The Get Your Own Back dispute
Scott’s friend Chris had appeared on children’s television programme Get Your Own Back when he was ten.
Contestants completed physical challenges to earn points before trying to send an adult into the show’s gunge tank. Chris had brought his barber.
Twelve years later, Chris still believed presenter Dave Benson Phillips had wrongly counted the petals on a flower during one challenge. He claimed the error cost him ten points, changed the result and allowed his barber to escape the gunge.
The defeat followed him into adulthood because people always asked whether he had successfully gunged the barber whenever he mentioned appearing on the programme.
Scott contacted Dave Benson Phillips and presented the case. Dave remembered the programme’s rules, considered whether an error could have happened and agreed that the dispute deserved investigation.
Chris wanted an apology, official recognition that he should have won and ideally another opportunity to place the barber in the gunge tank.
Dear Scott
One listener said Scott’s photograph on the Radio 1 website made his shirt appear extraordinarily long, as though he had adopted Tim Westwood’s oversized hip-hop clothing.
Another message came from somebody who had bought Scott a drink but never received one in return. Scott eventually remembered the encounter, denied deliberately avoiding the person and promised to buy several drinks next time.
Other letters discussed programme photographs, nights out, recurring team jokes and listeners abroad using the podcast.
Mills: The Musical
The improvised-musical group Showstopper created a song for the Edinburgh project.
They were challenged to insert Take That titles without preparation, using songs including It Only Takes a Minute as lyrical building blocks.
Oh, What’s Occurring?
People on Stupid Street were asked which animal they would most like to speak to. Dog and monkey were joint winners, with answers also including pigs and horses.
Another round counted the Take That song titles placed into Showstopper’s improvised number.
The final round counted food references during an hour of Celebrity MasterChef. The montage became increasingly rapid as dishes, ingredients and cooking terms accumulated.
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