Fighting Talk
| Other names | FT |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports panel game |
| Running time | 50 minutes (approx) |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Language | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 5 Live |
| Hosted by | Current Rick Edwards Former Johnny Vaughan Christian O'Connell Colin Murray Matt Johnson Jonathan Pearce Georgie Thompson Josh Widdicombe |
| Produced by | Simon Crosse Charley Copsey Mike Holt |
| Recording studio | MediaCityUK (Salford Quays), Salford, Greater Manchester |
| Original release | 4 October 2003 – Present |
| No. of series | 15 |
| Opening theme | Sabotage by Beastie Boys |
| Website | Official website |
| Podcast | Fighting Talk Podcast |
Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English football season. The show is broadcast on Saturday mornings for an hour between 11:00 and 12:00 and is currently presented by Rick Edwards.
Its first series was broadcast in October 2003, presented by Johnny Vaughan. Later series were presented by Christian O'Connell and Colin Murray.
The show has twice won Gold Sony Radio Academy Awards in the sports programme category, in 2006 and 2011. In 2011, judges described the show as "like a modern version of old-fashioned Music Hall".