Gary Davies spent a good chunk of Wednesday's Drivetime trying to keep a straight face after reading out news of a wellness retreat on the Isle of Wight called "The Art of Letting Go", where guests are encouraged to pass wind freely without embarrassment. He turned it into the theme for his Radio 2 Jukebox, inviting listeners to suggest songs fitting the, ahem, brief, and was soon struggling to get through texts without cracking up, at one point warning his colleague "stop laughing over there, you set me off." Listeners played along gleefully, with suggestions ranging from Ride Like the Wind to, inevitably, Let It Go from Frozen, sent in by Charlotte from Rustington who said the title "says it in the title really."
Listen: The wind-themed jukebox reveal
Earlier, Gary was buzzing over Sam Fender's newly announced stadium tour for next summer, calling in Nick Roberts, the BBC Introducing presenter who gave Fender his first ever radio play back in 2017. Nick recalled hosting Fender's first gig at an 80-capacity venue in Tynemouth that ended up dangerously oversubscribed, joking "let's just say it was health and safety issues."
Listen: Nick Roberts on discovering Sam Fender
The show also got briefly derailed by listener confusion over the clocks going back, with texter Lorna insisting it would actually be lighter rather than darker at the same time next week. Gary called in BBC Weather's Matt Taylor to settle the debate, who confirmed Gary had been right all along that evenings will get darker as the clocks change.
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