Giovanna Joins Joel Dommett on ‘And The Award Goes To…’!!

0:00Hello guys, so today we have something a little bit different for you. It's actually an episode from another podcast that I was a guest on. Yes, I know. It's hosted by Joel Domit and it's called And the Award Goes Too. And it's basically my own award show where I get to hand out awards in a load of categories Joel made just for me. Awards like The Best Way to Keep the Kids Entertained, The Best Line from Any Film Ever and The Best Hand Gesture of All Time. I loved recording this episode. It was so much fun. His set is mahoosive and really, really gorgeous. It feels like a really luxurious set that you're on.

0:39Obviously, when we're recording Happy Mum, Happy Baby, I'm in the driving seat. I really got to listen to the guests, think about where we're going, where we're steering it. But here, Joel is in the steering seat. All of us see Joel on TV and think he's funny, but in real life, he's even funnier. So it was a real delight to just sit down and chat to him. And my awards were so fun. The format of the show is that Joel gives me a category and then I have to select the winner of that award. And then the winner is represented on this icon with this gorgeous little image, this picture. And then behind where we're sitting, there's a massive red wall of fame.

1:15And Joel is building this across the series, this wall of fame. And it's so brilliant because some of the winners of different awards, the images, you know, it's very interesting. and you're kind of going, oh, I wonder what that's of. What is the story behind that award? I'm not allowed to give you any spoilers on who my awards might have gone to, but needless to say, there's some corkers, and it was very, very funny to film. So here it is. It's me and Joel Domit, and Anne the Award Goes To. Make sure you listen to the series in full. Just search up Anne the Award Goes To on your podcast app, and don't forget to follow the series on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.

1:52That's Anne the Award Goes To. The podcast sponsored by Argos. Enjoy the episode. This is an ACAST Creative Production.

2:06Hello and welcome to And The Award Goes To, brought to you by Argos. It's the podcast slash award show where each week a guest drops by to hand out five fresh awards across five categories tailored to their passions or expertise. It could be the best song ever written, the best meal deal combo, or the best celebrity feud of all time. Whatever the topic, they get to be the one person voting body selecting their winner of choice. And today we have a wonderful guest for you. Actress, author, podcaster and former queen of the jungle, it's Giovanna Fletcher everyone. So settle in as Giovanna picks five winners across five award categories we've made just for her.

2:51And hey, if you want to see how it all unfolded, do give us a follow on YouTube. Enjoy!

3:01Welcome, Giovanna, to the show. I'm very excited to have you sat up with me. Think of this as your own personal awards show where you get to dish out five awards in five categories that are made just for you, okay? And as you know, we sent you these awards weeks ago. And today, all will be revealed on this fantastic wall of fame. It's very fancy. It's fancy, isn't it? What is she doing? Why is she holding up six? That was the lady, I don't know if you remember it, this is the lady who was on the news who did... Do you remember? And it was just before it went live, and she did the fingers up, which I thought was absolutely hilarious.

3:41And the GC's there! GC's there, it was like a favourite reality show contestant. Football themed up there as well. Football theme up there for Peter Crouch. Crystal Maze? What's that one? Oh, it's Real Housewives. Okay. But similar show. I don't know. Similar show. I'm excited to add your stuff to the wall. How good is Crystal Maze, by the way? It's so good. Bring it back. Oh, my God. Have you been on the show at Crystal Maze? No. Oh, my God. It's so fun, man. Because is it back now? It's back. Richard Iwadi hosts it. and you're in, it's one of those moments where you're like, I'm in the telly.

4:19Yeah. It's very much like the jungle, which we'll talk about later on, but oh my God. I feel like something like that is akin to if they were to bring back Funhouse, but have it for adults. Like it's something that our childhood is, you know, we were there shouting at the screens, getting people to get out of that room or go through those balloons or whatever it was. So actually to have us now doing it, it's a lot of fun. If I met the twins from Funhouse, I'd lose myself. I'd absolutely lose myself. Pat Sharp. Have you met Pat Sharp? I have met Pat Sharp. What? Yes, because when Dougie did I'm a Sleb, Pat Sharp was in there.

4:52So I spent a few days with his wife, who was lovely, and then Pat was out. Still got a bit of a mullet? No, sadly not. I think it should be, you know, in his life contract. Yeah, must have mullet. Giovanna, we've got a wonderful set of awards that you've selected. I'm very excited to go through. First of all, should we talk a bit about awards in general? OK. Red carpet events, things like that. How au fait are you? I don't think I've ever used the word au fait, and it felt weird coming out of my mouth. But do you like award shows? Do you hate them? I love them. I love getting ready for one and seeing everyone on the red carpet.

5:35I think that's always great fun. Whether I'm there or not, I love that. But there is something really nice, if you are there, to kind of be like, hey! and just have that moment of, we're all here together, isn't this fun? I think the last time I saw you was at the Pride of Britain Awards. Yeah, it would have been. And I saw you on the red carpet, and we were like, ah! It is a really fun moment. You get to see everyone. It's so nice, because you don't know who's going to be there. And then when you see someone like you, you're like, yes! Come on, good people are here. Because we have very odd jobs, and so we sort of, you know, we rotate like planets.

6:06We don't really see each other very much. That was a sort of metaphor for space, and I don't think I got it right. I don't think planets rotate around each other.

6:18But it's so nice when you do see each other because you're like, oh, my God, this is it. It feels like sort of the office party for stuff, you know. Have you ever had any awkward moments or just awful moments at an award show? On a red carpet? I almost missed my own award show, the NTAs. I think it was the year, it was maybe three years ago. And so even though I was in the building rehearsing, I then thought, oh, I'll do the red carpet. And they said to me, oh, like, oh, what we'll do, you get in this car and then you'll drive around Wembley to get back into the start of the red carpet. But we got stuck in traffic, even though we were in the building.

7:03So then it was getting to the time where, like, they were going, where are you, where are you? It's like quarter to seven and starts at seven. And I'm like, we haven't done the red carpet yet. And so we've gone to the red carpet. And then we didn't have time to do the red carpet. So basically spent an hour in a car for absolutely no reason and then ran down a red carpet and then started the show. And were you getting more and more stressed during that or were you quite chilled? I was absolutely, I was really stressed actually. I thought you were going to say chilled. I thought really? Usually pretty chilled with these things.

7:32I like to sort of keep my heart rate low and be Mr. Cool Cat. but no, I was actually like, I think I'm going to miss this and that's the problem with the NTAs if I am late and I miss it it's like there's like a hundred people who are there who would gladly step in Get the show in the door for next year Exactly Stephen Malthard is already waiting in the wings ready to step in That must be such a hard gig knowing that you've got so many people in that room that A, know what that gig's like, or, you know, but also would love to do it. Yeah, have you had any sort of big old mishaps at award shows or anything like that?

8:14Well, I was at the TV BAFTAs, me and Emma were there together, we'd watch them, they were lovely, and afterwards there was like a photo war, opportunity, if you will, and we were like, let's have a photo taken together. And I was wearing these stiletto heels with bows on top, so a nice little bow, nice little loop action, if you will. And for some reason, sort of a bit of a fear of pace overtook me. I thought I'd best get out quickly. I don't know why. So instead of just walking calmly, I decided to walk kind of like... A little trot. A little trot off. Yep. And one of my heels from one shoe went into the loop of the other shoe, locked into each other, and I went absolutely flying.

8:54Oh, you go, maybe I could just roll into the corner and stay here. Maybe. Especially when your feet are still tied together. Yeah. I can't get up. But now I have those shoes in my wardrobe and I just, yeah, it's PTSD every time I look at them. Oh, my God. Do you want them? Yes, please. Yes, please. Shall we crack on with award number one? Yes, please. Okay, let's go straight to the awards. Giovanna. And the first award is the best way to keep the kids entertained. Yay. It's a big award. It's a big award. Huge award. Yeah. Huge award. Let's run through some of the nominees, first of all, before we get to your winner.

9:36Building a den. You know, grabbing all the pillows, all the duvets, all the blankets, anything soft, basically, in the house. And this happens whether I want it to or not. Suddenly I'll come in the living room and every single duvet is in the living room and every single pillow. And it's been taken off the sofa and used. What I find with my kids is that they would generally spend a lot of time building said chaos and then leave it. which is extra bonus for me where I get the fun of clearing up which is great yeah it's basically tidying for you yeah it's really and we all love it so you know it's wild our son has just got into dens right and I'm so excited about it his only den that he knows is under the covers right now and so he runs into the room in the morning and everybody's like den den and then we go under the covers and then we just we lie down and that's it and it's so fun and give Wild an apple.

10:31That keeps kids entertained. Really? That's a good nomination for me. Nice. Giving an apple, and that is 45 minutes taken up. What does he do with it? He eats it. For 45 minutes? 45 minutes. He just sits on a chair, and then he eats an apple. Just like... And he just... It's, like, really complicated for him to, like, get to, and he just absolutely loves it. He just, like, looks at the clouds. Aw, that's just so cute. Yeah. It's like a mindful eating exercise. Yes. I like it. It's, the apple's the key. Someone said to me, they were like, oh, try giving him an apple, because that will take up some time.

11:11And I was like, oh, okay. I gave him his first apple, and by God. By God, did that take up some time. Banana? No. Straight through it, 30 seconds. Apple takes time. Yeah. Just start giving him harder fruit, I think. Any other nominees for Keeping Kids Entertained? Den's a good one. Den is a really good one. Listening to music all together. Now, I've got to say that sometimes our kitchen discos, I spent a lot of years looking at everyone talking about kitchen discos online and thinking this was amazing fun. My kids will kitchen disco only for a short amount of time, and then it turns into almost like a mosh pit, where they have to bump into each other.

11:54They can't just bounce. They have to get contact. So kitchen discos are out, but if we can create some kind of music together. We did it the other day. I can't even remember where it used to happen, where someone starts like a beat or something and other people add on. We started doing that and oh my gosh, that is so much fun. OK, should we get on to the winner? Yes, please. Let's do it. The best way to keep the kids entertained and the award goes to drumroll please.

12:24It's a game of X-Miles. Egg smash! Egg smash! Well that is, let's discuss. What is egg smash? It's amazing, so, basically once you've eaten eggs, it is amazing, I promise you. I'm excited for this. Right, you've had your eggs in the morning. Okay. We're a family of five, there's a lot of eggs. Yep, I love eggs. But obviously each, an egg can be split into two. Basically you take your eggs, your eggshells, you wash them out, you dry them, and then with a marker you write numbers on them. So you might be like three, nine, you know what numbers are. Anyway, then you give each child, you put them on the tray, you give each child a wooden spoon and then you say...

13:10I'm already in, this is good. You say like two plus two, smash the four. That is good. So if you know it, you smash it straight away and if you smash the right one first, you get the point. Oh, Oh, this is great. Yeah, or sometimes we take it in turns. It's such a satisfying feeling. Do you... Does it not lead to them smashing all of them? Surprisingly, no. Everyone really is invested in the game and wants the game to, you know, last a little bit. At the end, they basically get to smash everything to smithereens. Yeah. But while the game is in play, surprisingly, it's all quite calm but chaotic.

13:51Calmly chaotic. Calmly chaotic. Yeah. Have you ever thought of using it also in your relationship with your husband? Pulled around the eggs. Yeah. You're like, Tom, what time are you home for dinner tonight? And then there's, what, like five, six and seven? And he goes, and then smashes the seven. And then you're like, OK. And then it's too late, so I smash everything. Smash everything. Damn it. That's a great one. Do you want to put it up on the wall? Yes, please. Giovanna, egg smash, up on the wall. Well, round of applause. Love that Yeah they're strong magnets Very strong magnets Very strong magnets Don't want any of them To ever come down Okay should we crack on Yes please That was actually Accidentally an egg joke She goes crack on I didn't even get it It was lost on myself actually Let's crack on With the next award It's award number two It's best line from a film It's a good one.

14:53It's a good one. Best line from a film. Give us some nominees. What are you thinking? Well, first of all, can I just say, I feel like, I don't know if it's a woman's brain or just a thing that I have realised. Me and my female friends, we do a lot of not quite getting lines right, whereas a lot of my male friends, word for word on an entire film. Dougie Pointer, the whole of Titanic. he can absolutely inside. Yeah. Whereas I don't know if my brain maybe is busy in different areas so that I don't get to retain it. So if I paraphrase, sorry. I can imagine backstage at McFly before they go on stage in the dressing room.

15:31I can imagine Tom painting Dougie like one of his French girls. It happens more often than you think. Oh my God. So he knows the entirety of Titanic. I know exactly what you mean. My wife does the same. just slightly gets it wrong, you know? So I'd be interested to find out whether... If my favourite line is actually an actual line. It turns out it's completely not actually a line from a film. But talking about Titanic, Titanic has, Jack, don't look good, Jack. That's a great one. That's a great one. That's a great one. What's some other good ones? Gone with the Wind, frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

16:13You know what? I've never seen God with the Wind. Oh, so I looked after the children on the theatre production of that about 20 years ago. It was a Trevor Nunn version. They turned the longest film ever into a musical, which made it the longest theatre production ever. I don't know if that's actually true or if I'm just making it up, but it was so long that I wouldn't know, with lovely Darius Dinesh as well, but I would never know if the child was actually going to get on stage or whether we were going to go, time, the child has to leave the building. They have to go, right? So sometimes we would literally be silent stage with Darius and sometimes the child would get on stage and other times the child would be pulled and Darius would have to sing to a pillow.

16:53What? Yeah. That's so funny. Because it's half past time, the child has to be out of the building. Mother's sake, Darius. Nobody wants a long production of anything. No. Do you know what I mean? Like, nobody wants that. I went through a period where I kept taking Tom to two-hour one-act plays. And Tom was just like, no. And it would always get to an hour and a half and he'd be like, I have to go to the loop. And he'd watch the end on a TV. Here's a great one. Here's a great film quote. You shall not pass. Definitely used a bedtime occasionally. It was pretty good, right? I love Lord of the Rings so much.

17:39Love Lord of the Rings. At the NTAs last year, I met Ian McKellen. Did you play it cool? And I played it fairly cool until I said, You shall not pass! When he was trying to get past me. Oh, gosh. It was unbelievable. There's so many quotes from that film. Again, this feels like quite a male-female divide in a way. I feel there's so many of my friends just like, no, Lord of the Rings. Yeah. And my wife is like, what are you talking about? Whereas I'll watch it and then never again will it enter my brain. Yes. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Yes. I'm like, fool of a joke. My wife's like, what are you talking about?

18:24What are you talking about? I think this is an absolutely excellent awards category. Thank you. There's some great ones here. You can't handle the truth. Yes. Yes. Sometimes they just come out. Another famous one from Gandalf.

18:44You can't handle the truth. That is a great one. It's also great in everyday situations when something happens and you're just... The film quote's there. It's either a film quote or a reference to friends. That's why I miss those two things. What was... That was Jack Nixon and Tom Cruise. What was the name of the film? Oh, I don't know that. You can't handle the truth. That's all I've got. A few good men. That was it. A few good men. That's what I also call McFly. Aww. Only a few of them. Only a few. Only a few. We'll see whether Harry makes it in. It's, yeah, I quote Anchorman a lot because I feel like I've turned into Anchorman.

19:30Do you? I really have. If something's on the autocue, I'll read it. I will genuinely read it and I don't really it doesn't it doesn't really go into my brain it goes into my eyes and it just comes straight like out of my mouth it doesn't go into the brain at all I will read anything and I do not know what I'm saying what should we go for should we go for your winner we can go for my winner it's absolutely fantastic it's absolutely fantastic okay award two the best line from a film and the award goes to drum roll please I wrote you every day for a year a classic from the notebook I can remember the first time my sister got us all to watch the notebook I think it was on that boxing day loved it but my favourite memory of the notebook is actually the McFly guys watching it in the band house and I kid you not they were weeping like full on floods of tears and at that time as well it'll be early, early days so you've got a 16 year old Dougie range from 16 to 18 basically and I just think it's just such a beautiful film on that love story on two different levels and it's just wonderful Nobuck, what a film it makes me want to have like conversations in the rain yeah and just shout at each other and get dramatic and go rowing but it's the thing of you don't just have their love story which is absolutely beautiful and you're like, come on, I won't spoil it for anyone but the older couple as well it's them, I think that really tug at those heartstrings I don't think the McFly guys were crying over Rachel and Ryan I think they were crying over the old couple Oh my god, we don't want to spoil it for any of our listeners but Rachel McAdams at the end reveals that she sees dead people and Noah is in fact dead it's a big twist it's a big twist what a film okay let's put it up on the wall the award for best life for a film goes to shall I do it?

21:44I wrote you every day for years put it on the wall Giovanna

21:53it's good it's good it's good Good. As an author, Ali writes the life story for Noah. Yes. Would you ever write your life story, do you think? Do you know what's really hard when you're writing is to use any kind of real life if you're writing fiction? Because then everything gets really, really murky. It's got to be as far away from... Not anyone you know, because you can take little nuggets, but certainly in terms of circumstantial stuff, you can't have things that have happened. because you end up writing yourself into a bit of a hole where you're just like, actually, I can't use this. And it's actually really freeing if you don't have that because then you just write.

22:40Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's so interesting. I don't think Tom would trust me to write his life. Do you know what I think? No, I don't. And then I left my towel out every day for a year. I love that. I love those little nuggets into a relationship, those things. I could sense when you said it, he left his towel out. I could see that's the thing. Sorry, I missed the wet. The wet towel. And now a quick break with thanks to the brand behind it all, Argos, and their much-loved A-List. The A-List is an exclusive curated collection of the hottest trending products from the most desirable brands. The true icons of tech, electricals, gaming, and more, all of which Argos are thrilled to give the star treatment they deserve.

23:27They have a whole heap of products which deserve a standing ovation from the likes of Ninja, Nintendo and Samsung. So if you're fancy browsing a lineup of seriously iconic finds, check out the A-List via the Argos app, subject to availability in selected stores and argos.co.uk. Okay, for our next award we have the A-List Award.

23:54What sets it apart? Well, the nominees are hand-picked from Argus' A-list, the place to find premium brands and must-have products. OK. Your category is the best gift for a father who is approaching middle age. This is fun. I wonder why this is the award. I wonder why, too. I wonder. This is genuinely perfect for me, to be fair. You have three nominees, and they're pulled straight from the Argos A-list. Let's have a look. Number one, we have the Ninja Swirl.

24:30An ice cream maker with 13 functions, including soft serve. I love that. And then we have number two. It's the GoPro Max 360, which captures traditional GoPro video and photos or 360-degree footage of everything around you. That's exciting. Number three, we have the Karcher K silent pressure washer. With silent technology that reduces... There's silent technology that reduces perceived noise by 50%. They are all wonderful. Let's discuss the merits of all three now. This is a bit of me. This is a bit of me. I'd say I'm sort of maybe slightly past middle age. I don't know. Are you? I don't know.

25:15Where is middle age? How long are you hoping to live for? I'm hoping to live to 250. OK, you're not there yet. No. Yeah, yeah. No, I'm... I don't think I've got long left. I'm 40, so it's this... I'm 40. Tommy's 40. This is, yeah. This is right in my range. We're approaching. The word was approaching. Oh, this is fantastic. I mean, they're all a lot of fun, aren't they? They're all a lot of fun. We're like... I mean, I did some pressure washing the other day and it made me unbelievably happy. Really? And now I'm at the point where, you know what? Buying ice cream is not enough. I do want to make it.

25:53I do want to make it. And I also want to document all of that in 360-degree angles. So all of this is a bit of me. It's a bit of me. Yeah, I see that. What sort of general gifts do you tend to buy for Tom? Do you buy each other gifts? We do buy each other gifts, but it's quite tricky. because if Tom wants something or needs something, he'll buy it as he goes. So, you know, then you get to Christmas or his birthday and you're like, oh, I don't know. What do I get you? Yeah. So gadgets are actually a really good fit, a bit of tech that maybe he doesn't necessarily need it yet. Then once he sees what it is, then he will.

26:35I feel like the pressure washer, as much as I would love him to want it, that's too much of a comment. do you know what I mean please may you pressure wash yeah yeah yeah you're basically asking him to do a job yeah yeah yeah yeah he once bought me for Christmas my mum and dad were there at the time I'm wrapping it was part of other gifts but he bought me a tea towel holder but it was the silhouette of a cat I love it so you can guess where you stuck the tea towel yeah my mum and dad were like huh you like this guy

27:15however so the ice cream me and tom went through a long time where we realized that actually if you have a glass of wine a night that's too actually that's not very good for you so we swapped it out for a bowl of ice cream every night and this is pre-kid so we would have a bowl of ice cream, watch the Sopranos and then do some knitting. Oh my God. Yeah, I mean, Sopranos kind of balanced everything else out, you know? What you doing? What you doing? Was she like knitting? You knitted everyone a scarf. It was a magical time. So I do think the ice cream machine is, yeah, and it's called Ninja Swirl.

27:56That's pretty cool. That's a sexy name. I think that's what I'd be called if I was a gladiator. Swirl. Ninja Swirl, the whole thing. Yeah, exactly. If you were a gladiator, you'd be called the Karcher K silent pressure washer. The pressure washer, though, that does seem like quite an impactful name. Yeah, it's a good one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I am pressure washer. OK, calm down. And that's silent on there. Then you're like the silent killer. I like that. OK. That is weird then. So you're siding towards the ice cream maker? I feel like, yes. Speaking to you. Yes, yes it is. I think you should go for it.

28:33As a middle-aged man, approaching middle-aged yourself, which one would you gravitate towards? Genuinely, all three are fantastic. The GoPro 360 I think would be really fun, just because I don't, I feel like I'm taking lots of things on my phone, but I actually just think I want to make more fun things, wild, where it's fun for them to watch and stuff. And because when you're a parent, you take loads of photos of your children, but you don't take any photos of yourself. like me and Hannah have no photos together anymore and if we had that then we'd be taking a photo of him and us at the same time so we're just we're smashing all angles well we're at the next phase now where we've got a puppy so now there's no photos of the kids it's just of Dennis so again I think maybe the GoPro Max we're having that out on a walk you're all there that's a good shout that's a great shout okay alright we're going to need a winner what are you going to go for The best gift for a father who is approaching middle-aged, drumroll please...

29:38Is the Ninja Swirl! Ninja Swirl! Ice cream maker with 13 functions including... Soft Sun! That's no good, you know. Okay, there we have it. If you like the sound of any of the products we've just mentioned, then check the Argus app, website or your local store for availability, which may vary. Round of applause, everyone. For thanking you. OK, let's move on to award number four. And this is a really good one, G. Thanks. Really, really good. Might be one of my faves. Best hand gesture.

30:20Oh, love this award category. This is absolutely fantastic. Are you a gesticulator? I love gesticulating. I think it's the... Because I was going to say using my hands and I didn't think that was very clean. So, yes, I do. It's the Italian side of me. Oh, yes, of course. I didn't even think about the Italian side of you. They're constantly doing that and, you know... I think that might be one of my favourite hand gestures. That might be, like, this feels very Italian. And because, like, you know, you sort of... It's quite a cliche Italian thing to do and then you go to Italy and you're like, they do do that!

30:57They really do. They're really quite expressive physically. Yeah. And what does that even mean? Like, what? It's exactly what you're doing there, right? It makes your face screw up a little bit. Oh, what is it? What do you want? It's such a good gesture. What is that? What is it? It's that. Why? You know what I mean? It's all of that. I think it's such a good one. It's really good. It's really satisfying. Yes. You know what I mean? Come on. Yeah, exactly. Another one, actually. It's sort of quite Italian in a way. That same hand gesture to the lips. Like, wah. Ah, the chef's kiss. The chef's...

31:28Ah! Yeah, yeah. The chef's kiss because you're like... It's like you've got the taste of it in your mouth and then you're opening it up to the public. I don't think I can pull that one off. Yes, you can. Ah! Yes, you can. You did it wonderfully. Thank you. I love a simple little thumbs up. I hear the youngsters hate it. The thumbs up with the grin. Eee! Or the peace sign. Apparently, the youngsters hate it. So now every photo, I'm like, peace sign! I know. I'm the same. We're the same age. Maybe it's an age thing, but I just think it's really funny to be like this. It's so funny. Like, why? Just put a camera in our face and we're instantly like 10-year-old girls.

32:08Hi! You've got teenagers, so you sort of know this. Like, I don't know. Like, when I meet someone's teenager, what do I do? Like, do you know what I mean? I met someone's teenager last night and, like, shaking a teenager's hand feels insane. feels insane to do, but I'm not going to hug them, obviously. I'd like high-five. They're too old for a high-five. So I ended up just going like this and doing a little thumbs-up to a teenager. How should I greet your teenagers? Mine would do a simple hug or a fist pump. Fist pump is good! That's a good hand gesture. It's quite cool. And actually, if they're with it, you can jazz it up with a on the way out.

32:54you know sorry what was that G you could be cool and then instantly go into like a little bit of fun like frill it up a little bit frill it up a bit but then should we do that again I was like yeah we've got a handshake we've got a handshake and I feel pretty good about it wait until the Friday Britain Awards we're there yeah next time we see each other on red carpets well they're pretty intimate they know each other they're doing a brr brr at the end what else would be the runners up jazz hands good one yeah I am partial to a little jazz hand. Being an actress. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A little bit of this.

33:29That's good. Just a general wave should never be overlooked. Hey, the OG. Yeah. I mean, the hand gesture. The granddaddy of all hand gestures, the classic wave. I think it's only when you have kids, though, that you start looking at your wave and going, how do I wave? True. Is it a side to side? Is it an up and down? Is it just a royal roll? Yeah. There's so many. Yeah. When my son first learned to wave, they usually learn to wave like that first. Up and down. Then I'm like, oh, yeah, OK. So they're going up and down. And then there was a moment where he's like maybe six months old or something, and he's waving like that.

34:05I was like, oh, no, is this how he's going to wave forever? We need to fix this. Let's go to the winner. And the award for best hand gesture goes to drum roll, please.

34:18The little hand tilt people do over the steering wheel to say thank you when you let someone go or give way. It's good. It's good. It's good. Honestly, I feel like it's the highlight of the school drop-off. I have to drive the kids to school, and so every morning I'm just like, thank you, thank you. You know what I mean? It's just like a nice little... Your hands are on the steering wheel, obviously. What is it? Two and ten? Two and ten. Obviously, all the time. And then the one that's on two just gives like a nice little tilt-up to go, thank you. Yep. And I am waiting. I've got to tell you, I am waiting.

34:53That car that's coming towards me that I've given away, I'm waiting for it. And when I get it, I'm like, I feel happy. It makes you feel fantastic. It does, doesn't it? It makes you feel fantastic. And sometimes you don't even have to lift a whole hand. No. Sometimes you just lift a finger. And somehow they see that. They see that and they appreciate it. You know, it just feels fantastic. And I feel like the more that they do for you, the more hand you lift off the steering wheel. Yes, it's so true. Do you know what I mean? If they don't do much, one finger, they do a little bit, a bit of hand comes off.

35:27If they've really stayed in there... If they've reversed for you. Oh, my God, if they've reversed. That right hand is coming right off the steering wheel. Thank you. And you might get a little bit of a flash of the lights. Bib, bib, bib, bib, bib, bib. That's absolutely fantastic. I just think it's wonderful, and you only realise how wonderful it is when there's an absence of it, which just goes to show how important it is. Oh, my God, if you don't do it, I'm so angry. For a while. I am a nice person. I like to think that people think of me as a nice person. But if I wait for you in a nook of a little sort of countryside road for a while, and you do not lift your finger when you go past me, you can bleep this out, I will be like...

36:12With my mouth.

36:17You can bleep it out. You can bleep it out.

36:26Yes. Yep. Yep. But it is so funny, though, how that sort of, you know, you're just waiting for that nice little, it's pretty quaint, that nice little symbol, that nice little gesture, makes you go, thank you. Thank you. And then you don't get it. Full on rage. Rage? How dare you? that's great put it up on the wall put it up on the wall absolutely fantastic I love that one absolutely love that I was on the school and it just came to me and I was like this is amazing this is the it deserves an award it really does alright time time for the big one guys the award we ask every guest on the show and it is the absolute best feeling in the world

37:14This must be a difficult one for you, Giovanna, because you have a lot of good feelings in your life, because you're just... You have a great podcast, you're an accomplished author, you've been on the West End, you do some great stuff for charity, and you've got to sift through all these incredible things and pick one thing that is the best feeling in the world. How are you going to do it? So in the lead up to this, I spent a little bit of time assessing my day and going, is this the best feeling? You know, I really judged everything in my life, actually. And I took it very seriously, I've got to say.

37:52I thought through, you know, those amazing charity tracks. I thought through the three kids that I have, the puppy, all that love that's in my life. I really thought about it for a while. Yeah. Yeah. Shall we go straight to your winner? Yeah. Let's find out what it is. I'm really excited to find out what this is. And the award for the absolute best feeling in the world goes to... Drum roll, please. What is it? Getting into bed at the end of a long day when it's slightly cold but you have a great thick duvet snuggling in and getting nice and toasty. It's good. It's good. It's good. I love it. That feeling where, oh, you're just getting...

38:33I mean, Tom's about the moment and I love getting into bed on my own. Just having a little snuggle. I don't just have a really thick duvet. I also have a blanket on top. Whoa! Yeah, so I put my arms... You're double dipping? Double dipping. I put my arms over the duvet under the blanket. Yeah, yeah. I've really analysed it a lot. I've got it perfect. It is. And that's why it deserves an award. The weight is important, the weight of the duvet. Do you know what I find hard? Is when it's like, it's slightly warm and I want a heavy duvet that's not hot. Is that a thing that exists? I don't know. I don't know.

39:11Maybe you could put a blanket in a freezer. Maybe. You know what I mean? Maybe you could try that. Maybe we need to go into business together and come up with this. I love it. And you said crisp, I think. There's some point in there. It's that cold, you know, that turn of the weather where, you know, you've not quite got your heating on yet either. You know what I mean? It's a little bit cold. You get in there. It might be a little bit cold as you first get in, but you snuggle and instantly everything's nice and warm and like a cloud around you. It does. That is the best way of describing it, G.

39:40That is absolutely, that cloud around you is wonderful. Do you, when, this is when my hands away or something, this is what I do. And I do, it's nice. It's quite nice to have the freedom of the bed to yourself. I sleep diagonally. Just to really get the benefit of the full bed. I think I might try that. Honestly, it's quite liberating. Do you not wake up and go, where am I? Yeah, sort of. You're like, you know, like, it just, I don't know, it just feels amazing. You feel so much length. Is your head still where it normally would be, but your legs are on the other side of the bottom? Yeah, so head basically goes to right the corner of the cushions, and the legs go to the other corner of the bed.

40:24Wow, that's my evening. I'm going to try that. Yeah, try it. Yeah. Genuinely fun. because your mattress might have some slight sort of, you know, slight dents in it from where you both sleep usually and it's like you're sleeping over the dents and it feels like you're just like you're breaking the rules. You're breaking duvet rules. This is, man, we're getting into the life. The life and times of us. But also it's that time where, like me and Tom, we've been together so long now, I know what works for me, he knows what works for him. He has a weighted blanket that he absolutely loves, yeah. He'll sleep under that.

40:58And sometimes I'm like, I'm sure we should both be sleeping under the same duvet, but I'm very happy. He's sleeping under that and happy, and I'm just snuggled in my own way. I've always wanted to do a weighted blanket, but I've never had the confidence. Honestly, I heard someone on the radio talking about it for the whole of that morning show, and I got it for Tom for his birthday. It must have been about 10 years ago, and he loves it. As someone who is a bit of a light sleeper, who is a bit anxious, it's like being held or pinned down into place if you will sleep put it on the wall

41:39love that that is fantastic great stuff I mean if I ever come back I'll be more punchy maybe with my award titles but I can't promise anything no I like the long titles they make me laugh right so before you go Giovanna Let's recap your slate of incredible award winners. The best way to keep the kids entertained, you gave us the Egg Smash round of applause. Best line from a film, you gave us I wrote you every day for a year. The best gift for a father who's approaching middle age, you gave us the Ninja Swirl. For the best hand gesture, you gave us the little hand tilt that people do over the steering wheel when they say thank you, when they let someone go.

42:20And lastly, the absolute best feeling in the world, you gave us getting into bed at the end of a long day when it's slightly colder, you have a great thick duvet snuggling in and getting nice and toasty.

42:31Are you satisfied with your winners? I'm just really happy that I have been able to highlight some great things, you know, things that really have been lying under the radar, unnoticed for years. They're now up there. I love this. You're a wonderful human being. So me. I genuinely appreciate you coming here. Thank you so, so much. Give it up for Giovanna Fletcher, everybody. Giovanna Fletcher. And that's it for this episode of And the Award Goes To. Thank you to Giovanna for joining us. And if you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to follow. Drop us a five-star review and subscribe on YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts.

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