Scott still has no speech
With his wedding approaching, Scott admitted that he had not written his speech and was considering improvising it on the day.
Heidi, who ran a professional wedding-speech company, called to explain why that was a bad idea.
She described herself and her colleagues as “toast whisperers” whose job was to prevent speeches becoming boring, clichéd or embarrassing.
Keep it under ten minutes
Heidi’s first rule concerned length.
She had attended a wedding where the best man continued for more than 40 minutes despite being heckled by the guests.
Scott jokingly interpreted the limit as 13,000 words, but Heidi insisted the speech should remain below ten minutes.
Cut the clichés
Heidi advised Scott to remove phrases such as:
– “I can’t wait to grow old with you”
– “You make me believe in myself”
– “I feel like the luckiest man in the world”
Her rule was that if the same sentence could be spoken by any groom, it should not appear in Scott’s speech.
Rather than trying to summarise love in general, he needed to use specific details, stories and observations that could apply only to Sam and their relationship.
The Birthday Game
The programme also featured the day’s Birthday Game, giving another listener a choice of number-one records from their birthday.
The game continued alongside Scott’s increasingly urgent wedding preparations.
The Music Police
Scott opened a new investigation and invited listeners to send possible answers for another partial melody.
Producer Ben was warned not to use the public service for every song he personally failed to identify.
Handover
Scott handed over after promising to take the professional wedding-speech advice seriously.
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