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BBC Radio 1 Radio 1's All Day Breakfast with Greg James Hello and Happy New Year! Welcome to the Radio 1 All Day Breakfast podcast. It's very, very nice to be back here. We've had a very fun show. You're going to love it. So if you're new, thanks for adding us to your routine. Make sure you subscribe so you come back for the best of the breakfast show every single day. It'll just drop into your phone easily.

I think we should start with the very start of today's show. Yes, good morning! Welcome to a brand new week and Happy New Year! Callum, hi! Hello! Hey! We can still say Happy New Year. Yeah, I think so. Happy New Year. 6th of January, we are on. It is the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. My God, I've missed you. And you, Callum. That's nice. I was talking to the listeners. I got that. You're all good. Really missed doing the show.

Ready to come back. And we have got a really fun year ahead of us. So thank you for choosing us on your morning routine. You are very, very welcome here. Big songs, loads of stupid stuff, huge guests and a huge competition every day this month. Jan Slam is back. Tickets to the Six Nations can be yours this morning. Could send you to Paris. It's exciting. Stade de France.

Thank you to Dean for the early breakfast show. We've got so much to catch up on. Two weeks of stuff. Um...

I also need to, my first duty is to say hello to Ben the chimney sweep who shouted at me in the street and said, I'll be listening on Monday, give me a shout out. That was him on Saturday night and I've remembered Ben and have a great day. Cleaning them chimneys. First one off the list for the new year. It's good, it feels good. New year admin. This is new year, new me. I'm going to be organised this year.

So we've got yesterday's quiz coming up. We've got tickets to the Six Nations to give away. We've got all the latest things. We've got a lot of Christmas admin to do. We've got Gavin and Stacey. We've got Wallace and Gromit. We've got the darts to talk about. We've got all the mad stuff that we watched over Christmas. And then on the way in, I listened to the news on Radio 4 and I thought, my God, they're ahead of us already. They've started already. They've got...

I thought, I don't know how to compete with this. Adrian Charles has been looking into the danger of e-bikes. Do you want to try with the illegal throttle switched on or off? Let's try off. All right, off we go. Oh! I can't compete with that. Is that real? That's real. That's on actual Radio 4. I can't. I don't know. I don't know what to do. Maybe we pack up. I don't know. I can't compete. Oh! Oh!

So I was listening to that half asleep still and they finished the link by saying this. We'll be discussing why readers the world over are still obsessed with Austin's heroines and heroes, balls and bonnets. It's nickel, right? So we're good. We're on. Are you good? 03700100100. Let's begin. It's the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. It's on. There was so much to get.

up to date with loads of Christmas admin to do that happens on today's show we've got moustache chat we've got a great quiz we've got Jan slam we've got all the latest things we have a chat about all the things that you did over Christmas that made you sort of look at yourself differently and go do you know what I think it's time to get back to reality

So loads of fun on The Breakfast Show, as ever. In fact, I think we should start with that. If you feel like you rotted over Christmas, this will make you feel less bad about it. Okay, let's ask the question. When did you realise you needed to get back to reality? Get back to work, get back to your real life, stop slobbing around like a little troll, like a little goblin. I was rotting over Christmas and I felt disgusting at times. Yeah. I think it actually peaked last night.

When I found myself watching an episode of Father Brown on the TV channel Alibi. You've gone through all other TV channels. I've completed all telly. I was like, I'll just watch Father Brown now. So, yeah, have you got one from the holiday, Callum? I think the point where I started thinking about what I was going to have for my second dinner

was the point where I was like, right, okay. Now that you're just automatically assuming there's another dinner at like 10 o'clock at night.

is a sign that you're not in a routine here. It's a nice state, though, actually. Lovely. Do you know that stuff where the fridge is all packed with things from actual dinner? And then you go and just do a little assembly of it all on a plate. If you are lucky enough to have a bit of time off over Christmas, then it is nice just to reset, like a factory reset. I felt like I was operating in Microsoft Safe mode at certain times. Nothing could be really done. You couldn't change any of the settings. Because you need to rot to come back.

I think that's what I was... I feel great today. I feel excited. I feel fresh. I feel ready. I went for the first run of the year last night. It's like, right, you're going out for a run. It doesn't matter if it's eight o'clock at night and it's cold. You just need to run for even 20 minutes just to get going again. See, my Christmas moustache is also very much like get back.

to work what are you doing messing around with facial hair come on get a job see I've just told you that I quite like it I think I hadn't really noticed it before which maybe says everything but I quite like it do you yeah okay do you I don't know if Bella will ever speak to me again after this she hates it honestly hates it it was the only argument over Christmas she was like get rid of that thing I went I'm doing a bit I'm doing a bit for the breakfast show I'm trying to impress my friends

Well, I mean, I quite like it, but I feel that Bella has the final say on that. Yeah, you're damn right she does. She'll be at the door with a Gillette. I don't know. The problem is that it's not that thick.

And it's quite light. Yeah, I didn't. I'll be honest. I've been looking at your face since seven o'clock this morning and I only really noticed it in the last five minutes. And I don't understand how that happened. Timothee Chalamet, it ain't. That's what we're going for because Timothee Chalamet has that little moustache. And then he got interviewed by someone and they said, what do your friends and family think? And he said they didn't really like it. And I thought I'd never, never tried to grow one. And now I know why. I feel like mums never like the moustache, do they?

I don't think mum liked it. No. I think if I turned up home with a moustache, my mum would be like, what are you doing? Yeah. It does give me a little creepy edge, which I don't normally have, I don't think. So yeah, Home Alone 3 was something else that I watched. Didn't need to... I mentioned earlier Series 1 of Grand Designs. Oh, wow. Right, okay, yeah. From 1998. LAUGHTER

I realised, we did realise that the baby that was just born would now be 27. Excellent, good, yeah. And the old couple in episode three are now dead. Yeah, probably not here anymore. No. House, still standing, looks lovely. Okay, yeah. Revisit. So yeah, a lot of cricket, a lot of darts, a full rot. So come on then, when did you realise you needed to go back to your routine? 03-700-100-100. We'll go through some of yours next on The Breakfast Show.

Oh, we are so back. Would you like to explain to the listeners what you've just watched me do on the camera? I've just watched you paint your moustache. I don't know what you'd call it. What was that, like eyelash stuff? Or what was the... I borrowed Helena's mascara. Mascara, right. That's the word. Thank you. Eyelash stuff.

Well, do you know what? The proof is that the hair is there. It was just very wispy, light hair. Do you know what I'd say? If I didn't know that's what you'd done, it actually looks quite convincing. The problem is that I know you've used a mascara brush to do it. And if I get sweaty or it rains... It's going to run. Like Rudy Giuliani.

Do you remember a few years ago? Oh, yeah, with a hair. Henry just said that, he said, it's giving Poirot. Yeah.

I look like a turkey flower. Yeah, okay. It's not what I was expecting to look at this morning, but there you go. So we're talking about moments you realise you need to go back to your routine. This is the moment. This is it. Playing with your own facial hair. But actually, we're now making it into a radio bit, so who knows what's going on.

But some great voice notes coming in. When did you realise you'd done too much rotting? Hi, this is Andy from East Sussex. During the 15 days that I had off over Christmas, I watched every single episode of all 15 series of Criminal Minds. All 15 series!

We've got to say, not everyone was able to rot over Christmas. People doing very important jobs. No, of course. Also, someone having a go at me saying, we're not all slobs like you just getting time off, Greg. I have to book leave. I know this doesn't sound like a job. This is a job. I have to book leave. I planned. I just planned it.

Paul? I got up yesterday morning and I actually binge watched the whole series of The Traitors New Zealand episodes one to ten and didn't end up getting to bed till 11 o'clock last night. That's when you know. Just anywhere. The Traitors from anywhere. Not only does it mean that you love the show because it is a great show but you're like, oh, I just want more of it. Oh, the New Zealand one? Yeah, fine.

I realised I knew I needed to get back to work and stop writing when I was eating four-day-old Christmas pudding at two in the morning in bed with squirty cream out of a can. Squirty cream at any point other than Christmas is a red flag or like a cry for help. So let me just... Oh, by the way, my... This is funny. I just tried to get into my phone. Oh, no, it thinks it's not you! LAUGHTER

It doesn't recognise me. My phone doesn't recognise me. That's amazing. I can't get into my own phone. I'm not even doing that. It's a joke. That's real. Yeah. That would suggest it maybe isn't as believable as I first said. I actually can't get in. Good, OK. I'll put the password in. Anyway, I was going to find the message that Tom sent me over Christmas...

Producer Tom said his one was that he took his phone with the cricket on to the toilet and also took a beer. No, no. Oh, no. Cheers. It was a sit-down wee, OK? It was a treat. Thanks for the clarity on that one, yeah.

I knew it was time to have a little bit of time off the treats when I heard some rustling going on in the living room. I ran into the living room shouting, what treats have we got? Thinking it might be a nice bag of crisps or some quality street, but it was just my partner opening some ibuprofen. It was that point I decided to sit down and go to the gym. Yeah. Mark in Litchfield says, um, when a cheese board and a Ferrero Rocher become an acceptable breakfast. Yes. When I had to go. Um,

How about this one? Sam in Altrincham. I realised I needed to get back into routine when I'd watched all the TV I could and I started reading a book.

He said, I started reading all my Harry Potter books. They've been sitting there for many years. But I want to say this. I love them. I'm now onto The Prisoner of Azkaban. Yeah, listen, a Harry Potter book after a few years is not a bad little treat, you know? Yeah, let's always encourage reading as well. There's nothing wrong with that. Jim's in Paisley and says, I needed a proper routine back when I was automatically putting on loose pyjama bottoms in preparation for my evening cheese. LAUGHTER

Evening cheese. Well, it's time for the evening cheese. I put my cheese trousers on. Off I go. Jim in Paisley's been back on. He's the one who's got a specific pair of pyjamas that he wears to go and have his cheese in the evenings. And he said, thanks, Greg. My wife heard you read my message and now has adopted the name for my pyjamas to be my cheese trousers. You're welcome. Feels quite Wallace and Gromit, doesn't it? Gromit, lad, where's me cheese trousers?

Cracking cheese trousers, Gromit. While we're on the subject of watching things, there was one thing I didn't watch and Charlotte came on and told me off. Charlotte, morning! Morning!

Happy New Year! Happy New Year, my love. Feeling good? Yeah, absolutely. The January blues hasn't hit me yet. I feel okay. Shockingly, I'm actually doing all right. I have been surviving a cold for the last three weeks, though. That's never ending. Did you first defence it? Did you be like, oh my God, I can feel it? I tried. I tried.

Yeah, I feel like we've got to keep... We'll check in on each other. But for now, the January blues are away. Maybe we can force them away this year. Maybe it's all in our heads. Absolutely. Positive thinking and all that. Christmas admin, what would you like to bring up? A loose end from the back end of 2024. Yes. The question on absolutely everybody's lips in the nation is, did you watch Cinderella Story? Um...

That is annoying because I had loads of time to watch bad things over Christmas and I completely forgot. Gregory, Gregory, promises, promises. I'm so sorry. I really, I wanted to. It wasn't me shirking responsibility. There were a few things in my head that were like, oh, I've got to do that for the new year and...

Just calling yourself a Jennifer Coolidge fan and not dedicating yourself to her repertoire is just outstandingly bad. Please remind me how this even came about. Why did I say that I'd watched A Cinderella Story? You omitted on air that you'd never seen it before after a 10-minute takeover where they had the main song from it playing. Oh my God, we played that awful song, didn't we? No!

Oh, well, OK, maybe in context, good, but out of context, bad. Who's even by? What was it? Who's it by? Jesse McCartney. Wow. So that was that. But look, and then we found out that Jennifer Coolidge was in it. So then I was excited to watch it. But I had so many things to think about. I had a moustache to grow. I had this with my moustache to grow. Not good enough. Not good enough. Did you even watch?

Jennifer Coolidge's cameo in the holiday classic single All The Way? I didn't. I'm sorry. Oh my goodness. I watched so much bad stuff over Christmas. Do you know what? It got to the point where I watched Home Alone 3. Oh, you know what? I'm so disappointed in you. I think a pre-teen movie marathon is coming your way. I watched Home Alone 3. I even caught myself watching, you know, the TV channel Alibi.

Oh no. I watched that for an hour. My favourite is when Film 24 becomes Christmas 24 in November. Hallmark movie after Hallmark movie. Oh no, I definitely could have had an hour and a half spare for this because I watched about 40 hours of cricket. I watched 10 hours of darts. I watched unironically a couple of episodes of Series 1 of Grand Designs. Oh God.

We know it all how it's going to end in Grand Designs though. They'll get pregnant and then they won't finish on time and it will be over budget. So I bought Bella as a sort of ironic Christmas gift for her stocking, Series 1 DVD, DVD by the way, of Grand Designs. And then we unironically watched it together and enjoyed it. And we were watching one of the episodes from 25 years ago and realised the baby would now be 27. No!

And one of the old couples that were in are dead. Oh, no. Heartbreaking. I just remember something else. Susanna! Susanna, come in, come in, come in, come in. Susanna, who works on the show, I remember that I... I think...

When I said I'd watch this, I then said to Susanna, will you watch something else? You know, you... I know. You didn't watch it either. I know, I'm sorry. So I said, I'll watch Cinderella story if you watch Airplane. Yeah. And you didn't watch it. Airplane is also the classic. Oh, Charlotte. What are you doing tonight? Have we got time tonight? I've got time tonight. I've got time tonight, I think, to watch Cinderella story.

Excellent. Homework for the new year. Okay. We'll do it tonight and we'll get you back on and have a review tomorrow. Awesome. All right. And I'll play a clip of this song just to say sorry to all the Jesse McCartney fans. I want another pretty face. I don't want just anyone to hold me. I want my way. I want you in your

No, no, no. Maybe it'll make sense when I watch the film. Time now for a quiz and here comes Ben. We are well late for the quiz, but Ben, it's because we've got so much to catch up on, haven't we? All the post-Christmas admin and Jan Slam and all sorts. Sorry for the delay. Ben, welcome. How are you?

Hi, good morning. Yeah, all good, thank you. All good. How are you? Pretty good. Yeah, very happy to be back and just trying to remember all the things to talk about and also all the things to press and all the things we need to normally do. The muscle memory is going to kick in in a second. Ben, I think I owe you an apology, don't I, from last year? I was going to say I might owe you an apology. Okay, well, maybe we're just being polite to each other then. So I named you whiniest listener.

Yes, yes. So it was after the rock content. The rock content. Oh, okay. Were you having a go at me for... Because a lot of it was, we recorded it a few weeks before we played it out.

Basically, but I did love the content. I wasn't a dig at the content. It was just loving more than that. The opportunity just to have a little pop at you, to be honest. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, no, no, that's fine. That's the relationship we have with each other is that you sort of take the mickey out of me endlessly. I blame the rest of the breakfast show team, to be honest, because they always sort of seem to egg it on. Yeah, they do. That's true. Everyone does take the mickey out of me, but that's fine. That's what friends do, right? Right, guys? We have? Yes!

That's what friendship's like, isn't it? So yeah, we take the mickey out of each other and everything's fair game. But I called you whiniest listener because we were doing star listening. We thought that's a bit too nicey-nicey sometimes. We want a little something else and you became the whiniest listener. So I'm going to stick with it, I think, because you were moaning about it. We have crossed paths in a nicer way, if that helps. Have we? When?

So I was, I think I messaged him when you're doing Fat Controller with Roisin Hasty. And I was saying that I used to think Deep Heat was called Deep Peat. Deep Peat. Yeah. I do remember that one. And I think it should be called Deep Peat. I think it's a better name. So Ben, tell us quickly about your team this week. Who have we got?

So we've got myself, obviously, today. We've got my dad tomorrow and my sister on Wednesday and then my step-mom on Thursday. So family, Christine. We like this. We like a family affair on yesterday's quiz. Looking forward to dad. What's your dad's name? Solid dad name, Bruce. Oh!

Wow. I want today to be over so we can get and speak to Bruce. Let's get on with today's questions. Do we have any dingers? Oh, we do. Thank God for that. 90 seconds on the clock. Here we go with your questions, Ben. Question one is this. Zendaya appeared at the Golden Globes with a very large diamond ring on her engagement finger, but who's her boyfriend?

Tom Holland. Yes. Wallace and Gromit also made an appearance on the red carpet, but what animal is Gromit? A dog. He is. People had their day interrupted by six inches of what yesterday? Snow. Northampton played Bath in the Gallagher Premiership, but what sport is that? Rugby. It is, and Northampton won, annoyingly. Molly King announced the birth of her baby daughter, Liliana. Name her famous cricketer partner. Stuart Broad. Yes. It was National Bird Day yesterday. Name any type of bird. A blue tit.

Excellent. Two points for the tip. What did Luke Little reveal would be his first purchase with his prize winnings? An A-class Mercedes or a glass Mercedes? An A-class Mercedes. Yes. The Traitors was on TV last night, but who hosts that show? Claudia Winkleman. Claudia Winkleman. Scientists revealed the frozen remains of a 50,000-year-old woolly mammoth. Give me your best impression of a very chilly mammoth. Good. Two points for that. What year was it yesterday?

20, 25. It was. It was sadly revealed the donkey who inspired Donkey in Shrek has passed away. But what kind of creature is Shrek? An ogre. Yes. Nottingham Forest's women played Burnley in the Women's FA Cup, but who won the match? Nottingham Forest. Well, yes, although both are put down here. Are we sure? Both answers are given. Which is the actual answer? You've just put down both teams. Let's just check. Was it Nottingham Forest? Are you sure, Ben?

I'm not sure, no. Oh, right, OK. You need to just double-check that. You got postponed! Are you OK, Henry? Oh, hon. OK. So the game didn't even happen. It's on Wednesday! Are you sure? Did anything happen yesterday? No! Right, so Nottingham Forest didn't play Burnley yesterday? No. No. We'll do an investigation into that and we'll give you the point anyway.

Where were we? The actor celebrating his birthday. Which actor celebrated his birthday? Bradley Minnie or Bradley Cooper? Bradley Cooper. Yeah. The moon was in its waxing crescent phase. Name somewhere you might find wax. Cheese. Oh, very good. I thought you might go for ear. Yeah, good. All right, that's the end of your quiz. And...

How many did Ben get? It was good. I'm sorry that the question was weird. 16 plus a point. I think you got a clean sweep. So 17, Ben. Very nice. Very nice indeed. A great start. Thanks for being on. I'm sure we'll catch up again later in the week and we look forward to Bruce tomorrow. Perfect. Cool. Cheers, Greg. Have a nice one. Speak to you in a bit. Lovely shambles first day back. It had to be. It was always going to be. Let's get you up to date with all the latest things.

Radio 1 Breakfast. All the latest things. Golden Globes to begin with and some great looks on the red carpet. Actually, Wallace and Gromit being the best celebrities on the red carpet. Lovely to see them there. And by the way, we haven't really mentioned much about Wallace and Gromit, but that was one of the greatest bits of TV I have ever seen in my life.

And I've seen a lot of TV. I was watching that whole Christmas special with the biggest sort of Wallace-esque grin ever. Loved it. So they were there last night at the Golden Globes. Zendaya was there as well. She appeared on the red carpet with a very large ring on her finger.

Kieran Culkin was there. Loved Kieran Culkin from, well, back in the day. He's Macaulay Culkin's brother. He was in Home Alone, Home Alone 2, but Succession was the big show that he did in the last few years. He's also just won Best Supporting Actor for his role in a new film called A Real Pain. He was on the red carpet answering the big questions. The Culkin brothers versus the Skarsgård brothers, and who would win in a brawl?

Right, so yeah, Alexander Skarsgård was in succession with him. Very tall, big, sort of Viking-esque man, Alexander Skarsgård. Kieran Culkin. Quite little, quite a little man. They're huge. Size matters. I don't care what anyone says. Size matters. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, who you might know from some of the comedy roasts and a Netflix special as well. Absolutely hilarious.

Monologue she did. A room full of A-listers. Obviously, that's a massive opportunity to slag some of them off. Tilda Swinton is, of course, nominated this year for her role as Timothee Chalamet. Everyone's fair game at the Golden Globes. Selena Gomez was there and she spotted her in the crowd. Selena Gomez is here. And then mentioned Benny Blanco, her fiancé. And Benny Blanco is here because of the genie who granted him that wish.

Demi Moore won her first ever Golden Globe. Congratulations to her. Her role in Substance got her that award. She did a really nice speech as well. I'm just in shock right now. I've been doing this a long time, like over 45 years. And this is the first time anything as an actor. Very nice moment from the Globes yesterday.

You've been hearing today in Newsbeat the very sad news that Vivian passed away over the weekend. You may know her from the first season of Drag Race UK, the winner of it, or just from the hilarious stuff she's done since then. Wildly funny, extraordinarily talented.

And I wanted to play some of her best bits on The Breakfast Show today. I found a couple of bits which sort of sum up the Vivienne. First of all, this was her meeting a lovely woman named Boo. What's your name, my darling? My name's Boo. It's a good gag. And this iconic moment from her time on Drag Race, she was challenged to create an advert for a bottle of water, and this is what she went with. I used to be drier than the Sahara, but now...

Very important to stay hydrated, of course. An incredibly funny person we're all going to miss massively, so sending our love to her family and friends from Radio 1. And finally, we go to Radio 1's Sound Off 2025. We do this every year where we highlight some of the newest talent to watch out for in the coming year. The full list includes Barry Can't Swim, Chapel Roan, Confidence Man, Dochi, and a band we love called English Teacher.

Have a listen to Jack Saunders' show tonight from six o'clock for more details and for the countdown. Charlie Hedges joined me today just before the show finished to talk about Tashgate. This is so shit. I'm hiding my face behind a book.

Because, Charlie, we need to explain why we did... I don't even remember really why we did this. I can't remember. I just remember you saying to me, you're going to do it. So, it was... It was to do with Timothy...

Hang on a second. I'll put the book behind the mic. There we go. That makes much more sense. Okay. Okay. So it was before Christmas. We played this clip of Timothee Chalamet. I'm hiding my moustache from you because you haven't seen it yet. No. I'm buzzing. So this is what Timothee Chalamet was asked. Are you enjoying the moustache? Are people in your life enjoying the moustache? If they're being honest with me, yes. But who knows? Seems like you have hesitation. You feel like you don't believe your friends and family.

I do. I do. See, Chalamet's moustache is really famous now. He's really rocking it. It's quite a thin little line, isn't it? I'm worried about what yours is going to look like. And he's got jet black hair. Yeah. I have quite light brown hair. So I said to you, I'm going to grow one over Christmas, see what happens. And then you said you would also do it. Yeah, I said no veek for a week, which I have. Over Christmas, me and Charlie were sending each other pictures of our lips. Yeah.

I said to you as well, there's not many friends you can actually feel comfortable enough to send photos of like that. So you saw halfway growth. Yeah, which I did think it suited you. I thought it might thicken. I thought it might darken. It didn't. It stayed thin and it stayed quite pale. But I'm going to reveal to you what it looks like after a bit of doctoring. Do you like it?

I think I do, yeah. Do all of you like it? I think I do. I think it gives me a little edge. Henry, producer Henry said no. Well, he thinks I look like Poirot. I think it makes me look like I could run a beach bar on Bondi. Oh, God. Or be a slightly more mysterious Italian waiter. I actually look a bit more like the painting of me from the 1800s. Which I'm not opposed to. Okay, ready? Oh, God, I don't know how I feel for it. I'm not...

He looked like an adult film star. I thought you were about to say Adolf Hitler. LAUGHTER

It's one of the two. It's adult film star or it's adult Hitler. You're confused and it's okay to be confused. Do you know what? I just... I tell you what, I feel the same way about when you made me a mince pie with cheese in it. Oh, you didn't like it? You hated that? Oh no, I did, didn't I? Let's have a look at yours then. What have you gone for? What have I gone for? I've just let it go. I've got one long one.

Sorry, Greg. I'm not sure about that. There's nothing there on yours. Do you like mine close up? No. I love you. You know that more than anything, but I'm just not sure. I'm not sure. I'll tell you what. Bella hates it so much. The thing is, if you was an actor and you was going for a particular role... As Hitler. LAUGHTER

Didn't you? Smashed it. So what are you going to do? Are you going to keep it or are you shaving it off? No, because it's not real. I've put mascara on it. What? I've put mascara on it because it's all pale. So I've painted it. Sorry, this is me.

Can we draw some more on? Like with a magic marker? Yeah, well, look, Amy got me a little blade to cut it off. Have you ever used one of them? No, what is it? Game changers. You can do everything. Every single piece of hair on your body. What is it? Well, it's like a little razor. Yeah. But it's great for shaping. You could do your whole face, your eyebrows. Imagine I went over with no eyebrows.

Don't do that. Bella says, can you shave off your moustache? I haven't shaved the moustache off, but I have taken the eyebrows. I've taken the eyebrows and the hair off. I'm now bald. So you're going to take it off then? I think it needs to go. All right. I mean, I feel like the listeners would, if we did it as a vote, they would say you've got to keep it and you've got to dye it. I don't think, I think that's unwise. A part of me feels like you should keep it for at least a week.

What do you think, Susanna? Keep it. For a week? Yeah. Well, I'll paint it every morning. I think that's fine. I think you've got to commit. You've come this far. Oh, my gosh. You know what I could bring in? Do you know, have you used the stuff that you paint on your eyebrows that lasts for a week? Is that it? I'm not doing it. Oh, my God, I'm off. You'll have to shave it. I'm not using dyebrow. Why? Because it'll be... No. But you haven't got to do it every day.

I am quite attached to it. Oh, come on, just till the end of the week. I don't want to cause a divorce, but... You're about to. Oh, then shave it off. I like Bella. Shave it. There's debate going on in the studio, but I feel like I need to get rid of it. Amy, you think I should get rid of it, don't you? 100%. Henry... I don't like it. Doesn't like it? That's good. Tom, I don't think, is indifferent. You like it, sort of, this? I think it's...

I think it's done. I think it's done. Experiment complete. Whereas Susanna is like, I don't know, you're the sort of the devil on my shoulder. I feel so strongly pro-mustache. I know you do. It's amazing to me. I thought you'd be leading the charge of... I mean, I guess you are mocking me, but in a sort of encouraging way. I didn't say that I thought you looked good. Right, it's coming off. No, don't. No, it's coming off. Don't. You do look nice. You do look... You look different, but I think that's what's fun about it. And what I was saying is that, like...

particularly as a guy, you're kind of less prone to change your hair, you know, switch it up. You look quite standard for like, well, you look, you look beautiful. Gorgeous. No, you know what I mean? You know what I mean? You have a look like a cartoon character. It's difficult for men to switch things up. That's what I'm saying. Limits to what you can do. Yeah. Um,

Okay, so you think that I should keep the moustache and keep putting mascara on it every day? I think you should let me dye it.

Tin tit. I don't want you to put dye brow on it. I don't know what you're scared of. What are you so against? Most women dye their brows. I know, because I live with a woman, and every month or so, she comes downstairs, and she looks like she has two little slugs above her eyes. Yeah, but it washes off. Yeah, I know it does, but don't do it in the first place. You look mad. But then you look better. She's got a stronger brow. She has got a strong brow, but she does look like a weird clown.

She hates this so much. And she doesn't really... She kind of lets me do whatever I want. She's not like that. She's not like, oh, you're being weird. All the weirdness is welcomed. Good. But this is too much for her. I understand. I get it. I get it. She's like, it's horrible. She's like, I will stop kissing you. Is that what you want? Is that what you want from me? No, I don't want that for you. But I do also think that...

A life and a marriage is long. And one week... You hope. Yeah, fingers crossed. But one more week, I think, is so doable. And I also think that when you look back in pictures, when you're an old man, you're 90, and you go, oh yeah, that's me in my youth when I was brave enough to have a moustache. I'll have one at 90, if I'm around. Like a big... Yeah, bushy. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, a proper one. I can see that. Yeah, a proper one. I'll be driving around in a penny farthing.

I have a question. Yes, Amy. Are you more likely to be able to grow a moustache when you're older?

No less. So, like, when you get into, like, your 70s? Because I always see people... Old men have... Yeah. ...with good facial hair. Your hair gets thicker as you get older. Right. So I think, like, a moustache is bigger. It does. But, like, grey hair is a lot thicker. Oh. And brittle. I think it needs to come to me later in life. Yeah. I think there's... What we're saying is there's plenty of time for that. I'm disappointed in you. Thanks, Zala. Well, I've disappointed my wonderful breakfast show team. But...

That is the end of today's podcast. I think we've got any other business to attend to. I think we're good. Chris's admin. What did you watch? Oh, Jan Slam. Jan Slam. Short for January Slammury. We have our contestants. Jamie, good morning. Good morning. Happy New Year. Happy New Year, Jamie. Welcome to The Breakfast Show. Are you a big rugby fan?

Yes, I am. Okay. Are you ready for JanSlam? These tickets would be amazing to get. Have you been to the Stade de France before? No, I haven't. I've not had the chance. I've seen a gig there, but I've never seen sport there. And the atmosphere at a Six Nations game anywhere is amazing. Can you imagine what it'd be like

Yeah, it looks pretty cool. In Paris at that Six Nations opener as well. You're going to be playing against Sam. Morning, Sam. Morning. Where are you calling from, Sam? I'm currently in Bristol. Okay. Do you have a Wales connection? Yeah, my wife is Welsh, unfortunately. I'm English, but yeah, she's Welsh. And what does she do? She's a French teacher. All right, this is perfect. Now, will you be taking her if you win?

I hope so. Right, OK. Jamie, where's your allegiance? I didn't detect much of an accent other than English. Where are you from? My mum's side of the family are Welsh and my girlfriend's Welsh. OK, so this is good. So you've got people to pick from, to take with you and also just a weekend in Paris will be amazing anyway, won't it? Yeah, of course. OK, it's Jamie versus Sam. That is all happening next on The Breakfast Show. Jan Slam is back on.

Yes, as someone's pointed out, Vince has pointed out, Greg, it's Jan Slam with Jam Sam. Yes, that sort of works. It is pretty good, isn't it? Jamie is the Jam and Sam is the Jam. I've been called Jam before. Okay, well, there you go.

Well, Jam, the mechanical engineer who would love to go to the Six Nations in Paris, who wouldn't? You're a Harlequins fan. Sam, do you say you're in Bristol? Are you a Bristol fan? No, I'm an Exeter fan. Oh, are you? Yeah, I'm from Devon originally. Oh, OK, fair enough.

I was hoping you were a Bristol fan because I'm a Bath fan and Bristol really helped out Bath to go top of the table just after Christmas. So fantastic. Anyway, let's crack on. The game is simple. Please don't get it wrong. The questions will be about the Six Nations. For each question, both our callers...

are allowed to answer if they think they know it. But if they get it right, they win the prize. But it's difficult this, because if you answer and get it wrong, then you've blown it completely. The other caller will win instantly and you'll go away with nothing. So it's a test of nerve, really. It's a sort of last second penalty to win the game. You've got to really hold your nerve with this. The questions do get easier as we go along. And you can stay quiet if you're not confident.

But if you don't give it a go and the other person does give it a go and they get their answer right, then they win all the rest of it. You're sitting port side, aren't you, Sam? I am, yes. So you work at the port, do you? I do, yeah. What do you do? I work in logistics, so I organise the haulage of the material coming out. Well, thanks for taking some time to do this. Are you at work as well, Jamie, at the minute? I was just about to head to work until I got the phone call to start on. OK. It's a very inconvenient competition.

This is exactly when people need to be doing stuff in their lives. But thank you for taking the time. And everyone else listening, obviously, play along. It's difficult today. It starts very difficult. You have five seconds to answer each question. If I don't hear anything from either of you, I'll move on to the next question. If you choose to answer, I just need you to shout your name and then give me the answer straight away.

If you hesitate, I'll have to disqualify you and give your opponent the prize. So only say your name when you know what you're going to say after that. You can interrupt me if you want, but I will stop asking the question if you do so. Is that all clear? You happy, Jamie? Happy, Sam? Yeah, all good. Fortune favours the brave. On JanSlam, the first person to give me a correct answer will win. Just don't get it wrong. Here we go with question number one. Wales versus France is taking place at the Stade de France.

How many tickets to events at the Stad were sold in 2022? A ridiculous question to begin with. Imagine someone knew that. Have a little guess. Go on, Jamie. Just under a million. Just under a million. Yeah, I get it. It is under a million. It's 701,613. Question number two.

France and Wales' men's rugby union teams first met in 1908. How many rugby test matches have the two teams contested in since 1908? No one answered. I'm not surprised. It'd be great knowledge. There might be someone listening who knows. 104 tests between the two teams since 1908. Let's go to question three, and it does get easier. Could go here.

In last year's Friday kick-off game in Paris, France were defeated 38-17 by which team? Oh! I thought that would be it. I thought it would go there. It was Ireland. Not many teams can beat France, but Ireland can. Question four. Which France men's player was named World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year in... OK. Right.

Sam, you shouted out Antoine Dupont. Yes. You were first. Everyone in the room happy? Sam was first. Sam, you're going to Paris! Come on! Congratulations.

Thank you. It was either we were discussing before the show and we were like, it's going to go on three. If it doesn't go on three, it's definitely going to go on four. So well played. And Jamie, you nearly got it, but thanks for being on. Yeah, thanks. Thanks for having me. And you did know, but there's more prizes throughout the month and have a good day today. Thanks for being on this morning.

Thanks, bye. Sam, it's all about you, my friend. Brilliant work today. That is a nice start to the year, isn't it? Yeah, it's a perfect start. Okay, so who are you taking then? You're definitely taking your French teacher wife who's Welsh? I will be asking her, yeah. It'll be useful because she'll get you round France, but also could be awful if Wales storm to victory and you're sitting there. Anyway, it'll be fine. They won't, France.

France will beat them, but it's fine. Anyway, Sam, have a great day. Thanks for being on JanSlam. Thanks for being on The Breakfast Show. You too, Jack. We go again. Another huge prize tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, how about Wimbledon?

I've got two tickets to the ladies Wimbledon singles final 2025 plus a behind the scenes tour. All of that tomorrow morning on The Breakfast Show for the next Janslam. That really is the end of The Breakfast Show podcast. Thanks for listening. I'll be back as bald as a coot tomorrow. Tomorrow morning. Bye bye now.