Greg James spent much of Friday’s Radio 1 Breakfast Show fighting a disappearing voice, joking “my voice is going, I don’t know why that’s happening” while trying to read the headlines. The whole team marked “Formal Friday” by dressing in suits and jackets after a listener called Lauren wore business attire on the show, with producer Venuri turning up in a waistcoat and producer Amy arriving dressed, as Greg put it, like she was “starring in Wednesday”.
Listen: Greg’s voice gives out mid-show
The final of the week’s listener quiz turned into proper drama when Rob, who was romping to victory playing for Limp Bizkit’s Rollin’, admitted on air he’d deliberately sabotaged his own answers so his fiancĂ©e’s friend Chloe could win and get Bastille’s Pompeii played before their wedding. Greg accused him of causing “chaos in the studio” because the resulting extra-long quiz ate into the news slot and meant neither winning song could be played before the bulletin, forcing both tracks to be squeezed in afterwards instead.
Listen: Rob confesses he threw the quiz
Saints delivery driver Tannis returned for a Wrong Answers Only slot, having previously gone viral on the show’s Fact Controller for revealing he once thought veganism was a “condition”. Tannis also waded into supermarket-van etiquette, telling Greg that Asda, Morrisons, Tesco and Waitrose drivers all wave at each other on the road, but Aldi drivers apparently never do.
Greg celebrated Raye’s Mercury Prize win for This Music May Contain Hope, playing part of her acceptance speech, in which she said hope “is just something that we all need”. He called her “well on the way to being” a national, “maybe global”, icon.
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