The heat had made everybody weird
Scott had a theory about the British heatwave.
Because the country was not used to sustained high temperatures, people started behaving strangely.
His evidence came from a train journey.
On an extremely hot, crowded train, a man sitting nearby took out a carton of milk and drank almost the whole thing.
Scott thought milk was one of the least appealing drinks possible in that heat.
Listeners immediately disagreed.
Some said cold milk was perfectly normal.
Others supplied stranger examples.
In Glasgow, somebody had seen a man walking a hamster on a lead through George Square.
Another listener described a girlfriend who ignored the fuel warning light because she assumed the car could simply keep going.
Eventually it ran out.
Scott was convinced the sunshine was responsible for a collective decline in judgement.
Julie’s big moment went wrong in one word
Graduation season then supplied a viral clip from America.
An announcer was reading names as students crossed the stage.
Everything was routine until Julie Kirkhoff.
The name came out sounding like “Julie Jerkhoff”.
The announcer immediately realised what had happened, corrected herself and asked forgiveness.
Scott and Chris felt terrible for Julie.
Graduation was supposed to be one of the formal moments people remembered for life.
Now hers was attached to a clip of somebody accidentally turning her surname into something rude in front of the entire ceremony.
Chris had promised to become “a great man”
The discussion made Scott and Chris compare their own graduation experiences.
Scott had never attended university in the conventional way but had received an honorary doctorate for his work in media.
Chris had graduated from the University of Southampton with a 2:2.
When the vice-chancellor shook his hand and asked what he planned to do next, Chris felt he needed an impressive answer.
He said: “I’m going to become a great man.”
Looking back, even Chris could not understand why he had chosen something so theatrical.
A lecturer projectile-vomited on a graduate
Listeners then supplied their own disasters.
One message described a Birmingham graduation where a lecturer projectile-vomited over somebody as they went up to collect the award and then passed out.
Another graduate had chosen spectacular bright-blue glittery heels because the gown limited every other opportunity to make the outfit dramatic.
During the walk across the stage, one shoe became displaced at exactly the moment she tried to turn the presentation into a glamorous pose.
Graduation ceremonies were carefully choreographed.
That made every unexpected bodily function, name mistake or shoe problem stand out even more.
Good News Jamie returned
The programme also brought back Jamie, a listener whose almost unstoppable enthusiasm had turned him into “Good News Jamie”.
He had spent the week sending excitable messages to Chris after being followed on Instagram.
Jamie talked about listening to Radio 1 for years and admitted he sometimes spoke back to the presenters even though they obviously could not hear him.
He even said goodbye to the radio when switching it off.
Scott and Chris liked using Jamie as an antidote to grim headlines.
His energy was so relentless that even ordinary things, including a butterfly landing on somebody, could become a reason to be delighted.
They asked him to return with the funniest positive story he could find.
Love Island might feature World Cup commentary
The final experiment connected two of the summer’s biggest television obsessions.
Football commentator Clive Tyldesley had asked Chris whether it would be acceptable to mention that England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford resembled Alex from *Love Island* during that night’s World Cup commentary.
Chris encouraged him.
Scott considered a *Love Island* reference during an England match bold, but the idea was too entertaining to discourage completely.
Their fake couple photograph had already appeared on the ITV reality show several times.
Now they were potentially responsible for *Love Island* language entering the World Cup itself.
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