Jordan North, Chris Stark and Sian Welby pulled off what might be their maddest stunt yet, persuading English Heritage to light up Stonehenge pink overnight for Feel Yourself Friday, the show’s annual breast cancer awareness campaign. Jordan admitted he’d “scoffed” at a listener’s text suggesting it the day before, only for Julia from the site to confirm live on air that the 5,000-year-old monument had never been lit pink before. The team also got the Liver Building in Liverpool, Newcastle’s Millennium Bridge and Blackpool Tower turned pink, with listeners sending in photos throughout the morning.
Listen: Stonehenge turns pink
The most moving moment came when Liam from East Sussex called in to reveal he’d found a lump in his breast area and was awaiting a referral, having been inspired to check himself after Chris Stark’s own testicular cancer story. “No matter who you are, what shape size you are, just get yourself checked,” Liam told the trio, who called him “a legend” live on air. Dr Aziza also joined the show to demonstrate a chest check on producer Bella in the Capital Clinic, taking just four minutes.
Listen: Liam’s story
Tom Grennan dropped by to debut his new single Wrapped in Gold and admitted a longstanding fear of elbows, before being talked into recording a Feel Yourself Friday parody of Gillette with the team. Sian also revealed she’d been off the previous day with her poorly baby, thanking listeners for their support: “I’ve got so many DMs of just mums and dads just going thanks for normalising taking time off.”
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