Quote · Parenting Hell with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe

S12 EP52: I am spent

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I think the intros are great for the child and the parent and the family to go, 'Oh, we heard your voice, didn't you do it brilliantly?' It's a lovely thing that we offer. I'd say majority of the audience are like, I don't care, just talk.

Rob Beckett

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Intro and Tanith's Returning Child Voiceover

At 5:40 · chapter starts 3:00

The episode's formal opening features 7-year-old Tanith introducing Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe by name, complete with hiccups — a charmingly imperfect delivery. Josh, delighted by the callback, attempts to pull up Series 2, Episode 31 to play Tanith's original 2-year-old intro in real time, navigating his phone while Rob gives him a hard time about it. The exercise collapses into a skipped advert and a brief listen to the old clip before Rob points out that the audience doesn't care about the back catalogue — they just want to get on with the show. This crystallises into a genuinely funny meta-discussion: the intros are lovely for the child and family involved, but for most listeners they're just a speedbump. Josh compares them to football club mascots. They agree: sweet, somewhat perfunctory, but they keep doing them anyway.

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Tanith returned as podcast intro voice 5 years later

S12 EP52: I am spent · Jul 3, 2026

A child named Tanith who recorded the podcast intro at age 2 in Series 2 Episode 31 returned at age 7 to record another intro, making her a rare returning intro contributor.