Scott attempts to play Britney Spears’ debut album *Baby One More Time* in full without interruption, inspired by Zane Lowe’s Masterpieces feature — but management shut him down after barely one and a half tracks.
Following the success of Zane Lowe’s Masterpieces feature (which played Led Zeppelin IV in full that evening), Scott takes listener calls requesting that he do the same with Britney Spears’ 1999 debut album. Callers including Jordan from Kobe and Bianca phone in to make the case, with Jordan calling *…Baby One More Time* “the best pop record of the last 10 years.” Scott polls the team on how many tracks he’d get away with before management intervened — estimates ranged from two and a half to “the whole album” (Laura optimistically noted she’d seen a boss leave the building). Scott announces he’s going ahead and launches into the first track, but is interrupted within seconds by a phone call from an unnamed, stern-voiced authority figure upstairs ordering him to stop. Zane then answers a second call with the same message: “One is enough.” Despite this, listener Matt calls in from the M1 motorway expressing support, and Elliot from Charlton later demands Scott play more tracks, claiming listeners deserve the full album. Scott agrees to play one additional track — though a mix-up sees him attempt “Email My Heart” before correcting himself to play the track Elliot actually requested. The segment doubles as a showcase for how much the show’s audience loved the album, even as BBC Radio 1 management made clear their limits.
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