Beccy returns as Nicki Minaj joins Hackney Weekend
Hannah from York introduced the programme while predicting that she would fail her history exam the following day. Scott attempted to motivate her with Mariah Carey’s Hero, although the song was more likely to remain stuck in her head than supply any useful answers. He was also preoccupied by how anybody could complete a two-hour exam without food, eventually concluding that a kebab would probably be too disruptive.
After a string of clues, Scott announced Nicki Minaj as the Saturday special guest at Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend. She joined a bill already featuring Jay-Z, Rihanna, Plan B, Swedish House Mafia, Calvin Harris and Chase & Status. With fewer than two weeks until the event, Scott described the scale of the six-stage weekend and reminded listeners that the entire festival would be carried on Radio 1 and its website.
Beccy then returned to the studio after a lengthy illness. Scott and Chris had visited her with flowers, doughnuts and a Chinese takeaway, although Beccy suspected they had expected her to entertain them while she recovered. Her absence had left health and safety in a questionable state, including the discovery of an old mackerel tangled inside the sheet used for Innuendo Bingo.
Chris tested whether his newly married friend Mark would notice that a supposedly ordinary phone call consisted of lyrics from Adele’s Someone Like You. Mark patiently accepted remarks about settling down, finding a girl and having dreams come true before finally recognising the song after one minute and 40 seconds. Beccy’s guess of 30 seconds was nowhere close, but Scott welcomed her back with the chance to rebuild her depleted stock of points.
Scott also launched a plan to create a replacement for the songs routinely used beneath emotional sporting montages. The proposed lyrics needed to work whether a team won or lost, producing early suggestions such as “You did your best” and “When all lose, we’re on the booze”. Show and Tell then examined romantic song lyrics stencilled above beds, with Snow Patrol judged only marginally less alarming than McFly or the Spice Girls.
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