Scott and Chris took over Breakfast
Grimmy was off, so Scott and Chris moved into the Radio 1 Breakfast Show.
The day began with the usual early-morning confusion over how the booking had happened, including Scott discovering that people had struggled to contact his representatives despite the far simpler option of simply ringing him.
Once they were on air, Chris immediately wanted to show everybody his latest gadget.
Chris had installed a doorbell he could watch from anywhere
Chris had bought a smart video doorbell.
When somebody approached the house, the camera and motion sensor could alert his phone. He could see the visitor and speak through the doorbell even if he was nowhere near home.
Chris loved it.
He had already become slightly obsessed with watching saved clips of people walking past the house and seeing the moments when family arrived or bins were taken out.
Scott pointed out that the security fantasy in the advertisement did not entirely survive contact with reality. A burglar was not necessarily going to walk politely up to the front door and press the bell.
Chris did not care.
He wanted to use the voice feature for deliveries and imagined persuading famous guests from the programme to answer visitors through it.
The system was initially so sensitive that passing cars could trigger alerts, forcing him to adjust the settings before his new security device became a full-time notification service.
Demi Lovato was stuck in Birmingham
Demi Lovato had postponed shows after suffering vocal problems.
Scott discussed footage and updates from Birmingham, where she had been recovering in a hotel and undergoing medical checks on her voice.
A camera had been used to examine her vocal cords through her nose.
For Scott, it was another reminder that a cancelled pop show could involve rather more unpleasant medical detail than the polite phrase “vocal rest” suggested.
First kisses were not always romantic
Love Island had put first kisses back into conversation, so Scott and Chris asked listeners for the moments which had gone badly wrong.
James remembered being a teenager and kissing a girl in a park.
The kiss itself seemed to go well.
Then they noticed blood.
James had developed a nosebleed and the girl ended up with blood on her face.
Another listener offered a shorter disaster: somebody farted during the first kiss.
Then came the story that was difficult to beat.
A woman remembered being around 15 and finally kissing a boy she had fancied.
Almost immediately afterwards, he asked whether she had eaten peanuts.
She had.
He was allergic.
The boy’s mother had to take him to hospital.
The romantic milestone had therefore ended with a medical emergency caused by the food one of them had eaten before the kiss.
Scott and Chris had begun the feature looking for awkward teenage memories.
They ended it having established that, compared with anaphylaxis, an embarrassing nosebleed was not actually the worst possible outcome.
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