The funniest moment of the night came from James King, who turned up to Jo Whiley's Culture Club looking, in his own words, like "the well is running dry". He explained he'd had an early make-up session before the school run, and his daughter Coco wasn't impressed. "You just need some shape," she told him, before later adding he still looked "kind of cakey". Jo couldn't stop laughing, calling it "the funniest comment ever".
Earlier in the show, Jo revisited her Sofa Session with Anthony Szemerei, who admitted to a mid-song panic attack while performing live, saying he "completely mute"d halfway through. Jo recalled Sam Smith telling the show about a full-blown panic attack during a gig in Mexico, and said folk singer Kate Rusby had since messaged in to say stage nerves are far more common than audiences realise.
James then took listeners through the week's big releases. He gave The Social Reckoning five sequins, praising Mikey Madison and Jeremy Allen White's performances, and shared a chat in which Mikey revealed she's been growing a zucchini between takes. Verity, starring Josh Hartnett and Anne Hathaway, scored two sequins, with James admitting he'd "seen it twice" despite its flaws. He also recommended K2 documentary The Last First and the cinema re-release of 24 Hour Party People, both four sequins.
Author Catherine Rundell also popped up for Radio 2's Book Club, reading an extract from Jane Austen's Emma as part of the station's National Year of Reading celebrations.
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