fear of Wind, and Emma Mackay

As we all know, every now and again it will be a week of two halves. This week it's a cocktail of explicit (used loosely) elf drama combined...

1:09:04Dec 11, 2025

#91 Cry Charts, Handsome Foxes, and Mission More Sleep

The mugs have been switched over. The VM team has been assigned, and Liv's cracked it. The only way to adopt some of Charlotte's festive ten...

56:21Dec 4, 2025

#90 A Kate Hudson Picnic, Early Retirement and Charlotte's Snowflake Factory

If you think you've been busy, then look away now friends- because this week Charlotte has been putting us all to shame with a week of hosti...

53:38Nov 27, 2025

#89 The Savoy, God of Bonnets, and Homes Under the Hammer

Feeling down? Having a hard week? Lady muck, sorry, Liv, simply recommends a five star hotel for the night, an eight hour bath soak and erm,...

50:32Nov 20, 2025

#88 Friled, Dream Cheese Board, and Only Fools and Horses

It’s been a funny week. The Traitors has ended (to which Liv is so cross she invents a whole new word at the spoilers she encountered), Char...

59:46Nov 13, 2025

#87 Grimsby’s Mariah, Beehive Blindness, and The Big Gig

It’s an ordinary week. Charlotte, or should we say Mariah, is defrosting for Christmas and has the mood boards cooking. Liv is pondering if...

50:14Nov 6, 2025

#86 The Big Pie Debate, Spooky TV and Bangers with Odessa Young

It’s a cosy autumn Thursday morning. There is talk of Charlotte’s full-bodied soup, roast hunting and Jack eating chicken once again on the...

1:01:02Oct 30, 2025

#85 Cherry Pie, The Protein Bag, and Charlotte's Big News

It's... erm, chapter 4 and we are back with a... poot? Anyway- Charlotte is just about upright and out of the duvet and has some enormous ne...

47:55Oct 23, 2025

#84 Potpourri, Rain Dungarees, and A Live Lamington

Like all good things, this season of The Fringe of It must come to an end... So here it is, your season finale! And to make sure they go out...

58:59Sep 24, 2025

#83 A Dusty Slow Cooker, Taking a Beehive to the School Gates, and You're a Liar!

It's been a week and the girls are already requesting a polite refund on September. But! There's hope yet- isn't there? A promise of autumna...

53:41Sep 16, 2025

#82 A furore, Crounching, and Anything Covered in Chocolate

As we slink into the 'ber months it's a week of all things marking the start of cosy season. Beans, Bake Off (even if, erm, there were some...

1:05:55Sep 10, 2025

#81 The Loo View, A Little Women Christmas, and The Grimsby Penalty Feeling

Does everyone look their very best at the end of August? Or, ahem, is it just Charlotte? (It certainly isn't Liv, let's put it that way). Re...

54:56Sep 3, 2025

#80 Summer Correspondence Special

With Charlotte on her summer holidays (advice on how to find a partner with parents who retire to France within!) it's time to open up the e...

22:22Aug 26, 2025

#79 Respecting Cardamom, Liv’s Linda Moment, and Style of the Golf Course

Did Charlotte just say… golf?! Not another hobby! Alas, it’s juts another obscure TV show from Charlotte (well worth it, in our opinion) as...

42:16Aug 19, 2025

#78 Roses & Thorns, Peter Password and Feeling a Bit WHAM!

A week of roses and thorns; from broken laptops, old appliances and planned obsolescence to holidays which could be Hinge adverts (Hinge! Hi...

1:07:39Aug 12, 2025

#77 Racing on the Belmond, A Sandwich for the Ages, and The Shrek and Donkey of Podcasting

It’s a week of sandwiches worth leaving the M25 for, big TV moments (which show has taken Charlotte on a journey this week?!) and a very apt...

1:04:11Aug 5, 2025

#76 A Parent Trap Summer, The Big Tennis Myth and Jaffa Cakes on the Telly

The throes of summer can only equate to one thing- and that means that dreams of a full Hallie Parker and Annie James summer camp are rife....

59:55Jul 29, 2025

#75 The Paddington Review, Festival Wristbands and The Joy of Looking Your Age

Cheese and wine nights? Jazz festivals? Yes, you did hear correctly! This episode comes to you following a week Nigella would be proud of. W...

59:15Jul 22, 2025