Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift crops up across the site's archive, from Radio 1 years covering her Biggest Weekend and Big Weekend appearances to later Radio 2 stories about album releases, UK tour dates and other presenters' Swift-related moments.
A student’s badly timed break-up inspired Scott and Chris to call for a ban on dumping people just before exams, while Taylor Swift’s honorary doctorate reopened the argument over celebrities getting degrees for free. [...]
Rich challenged listeners to find him at the UK's newest motorway services, revealing Rugby M6 after clues about farming, EV chargers and scrums, before the quiz explored celebrity trademarks. [...]
Yungblud laughed through a self-review of his Cardigan Live Lounge, while listener Sophie admitted an unforgettable toilet accident on a school coach in France. [...]
Stephen Fry recalled being taken off Radio 1 in 1982, explained how “spuffle” spread through voiceover studios and was pitched an unlikely Taylor Swift collaboration at Big Weekend. [...]
Joel Corry had to identify which of three accusations was genuine before apologising to friend Jake, while the show’s fearless intern secretly caught Scott and Chris refusing to correct people who used the wrong names. [...]
The final Friday Extra Show returned to Big Weekend Norwich in 2015, where Chris secretly turned Scott into “Mr Salamander” and phoned local businesses pretending Taylor Swift needed bowling shoes and Olly Murs required emergency waxing. [...]
Taylor said she would happily lose the UK number one to Stormzy, Scott mistakenly told her twice that he would see her at Big Weekend and Morgan learned he was conceived during a camping trip. [...]
Swansea listeners celebrated after Radio 1 confirmed that Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift would play the Biggest Weekend in the city. [...]