Sleep eating, sleep shopping, and sleep texting
Scott opened Tuesday with a story about a friend — Gary — who used to wake up to find he’d consumed an entire six-pack of Milky Bar yoghurts in his sleep with no memory of it. “He’d be like, ‘Oh, I’ve done it again.'” That led to the morning’s main theme: things people do in their sleep they have no recollection of.
Sleep eating turned out to be extremely common. One listener had woken up to find curry in the cutlery drawer — she’d pulled it open, got out a spoon and eaten from the pot with the drawer still open, then gone back to bed. Another had bought Kung Fu Panda 3 on Blu-ray in the night and only found out when it arrived from Amazon the next morning.
The newer phenomenon was sleep shopping. A woman had apparently trained herself out of actually pressing buy in her sleep — she still adds things to her basket, she just no longer confirms the order. Tina’s basket was inspected live on air: a glow-in-the-dark Incredible Hulk, super-strength American antiperspirant, popcorn boxes, mouth sleep tape (“Tess Daly does it, it’s meant to be great for your jawline”), and a plunger she’d bought and never used. Scott’s contained fridge shelves, an exercise bike shoe holder and a Ryanair bag to comply with their new size rules. “That’s so you,” Ellie said.
Kayleigh from Cirencester rang to confess to sleep texting. She’d send her mum messages mid-dream about floods and fish and chips going cold. “Obviously things I was dreaming about. I would then send to my mum, who would wake up and think, what on earth?” It stopped eventually. She has no idea why.
The Sound of Music situation escalates
The discovery that Scott had visited Salzburg — birthplace of the film — without having seen The Sound of Music continued to reverberate. He revealed that the show’s boss had raised it with him directly: “I had a call with her about several things yesterday, and then at the end she went, ‘OK, just to clarify, Scott hasn’t seen it, so potentially very short run on breakfast.'” He later reported being called to the office after the show. The working theory was three strikes: Sound of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins.
A caller named Emma provided solidarity by volunteering that she had never seen Top Gun, Die Hard, The Bodyguard, Mary Poppins, The Godfather, Gone With The Wind, Rocky or any Harry Potter film. The conversation quickly became competitive in the other direction.
Jemma gets on stage with Robbie Williams
Last week the show had tracked down Jemma, the woman caught on the Take That documentary shouting her home phone number at Robbie Williams in 1993. Robbie had seen it, tried to call the number without the area code, and not got through. The show had found her and learned she desperately wanted to see him at Wolverhampton but had no tickets.
Tuesday morning, she called back. Robbie’s team had sorted tickets, merch and, in the end, a moment on stage. He’d just finished singing Angels and told the crowd about the documentary and the phone number, then said he didn’t need to call anymore — because she was there. “This is so good,” Scott said. “We’re just here making dreams come true.”
Afterwards, she’d got to chat to him backstage. “He was such a lovely person, so down to earth.” She went back to teach with a very tired voice. “I think there’ll be a lot of silent reading today,” Scott noted. He added that he’d always known Robbie would be like that. “He’s so humble. He was so pleased to meet us.”
Big Guest Tuesday: Chris Hemsworth and Halle Berry
Chris and Halle arrived to promote Crime 101, in cinemas Friday — a heist thriller inspired by 70s and 80s movies, shot partly on the real 101 freeway in LA. Chris plays an elusive jewel thief with a strict moral code. “As robbers go — quite nice.” Halle plays an insurance broker who’s been told she’s aged out of her firm and told no promotion is coming. “It’s maddening as it is in real life. It’s when art imitates life.”
On the film’s inspirations: Bullitt, Heat, The Usual Suspects. “And it’s very adult. We don’t see these films enough anymore.” Barry Keoghan plays a supporting role. Chris described him as someone who “when he comes on set, the whole space shifts. This is a dangerous quality — absolutely terrifying and mesmerizing.” On whether Keoghan’s famously growing hair is real: “I think it’s real. I was up on it.” (He’s growing it for his role as Ringo Starr in the new Beatles film.)
Scott revealed that Chris had been in Neighbours — one episode, 25 years ago, as a mechanic witness to a robbery. “There’s been a robbery. Hey, are you listening to me?” Chris remembered the line precisely. He later moved to Home and Away for three years, which he described as the best possible training ground: twenty scenes a day, years of camera time. Halle’s route in was improv at Second City in Chicago. “I was just bored. I was living in a city. I had no friends.” She’d walked in on a whim and it was, she said, “terrifying, but a good training ground.”
The highlight of the visit came when they presented Scott with a gift they’d apparently retrieved from his house. It was his Radio Academy Award — Best Music Entertainment Show 2024. “That’s from my house,” Scott said. “This is from my house.” Chris confirmed they’d had an accomplice. Scott confirmed he is a deep sleeper. “We’ll sell it to you,” Halle said. “I’ll send you one of the Thor hammers and you can send me your Oscar,” Scott offered. She declined.
Before leaving, Scott asked the studio to guess the combined entourage. Tina said 15. Scott went to 28. The answer, revealed after they’d departed: 20. Tina won the oat flat white.
The quiz: K-pop Demon Hunters
Angie from Suffolk — Lego builder of the Statue of Liberty, owner of a cat called Harry who, 15 years ago, became an early viral internet star for massaging the back of a pug called Toby — took on Tuesday’s quiz. She did well until the question: “What genre of music is K-pop Demon Hunters?” She said rap. Buzzed. She reconsidered and said pop. Buzzed again. The song played, she admitted she’d genuinely never heard it, and cited being 53 and without children as mitigating factors. Scott played it in full afterwards. She finished on four points. Scott was conflicted about the question. “A seven and four-year-old cannot believe someone has not heard of K-pop Demon Hunters.”
The entourage question, Olympic medals breaking, and the glasses
The Winter Olympics continued to command Scott’s attention. He’d ordered a pair of novelty glasses shaped like the Olympic rings online — found the perfect pair, spent an hour sourcing them — only to discover they’d just been dispatched from China. “By the time I get them, the Olympics is finished. Fuming.” Someone pointed out the Summer Olympics was only two years away. “As if I’m that organised.”
He also noted that several Olympic medals had started falling apart — the ribbon detaching from the medal itself. His response: “I love Italy. Chaos. It was the same when we went to Turin for Eurovision. Half of the stage background didn’t work properly. And when we ask why, they just shrug their shoulders. Just don’t worry about it. Relax.”
Team GB’s disappointing Monday — Mia Brooks fourth in snowboard Big Air, Kirsty Muir fourth in slopestyle, Mowat and Dodds losing 9-3 to Sweden in curling — got airtime, though with better news: Lila Fear and Lewis Gibson were fourth after their Spice Girls rhythm dance, with the free dance and medals still to come.
Birthday game: Mark gets No Limits with a hangover
Mark from Sandhurst, 34, celebrated his birthday conducting the show from bed with a slightly fuzzy head. The three spins landed on Cliff Richard’s The Young Ones (1962), Julie Covington’s Don’t Cry For Me Argentina (1977), and 2 Unlimited’s No Limits (1993). He went to spin three. His reaction on hearing it was good-humoured but barely concealed. “I wouldn’t say you’re wrong.” The queue of texts celebrating it from listeners — including Melissa in Rotherham having a morning rave in her kitchen — slightly outnumbered the sympathetic ones.
The handover
Vernon arrived post-Super Bowl, post-sleep, running on a heated blanket and an early night. “For a Tuesday post-Super Bowl, we are in a great mood.” He had Mumford & Sons in the Piano Room. Scott signed off having survived the Hemsworth visit, the Sound of Music investigation and a live award theft, and in doing so had a very good Tuesday.
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