Lewis Capaldi returns
Lewis Capaldi joined Scott after a long gap between interviews.
Scott replayed archive audio from the period when he selected Someone You Loved as his Radio 1 Track of the Week.
Lewis joked that Scott had played an integral role in his career and confirmed that the money had eventually arrived.
He had bought a home in Glasgow but still regularly returned to his family home, where his mother continued offering to do his washing.
Scott had watched Lewis’s documentary and noted the unusually large amount of laundry shown on screen.
Lewis said he did attempt ordinary household tasks himself, although he had shrunk enough clothes for his mother to become involved again.
Life behind the public image
Scott said the documentary showed a more difficult side of Lewis’s life than listeners usually saw in interviews and performances.
Lewis spoke about anxiety, panic attacks and the physical discomfort caused by his Tourette’s symptoms.
He said he was having a relatively good day in the studio but still experienced frequent tics.
There was no simple treatment that removed the condition, and he sometimes faced days when work felt almost impossible.
Lewis recognised that his career gave him the option of cancelling commitments, whereas a child with Tourette’s might still have to attend school and deal with other people’s reactions.
Panic attacks
Lewis described experiencing several panic attacks after a night out.
His mother came to lie beside him while he repeatedly felt the symptoms return.
He said the aftermath could last for days and create the frightening belief that he would never feel normal again.
Scott revealed that he had experienced severe panic attacks as a teenager and had been unable to complete some of his GCSEs.
He remembered feeling unable to breathe, believing he was dying and once calling an ambulance.
Lewis said panic attacks could feel like a heart attack or stroke and leave somebody convinced they were losing their mind.
Scott told Lewis he was proud of him for making the documentary and believed its honesty would help people experiencing similar problems.
Listeners immediately sent messages saying the conversation had made them feel less alone.
The new music and documentary
Lewis’s documentary followed the pressure of creating his second album and the contrast between rapid success and worsening anxiety.
The interview also covered his new music and the way humour remained part of how he communicated, even when discussing serious subjects.
Scott said the programme had made him admire Lewis more rather than less.
Jeff Norcott
Comedian Jeff Norcott also appeared to discuss his Basic Bloke tour.
The conversation included hobbies and his memories of performing around the time Radio 2 had a garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Jeff remembered the Queen walking past and Prince Philip disappearing into a Bosch power-tool hut, from which the sound of machinery could be heard for around 20 minutes.
The week in review
Scott revisited B*Witched’s Same Interview, Sarah Blizzard having a surname suited to weather presenting and Michelle Visage confirming the truth of her enormous television sneeze.
He also heard from Jane in Grimsby, who had located clips of Scott’s first Top of the Pops appearance.
Scott played some of the links and immediately requested that they never be broadcast again.
The Wonder Years
The Friday Wonder Years began in 1992.
The sequence included records from Supergrass, Chumbawamba and other artists from successive years, accompanied by memories from listeners stuck in heavy Friday traffic.
Handover
The transcript confirms Sara Cox followed Scott, although the final handover exchange is not fully preserved.
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