Experts watching television
Scott asked listeners who worked in specialist professions whether they criticised television programmes depicting their jobs.
A graphic designer shouted at the deliberately poor logos created on The Apprentice.
A police officer struggled with soap storylines, while a submariner managed only a few minutes of Vigil.
A nurse tore apart the medical detail in Grey’s Anatomy and New Amsterdam.
A solicitor said courtroom dramas regularly used the wrong language, wrong clothing and wrong procedure, while adding that real legal work generally bore little resemblance to Suits.
A librarian objected to the outdated idea that modern libraries required complete silence.
Jo Whiley loses her voice
After Glastonbury, Jo Whiley’s voice remained too damaged for her evening programme.
Nick Grimshaw was asked at short notice to make his Radio 2 debut and cover the show.
Scott called him after hearing only half of a story while cooking.
Grimmy explained that a family had once lived on the Alton Towers site, with a grandmother reportedly occupying a home behind the pirate ship.
The Birthday Game: Malcolm
Malcolm from Norfolk was a regular Radio 2 listener during school runs and “dad taxi” journeys.
His daughter was learning to scuba dive and completing her Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Malcolm wanted music from the 1960s or 1970s and liked Queen.
His first spin was Tupac featuring Elton John with Ghetto Gospel. Malcolm said it had passed him by.
The second was Donny Osmond’s Puppy Love. It came from the right broad era but was not the right record.
His compulsory final song was Hear’Say’s second single The Way to Your Love, number one in 2001.
Malcolm accepted that the risky third spin had not delivered what he wanted.
The Music Police
Jane’s mysterious tennis song remained under investigation as Wimbledon continued.
Handover
Scott handed over after another afternoon of television professionals correcting fictional versions of their work.
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