Deborah Meaden is in
Chris’s favourite dragon, Deborah Meaden, returned to hear another selection of his business ideas. Previous pitches had rarely survived her questioning, but this time she appeared unexpectedly interested in one of them. That presented Chris with a new problem: it was no longer enough to persuade Mrs Meaden that an idea could work, because he also had to decide whether the two of them would make compatible business partners.
The possibility of a genuine agreement produced more uncertainty than a straightforward rejection. Chris had spent so long imagining Deborah’s backing that he had given much less thought to what working alongside her would involve. The conversation left him excited that she might finally be “in”, but wary of the practical questions which followed.
Alice Levine plays Innuendo Bingo
Alice Levine came in from Radio 1’s evening show to face Chris in Innuendo Bingo. Having been soaked on her previous visit, she arrived with galoshes and other protection for what she knew would be another wet game. Scott and Chris were initially unsure what galoshes actually were and concluded that the word sounded like an especially posh form of Wellington boot.
Alice’s precautions did not prevent another soaking. The game left her drenched and gave the team a new subject to pursue later in the week, when a company explained that galoshes were overshoes designed to protect ordinary footwear in extremely wet conditions.
Is Scott’s house trying to kill him?
Scott reported another unsettling incident at home and returned to his suspicion that the building might be trying to harm him. What had begun as a series of odd household problems was now being discussed in the language of Paranormal Activity, with the possibility that somebody might need to remove an evil presence from the property.
Chris was less convinced by the supernatural explanation, but Scott’s unease had reached the point where each new noise or malfunction appeared connected. The story remained unresolved, leaving the house’s intentions to be tested by whatever happened next.
Radio 1 Presenter Real or No Real
The day’s Real or No Real was devoted to stories about Radio 1 presenters. Gemma Cairney had not attended an East London party wearing a Twister mat gathered together with a Jean Paul Gaultier belt, although the claim fitted her reputation for adventurous fashion closely enough to cause doubt.
Huw Stephens had not made childhood hotel bookings while pretending to be Aled Jones, and the opening of Radio 1’s new studios had not been delayed after Rob da Bank tripped over a rug and fell into a chicken teriyaki baguette. The elaborate health-and-safety investigation which supposedly followed was also invented.
The strangest true story belonged to Greg James. At the age of nine, he made a life-sized papier-mâché model of himself, dressed it in his own clothes and threw it from his bedroom window just as his mother arrived home. Chris decided the amount of effort involved was as remarkable as the prank itself.
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