Fish at the front door
Scott had been visited on two consecutive mornings by a man in full fishmonger clothing offering fresh fish at about 8am. He could not actually see any fish, but the uniform suggested the caller had supplies somewhere nearby.
Chris remembered a Southampton character who sold fish around pubs and clubs, which was strange enough late at night. A doorstep fish salesman appearing at breakfast time made Scott wonder whether he had moved into an earlier century. He had declined twice but was beginning to consider buying something if the man returned.
The same present for eight years
Scott’s friend Kelly received the same box of chocolates from boyfriend James for Christmas and her birthday. They had once been her favourites, which meant James believed he had found a reliable gift. Eight years into the relationship, Kelly was receiving two boxes annually because her mother had also been told how much she loved them.
The difficulty was that she had not liked the chocolates for roughly five years. Every time James gave them to her, she thanked him and reinforced the misunderstanding. With another Christmas approaching, she agreed to tell him live on air.
Kelly carefully praised the thought before saying she did not want the chocolates again, ever. James was shocked, especially when he learned how long she had kept quiet, and the first call ended abruptly. Scott rang him back to accept responsibility for encouraging the confession. James admitted the chocolates had become his dependable main present, but agreed he would recover and find something else.
A Spanish class performs “Feliz Navidad”
The show’s campaign for “Feliz Navidad”, still often called “Missy Elliott”, reached an actual Spanish lesson at Wolverhampton Girls’ High School. The pupils knew the song well and explained its simple translation, while Chris demonstrated how little Spanish he understood.
Teacher Mrs Hand joined the conversation and revealed that she was French rather than Spanish, prompting another unhelpful display of accents from Chris. She then allowed the class to perform the song together on Radio 1. What had begun as Scott discovering a supposedly unfamiliar Christmas record had become a live school singalong.
Christmas Real or No Real
Scott and Chris played a festive Real or No Real after Gary Lucy was delayed. A claim that an odd number of people at a Czech Christmas dinner meant the unpaired guest would die within a year was no real. The suggestion that the fairy on top of a tree had been invented by a washing-up-liquid campaign was also no real.
The discussion did uncover a genuine Japanese Christmas tradition built around KFC, even though it had grown from advertising. A final claim that John Barrowman had followed Beyoncé’s surprise album by immediately releasing one of his own was no real.
The programme finished by looking ahead to the final week. Scott and Chris would cover Breakfast on Monday, Will Ferrell would play Bingo on Tuesday and Bear Grylls was booked for Wednesday.
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