The Bounty conspiracy was real
Scott’s fiancé had chosen a Celebrations Advent calendar.
Door one contained a Bounty.
Door two contained another Bounty.
Listeners reported exactly the same pattern.
Scott had initially assumed the contents would vary between calendars.
The messages suggested otherwise.
Everyone appeared to receive the same chocolate on each day.
That created an unexpected problem.
If Radio 1 announced what was behind door three, it could spoil thousands of Advent calendars.
Door three upgraded to Mars
The programme eventually revealed the answer.
After two Bounties, day three contained a Mars bar.
Scott treated this as progress.
Some listeners remained angry at the early Bounty allocation.
Others offered to take every unwanted one.
One man even said he liked freezing them.
The programme was now discussing a mass-market Advent calendar with the intensity normally reserved for a television cliffhanger.
Whoovent opened another door
Radio 1’s own calendar worked differently.
Each day contained a retro clip suitable for the Who Game.
Behind the third door was the famously awkward Robert Dyas Christmas advert, where staff introduced themselves as gay, straight or bisexual before explaining they all liked shopping at Robert Dyas.
Scott and Chris loved the ad precisely because it belonged to a very specific moment in British Christmas advertising.
The clip immediately qualified as a Whoovent classic.
Who had never heard of Andy Murray?
The day’s other theme began with somebody admitting they had never heard of Andy Murray.
Scott could barely believe it.
Andy was due to face Superfan Steve the following day.
The programme therefore asked listeners for people in their lives who somehow had never heard of genuinely famous figures.
The examples escalated quickly.
Someone had never heard of Beyoncé.
An 18-year-old apprentice had never heard of Elton John.
Another person had only just discovered Tom Hardy.
One listener claimed a 19-year-old brother had never heard of the Queen.
Scott refused to believe that one.
Lizzo had not heard of Scott either
Scott was forced to acknowledge the joke worked both ways.
Lizzo had previously failed to recognise him.
He could hardly complain that every young person should know every celebrity when major pop stars did not necessarily know who Scott Mills was.
The feature exposed how fragmented fame had become.
Somebody could be one of the most famous people in Britain and still be completely absent from another person’s cultural world.
Superfan Steve’s next target was revealed
The programme had spent days teasing the next huge Superfan Steve booking.
Now it confirmed the target.
Andy Murray.
Chris would sit in the next studio with all the answers.
Andy would be told he was competing against his biggest fan.
Scott considered it one of the most ambitious versions yet.
The following afternoon would find out whether a two-time Wimbledon champion could beat a man who already had the answer sheet.
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