World Cup
Every four years football takes over the show, with pranks, World Cup songs and tournament-themed games running from the Radio 1 years through to Radio 2, plus the odd mention of England or Scotland's progress in the tournament itself.
Robbie Williams talked lockdown songwriting, art and his enormous Los Angeles home while Chris remembered the youth football team whose centre-backs fought each other. [...]
Eddie Hearn finally became the DJ he always wanted to be, Radio 1 tested lockdown dating-app video calls live and weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans drummed the BBC News theme. [...]
Chris disappeared to the toilet at the start of the show, Joe Marler kept FaceTiming from Japan, and Victoria McLean revealed a Wizarding World collection approaching 5,000 items. [...]
England prop Joe Marler took Chris’s unexpected call from Japan and revealed his travel pillow was really a pregnancy pillow, while Emily’s chosen date Jamie disappeared mid-call and runner-up Ollie had to step in. [...]
Scott returned from Las Vegas, Ask Me Anything found two-time UK dog-surfing champion James Clark and Chris triggered “Article 69” to find Aberdeen listener Emily a boyfriend before Christmas. [...]
England’s Lionesses defeat produced an emotional montage, a wrong-number cleaner voicemail landed on Scott’s phone and the village of Muff began searching for a new mayor. [...]
Freddie Flintoff faced a sports-heavy Innuendo Bingo, Maisie Peters surprised a listener and Radio 1 investigated flat-share adverts with unusually specific requirements. [...]
Listener Ellie and her friends compiled the dating-profile lines they were sick of seeing, while loved-up Will and Katie proved to Chris that couples really could speak to each other in painfully affectionate voice notes. [...]
Chris came back from honeymoon to hear Scott analyse his wedding speech, learn what “wig flew” meant and receive an extraordinary personalised welcome-home video from viral World Cup fan Naked Martin. [...]
With the wedding days away, Scott moved from fashion to intimate grooming, using an elaborate garden metaphor to discuss exactly how much tidying Chris needed before the ceremony. [...]