Scott wanted Platty Jubes stopped immediately
The Platinum Jubilee was approaching and a new abbreviation had reached the show’s group chats.
Somebody had shortened it to “Platty Jubes”.
Scott found this unacceptable.
He compared it with other deliberately irritating abbreviations which had infected Radio 1 conversations in the past and considered removing the offender from the group.
The problem with condemning a phrase on national radio is that thousands of people then hear it.
Listeners immediately started sending messages saying they had already introduced Platty Jubes to family and friendship groups.
Scott’s attempt to kill the phrase had probably guaranteed its survival.
Amy and Ryan played Brother or Lover
The day’s contestants were Amy and Ryan, both from Portsmouth and both working in sales.
They talked about holidays, cinema trips, friends, fitness and how well they knew each other.
Some answers sounded romantic.
Others sounded deeply sibling-like.
Then questions about kissing ability and whether Ryan had ever got together with one of Amy’s friends made everybody in the studio uncomfortable.
The team split between brother and lover.
The reveal was brother.
Several people immediately regretted how personal some of their questions had become.
Radio 1 Locker Lottery finally began
The earlier warning about clearing old lockers had now become a feature.
With the help of staff who had access to the keys, the programme began opening lockers belonging to present and former Radio 1 names.
The contents were exactly as random as hoped.
There were old discount cards, CDs, forgotten clothing and pieces of body tape.
Every locker felt like a tiny time capsule from a different period of the station.
Scott and Chris tried to identify the owner from the contents before the name was revealed.
The game worked because nobody, including in some cases the owner, could remember what had been left in there years earlier.
The Big Weekend hangover continued into the quiz
The quiz still had Coventry in its system.
One round asked whether names belonged to drum-and-bass collectives or types of woodworking joint.
Another played recordings of Big Weekend crowds and asked Scott and Chris to identify which artist the audience had been cheering.
Scott initially insisted all crowds basically sounded the same.
Producer Amy was determined to prove otherwise.
By the end of May, Radio 1 had moved almost seamlessly from Eurovision to Big Weekend and straight into Jubilee week.
There had barely been time for anybody involved to recover.
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