Scott wanted proof he had earned his free degree
Granny Tinder had reopened an old argument.
Scott sometimes called himself a Doctor of Arts because Solent University had awarded him an honorary doctorate.
Chris described it as a free degree given to a local celebrity.
Scott objected.
He contacted the university.
Solent replied that honorary degrees recognised people who had achieved distinction in areas including the arts and media.
They also called Scott an awesome radio presenter and a favourite local celebrity.
Chris still thought the whole thing sounded suspiciously convenient.
Scott treated the university’s formal wording as evidence in court.
Lorna remained one of the show’s premium listeners
Listener Lorna had previously supplied so many useful stories that Scott jokingly promoted her to premium-listener status.
Her earlier contribution involved a Zoom speed-awareness course and the hope that one of the squares might contain an attractive man.
It did not.
Now her Sky box had broken.
An engineer came to the house.
This time, Lorna liked what she saw.
The Sky engineer created another dating dilemma
Scott and Chris wanted every detail.
Had there been flirting?
Did the engineer seem interested?
Could somebody reasonably ask out a person who was only there because the television had stopped working?
Lorna’s life had become exactly the sort of ongoing listener story the show loved.
Scott’s premium-listener concept was working because she kept supplying material without the programme needing to invent anything.
Extra-long Rasputin went too far for some listeners
The show’s obsession with *Rasputin* escalated.
A normal three-minute play no longer felt sufficient.
The team found an extended loop and kept it running.
Some listeners loved the absurdity.
Others begged them to stop.
One caller threatened to delete BBC Sounds and throw the radio out of the window if the song continued.
Scott asked whether ten minutes was enough.
Another listener argued it could be longer.
The feature was beginning to cause exactly the sort of management concern a repetitive ten-minute Boney M loop might reasonably create.
Radio 1’s Big Weekend line-up was also growing
The programme announced more acts for Radio 1’s Big Weekend of Live Music, including Royal Blood and Celeste.
After a year without normal festivals, even the remote and distributed version carried extra excitement.
Scott and Chris could see live music slowly re-entering the Radio 1 calendar.
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