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08/02/2007 - Thursday


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<b>BBC1’s Holiday takes an interesting twist</b>

Thursday’s show kicked of with a clip from Wednesday night’s BBC1 Holiday programme. Whilst watching it, Scott had been just a little perturbed by presenter Lawrence Llewellyn-Bowen’s conversation about what we think was his, er…hat. In his deep honeyed tones Lawrence described his ‘brim’ was being ‘lovingly fingered’ with ‘thumbs of experience’. Is he presenting the right show?

<b>Will the Radio 1 girls combine for a new ring tone?</b>

Earlier in the day, Edith had taken to the slopes of Primrose Hill which had become a snowy playground to sledgers, skiers and of course, the Radio 1 team. Edith, of course, had to have a go and her screams of ‘I’m coming’ as she whizzed down the hill on her sledge made for more than a match for those from Jo on her infamous roller coaster experience. Scott and Chappers wanted to combine the two girls to create the ring tone to end all ring tones – but were just a bit unsure whether the Radio 1 mobile crew would go there!

<b>Chappers takes the bait</b>

Scott has become such a good liar that he even managed to dupe Chappers. Scott told us that Laura’s boyfriend had his first ever experience of snow yesterday – and was obviously blatantly excited - but he had not been allowed to enjoy it because Laura was just plain mean. Despite asking where Laura’s boyfriend ‘had been all his life’ (that’ll be Chichester then), oh my God he did believe it. Scott’s cover was blown when Daniel rang in and busted him – winning him the concert tickets.

<b>What is it? What is it? What is it?</b>

Well, there’s a question for you. Scott’s love of BBC Radio Norfolk continues, especially as far as presenter Sue Marchant is concerned. The competition from Sue’s show – called as you might have guessed - What is it? What is it? What is it? – had stumped her Norfolk listeners so Scott put Sue’s question to the nation: “it’s/they’re sometimes misleading and I keep bumping into them?” Chappers’ suggestion of ‘dogs’ led Scott to worry a bit about Chappers regularly crashing into members of the canine population, but we can see the lead – or lack of one – connection Chappers, so don’t worry. Scott reckons that everyone should text her with the answer ‘boobs’. We await the next instalment – and hopefully the answer - on Friday.

<b>Scott’s got a crush on...</b>

Scott admitted that he fancies Sue! She had given him a shout out the previous evening, saying that she thought that Scott had a bit of a ‘thing’ for her and indeed Scott came clean saying that he thought she was actually quite hot. Radio 1’s most persistent listener – Lindsay from Leeds –rang in again to accuse Scott of lying in order to get her Kaiser Chiefs tickets – to no avail though. It’s true – Scott’s got a bit of a crush on!

<b>A beg for cash</b>

A big fan of the show, it seems that Stewart is set to storm the film world. Scott gave him a call to hear about his new venture, which turns out to be the creation of the next film to grip the likes of Hollywood. Describing the film as ‘the modern cult of the celebrity chef meets the 80’s blockbuster’ it seems that Stewart could be on to a winner. Hmmm. The climax is set to be, yes, an omelette cook-off with a Japanese chef wearing a black apron. Under Siege eat your heart out! Although an incy bit sceptical, Scott gave a shout out to anyone who might have £100 million to spare to help fund Stewart’s plans. So, to any potential investors out there, you know the number…

<b>Laura’s disappointment at the speed of light</b>

Laura had gone to see David Blaine at the theatre the previous evening to see him “travel at the speed of light”. Now there’s a good trick if we’ve ever seen one. But it wasn’t. Basically Blaine had been performing a card trick in the middle of the stage, which culminated in him throwing the cards into the audience. Then suddenly the audience saw him running across the other side of the stage, apparently having travelled there at the speed of light. It turns out that it was a hologram of the great magician centre stage throughout the whole trick, allowing him to do the running bit at the end. Laura thought it was a rubbish trick and we guess won’t be recommending it to any of her friends.

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