May 2020
With Scott and Chris off air for lockdown, Radio 1's afternoon show leant on the archive and celebrity home DJ sets, from Chris Stark's 747 flight simulator landing to his sombrero-clad turn as the Sexy Mexican serenading diners.
Chris finally spoke to Dorset smoker Adam about going low and slow, estate agents confessed what really happens in empty properties and Joel Dommett broadcast from a loft full of props before explaining how Radio 4 had helped with a fox problem. [...]
Tom Grennan climbed onto his parents' roof for a lockdown mix and spoke candidly about ego and a past relationship, while one listener revealed that drinking leftover chip vinegar had helped start a romance. [...]
A second distinct 27 May podcast brought Alison Hammond to the home-DJ slot, Chris's American barbecue obsession and Grace's extraordinary story of being required to sign a multi-page relationship agreement with a colleague. [...]
A heatwave archive edition revived Scott's home cooling tip, but one successful ice cube under his shorts became a whole cup in the studio and left both him and Chris worrying more about numbness than temperature. [...]
Convinced restaurant musicians must make a fortune, Chris put on a sombrero, a yellow Hulk Hogan moustache and blue sunglasses, sang pop songs at unsuspecting diners and discovered the business model produced precisely no money. [...]
Chris became the emergency third pilot at British Airways' Heathrow training centre, wore Top Gun sunglasses, made an uncertain cabin announcement and eventually put a 747 simulator down with a landing nobody would have applauded. [...]
Another archive week opened with Chris deciding chick-lit looked easy, adopting Joe Jonas as a pen name and producing The Demon Head Mistress before his overheated prose was turned into a track by The Streets. [...]
Henry landed in Scott and Chris's imaginary Sydney and met an aggressively Australian local, while Laura Whitmore mixed from her unfinished garden bar and explained lockdown life with Iain Stirling. [...]
Listener Henry's cancelled Australian holiday was rebuilt from Gatwick check-in onwards, complete with an absurdly thorough security search, while Mo Gilligan DJed from his sofa and Chris guided Cardiff after dark. [...]
Mel C proved she really could DJ from home, while Matt Tancock explained life with a name one letter away from the Health Secretary and Chris offered Hull patty butties, Bransholme and The Deep as tourism essentials. [...]