Nick Grimshaw spent much of Tuesday's show nursing a dying voice, telling listeners "I feel awful and ill, I lose my voice like clinging on for dear life" before fans flooded in with remedies, from ginger to jelly babies to, Nick admitted, a tried-and-tested "madras followed by a brandy".
The best chat of the morning came from Tall Tales and Murder co-stars Ella Lily Highland and Philippa Dunn, in to talk about their new BBC series. Reminiscing about old-school Halloweens, Philippa topped everyone's childhood stories by revealing her mum used to fill a bucket with spaghetti, spray-paint fake eyeballs red, and make trick-or-treaters "put your hand in the witch's guts" to get their sweets. Philippa also told Nick her six-year-old daughter had become obsessed with a song she'd only heard because her husband keeps retuning the car radio to 6 Music on the school run.
Listen: Witch's guts Halloween story
Digging into the archive for Halloween, Nick played a clip from Iggy Pop's 2015 special with filmmaker John Waters, in which Iggy described buying up discounted children's costumes from the thrift store "and then just wear them every day all year." Nick noted that Jarvis is currently covering Iggy Pop's regular Sunday evening show on 6 Music.
Listen: Iggy Pop and John Waters archive
There was also a nostalgic nod to Amy Winehouse, with Nick and Jams reflecting on last week's Back to Black 20th anniversary coverage and playing a live cut of Georgia Smith's cover from Jo Whiley's BBC Two tribute show.
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