Judging the best-turned-out horse
Scott and Chris had DJed at Haydock Park and unexpectedly been asked to judge the best-turned-out horse. They entered the parade ring without knowing whether to assess the animals’ manes, markings, muscles or general confidence.
Both repeatedly returned to horse number nine, which Scott believed possessed an indefinable “horsey X factor”. Their decision was accepted without challenge and the horse won, leaving them amazed that professionals had trusted two radio presenters who had compared the parade to a horse version of Take Me Out.
Bear versus bear
A recent video of a man frightening away a real bear had left Scott and Chris wondering how Bear Grylls would respond. They acquired a realistic brown-bear costume and arranged for Chris to approach from behind during Bear’s live interview, with the guest’s team aware but Bear himself kept uninformed.
Bear detected the movement and reacted almost instantly. He turned, grabbed Chris and forced him to the floor before the costume head and the laughter revealed the prank. Chris could see very little through the bear’s mouth and initially thought he had been punched, while Bear seemed more amused than offended once everybody recovered.
Bear then provided genuine guidance. A person should become large, noisy and aggressive if a bear enters their territory, but remain meek, keep eye contact and back away slowly after entering the animal’s space. The response also depended on whether the animal was a black bear or grizzly, making the show’s previous collection of simple slogans dangerously incomplete.
Breakfast with Birdy
Birdy visited before her Live Lounge performance, while Bear discussed encouraging people to volunteer through Radio 1’s One Million Hours campaign. The programme also fitted in Real or No Real and Battle of the Bangers, but the sight of Chris being flattened in the costume dominated the morning.
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