Scott’s Bley Friday comes with Britain’s Got Talent complaints
It was Friday, which meant Scott could finally give the show its deliberately overexcited “It’s Only Bley Friday” treatment. The mood was already loose when Jess called from a university accommodation block to suggest that Scott should enter Britain’s Got Talent the following year. Scott did not entirely dismiss the prospect, especially after the previous night’s acts had lowered the apparent entry threshold.
The discussion turned into a complaint about dog acts. Scott had seen a contestant whose main achievement seemed to be walking dogs around the stage and felt the format had reached its limit. Beccy agreed that there had been more than enough dog-based entertainment, and Scott argued that almost any family pet could probably be made to look competitive with a little practice.
The programme also pushed ahead with its Download Festival giveaway. Scott played the station’s Rock Nan game, in which a 102-year-old supposed rock fan sang the tune of a song by a festival act and the caller had to identify it. Amelia eventually recognised Linkin Park’s What I’ve Done, earning tickets and an awkward immediate decision about whether to take her boyfriend or her best friend John.
She chose John, a choice Scott hoped her boyfriend would understand. The prize also included acoustic performances and a guitar lesson, allowing Scott and Beccy to make far too much of their own supposed rock credentials. The double-thumbs “double rock” routine did not improve with repetition, but that was part of the point.
Dear Scott brought the week to a close with the Post Radio 4 Lady reading listener messages, including an implausible inheritance scam, a request to revive a game about guessing callers’ underwear sizes, and a young listener’s account of discovering beetles in his boxer shorts while camping. Scott’s Friday show moved from talent-show irritation to rock music and inbox nonsense, with the annual sense that no topic was too small to become a feature.
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