Emil Franchi hosted Radio 1 Weekend Breakfast, taking listeners through a run of light features and interactive segments. A viral TikTok clip of an EasyJet flight attendant repeatedly saying "Rise" over the cabin tannoy became a running joke throughout the show, with listeners debating whether it was a wake-up call, a Star Wars reference or an anime nod inspired by "Solo Levelling."
Franchi discussed a week of "low level villainy" carried out with Katie Thistleton on Going Home, including prank calls to Greg James and their own mothers pretending to need help, with plans to prank Thistleton again by reading song lyrics down the phone as if in conversation.
The show's regular Weekend Breakfast Bingo asked listeners to tick off cold drinks, slippers, travel to sporting events, and photos of the recent "harvest moon" or sunsets, with listeners from Bristol to the Philippines getting involved.
A recurring "sports team to back" vote saw options including a Hurdwick sheep competition in Cumbria, Driffield Women's Rugby, and an aerial fitness team in Barnsley — listeners chose to back the sheep.
Following a mix-up where Greg James called him "Emile Frenchy" earlier in the week, Franchi invited listeners to "French up" their messages, prompting a flurry of puns and phrases in fractured French.
Newsbeat bulletins covered Manchester City's guilty verdict on financial rule breaches, TikTok's $75m Alabama settlement, and Northern Ireland's dramatic 98th-minute Nations League win over Georgia.
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