Paddy McGuinness spent much of his Sunday show in the grip of a full-blown pomegranate fixation, after spotting a shop in London that sells nothing else, 24 hours a day. "Floor to ceiling pomegranates," he marvelled, before listeners flooded in with facts, theories and even a photo of a home-grown crop from Julie in Worcestershire. The deep dive even threw up a genuine historical nugget – Henry VIII's second warship was reportedly named Peter Pomegranate, sister to the Mary Rose.
Amid the fruit chat, Owain Wyn Evans dialled in from his bike training ahead of his 400-mile, five-day Four Nations Cycle Challenge for Children in Need. Paddy's advice was blunt: train in the worst conditions possible so the real thing feels easy. "Make your training as miserable and as hard as possible," he told Owain, who admitted he's "not an athletic person" and had already had a fly scraped off his face mid-ride.
The Weakest Link brought the show's best bit of competitive banter, as married couple Ian and Kay went head to head. Ian stormed to a brilliant 6 out of 7, but Kay – despite fumbling a dachshund-related question and a Robbie Williams singalong – somehow sneaked the win, bagging the Paddy pen and a Radio 2 smart speaker, much to her husband's mock outrage.
Elsewhere, a Weakest Link question noted Angela Scanlon had been confirmed as Radio 2's new drive time presenter, while Paddy's Timewarp saw a happy mix-up over the Sesame Street theme and a round of applause rules with Katie.
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