A pop music emergency and Ollie Locke on Bingo
The morning opened with Scott treating Lady Gaga’s newly arrived “Applause” as a full-scale pop emergency. It had landed almost on top of Katy Perry’s “Roar”, giving him two major records to obsess over before breakfast had properly started. Chris was rather less interested in the idea of pop history unfolding in real time, which only encouraged Scott to keep comparing the releases.
Ollie Locke from Made in Chelsea then arrived for Innuendo Bingo. Scott and Chris were fascinated by the idea that Ollie had once attended university in Southampton, immediately suggesting a less glamorous spin-off called Made in Southampton. Ollie said he had other projects in the pipeline and was not certain how much longer he would remain in the programme after five series.
None of that helped once the water arrived. Clips from Bargain Hunt, wildlife programmes, athletics, Dinner Date and radio commentary repeatedly caught him out. A Springwatch reference to “jizz” and a wonderfully ill-advised line about standing there and blowing yourself were exactly the sort of things Scott had been saving. Ollie proved an enthusiastic player and finished thoroughly soaked.
Challenge seven: steal Alan Dedicoat’s food
The latest Scott versus Chris challenge took place in the BBC canteen with Alan Dedicoat as an unwitting participant. Alan sat down with pork, chips and the rest of his lunch while hidden cameras recorded Scott and Chris separately trying to steal as much as possible directly from his plate.
Scott used conversation and distraction to remove six chips. It felt like a respectable total until Chris took his turn. He kept Alan talking, pointed out the bank of microwaves and gradually became so bold that he stole 16 chips and a piece of pork steak.
Chris won the challenge, reducing Scott’s overall lead from 4-2 to 4-3. Alan was left to discover that a surprisingly large proportion of his lunch had become part of a Radio 1 competition.
Rizzle Kicks meet the speech jammer
Rizzle Kicks returned for the delayed-voice experiment. Harley Alexander-Sulé put on the headphones while Jordan Stephens watched him attempt to hold an ordinary phone conversation with his own words arriving back into his ears a fraction of a second later.
Harley initially believed he might be able to beat it simply by concentrating. He could not. His sentences slowed, stretched and collapsed while Jordan laughed himself onto the floor. The device had already made Zane Lowe and Lydia Bright sound completely unlike themselves; Rizzle Kicks supplied another demonstration that confidence was no defence against a tiny audio delay.
BBC Three opens another door
The show had recently joked that continuity announcing on BBC Three looked easy. Jen Long now warned them that the joke might have consequences: Scott and Chris could actually be given the chance to introduce programmes on the channel.
That prospect was about to collide with an even bigger one. The following day Chris would finally learn the identity of the next mystery Hollywood interview arranged by Scott. After Mila Kunis and Robert Downey Jr, there was no longer any chance of treating the idea casually.
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