lockdown
Coverage of how Scott Mills and the show adapted during the coronavirus lockdowns, from isolation-era features and celebrity DJ sets in the Radio 1 years through to lingering references in later Radio 2 shows.
A game of Fingers, The Botanist and a light-up dancefloor failed to sell Chester to the Four Lads in Jeans, while festival memories and a final quiz celebrated producer Grace's last day. [...]
Scott's new garden dog toilet promised to dissolve poo, which naturally led him to wonder whether he should personally test it before Teddy used it. [...]
Viral meme stars Jamie, Connor, Alex and Kevin judged the nights out everybody was missing, while Lynette got her coronavirus vaccine and Scott prepared Teddy for a Zoom dog-training class. [...]
Ella Eyre revealed she could recite adverts from memory, Kate Thistleton admitted the same habit and Scott celebrated listeners' tiny wins before Cocktail or Wrestling Move. [...]
Lynette judged another batch of men for Zofia, including a teacher and a magician, while a Bamboleo clip brought back memories of Dickie's Dribble. [...]
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. [...]
With the BBC expanding home-learning programmes, Chris put on a metaphorical mortarboard and launched his own extremely unreliable contribution to education. [...]
Chris revived his supposed ability to identify vegans by voice alone, only for a flexitarian to make the whole Vegan Whisperer theory considerably harder to defend. [...]
Brother or Lover received its first all-female twist with Fay and Lydia, while Scott and Chris admitted their latest Pointless appearance had gone nowhere near as well as the last one. [...]
Lynette judged a postman, turkey farmer, Christmas-tree salesman and ice skater for Zofia, while Scott and Chris stretched the final Bamboleo Wednesday of the year into a festive send-off. [...]