The castle date went superbly well
Listeners had spent Easter demanding the conclusion to Friday’s first date at Elvaston Castle. The anonymous woman remained unusually difficult to book, but had sent one email saying that she could not talk in front of her date and that the afternoon had gone “superbly well”.
Scott and Chris accepted that as a successful outcome. They wanted to know whether the man had discovered his date was being followed across Radio 1 and how he could improve on a castle next time, but promised to wait until she was available.
The programme also looked back at Monday’s one-hit-wonders day, when Scott and Chris covered Breakfast and Radio 1 filled its schedule with artists who had reached the Top 20 only once since 2000.
Danny Howard becomes Gary Lucy again
Danny Howard arrived in his usual black clothing, although his grey jeans represented a small move away from monochrome. Scott continued calling him Gary Lucy and tried to devise a new DJ gimmick for Big Weekend.
The suggestions included masks, a bubble machine, pizza thrown into the crowd and a T-shirt cannon. Danny preferred to rely on the music, but admitted the bubble machine had worked surprisingly well at earlier performances.
For Innuendo Bingo, he faced Sara Cox moving rapidly between subjects, England cricketers training with wet balls and advice about getting two fingers around a badger’s collar. Penelope Keith learned that she would have to sit on something, while French chef Raymond Blanc sang as he washed a pan.
Danny and Chris soaked each other so enthusiastically that the grey jeans became even less practical. Danny understood the game immediately and treated every returning spray as an invitation to escalate it.
A message from Raymond Blanc
Shortly after the game, Raymond Blanc tweeted Scott about the kitchen clip. Chris, a committed admirer of the chef, was stunned that Scott had acquired direct messages from him so easily.
Blanc said he was entering a meeting but would ask his team to call later. Scott began trying to arrange a proper appearance, while Chris hoped to bring him into the studio for Innuendo Bingo.
A revision break for Amber
Scott rang listener Amber during her English revision and introduced her to the Very British Problems account. Its observations included the pressure of choosing television in somebody else’s home, muttering at slow cash machines and maintaining an unnaturally quick pace after overtaking somebody on foot.
The distraction worked too well: Amber followed the account and began reading it instead of returning to work. Scott ordered her back to revision after a few minutes and reminded other students about BBC Bitesize.
First Dates and Real or No Real
Scott had become absorbed in Channel 4’s First Dates, particularly the French maître d’, the conspicuously drunk diner from Croydon and a man whose selfie stick unexpectedly charmed his date. Chris proposed combining blind dating with Innuendo Bingo so two strangers’ first act would be spraying water at each other.
Charlie Sloth then played Real or No Real, with Alan Dedicoat reading the claims. Prince Charles really did employ somebody to iron his shoelaces, and actors had initially been paid to push shopping trolleys around stores because customers thought the new invention looked strange.
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