Dame Emma Thompson gave Sara Cox the morning's best story, recalling the night a "horribly good looking" policeman knocked on her Scottish door after a neighbour reported a naked man walking through her sheep field at dusk. It turned out to be Thompson herself, mid dog-walk, with the officer politely explaining the confusion was down to poor eyesight rather than anatomy. She also opened up about her Love Actually "Joni Mitchell CD" scene, saying strangers still stop her on the Tube in tears, and revealed Stephen Sondheim once warned her never to act in a show she'd written, telling her "if you're playing it as well, you will die." Thompson was in to talk about Nanny McPhee The Musical, confirming it opens next year at the Old Vic after eight years in development with composer Gary Clark, and joking that whoever plays Nanny will need to sing through a mouthful of prosthetic teeth.
Listen: Emma Thompson's naked sheep field story
Blondie gave Sara Cox listeners a genuine scoop, premiering new single Spectral Eyes, written by Johnny Marr, with Debbie Harry recording a personal message revealing the band's album High Noon lands on 26 February. Self-declared superfan Jeff Maddux from Port Talbot, who says he's seen Blondie more than 50 times, was on hand to give it an emotional ten out of ten.
Listen: Debbie Harry introduces Spectral Eyes
Elsewhere, teacher Josh Towers from Leeds scored three points on Let's Hear It For The Noise, correctly spotting Freddie Mercury and the Pingu theme but missing out on the week's Sara Socks, which stay up for grabs on 88291. Simon from Leeds celebrated wife Rachel's birthday on Signed, Sealed, Delivered, revealing she runs a Leeds furniture charity reusing donated items for people in need.
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