Blow Your Own Trumpet
Moments of pride and showing off, from listener boasts and confessions to presenters admitting their own tricks and mishaps, spanning the Radio 1 years into Radio 2.
NHS worker Dan celebrated getting his coronavirus vaccine, Ryan finally landed the perfect dentist appointment time and Roisin and Alfie tried to fool Chris's Vegan Whisperer. [...]
Rosie told her younger self that bullying would not define her, her mum's death would break her world for a time, and therapy, Sam and a career helping children would help her rebuild. [...]
December began with a daily nostalgia advent calendar, while Emily and Joe confused the team with held hands, Xbox sessions and a Jack Saunders birthday message before revealing they were actually lovers. [...]
Boris Johnson's fondness for the word “alas” infected the whole show, listeners rewrote Christmas songs for coronavirus and non-romantic breakup stories became even more awkward. [...]
Clara Amfo's breakthrough Strictly scores triggered a search for the one thing Chris could genuinely claim to be 10-out-of-10 at, before an accidental honeymoon photo left one listener unable to look at Disney characters the same way. [...]
Chris inspected Scott's Instagram Explore page and found it full of shirtless men, before the show tested armpit-fart ability and met young listeners burdened with unexpectedly old-fashioned names. [...]
Private investigator James described going undercover to investigate possible paranormal activity before Scott and Chris heard from a listener whose dog left her with underwear consisting almost entirely of the waistband. [...]
Pest control confirmed Scott's terrifying studio mouse trap was empty before Sam Smith compared fake festival and football cheers after their Live Lounge. [...]
Zofia's nan Lynette judged Tinder bios live on Radio 1 while Chris discovered his new skull-covered face covering made him look less COVID-safe and more like he was about to rob a bank. [...]
Scott and Chris joined the How It Started/How It's Going trend before attempting to perform Maisie Peters and JP Saxe's Maybe Don't as though they had secretly had a fling. [...]