Scott catches Olympic fever
Scott and Chris begin a week covering the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. After watching gymnastics, table tennis and sailing over the weekend, Scott has finally become fully absorbed by the Rio Olympics. Golf is the only event he refuses to accept as Olympic entertainment.
The Irish rowers Gary and Paul O’Donovan become particular favourites. Their interviews repeatedly return to food, steak and the Olympic village, even after winning Ireland’s first rowing medal. Scott and Chris admire their ability to treat a historic silver medal as another enjoyable part of getting breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Real or No Real enters deep water
A report about a roughly 400-year-old Greenland shark fascinates Scott, who cannot understand how an animal could have lived through so much history. Chris wonders whether the shark’s extremely slow life offers a method of extending his own.
Real or No Real also claims that Brooklyn Beckham and Chloë Grace Moretz are being pursued for a reality show. The most entertaining question suggests that the eliminated baker in the new Great British Bake Off will have to jump into a lake. It is false in Britain but based on a genuine rule in the Danish version, which Scott immediately wants to watch.
Luke delivers a wedding business
Teacher Luke pitches “Wedding in a Van” to Deborah Meaden. A specially equipped vehicle would bring an ordained minister, cake, catering, clothes, seating and even a best man to the couple. Customers could choose additions from a numbered menu, making marriage as convenient as ordering a takeaway.
Deborah asks whether anybody has said they want to marry this way and points out that wedding venues require licences. Luke has done no market research, has not solved the licensing problem and forgets to ask for his proposed £100,000 investment. He desperately adds that he has seen a suitable van for £6,000, but Deborah is already out. Listeners nevertheless admire the idea, while a rival proposal for “divorce on a horse” quickly appears.
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