Beccy takes over the final 15 minutes
During Radio 1’s Access All Areas Week, Scott gave Beccy the final 15 minutes of the programme to demonstrate that ordinary listeners could present their own short show.
The stunt promoted the Christmas Day “Tinsel Takeover”, when 24 listeners would each receive a 15-minute Radio 1 slot between 10am and 4pm.
Beccy introduced herself repeatedly with “Hello”, which she declared to be her catchphrase. She also developed “Watch me now” as a second one after Scott mocked her habit of saying hello before nearly every record.
Her first link identified Chicane and Mumford & Sons, then attempted to explain the Christmas competition. She asked Joe Cole for the studio phone number before admitting that she did not want listeners to call because she did not want to speak to anybody.
Scott advised her to build a relationship with the audience. Beccy instead told people to call after seven.
She promoted upcoming records and tried to create links from her plans for the evening, while Scott and colleagues repeatedly interrupted or challenged her preparation.
Zane Lowe joined briefly and was confused to discover Beccy presenting instead of Scott. She explained the takeover and demonstrated both catchphrases.
Messages from listeners compared her with other presenters and said she was better than the usual host. By the end, Beccy claimed the experiment had proved that almost anybody could manage 15 minutes on Radio 1.
Scott’s first Radio 1 show
To encourage listeners to apply for the Christmas takeover, the programme replayed parts of Scott’s first Radio 1 show.
His early delivery was much more formal, nervous and heavily punctuated by pauses. He repeatedly identified the station and told listeners who had set alarms especially for his first link to go back to bed.
Scott remembered opening with Missing by Everything But the Girl, after My Favourite Game by The Cardigans had also played near the start.
The team focused on Scott repeatedly trailing Radio 1’s new phone number as though the number itself were the main attraction.
He explained that callers could use it “for everything from now on”, promoted it before records and presented the new phone system as a major technological breakthrough.
Scott’s Susan Boyle Christmas-tree angel
Scott had made a homemade angel for the top of his Christmas tree using a printed photograph of Susan Boyle’s head and hands, attached to angel wings.
Beccy rated it 11 out of 10 and was impressed that Scott claimed to have decorated the tree himself.
Scott said the angel had taken two hours to make and directed listeners to Unofficial Mills to see photographs of the complete tree and a close-up of Susan Boyle appearing delighted at the top.
Oh, What’s Occurring?
In Oh, What’s Occurring?, Beccy and Chappers predicted the result of three recorded challenges before Scott played the full clips and revealed the answers.
What people did on the toilet
The studio first discussed what people did on the toilet apart from the obvious.
Chappers sometimes read a newspaper or completed a crossword. Beccy kept a book she disliked in the bathroom so she could finish it a few pages at a time.
People on Stupid Street gave much stranger answers. One texted her boyfriend to tell him what she was doing. Another sang Michael Jackson or Britney Spears songs. One filed dry skin from her heels.
Another person checked her body for lumps, while somebody with a toilet that was too high said her feet dangled.
One man took Lego into the bathroom and built a house. Another said he had once applied fake tan while sitting on the toilet, although he admitted the coverage was poor.
Texting appeared among the answers, giving Chappers the point.
Scott’s first-show phone-number count
The second round counted how often Scott had mentioned Radio 1’s new phone number during his first show.
The montage included repeated promises that listeners could use it for everything, repeated invitations to test the system and many rapid recitations of the number itself.
Scott became visibly uncomfortable and moved towards the back of the studio while the old clips played.
The final count was 41 mentions.
Daniel Johnson and the West Country stalker
The final round replayed Scott calling former X Factor contestant Daniel Johnson in a West Country accent and posing as an overenthusiastic fan.
The caller praised Daniel’s wide smile and asked him to open his mouth so she could inspect his wisdom teeth.
She said she had found his number written on a door, called him her second-favourite X Factor contestant and asked whether they could meet at Wimpy.
She also wanted him to bring the Conway Sisters and repeatedly promised to call again.
Daniel remained polite, answered every question and stayed on the line for two full minutes.
Chappers’ prediction was closest, giving him the round.
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