Owain Wyn Evans gave listeners a very honest update on his nerves ahead of the BBC Children in Need Four Nations cycle challenge, admitting a fitting session in London nearly tipped him over the edge. He explained that after being measured for Sara Cox's old Pudsey rucksack, the team pulled out a tiny matching rain mac for the bear. "I was nearly in tears," he said, joking that he is "a man on the edge" with just two weeks to go before the challenge starts. He's still asking listeners to help name his Children in Need bike, with more suggestions to come over the next week.
Listen: The Pudsey raincoat moment
The Tuesday feeling theme was all about pointless pet peeves, and it brought in a brilliant run of texts. One colleague, Julian, doesn't like flashy sequential car indicators, while a milkman called Matt complained about houses that hide their numbers behind hanging baskets. Another listener's anonymous confession, sent in case his wife saw it, revealed his real bugbear is crumbs in the butter.
Step Back in Time saw listeners guessing their way to 1989, with clues including the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Little Mermaid and the first Game Boy, while Airdrum Anthems kicked off its week of British female icons with Annie Lennox's "No More I Love Yous," chosen by listener Shirley from Ipswich. Pause for Thought came from Methodist minister Inderjit Bogal, who wished Owain well for the "uphill bits" of his cycling challenge.
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