Sarah-Jane Crawford plays Innuendo Bingo
BBC Radio 1Xtra’s Sarah-Jane Crawford faced Chris in Innuendo Bingo, complete with the newer rule requiring the players to maintain eye contact and cameras capable of zooming in on every reaction. Sarah-Jane was already unsettled by Chris apparently looking into her soul before the first mouthful of water had been taken.
Jeremy Vine’s instruction for somebody to “deep throat” produced an immediate spray, while Coast supplied a wet and slippery crack. Dale Winton repeatedly accepted a ring on In It to Win It, Dinner Date worried about the moistness of a pie and a railway documentary promised to open new frontiers before confronting its deadliest challenge. The clips also featured erupting volcanoes, David Attenborough discussing the greatest gash on Earth, Fern Cotton hearing about something crawling up an arm and Top Gear praising magic flaps.
Women’s Hour’s enthusiasm for unwrapping a chunky KitKat sent more water across the studio, then ski jumping finished the game with an especially powerful spray from Sarah-Jane. By the end, both players were drenched and Sarah-Jane reported that even the seat beneath her was wet.
Have you seen my nose?
Scott had been listening to Phil Taggart and Alice Levine’s new late-night programme while driving. He enjoyed its relaxed atmosphere, the new music and Don Broco’s Live Lounge appearance, but one unfamiliar song caught him completely off guard. Marika Hackman opened with the question “Have you seen my nose?” before explaining that she had cut it off the previous night.
The lyric made Scott laugh so much that he was grateful not to be drinking behind the wheel. He wrote the words in his phone so he could identify the track later, then introduced it to the afternoon audience. Marika was due to appear with Phil and Alice that evening, giving the show an opportunity to find out what the rest of the unusually graphic song meant.
Danger on the Zambezi
Day two of Radio 1’s Comic Relief Hell and High Water challenge brought a dramatic change from the comparatively cheerful opening. Greg James called from an island in the Zambezi after the group abandoned one stopping point because a large crocodile was nearby. He and Chelsee Healey had expected to be the least reliable canoe pair, but their own journey through the rapids was relatively smooth.
Dara Ó Briain and Phillips Idowu had a much more frightening experience. At the back of the convoy, they missed a turn, were pushed into overhanging trees and had to force their way further through the branches. Their boat flipped, throwing Dara into the water and washing away both paddles. After righting it, they were thrown off course again and crashed into another tree, with Dara entering the river for a third time.
Phillips remained with the canoe while Dara grabbed a protruding branch. He clung to it for roughly 40 minutes, trying to judge whether he should let go before exhaustion made the decision for him. The others had lost sight of them and did not know what had happened. A rescue boat eventually collected Phillips and then instructed Dara to jump aboard as it passed. He landed among crew members and a cameraman who captured the rescue, ending what he described as a long period of considering his life choices in the middle of the river.
The day’s problems did not end there. Jack Dee and Melanie C had also capsized, while the bag containing Jack’s sleeping kit, wash bag, watch and camera was still floating somewhere downstream. Despite the ordeal, Dara said he needed to return to the water promptly rather than allow the experience to dominate the rest of the challenge.
The one-pound text song
The team asked listeners to donate £1 to Comic Relief by texting Greg to the special number, after several people mistakenly sent messages to Radio 1’s ordinary text line. Chris turned the instructions into a deliberately simple song listing what a pound could help provide, from textbooks and meals to clean water and support for vulnerable people.
The tune gave the exhausted group their biggest laugh of the day. Greg said that, had he possessed a working phone, he would have donated on the strength of it himself. He and the others then had to return to their boats for another two hours of canoeing before sunset.
Huw Stephens plays Real or No Real
Huw Stephens joined Scott for a round beginning with a real app called I Am Rich, which had cost almost $1,000 and done nothing beyond proving its buyer could afford it. Birdy had not appeared on Dickinson’s Real Deal with an antique tea caddy, Danny Howard did follow Zane Lowe, and a piano piece really had required its performer to use both hands and their nose.
The final question reversed the Twitter relationship: Zane did not follow Danny. Huw recognised that Scott would probably not have included the fact if everything had been fine, correctly chose “no real” and finished with 50 points. Scott advised Danny against retaliating with an unfollow of his own.
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