Chris’s football injury had become nationally famous
The ankle and foot injury from his first football match back was still dominating messages.
Listeners had seen photographs and kept telling Chris to get it looked at.
Scott joked that everybody on Instagram had suddenly become a doctor.
Chris still hoped to play again that night.
The programme effectively demanded a pre-prepared statement on the condition of what Scott called one of the most famous ankles in Britain.
Haircuts were becoming another sign of reopening
Salons were about to return and listeners were already planning what to do with months of growth.
One listener in Wales had apparently decided not to rush.
Chris, by contrast, was thinking about dramatically changing his hair precisely because he might never have it this long again.
The pair remembered the strange rituals of a normal haircut — including the awkward nod when the hairdresser holds up the mirror to show the back.
Even salon small talk now sounded nostalgic.
Chris wrote an Ode to the Pub
The biggest emotional symbol was the pub.
England’s pubs were preparing to reopen for outdoor service.
Scott and Chris had spent a year talking about everything people had lost: dancing, crowds, hugging and ordinary nights out.
Now one very British part of that list was about to return.
Chris delivered an Ode to the Pub.
The poem celebrated pints, pub conversation, sitting outside in weather nobody would normally choose and the peculiar affection people have for an institution they barely noticed until it disappeared.
Scott expected the whole thing to be deliberately silly.
It became unexpectedly emotional.
Listeners messaged to say they genuinely felt something hearing it.
The show promised bespoke versions for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland when their own reopening dates arrived.
We’ve Lost Dancing reminded everybody what was still missing
The programme returned to Fred again.. and The Blessed Madonna’s Marea (We’ve Lost Dancing), a track Annie Mac had introduced during Lolathon.
Scott loved how directly it captured the time.
The lyrics listed the things people had lost while still insisting they would eventually return.
Listeners had been using the song as a mood-lifter.
One message pointed out another thing the pandemic had removed from the programme:
Innuendo Bingo.
Scott and Chris replayed old clips.
They still loved the feature.
They also accepted that a game built around repeatedly spraying mouthfuls of water at somebody else could not simply be switched back on because restrictions were easing.
The pub was coming back.
Bingo would have to remain an archive memory for longer.
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