Chris had a number-one record in his orbit
The *Wellerman* remix story had begun with Chris messaging 220 Kid and suggesting somebody should remix Nathan Evans’ viral sea shanty.
Chris had recorded a rough voice note.
Scott had become involved.
The finished remix went out into the world.
Now the chart result had arrived.
It reached number one.
Chris knew he was only a tiny part of the record’s actual creation, but Scott refused to let him underplay it completely.
The idea had been Chris’s.
For somebody who had spent years around music and radio, hearing the Official Chart count down to something he had helped set in motion was genuinely thrilling.
Scott was accused of destroying Olivia Rodrigo
The chart provided a second story.
Olivia Rodrigo’s *drivers license* had spent nine weeks at number one.
During the sleep-deprived late part of Lolathon, Scott had offered an unpopular opinion:
perhaps the song was not quite as good as everybody said.
Soon afterwards it dropped dramatically down the chart.
Scott had obviously not caused this.
That did not stop the team presenting him as the Influencer of Doom.
If Scott criticised something, did its commercial collapse follow?
Scott strongly rejected the theory while also enjoying the amount of power it implied he possessed.
The refurbished Radio 1 toilets finally opened
After weeks of updates, the eighth-floor toilets were ready.
Scott and Chris treated the event like the opening of a landmark.
A ribbon had been prepared.
Chris was sent in with a microphone to describe the new facilities.
Three urinals.
Three cubicles.
A general glow-up.
The toilets had evolved.
Scott even provided one of the sentimental wooden signs usually found in homes.
The plaque contained phrases about living, loving and laughter.
Chris hung it up to make the BBC workplace loo feel more homely.
Chris performed the first ceremonial wee — on an open microphone
After declaring the toilets officially open, Chris announced he would perform the first ceremonial wee.
The next song began.
There was one problem.
His microphone remained live.
The team could hear exactly what was happening.
Somebody urgently shouted for the mic to be turned off.
Scott could hardly believe that after weeks of turning toilet refurbishment into a story, the reopening had ended with an actual live toilet broadcast.
The Who Game generated multicoloured-pen backlash
The Who Game also returned and somehow managed to upset people who still loved multicoloured pens.
That was increasingly part of its charm.
Declaring something forgotten often prompted messages from listeners insisting they still used, watched or owned it every day.
The feature did not merely revive old things.
It occasionally discovered they had never actually gone away.
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