Smokies & Wine

Every Wednesday, 7pm to 10pm, for 3hrs of Smokies & Wine on Westway Radio. Great music and chat with JB & Jamie.

Every Wednesday, 7pm to 10pm, for 3hrs of Smokies & Wine on Westway Radio. Great music and chat with JB & Jamie.

Coming to the fore of sport as Snooker's "King of the 80's", Steve Davis' manager, Barry's larger than life persona and unmatched business acumen made him a dynamic force to be reckoned with. Since those heady days of 80's snooker Barry has gone on to dominate and drive many popular sports onto greater heights!

From being unable to do the front crawl for a full length and not owning a bike in 2012, to becoming a GB triathlete and competing around the world. Amy Kilpin tells the inspiring story of her journey and the determination needed to succeed at the top whilst also running a business.

A UK and Europe Champion pool player back in the day, Michaela became one of the top international Pool referees. She was soon snapped up by World Snooker and hit the refereeing heights there also, going on to ref 2 world finals at the fabled Crucible. Blazing a trail for women in sport we have a great chat with an icon!

With tours of N. Ireland, Bosnia and Iraq in his locker, we get to know Calum as he chats about his army career. We also learn of some crazy dangerous moments during his private security stints in the Middle East, and his brief MMA fighting career. Calum also bares all about the mental scars those periods have left him with.

Arbroath Red Lichtie and professional tennis player, Jonny excels in doubles play. Currently on the main doubles tour, partnering fellow Davis Cup team member Cameron Norrie, he has a high world ranking of 44. We catch up with Jonny during a rain break at the Cinch Championships being held at the Queens Club, London

A snooker child prodigy, first century at 9yrs old,  Gary won many prestigious tournaments before turning pro at 19. With a world ranking high of 17, Gary reached the semi final at the 2019 World Championships. We have a cracking blether with Gary on his elite snooker career and where to buy a last minute ill-fitting waistcoat!

Born in Norway, William's father is a Red Lichtie and Norwegian champion jockey. Following in his father's footsteps he is the premier jockey for the world leading and legendary stable, Godolphin. The Derby winning jockey and world ranked No.3 chats to us about his career and reveals a few secrets, on the hoof!

Sitting in 4 Hall of Fames including Arbroath FC, Jimmy’s playing career reads like a who’s who of football. Well travelled, he's played with Dalglish, Law, Rylance and against Cruyff, Beckenbauer and Best ...the list goes on and on! The ex-Scottish internationalist sit's down with us and reminisces about his life in football.

The remarkable Christy Martin was named the best woman boxer in the world by the World Boxing Council in 1996. She also famously fought on the undercard of the 2nd Tyson v Bruno bout in Las Vegas. Stabbed and shot by her life serving ex-husband in another chapter of her life, Christy has an amazing story to tell.

Rob is co-founder and co-owner of our fantastic wine sponsors, Wine & Something. Here we chat about how the company came about and the extremely tough job he has of visiting numerous vineyards in beautiful parts of the world tasting glorious wines - just for you! Oh.... he also has a couple of cracking wine tips! www.wineandsomething.com

Liz is an ex-World Champion 10,000m athlete, Olympic silver medallist & Marathon champion. Originally from Dundee, she lived near Arbroath and could be spotted regularly out for a jog through the town. To mere mortals, the speed she was going, it looked like she was always being chased by the Rozzers....for miles!!

Compared to many celebrity partnerships, in reality they are the silky voiced Mavericks of Arbroath FC TV who provide the commentary you all love from Gayfield. In a special end of the football season episode we celebrate staying in the Championship and get under the skin of the dynamic duo!

Natasha is 4-time British Figure skating champion and a potential Olympic medallist. We are looking forward to catching up with Natasha to find out what makes her tick and discuss the skill, mentality and utter dedication it takes to get to the top of the sport

Arbroath lad who rose rapidly to prominence on cult UK 90's gaming show, Gamesmaster. Riding that crest of a wave Dominik carried on surfing effortlessly through UK popular culture with TV hits and award winning radio shows. We catch up with the Celtic fan and Canada native over a bottle of utter pish.

Hotshot slinger of arrows, and Arbroath native, Alan has been a stalwart for the Scottish national team, captaining them for many years. Recently he breezed through PDC qualifying to make the big time and in his PDC rookie season he has made established players take notice with some huge scalps.

Is wine guru too strong a phrase? We don’t think so! He has been described as the Stewart Lee of wine tasting and an absolute nutcase but what he doesn’t know about wine isn’t worth knowing. He also  plays a mean guitar!

A private chef around the world before coming runner up in Masterchef (The Professionals) and opening his own restaurant. He makes posh nosh, fish suppers and gin! He’s also got a few surprises up his culinary sleeve!

In episode 2 we chat to sports announcer Phil Seymour. Phil works across many sports with Snooker and Boxing two of the biggest. He is also currently going head-to-head with ex-World champion snooker player, Shaun Murphy, in fundraising weight loss challenge, Snooker's Biggest Loser.

We chat to Arbroath lass, Sam Evans, about her championship winning bodybuilding career. Why she got into it, her dedication, diet, ambition to be World Champion....oh, and her hatred of Herbalife!!

A cracking new podcast with two Arbroath Smokies chatting to various guests over a glass or two of wine! Some snooker and boxing chat, some general sport chat, throw in a conversation or two on social affairs then add in loads of interesting guests with more knowledge than the hosts and you'll have a great way to spend some listening time.