The year of realising things
With mid-January identified as the weekend when many resolutions would collapse, the show looked to Kylie Jenner for motivation. Her prediction that 2016 would be the year when everybody began “realising stuff” did not contain many practical instructions, but Scott admired the confidence with which it was delivered.
He had also spent an alarming amount of time watching Gemma Collins videos online. Combined with the first Who Game of the year and a listener joining Real or No Real, it gave the Friday programme the feeling of returning fully to its usual routines.
The Scott Mills room
Chris was preparing to DJ at Dundee University, where a meeting room had already been named after Scott because of his many appearances there. He thought the framed sign outside looked temporary and promised to arrive with a drill and a proper plaque, although Scott defended the university’s existing effort.
The room led Chris to a much larger idea. If restaurants, airport lounges, meeting rooms, offices and even toilets adopted Scott’s name, the legacy would continue long after the radio programme ended. He asked listeners to approach their bosses, copy Scott into the emails and begin renaming whatever they could.
Scott liked the thought of an airport lounge and still hoped the BBC might eventually give him a meeting room. He already had his name displayed at a favourite curry house and remembered the airport lounge once named after Casualty actor Derek Thompson, although that example also demonstrated how quickly celebrity names could be replaced.
What began with post-it notes and a slightly temporary university sign was therefore turned into a nationwide Friday campaign. At this stage, neither Scott nor Chris realised how seriously some listeners would take it during the following week.
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