Chris could now be seen from the studio
Scott and Chris’s remote setup improved again.
Scott could watch Chris on a screen throughout the programme.
That created immediate opportunities for scrutiny.
Chris had tape around his wrist as part of some improvised home fix.
His clothes below desk level were suddenly visible enough for Scott to comment on too.
Remote working was becoming less technically mysterious and more like having a permanent webcam pointed at one another.
Jordan North learned Korean
Greg James had challenged Jordan North to use the extra time at home to learn a new skill.
Jordan chose Korean.
He had learned basics including greetings and ordering a beer.
Radio 1 then made the task much harder.
Chris and Jordan would attempt a section of BTS’s “Boy With Luv” in Korean.
Chris claimed he had spent about an hour preparing and already suspected Jordan had done less.
The result became a deliberately unfair language sing-off between two Radio 1 presenters who were nowhere near fluent.
Scott judged the effort more than the accent.
The Mariah challenge finally found somebody
The show was still hunting for somebody able to hit the impossible note in “Emotions.”
Then comedian and singer Jayde Adams called.
Scott already knew Jayde and realised this was no random confident listener.
She could genuinely sing.
Jayde warned that performing that high, that early in the day, was difficult.
Then she did it.
After days of shrieking, near misses and heroic failure, Radio 1 finally had somebody who could convincingly reach the note.
Scott was delighted.
The challenge could be put to bed.
Tap End went to Chinese Dave’s
The archive story returned to one of Chris’s university weekends.
Friday night involved football and a barbecue at Chinese Dave’s.
Chris admitted that, during university, his barbecue standards were low enough to include disposable versions almost daily.
At one point a missing barbecue was replaced using a shopping trolley as the grill.
Scott was both appalled and impressed by the engineering.
The following day, the group travelled to a major northern theme park.
Theme-park diplomacy was required
One friend became overconfident around two women on a ride.
Unfortunately their father was nearby.
Chris ended up standing beside the angry dad while the friend rode away, apparently giving celebratory gestures from the carriage.
The park eventually told the group to move on from that area.
Chris described the weekend as a lesson in facing fear and negotiating with angry fathers.
Scott thought it sounded more like everybody should simply have behaved better.
Peter Crouch entered the Wendy house
The day’s remote mix belonged to Peter Crouch.
Crouch was broadcasting from his daughter’s Wendy house in the garden.
Scott immediately became obsessed with the physical image.
Peter Crouch is extremely tall.
The playhouse was designed for children.
Crouch admitted it was not especially comfortable but said it was workable and, importantly, somewhere he could escape the rest of the family for half an hour.
The Wendy House Anthems began
Crouch chose indie and festival records and talked about home-schooling his children.
He admitted teaching an eight-year-old was harder than expected.
Scott joked that football had merely been the route Peter used to reach his true ambition:
DJing on Radio 1 from a Wendy house.
The visual was strong enough that almost any playlist would have worked.
Crouch still delivered the anthems.
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