Another exam finish
Listener Amy celebrated completing her final GCSE, a Latin paper she expected to use mainly for recognising spells in Harry Potter. Her weekend plan was to camp in a friend’s garden, which Scott considered superior to ordinary camping because the house, toilet and Wi-Fi remained available.
The programme supplied another end-of-exams fanfare. After a week of horses, doves and elaborate plans, a tent close enough to reach the home internet felt like a sensible conclusion.
The Who game returns
Joe, the listener who introduced the Who game, called with a refreshed list. Players took turns naming a recognisable person whose public career had become sufficiently quiet to prompt the question “who?”. Repeats and long pauses meant elimination.
The game threatened to continue indefinitely because every answer reminded somebody of another forgotten name. Scott eventually asked each player for one final, strongest “who” and chose a winner rather than allowing the list to consume the rest of the programme.
A finished farmers’ anthem
Scott unveiled the fully produced version of the young-farmers rewrite of Avicii’s “Waiting for Love”. He had combined Chris’s lyrics with the vocals recorded by farmers Emily and Ben, creating a track that sounded much more complete than Thursday’s demonstration.
Messages arrived from people feeding animals, pumping slurry and driving farm vehicles. Even listeners outside farming wanted a copy. The song could not be released commercially, but Scott and Greg James planned a homemade video at their weekend gigs.
The visual would imitate the dramatic arrival sequences used by superstar DJs. Scott hoped to arrive on a tractor rather than in a luxury car, while Greg would contribute slow-motion footage from Harper Adams. Phone cameras and actual farmers would supply the scale their budget could not.
Babies say yes
Parents reported that one-year-old children were beginning to repeat the show’s emphatic “yes”. The Scott Mills language had moved from university friends and couples to listeners who could barely speak.
Scott saw no problem with beginning the education early. Chris was less sure that a baby’s first useful contribution should be a quotation from Radio 1, but the evidence suggested parents had already made the decision.
Friday’s Real or No Real included another guest announcement before Greg’s show. June’s middle week ended with two creations now independent of the programme: babies were saying “yes”, and young farmers were asking to hear their own Avicii anthem at events.
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