Off the Ball at Euro 2008

France and Germany to the left, Switzerland on your right. Stuart and Tam arrive in Basel to present Off the Ball from Euro 2008.

Tam is caught wearing a shocking pair of nylon strides as he struggles to send a fax. Do they make those for men too?

Hotel Posh. This is where European football's top brass stay when they're in Basel. Stuart and Tam couldn't make it past the concierge.

Always thinking of the licence fee, Stuart and Tam book into a more modest hotel

Tam engages in a bit of time-travel to interview a Swiss football fan in 1982. We're not sure what decade the guy thought Tam was from.

Uefa general secretary David Taylor guards his pockets in the company of a St Johnstone and a Motherwell fan.

Is Tam preparing his Off the Ball script or unwrapping a roll and sausage that he smuggled into the country?

Stuart and Tam take a wander downtown in Basel into the fan zone. Were the big screens working?

Only Stuart and Tam could find such a cheesy bar in Switzerland. Everything was made of plastic.

This is what your radio host looks like after a night on the sauce.

Chocolatier Stephan Shiesser gets wedged in a double nougat with our sweet-toothed presenters.

Tam tries to tease the tastebuds of guest Stephan Shiesser with some good old tablet and fudge.

Yodelling star Ms Smug (honest!) puts Tam and Stuart through their paces, though Stuart's asthma prevents a perfect performance.

Fabienne Repond from the Basel tourist office joins the guys in a renovated pole-dancing club to present the programme.

Stuart refuses to move from the kids' fire engine until Tam gives him a few spare euros for some rides.

The ultimate cheapskates. Sipping one drink between them, Stuart and Tam enjoy a blackcurrant juice at Heathrow on the way home.

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