Cringe ahoy: Superfan Steve was back
Scott issued a warning before the feature even began.
Superfan Steve was returning, this time opposite Fat Joe.
The celebrity believed Steve was an exceptionally nervous fan competing against him in a quiz about his own life.
In reality, Steve was Chris sitting in another room, equipped with the answers and deliberately creating long, painful silences.
Scott’s job was arguably worse.
He had to remain in the room with Fat Joe, pretend the caller was real and keep the whole thing moving while knowing exactly what Chris was doing next door.
The programme described the result as “cringe ahoy” before listeners had even heard it.
The Who Game became audio memorabilia
Monday’s Who Game was introduced as audio memorabilia.
Suggestions included Scotch broth, reality-TV personality Diags, adding water to soap to make the bottle last longer and individual carrier bags for every item of shopping.
The pace was deliberately rapid, recreating the strange pleasure of hearing a word or sound which instantly unlocks a forgotten part of your life.
Scott and Chris started wondering what the modern equivalent of Scotch broth might be and whether Gen Z had an identifiable soup.
There was no convincing answer.
Chris accidentally dressed as BBC Sounds
Chris arrived wearing a black-and-orange shirt which matched the BBC Sounds branding almost perfectly.
He had not planned it.
That did not stop Scott treating the outfit as corporate uniform and immediately comparing him with the app logo.
It was an unusually on-brand wardrobe mistake for a day already built around Radio 1 history and an old feature dragged back from the archives.
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