The Academy gets wet
Evan Davis joined the second Exeter programme before leading a mass edition of Innuendo Bingo. The Academy audience had been supplied with yellow ponchos and goggles, then arranged around Evan and Chris so that every spit could trigger another.
Before the game, Evan discussed presenting Newsnight, meeting aspiring entrepreneurs before they entered Dragons’ Den and the Academy’s advice sessions. He said entrepreneurship had rarely been presented as an option while he was at school, making the practical guidance particularly valuable.
The Bingo clips drew on his own Radio 4 work as well as Dragons’ Den and other BBC programmes. Once the first person lost their water, the response spread across the crowd and Evan was hit from several directions. Scott declared it the show’s most highbrow edition, although the result was as chaotic as any other.
A queue for absolutely nothing
Exeter was so excited about the approaching Big Weekend that social media users thought they were spotting artists across the city. Scott and Chris decided to test whether that enthusiasm could create a queue without a destination.
Chris stood outside the Academy while several people who understood the experiment formed a line. Passers-by joined them despite nobody explaining what was available. The queue grew solely because people assumed those ahead must know something, proving how little encouragement Exeter needed to gather for a possible Big Weekend opportunity.
Greg plays Real or No Real
Greg James joined Real or No Real. One claim suggested Scott had presented Eurovision in his underwear because only the top half of his dinner suit appeared on camera. Scott confirmed that he had been fully dressed.
The game ended in a 20–20 draw. After two days at the Academy, Scott recorded the podcast introduction quietly on a crowded train back to London, bringing the Exeter broadcasts to a suitably less glamorous end.
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