Celebrity televisions and imaginary inches
A photograph of Adele beside an enormous television starts a Radio 1 discussion about the size of celebrity screens. Scott claims 52 inches and Chris 49, although each suspects the other is exaggerating. Scott admits he has done exactly that with shoes: he believes his feet may really be size nine but has spent years buying tens, simply assuming they were still growing.
Installers and listeners report even more extravagant sets, including curved screens approaching 90 inches. The conversation is half home cinema and half status anxiety, with television measurements treated like proof that somebody is finally getting somewhere in life.
Julia Hardy does not hold back
It is a good day to be called Julia. Radio 1 gaming expert Julia Hardy plays Innuendo Bingo for the first time and immediately commits to it. Her distinctive laugh becomes as important as the spray while clips about yoga, family arrivals and other accidentally suggestive phrases defeat both players.
Julia had washed her hair shortly before arriving, then realised Chris’ water would make the effort pointless. She is right. By the end she is soaked, exhilarated and responsible for one of the most gleeful games in recent memory.
Issues, dictionaries and Delia Smith
Tune of the Week artist Julia Michaels explains that she wrote “Issues” after a petty fight with her boyfriend and kept it because the three-minute song felt uniquely like her. Although other artists wanted it, she refuses to name them. Her songwriting credits include Selena Gomez’s “Hands to Myself” and Justin Bieber’s “Sorry,” the latter apparently written in about 40 minutes.
In Real or No Real, Julia is horrified that “yas” has entered the dictionary and learns of a fisherman whose Justin Bieber ringtone startled an attacking bear. Finally, the show marks 12 years since Delia Smith took a microphone at half-time during Norwich City’s match against Manchester City and demanded, “Where are you? Let’s be ’aving you!” The immortal rallying cry closes a Julia-filled final day of February.
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# March 2017
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