Back from Liverpool
Scott returned from Liverpool and joked that he was suffering from “train lag”.
He had spent the previous day filming Hollyoaks and broadcasting from BBC Radio Merseyside.
Scott considered learning a Liverpool accent before Eurovision after hearing Martin Freeman’s performance in The Responder, which received six BAFTA television nominations.
This Is Going to Hurt also received six nominations, while Daisy May Cooper’s Am I Being Unreasonable? earned four.
Scott was pleased that The Traitors and Claudia Winkleman’s large turtlenecks had been recognised with two nominations.
Outdated cultural references
Scott asked listeners about phrases taken from adverts and television programmes that people still used decades later.
Examples included “I bet he drinks Carling Black Label”, “Scorchio”, “I’m a secret lemonade drinker”, “This is like The Krypton Factor”, “Course you can, Malcolm” and “Don’t panic, Mr Mainwaring”.
One listener sang “they’re tasty, tasty, very, very tasty” whenever her husband cooked something good, despite no longer remembering which advert it came from.
The Birthday Game: Elspeth
Elspeth from Kent turned 41 and worked for an organisation providing accessible sailing experiences.
The specially adapted boats allowed wheelchair users to take the helm and supported people with physical disabilities, verbal autism and non-verbal autism.
Elspeth invited Scott to bring his mother for a sailing experience.
She shared her birthday with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Reese Witherspoon and William Shatner.
Elspeth’s favourite artists included Bryan Adams, Alistair Griffin and Welsh folk-rock group Rusty Shackle.
Her first Birthday Game spin was Lionel Richie. She rejected it in search of something funkier.
The second was Simon and Garfunkel’s Bridge over Troubled Water. Elspeth called it a definite no.
Her compulsory final spin was Brotherhood of Man’s Save Your Kisses for Me, the UK’s 1976 Eurovision winner.
Elspeth was not a major Eurovision fan but accepted that it was livelier and easier to sing along with than the previous options.
The ultimate UK Eurovision song
Scott invited listeners to vote for the greatest UK Eurovision entry of all time.
The shortlist contained more than 60 songs dating back to 1956.
Listeners could choose up to five, with Steve Wright due to reveal the result during Radio 2’s Eurovision Super Saturday.
Jessie and Lennie Ware
Jessie Ware and her mother Lennie joined Scott after the success of their Table Manners podcast.
Lennie said Nigella Lawson had been the guest she felt most nervous about cooking for.
Dr Alex George helped prepare part of the meal, but Lennie stressed that she still cooked the lamb and much of the food herself.
Lennie had received handwritten thank-you letters from guests including John Torode, Joanna Lumley and Ed Miliband.
Joanna called her “Len”, while Ed’s previous discussion of wild swimming had become exaggerated into a story about inviting Lennie skinny dipping.
Jessie’s Piano Room
Jessie discussed her Radio 2 Piano Room performance.
She had asked the orchestra to wear pearls and performed a cover of Cher’s Believe.
Jessie knew attempting the song could have gone badly because Cher’s distinctive processed vocal was so famous, but believed the arrangement worked.
She praised the orchestra’s ability to learn different pop records quickly and remembered Pink describing them as some of the best musicians she had worked with.
Speedmates
The loser would have to cook every dish and complete the washing-up for a future Table Manners episode.
Jessie correctly named Jamie Oliver as the chef who praised Lennie’s matzo balls.
Lennie correctly remembered that Jessie wore a silver top while headlining Glastonbury’s Park Stage.
Jessie then named Ed Miliband as the politician associated with the wild-swimming story.
Lennie was asked for Jessie’s first solo single and answered Running. The correct answer was Strangest Feeling.
Jessie’s final question concerned a recipe that caused an argument. She eventually identified the rum crème brûlée after being reminded that Lennie had set her hand on fire.
Jessie won with three points.
Lennie contested the final question because she believed the dispute concerned the cooking method rather than the recipe, but the result stood.
She therefore had to cook and wash up during a future podcast recording.
That! Feels Good!
Jessie described her forthcoming album That! Feels Good! as fun, flirtatious, colourful and sexy.
She wanted listeners to dance, kiss and fall in love to it.
Scott agreed to appear on Table Manners after Jessie and Lennie invited him.
Handover
The transcript confirms Sara Cox followed Scott, although the closing exchange is not fully preserved.
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