Swedish Sunday television
Scott returned from Sweden with evidence that its ordinary television could be more surprising than British late-night schedules. One programme featured older swimmers who were entirely naked, followed by a host who joined them. A Sunday morning show calmly showed a woman constructing a bed from scratch.
Sweden was expensive but notably cheerful, leaving Scott impressed by both the country and its ability to broadcast things that would require warnings and strategic camera angles elsewhere.
His video with Chris on the Tube to the Brit Awards had also appeared on Sunday Brunch. Tim Lovejoy welcomed the opportunity to see them “so much”, reviving memories of the time Scott had been unable to identify Sweden properly on a map.
Are Stuart’s parents secretly swingers?
Listener Stuart was worried about his parents’ forthcoming holiday to Crete. They were travelling with another couple, and details of the arrangement had encouraged him to suspect that the trip might involve more than shared airport parking.
Scott and Chris asked him to inspect the family garden for pampas grass, the traditional suburban clue in their improvised investigation. There was none. This failed to calm Stuart, who proposed a parental version of Sun, Sex and Suspicious Parents in which children travelled secretly to the resort and observed the adults.
The programme became Sun, Sex and Suspicious Kids. It had no commission, budget or evidence, but it offered Stuart a more dramatic alternative to simply asking his parents why four friends were going to Crete.
Keep Justin Bieber in Atlanta
Television news covered a Facebook protest opposing Justin Bieber’s possible move to an Atlanta neighbourhood. Hundreds had responded online, but only a handful appeared at the physical demonstration.
Scott and Chris considered starting the opposite campaign. If Bieber settled in Atlanta, he would at least be farther away from Britain, making local property concerns an international opportunity.
Martin Garrix versus Chris Stark
Martin Garrix had produced “Wizard” while still only seventeen. To understand the achievement, Scott played a school-age recording by Chris: a MiniDisc remix connected to Titanic. The enormous difference in quality made age a less comforting excuse than Chris had hoped.
Clare Balding’s Sochi trolley had meanwhile reached twenty-two documented mentions. With the Winter Olympics finished, the show invited Clare and the trolley to come home.
Greg’s Real or No Real revealed that Chvrches singer Lauren Mayberry really had belonged to a BBC production talent pool. London Grammar had not recorded a theme for a cholera-hospital drama. Scott’s publicity photograph really had been created by removing Dionne Bromfield from an existing image, initially leaving behind part of an arm and a suspicious shadow. Greg won thirty points to ten, proving more observant than the first Photoshop attempt.
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