Ellie prepares to meet Roger
Ellie Brennan’s search for somewhere to live took a promising turn when she found a temporary flat available at a reduced rent. There was one major condition: the tenant would also need to look after an indoor cat called Roger while the owner travelled.
Scott described Ellie’s meeting with Roger as “a date with the cat” and wanted to know whether the animal would be allowed to decide if she was suitable. Ellie said the arrangement made her feel better because Roger did not go outside, although Scott and Tina questioned whether a cat could really be described as an indoor recluse.
The Easiest Quiz: Jason scores eight
Jason from Wetley Rocks, near Leek in Staffordshire, became the first player of the new week. He worked alone for the council, collecting litter bins and fly-tipping in a cage van or driving a road sweeper, and said Radio 2 kept him company from his early start at around 4.30am.
He answered questions about mops, pigs, paintbrushes, pancake toppings, pockets, soup and BLTs. The quiz warned him that “bacon” had arrived slowly, but allowed him to continue.
The run became confused when Scott asked, “How many toes does a human have?” Jason heard “bones” because of the poor signal and answered 26. Scott asked the quiz to consider the phone problem, but 26 was not the number of bones either. Jason then correctly supplied 206 when asked the real total.
He finished with eight points and became the provisional Streak of the Week leader. Jason refused to make excuses and said he was happy simply to have spoken to the people who accompanied him through his working day.
The cast of Big Boys
The cast of Big Boys joined Scott to discuss the return of Jack Rooke’s comedy about university life, friendship, grief and sexuality. The conversation focused on how the programme balanced broad comic set pieces with moments drawn from Jack’s own experiences.
Jack explained that the story had grown from autobiographical material but had become an ensemble piece in which each character needed a life beyond the central narrator. Scott asked about the way personal memories could be reshaped without losing what made them truthful.
Dylan Llewellyn discussed playing Jack and the responsibility of portraying a real person who was also standing nearby as the writer and creator. The role required him to move between awkward comedy and more vulnerable material without treating them as separate versions of the character.
Jon Pointing talked about Danny’s friendship with Jack and the chemistry that had developed across the cast. Their relationship remained central because the series presented male friendship as emotionally significant rather than simply a source of jokes.
The interview also looked at the reaction from viewers who recognised their own university experiences, bereavement or process of coming out. Scott praised the programme for being funny without avoiding the difficult parts of Jack’s story.
The Birthday Game: Angie ends up with Do the Bartman
Angie, 51, was spending a long birthday weekend in London with her wife Lucy. A fan of murder mysteries, she had named her cat Fletcher after Jessica Fletcher from Murder, She Wrote. She shared her birthday with Keeley Hawes, Chloë Grace Moretz and Holly Willoughby.
Her first choice was Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again from 2001. Angie called it “a classic” but skipped it. The second was The Jam’s Town Called Malice from 1982, which she also rejected despite asking for something from the 1980s that would make her move.
That left her with Do the Bartman by The Simpsons. Scott explained that it had appeared on The Simpsons Sing the Blues and was widely believed to have been anonymously written by Michael Jackson.
Asked which song she would choose if she could erase the previous few minutes, Angie admitted she would return to Atomic Kitten. Scott apologised to the entire country before playing her unavoidable final selection.
10 February 2025: Vernon Kay
The handover looked ahead to Myles Smith opening the second week of Piano Room Month. Scott also revisited the day’s guests and Ellie’s imminent meeting with Roger.
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