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2	Giles Wemmbley-Hogg! Two M's, two G's, from Budleigh-Salterton!
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4	Intrepid world-traveller, audio diarist, and upper-class twit documents his adventures around the globe. His enthusiasm is matched only by his naivety; he is well-meaning, but is definitely treated like the butt-monkey by those around him.
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6	Played by Marcus Brigstocke, based on a character he did doing stand-up comedy, written by Brigstocke, Jeremy Salsby, and Graeme Garden, and first broadcast on BBC Radio 2002-2011.
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8	!!Tropes that appear in this work include:
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10	* BaitAndSwitch: His trip to India episode starts with Giles at a market, lots of Indian voices calling out, Indian music playing, [[spoiler: only to reveal he's in Birmingham, before he leaves England.]]
11	* ButtMonkey: Giles is well meaning, but hamfisted, and is treated as a buffoon by other characters.
12	* CatchPhrase: When something goes awry, expect Giles to utter an exasperated:
13	--> ''Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.''
14	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: When asked what his ideal career is, Giles replies:
15	--> '''Giles''': Pudding Taster, Corduroy Model, or [[Music/NeilDiamond Neil Diamond]]!
16	--> '''conversant''': Is Neil Diamond a career??
17	--> '''Giles''': Twenty-four/seven!
18	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: While in Thailand, he gets lost, only to find himself in the middle of a (very illegal) hemp plantation.
19	--> ''I didn't think there was much of a rope and sacking industry.''
20	* FishOutOfWater: Whether taking a large amount of fishing gear to drought-ridden Sudan, getting stuck in a research station in the Arctic, or going on a student trip to Cuba, Giles never quite knows what he's getting himself in for.
21	* LocalReference: Giles often makes incongruous comparisons between things he encounters on his travels and things in his beloved hometown of Budleigh Salterton.
22	* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: Comes up a couple of times.
23	--> ''Adventure is my middle name! Well, between St.John and Leonard.''
24	* [[Music/NeilDiamond Neil Diamond]]: Giles and his family are big fans.
25	* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Done a couple of times
26	--> When meeting the yogi (holy man) at an ashram in India:
27	---> '''Yogi''': I am the resident yogi.
28	---> '''Giles''': Then I'll be the resident [[WesternAnimation/YogiBear Boo-Boo]]!
29	---> '''Yogi''': Pardon?
30	---> '''Giles''': Nothing...
31	---> '''Yogi''': Did you do the Yogi Bear joke?
32	---> '''Giles''': ... Yes.
33	--> When in a spice market in Zanzibar
34	---> '''Giles''': You must be a [[Music/SpiceGirls spice girl]]!
35	---> '''Spice seller''': Yes, bwana, nice spices.
36	---> '''Giles''': [[Music/SpiceGirls Well, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want.]]
37	---> '''Spice seller''' ''(now cross)'': And please don't ask for a zig-a-zig-ah. I don't sell them - I don't even know what they are. and I don't understand why every tourist thinks it's so funny to ask for them.
38	* NoodleIncident: Most of how Giles has managed to get himself wherever he is are these.
39	** ''... One thing led to another, and here I am!''
40	** Recounting school: ''I did archery... Someone got hurt. So I did quilting... Someone got hurt. So I did sitting quietly... I got a B in that!''
41	** He's not allowed alone in his office, because the last time he was, there was an international incident. With the Dead Sea Scrolls. And some custard.
42	* ShoutOut: When shot at in the Thai hemp plantation:
43	--> ''Are you the farmer? I sound like [[Film/WithnailAndI Withnail]]...''
44	* SnapBack: Several episodes end with Giles apparently facing certain death, only for him to be back to normal for the next episode, with no explanation or acknowledgement.
45	* ToiletHumour: Reference in his Thailand journey, where he goes for a journey of self-discovery. The listener is spared the details, except to be told about
46	--> ''...spending the night, squatting over a tiny hole, spraying pint after pint of boiling-hot magma down the back of your legs. ... Still, it should be easier to find myself, now that half of me has been liquidised and despatched down that...''
47	* UpperClassTwit: Giles is this in spades.
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