March 2019
This was the month of Radio 1's 24-hour LOLathon for Comic Relief, with Scott and Chris collecting jokes around Britain and Ireland before broadcasting overnight with guests including Megan Barton Hanson and Jack Whitehall. It also saw Scott learning Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau for Wales's Grand Slam decider, coached by Shane Williams.
Chris’s Friday Extra Show replayed the cockerel naming, heard Welsh listeners judge Scott’s national anthem and gave Kelly’s footstool conception the extended treatment. [...]
Welsh rugby legend Shane Williams coached Scott through Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau before Scott performed it live, while Kelly discovered her parents believed she was conceived on a large footstool. [...]
Scott continued learning Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Katherine Ryan got soaked in Innuendo Bingo and Mary’s cockerel was finally named Jeffrey after Harriet nominated her cheating father. [...]
After losing his temper on a train over exploding Coke, Scott committed to supporting Wales against Ireland and Chris challenged him to learn Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau properly before Saturday. [...]
Scott and Chris returned still overwhelmed by the £250,000-plus LOLathon total, continued nominations for Mary’s cockerel and met Josh “The Provider” Weller, a ranked British air guitarist. [...]
Jack Whitehall, John Newman and Nick Grimshaw joined the overnight fundraiser before Megan Barton Hanson faced a deliberately extra-rude Innuendo Bingo and Fyre Festival’s Andy King explained what “taking one for the team” really meant. [...]
As daylight finally returned, Scott and Chris tested “silly things at silly o’clock”, donated when comedy clips genuinely made them laugh and played Homes Under The Hammer’s literal-music game with Clara Amfo. [...]
Sharon Horgan joined the final 90 minutes before Scott and Chris crossed the 24-hour finish line, thanked the entire Radio 1 team and learned the Comic Relief total had passed £250,000. [...]
Around the halfway point, Scott and Chris sat outside in the dark and briefly broke down from tiredness before returning for the late-night rude section with Unexpected Fluids and stories daytime Radio 1 could never normally tell. [...]
Scott and Chris started their 24-hour Comic Relief broadcast at 1pm with jokes collected around Britain and Ireland, Belfast six-year-old Edward contributing the road trip’s final knock-knock joke and Dr Alex supplying doctor humour. [...]