Clara Amfo paused the old-skool run on BBC Radio 2 to share an extraordinary bit of music trivia: Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers, whose vocal is sampled on Warren G and Nate Dogg's Regulate, has just been reunited with a son he gave up for adoption as a teenager. Clara told listeners the adoptive parents had, by sheer coincidence, named the boy Michael too, adding "you could not make it up."
The afternoon's One Second to Name game had listeners stumped for ages, with guesses ranging from R.E.M. to Lionel Richie to Culture Club, all wrong. It was finally cracked by Claire, a cinema manager from Glasgow who was baking a banana cake at the time, correctly naming Mental As Anything's Live It Up from the "Reside on the Ceiling" clue. Clara congratulated her on the spot, saying "well done, Claire, straight in there."
For Radio 2's Book Week, Clara played a contribution from Clare Balding, who recommended Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus, praising its heroine Elizabeth Zott and reading a passage from the opening chapter live on air.
Clara also had some fun at Kirsten O'Brien's expense over the travel desk, suggesting the pair dress up as Shania Twain together "next time we work together," after reminiscing about the singer's iconic leopard-print outfit. The Old-Skool Run itself brought in a flurry of listener voice notes, from a granddad collecting his granddaughter with a wobbly tooth to a mum flying to Philadelphia for wedding dress shopping.
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