Geoff Capes
British shot putter and strongmanWikipedia
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Search complete. 68 mentions across 10 episodes found for "Geoff Capes".
Sep 10, 2026
Gavin HorsfallHOST
But Paul called me Jeff, which I have no problem with at all because I have probably been called Jeff more times than any other name in my life.
Gavin HorsfallHOST
Do you want to hazard a guess at why I might have been called Jeff? Uh, the late, great Jeff Capes, maybe? Not quite.
Gavin HorsfallHOST
Not quite.
Gavin HorsfallHOST
I was, uh, I lived in and around Birmingham.
Ed GambleHOST
yeah
Reece ShearsmithGUEST
because you want like massive fella like jeff
Ed GambleHOST
capes yeah
Reece ShearsmithGUEST
not that you know jeff i don't remember yeah yeah wrestler
Ed GambleHOST
big lad big lad
Reece ShearsmithGUEST
and uh
MartinHOST
Maybe you're Nigel Mansell in disguise.
MartinHOST
Maybe you're Geoff Capes.
MartinHOST
Everybody was Geoff Capes.
MartinHOST
Everybody had a chance to be Geoff Capes on It's a Royal Knockout.
MartinHOST
We did.
MarkHOST
Oh, they've got a giant cauldron now.
MartinHOST
Prince Daniels.
MartinHOST
He's the best one.
Geoff NeupertGUEST
I don't know, taken aback, right? Like just in awe of the world's strongest men.
Geoff NeupertGUEST
I started watching those competitions when I lived in England and Jeff Capes would go up against Bill Kazmaier.
Geoff NeupertGUEST
And this was like 82, 83.
Geoff NeupertGUEST
And then John Paul Sigmarsson came in like 83, 84, 85.
MarkHOST
Christ, why they got some actually quite big stars.
MartinHOST
What, wearing the, the Geoff Capes outfit?
MarkHOST
No, no, no.
MarkHOST
He, he's behind Jenny, Jenny Eclair.
MarkHOST
Mm
MartinHOST
...
MartinHOST
it was, uh, Gary Lineker in the Geoff Capes, uh, outfit.
MarkHOST
Yeah.
Rob BeckettHOST
My dad used to rip open Yellow Pages, rip Yellow Pages apart.
Josh WiddicombeHOST
Did he, like Geoff Capes?
Rob BeckettHOST
As a party trick, yeah.
Josh WiddicombeHOST
So how many Yellow Pages would he have?
John RobinsHOST
Um, I wasn't mad keen on some-
Elis JamesHOST
You tore it in half like Geoff Capes.
Elis JamesHOST
[laughs]
John RobinsHOST
Yeah, but it's very small.
Johnny VaughanHOST
Right.
Johnny VaughanHOST
What are they baptizing in there? Like, Geoff Capes.
Sunta TempletonHOST
[laughing]
Johnny VaughanHOST
[laughing] It's enormous.
Paul LarkinsHOST
And Lewis Capes, he was there as well.
Paul LarkinsHOST
So a son of Jeff Capes, the former great shot cutter.
Paul LarkinsHOST
So, you know, everyone was in the cheap seats.
Paul LarkinsHOST
So the only guy that wasn't, I suppose, was Paul Head, the Olympic hammer thrower, because the hammer was the other end.
MartinHOST
[laughs] I know.
MarkHOST
It's Geoff Capes.
MartinHOST
Oh, watch out.
MarkHOST
Watch out.
MarkHOST
Oh, he's crushed him.
MartinHOST
Make all these budgies disappear.
MartinHOST
Geoff Capes could-
MarkHOST
Geoff Capes could kill anyone there