Janet Street-Porter: 80, Off the Leash and Saying It For You

On this week's episode, we're joined by Janet Street-Porter, who turns 80 in December, owns four wedding rings with no plans for a fifth, and once sat Daniel Craig at the end of a village hall table for her 60th birthday party. The self-described nation's favourite pissed off pensioner talks to Kaye and Karen about a childhood spent writing herself a parallel world, a Fleet Street career built on strategy rather than charm, five marriages, one biological age test that came back at 56, and why she'll tell a stranger on a train to keep his voice down. Women come to her shows and tell her she's saying the things they've never been able to say. Her answer is the mantra of the show itself: don't let anyone put you on a leash.

Janet's one-woman tour, Still Off the Leash at 80, runs across the UK from 14 September 2026 to April 2027.

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Tickets for Janet's tour: https://www.janetstreetporter.com/tour

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