Scott got a free coffee
Scott had gone into a coffee shop expecting an ordinary transaction.
Instead, the person serving him said the drink was on the house and hoped it made his day better.
Scott was delighted for several seconds.
Then he started wondering why.
A theory emerged that some coffee-shop staff had discretion to give away occasional drinks, sometimes to customers they liked.
That could mean Scott had received a free coffee because somebody found him attractive.
Chris offered the less flattering possibility.
Maybe the barista thought Scott looked as though he needed cheering up.
The feature became “Fitty or Pity?”
Scott wanted to know whether the drink had been a tiny act of flirting or compassion.
Listeners who had worked in cafés explained the different reasons staff might give somebody a free drink, but there was no definitive answer to Scott’s particular case.
The wedding suits were hiding something
Scott and Chris had both needed suits during the week.
Chris hated clothes shopping, so Scott had been helping him choose what to wear.
At this stage they were still vague about why.
Scott was sending photographs to Chris’s girlfriend while they shopped so she could approve the choices.
The significance would become clear the following morning.
Georgia refused to risk Biggest Weekend
Radio 1’s Biggest Weekend competition was entering the dangerous stage.
Listener Georgia correctly identified a very short music clip and won tickets to the Swansea event.
She was then offered a choice.
Keep the tickets, or risk them for the chance to upgrade the prize and meet Craig David.
Georgia loved Craig David.
That was exactly why Scott expected her to gamble.
She refused.
After previous difficulties getting tickets, simply being at Biggest Weekend mattered more than the celebrity meeting.
Scott thought she had made the sensible decision, even if it denied the programme the tension of watching somebody potentially lose everything.
Scott and Chris wanted the CBeebies Bedtime Story
Celebrity CBeebies Bedtime Stories had become an institution, with actors and musicians appearing to read to children.
Scott and Chris wanted in.
They cited people including Tom Hardy and Eddie Redmayne and publicly asked CBeebies to let them have a turn.
They promised they would take the responsibility seriously.
Scott could imagine the pair providing a calm, reassuring bedtime moment.
Anybody familiar with the rest of the programme had reasonable grounds to wonder how long that would last.
The appeal was left with CBeebies.
The following morning, however, there was a much bigger personal announcement waiting.
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