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The odd megastar guest when they pop up, including today's show featuring Bella Ramsey. Enjoy. Radio One's all day breakfast. What a day. What a day. What a day. So Monday morning, maybe people are still up after watching the first episode of season two of The Last of Us. Wow. What is your message for those people? I hope that you get some sleep eventually. Yeah.
Because that was a bit of a wild ride to start with. And it's only going to get worse. Worse? Well, worse slash better. Yeah. We'll get on to that in a second. It is one of those shows. For me, I have to watch it behind my T-shirt. Yeah. Watching it back, my heart's racing. I know what's going to happen. Yeah.
I had to really psych myself up to watch it. Yeah. Because I'm not good. I'm just not good with things coming out of mouths. I've realised that I've got, thanks to you, I've got a fungus phobia. Have you? Yeah. That's probably a healthy fear. How do you manage to, I mean, I feel like you love the dark stuff. Do you love the twisted stuff? Yeah. Do you ever find it too much?
No. I probably should. I probably should have some healthy limits, but I don't. The dark stuff is the stuff that's the most enjoyable for me. How long does it take you to stop being Ellie and return to being Bella? As soon as Cut is called. I'm Ellie between Action and Cut. But there's some enmeshment thing that happens where I'm sort of more Ellie-ish in my everyday life while I'm shooting The Last of Us. I swear more when I'm being Ellie. Do you? Yeah.
off screen as well. She swears all the time. Has she made you more of a badass? Do you feel like you could sort of take more people down now? Yeah, I actually think so because I did, I had to do training for this season where I...
I just flipped Jonathan Ross over my shoulder. Did you? The other night. Oh, wow. So I think that... Is he okay? Yeah, he's all right. Did he have cordyceps? Yeah. I've always suspected. He did. I've always suspected he's full of fungus. Yeah, yeah. Makes sense, doesn't it? It does. It's the hair. Yeah.
I feel like... So what, you flipped him over and you felt good about it? Yeah, he asked for it. So yes, I do think that I can just take more people, including Jonathan Ross, down just because I've learnt how to. It's an incredible show, this, Bella. It's a phenomenon.
really how does it feel to be part of this sort of show that everyone is just they just can't wait to see what happens they can't wait to see how you and pedro pascal's character joel sort of develop in this series because it's all going to come to a head it has to surely because there's lies there's deceit yeah it's um i can't quite comprehend like how well it's done and doing and uh it's really cool and it's really exciting that it's now like out in
the world yeah so at the end of season one where the road trip is completed yeah so you've got to Salt Lake City yes and the idea is that you're visiting the fireflies because you are for people who don't know about the show your character you're the only known person who is immune to this this horrible sort of infection yes and they're gonna make a vaccine out of you they are
But that would kill me. But the twist was that it would kill you. Yeah. And Pedro Pascal's like, no way, man. That's not going to happen. And he raises hell. Yeah. So that's where we leave it. Yeah. And where do we open in season two? He raises hell, but then Ellie asks him whether he's told, he tells her a bunch of lies about what actually happened. And then season two picks up sort of off five years later. The weight of that lie has sort of been like, I think, increasing over these five years and we pick up.
Yeah, and their relationship has definitely changed. It's a beautiful sort of friendship on screen, but off screen as well. It seems you've talked a lot about how much you love Pedro. There was that moment where he called you baby girl in the actual show. Did you see the fuss that that created? Yeah, a baby girl. He's more baby girl.
So he's your baby girl? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's my baby girl, for sure. Bella Ramsey is my special guest today. And Bella, I've been reading some really nice interviews with you recently. And I spotted a couple of things that we share an obsession over. Oh, yeah? Goats being one of them. Oh, yeah.
I love a goat. So you've got a farm that you go to near where you grew up, right? In Leicestershire? Yes. Okay, tell us about this farm. This farm, yes, I've been going since I was very young. I'd go and feed goats, yes, and eat beans on tractor toast. Beans on tractor toast? Yeah, they cut the toast out in the shape of a tractor. It's on the kids' menu, but every time I go, beans on tractor toast it is. Kids' menu is always better, right?
I often order from the kids' menu, even now. Well, I just don't know why, just because you get older, you're not allowed to have nuggets. Yeah, it's ridiculous. Okay, so beans on tractor toast, and then you go and see, is there one, there's one particular goat. There's one particular goat that's been there since I was this high. Well, this is radio, but very small. Goat height. Goat height. Yeah, and we've, you could say we've grown up together. When I saw that, Bella, I just thought, I have to introduce you to a friend of ours on the Radio and Breakfast show.
Jesse, say hi to Bella. Hi, Bella. You okay? Hi, Jesse. Yeah, I'm good. How are you? Yeah, very good. Thank you. I'm intrigued by the tractor toast. Oh, yeah. Highly recommend. I'm going to have to get involved. Yeah, well, I just saw like perfect synergy for the breakfast show and with Bella this morning because you've got a couple of goat friends as well. Jesse, show off. Oh.
Yeah, we got, well, one or two or maybe just shy of, yeah, a thousand of them. A thousand goats? A thousand goats. Yeah. I got obsessed with this. The idea that, basically, I didn't want to anger Jesse ever because he could just march his goat army. That's true. On London. That's true. And that is quite, that's quite the last of us. It is the goat apocalypse. Right? Yeah. The goat apocalypse? Apocalypse. Apocalypse? Apocalypse. Apocalypse. Apocalypse. Apocalypse. Apocalypse. Apocalypse.
The Bar Park Olympics. Question for you, Jesse. You've named a lot of the goats, haven't you? Yes, a fair few, yeah. Just over 200 of them. Got any bellas knocking around? You do.
You don't, actually. Oh, the next goat that gets born into this world, I think, should be called Bella. Have you got some unnamed? We do have some unnamed, yeah. Oh, there you go. Yeah, we do have some babies, yeah, baby nannies. So, yeah, Bella, I'd name a goat after you. Oh, that's very kind of you, Jesse. Are you actually going to name a goat after Bella? I will, yes, yeah. Go pick one out, the cutest one, and take a photo and send it to you.
Oh, that's so kind of you. Your name's quite farmy. Ram. Ram. Ramsey. Bella Ramsey. Yeah. I get nicknamed Ram sometimes. Do you? The Ram? Ram, yeah. Rambo. Rambo. Rambo. Ramstein. Yeah. Ramstein's a new one. Yeah.
Can I call you Ramstein? Of course you can. Okay. All right. We're on The Breakfast Show with Ramstein and we're going to play a song. Jessie, thanks so much. We'll let you get back to your goats. I'm sure you're busy. You've got a thousand of them. Thank you very much. Thanks, Jessie. Bye-bye. Do you want to play a song? Me? I know you're sort of annoying to be put on the spot, but what have you been listening to? What do you like? Just any artist? Just shout some artists at me. Oh, gosh. The Boys Don't Cry by The Cure. Oh.
Oh, wow. I think we should play The Cure. Let's play Boys Don't Cry. It's one of my favourites. Let's play it. Let's go for it. Producer Amy, I'm happy to take the meeting with the music team later. You're taking it, mate. We've got one of the biggest stars in the world.
Bella, I know I shouldn't ask, but how old are you? 21. Right, 21-year-old, one of the biggest stars in the world wants The Cure. Up yours, music team. We're playing it. In fact, Bella, can you say up yours to the music team? Up yours, music team. Here's The Cure. Here's The Cure. Thank you. I'll say I'm sorry if I thought I'd change my mind But this time I have said too much, been too unkind I try to laugh about all of it
BBC Radio 1. I'm here with Benna Ramsey, a.k.a. Ramstein, a.k.a. Rambo, a.k.a. The Ram. The Ram. The Ram.
Just the ram. Ram. Full stop. Yeah. The ram. The ram. B-ram. B-ram. Yeah, I get called B-ram sometimes. That's nice. I call my dog B-ram. Oh. I don't know why. I'm very similar to your dog there. Yeah. B-ram. He's called Barney. Just call him B-ram, banana head. B-ram. Yeah. B-sting sometimes. Ah. All sorts of stuff going on.
All sorts of stuff I need to maybe talk to the therapist about. So, Bella Ramsey, great to have you on the show today. We're talking about The Last of Us Series 2. I'm going to now get some unpopular opinions from our listeners to celebrate this. Yeah. And we're going to do the theme tune as well. You noticed this as soon as you walked in. Got to print out. We've printed them out for you. Let's go. Let's go.
OK, I'll count you in. Come and give us your unpopular opinion. Something up till now. Amazing. I got no rehearsal for that, I have to say. And that's sometimes the best way. Yep. First up, we should have Ryan. I like eating tuna mayonnaise in a hot cross bun. What is happening here? In a hot cross bun. OK. With raisins in it. Wow. Yeah.
Hello. That's a bit much for me. It's a bit much, isn't it? When did it first start? Come on, talk us through it. About 10 years ago or so, me and a friend were making some tuna pasta and had leftover sort of tuna mayonnaise there. We had some hot cross buns there. And the next thing you know, we were toasting the hot cross buns, putting the tuna mayo in, and it went together really well. Next thing you know. Yeah, classic. Before you know it, I'm having tuna in a hot cross bun. Right.
If it wasn't for the raisins, I'd be more into it. Although I like raisins in a salad, in savoury. So maybe I could get on board with this. They can work. I accidentally had a cinnamon and raisin bagel the other day with salmon and cream cheese. Not with tuna? No, but with salmon. It's kind of similar. Fishy. It's definitely fishy. So I don't know, maybe I'm not one to judge. I don't think you are. It was quite nice. I liked it.
Ryan, nice to chat to you. Thank you. You too. Bye-bye. How about this one from Tia? I think Gen Z fashion looks like all the clothes I hated when I was six and I don't get why it's a thing. Oh, wow. Gen Z fashion, like all the clothes I hated when I was six. Wow. A lot going on there. I understand part of this. Uh-huh.
But at the same time, I'm not very well versed on Gen Z fashion. Even though I am a Gen... Wait, am I a Gen... I'm Gen X. No, I'm Gen Z. Oh, jeez. I'm Gen Z. I'm the new one. Yeah, you're the new one. I guess there's a new one as well now. I don't think that anyone... that we should know what... have a label of what generation we're from. There's a lot of hate for millennials, I will say. Which I'm assuming is you?
Yes, thank you, Bella. Yes, I'm a millennial. But I'm not ashamed of that. You shouldn't be. I'm not ashamed of it. No shame here. No. You didn't even know what you were. Exactly. You didn't even know what gen you were. Oh, Z and X, they're kind of the same. Gen Z fashion, though, yeah. Yeah. I think everything swings around about, so everything comes in circles, doesn't it? Yeah, it's all variations on a theme. Yeah. It all comes back. I don't enjoy the flares of comeback, though, I have to say. Have I got flares on? You better not have.
Have you? Imagine I revealed some flat in a way.
They're not flares. No, no, they're good. I haven't even checked. Have you got flares on? I have not. Of course I haven't got flares on. Why not? I've got huge docks, though, and grey socks, and these jean things. Lovely, lovely Doc Martens. Thank you. They make me tall. It's the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. Bella Ramsey is my special guest today. OK, let's have another unpopular opinion. I think we should sing again. Me too. Come and give us your... Wait, wait, wait, wait. Here we go. Oh!
Good!
And finally, we go to... Oh, Bella. What? Me? My unpopular opinion is people should stop calling their dogs Bella. That's a great one. It's a great unpopular opinion. Bella, we've got a Bella. I was quite confusing. Sorry that I thought that it was me. Hello, Bella. Hi. Bella, are you on Easter holidays? Yes, I am, yes. Fantastic. Great to get you on The Breakfast Show. How old are you?
14. A 14-year-old Bella. So the Bellas are going to keep going for a long time. They are. Whenever I meet another Bella, it feels like, hi, Barbie. My wife's called Bella. Oh, my gosh. Bella's everywhere. Bella's everywhere. Lots of dog Bellas, too. Bella, do you have any dogs in your life that are called Bella? No, but often when we're out walking, they'll go, like, Isabella or Bella, and then you think they're, like, talking to you. Just the other day, someone was going, Bella, Bella.
Oh, gosh. And then it was the dog. Cute dog, though. Oh, bloody hell. Another fan of the last of us. Yes. Yes, I'll sign it. Yes, I'll have a selfie. Bella, thank you so much for being on. What's going on with the rest of your Easter holidays? I mean, I might be going up to London, but I'm in Canterbury today. What's going on in Canterbury?
What's going on? I mean, my dad's a vicar, so he's teaching. Dad's a vicar? That's pretty cool. Should have led with that. That's amazing. Yeah. My mum messaged in about the short shorts, so my dad was a vicar. Oh, yeah. So last week we had a vicar on The Breakfast Show, and he said he'd wear short shorts for us. Yeah. I mean, he's running the London Marathon, so I guess I'm going to try and get him into wearing them. Well, give him my best for the London Marathon. Thank you. And Bella, thanks for being on and talking to Bella.
Thanks, Bella. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too. Thank you. Have a good day. Yeah, the dog thing is one of the most popular dog names in the world. It is, yeah. I think we should get you to say please from Bella to... This is a public service announcement. Can you give us a public service announcement, please? Public service announcement. There is now a ban on calling dogs Bella. Maybe we could suggest some other names. Like...
Ellie. Yeah. Pedro. I like food names for dogs. Food names? Yeah. Cheddar. Cheddar. Come here, Cheddar. Come on then, give us some dog names. Gouda. Gouda is a great name for a dog. Gouda. Cheddar.
Tuna? Carrot. Carrot's a nice name for a dog. I'm a big fan of calling a dog Cat. I also really like just proper human names. Siegfried. Siegfried's a lovely one. Yeah. I just quite like a Nigel. A Nigel? Nigel's quite nice, isn't it? What about Jonathan? Jonathan. Susan. Susan Penelope. Jill. Oh, come on, Jill. Jill the dog. It's quite nice. Eileen. Eileen! Also, a first name and a surname for an animal is funny. Yeah, true. You could just call a dog James Bond or something. Yeah, classic.
Or Pedro Pascal. Pedro Pascal. I'm sure there are plenty of dogs called Pedro Pascal nowadays. That should be a popular dog named Pedro. Pedro. Give it a few years. I reckon so. Bella, I could talk to you for hours more, but I imagine you've got things to do. You've probably got TV presenters to kill. Yeah, I have.
Not to say that Bella Ramsey killed Jonathan Ross. I didn't. Is he alive and well? He's alive and well. Great, okay. Fighting for it. It's been so nice to meet you. You too. Thank you for being on The Breakfast Show and good luck with this series. Although you don't need luck, it's already filmed and people love this show. Thank you. People are hungry for it. Hungry like a person with a fungus. Yep, hungry for beans on tractor toes. Thank you so much for having me. And we'll see you soon. Radio One's All Day Breakfast. With Greg James.
They're amazing. I love Bella Ramsey. Sort of becoming, maybe I'm going to call it, my new favourite guest. Sound the alarm. My new favourite guest. I just really got on. Just like chatting. I'd like to sort of go to the farm with them. Go and look at some goats. Is that too much to ask? So I hope you enjoyed that.
If you're into The Last of Us, that will be right up your street. And I think you'll appreciate the lack of spoilers as well. Next up, let's do a quiz. And here comes Amber. Radio One's All Day Breakfast with Great James. Welcome to the Radio One Breakfast Show. Tell us about your team, please.
So my team is Liv, Izzy and Tilly and they are my friends that I met at uni. So yeah, best friends and it's been a bit of a dream of some of us to go on the quiz. Love that. Well, you're very, very welcome here. So we've got you and I hear that your boyfriend listens but can't make the actual quiz this week. He's not made the cut. Why not? So he, so we listen every morning and I wanted it to be, I ideally wanted it to be a surprise for him. So I'd just pop up on the radio because he loves the quiz.
but he drives me to work in the morning so that's not really doable but he's yeah we decided to make it the girls and then he can listen in yeah he can he can just be a listener what's his name Lewis Lewis right now good Lewis is is a listener but just just as valid you see um yeah okay well we've got 90 seconds on the clock loads of questions about stuff that happened yesterday and where are you on the way to word to what'd you do Amber
So I started a new job last week, actually. I'm a marketing assistant. Congratulations. On the way to Portsmouth. All going well? Portsmouth. Oh, in Portsmouth. Is it all going okay? Yeah, it's going really well. I really like it. Second week into the job. Things are going well. You're on yesterday's quiz. It's all going well. And I've got to let you know that we have a new font of the day. Font of the day. Font of the day.
Font of the day, font of the day, font of the day. I don't know how much I like this feature. I'll be honest. I don't know. I can't work out whether I love it, whether I hate it so much that it's turned into love. It might have gone all the way round, you know, like a real... OK, today's font of the day is grotesque. Oi! No, Henry. It's quite nice. Don't be silly. It's a font called grotesque. Are you proud of yourself for that bit?
Yeah. I think I am as well. I quite like it. Amber's just standing around patiently waiting to do the quiz and we're just farting around doing stupid jokes. But anyway, the font of the day was requested by someone. I can't remember who, but it was grotesque. That's the name of the font. That's not to describe what it is. Okay, here we go. Are you ready for your 90 seconds, Amber? Yeah. Let's do it. Do we have some dingers? Thank you.
Question number one. Which desert-based music festival did Charlie XCX perform at yesterday? Coachella. Yes. Newcastle United beat which Manchester team 4-1 in the Premier League yesterday? Manchester City? No, it was United. It was National Scrabble Day. Name your favourite letter of the alphabet, please. A. Astronomers revealed a black hole is waking up. Give me your best impression of a supermassive black hole waking up from a snooze.
Very good. Two points for that. Bella Hadid was spotted in Paris. What's the name of her famous model sister? Gigi Hadid. Yes, a firefighter completed a 5K for charity dressed in what? Full fireman PPE or flaming thong? Full fireman PPE. Yeah, it was full firefighter outfit. It was reported that Bon Iver has sampled audio from the Northern Line in London for his new album. But what do you need to mind on the tube?
The Gap. The Gap is correct. Lando Norris revealed something is not clicking between him and his car during this season. But which team does he drive for? McLaren. It is McLaren. What time was it this time yesterday? Oh, 7.17. I didn't know. No, 7.18. It was reported there's been a boom in heists on luxury food. But what's the most stolen food? Cheese or sweet and sour pot noodle?
Cheese. It is cheese. Green. It is green. No. Pooing. Yes, it is. Katy Perry. Yes. I've run out of breath.
And that is the end of yesterday's quiz today. Very, very good performance, Amber. Yay! Yeah, really good. Did it feel good? Yeah, it felt really good. Apart from the Man United one...
It was all pretty straightforward. 13 points today. Very good. Yay! I really liked the black hole. I thought that was a really good interpretation of that. And, yeah, minding the gap, that was quite a tricky question if you don't know about London things. And they got the McLaren one. You sort of pulled that out of somewhere in your brain. So all good.
Amber, thanks for being on. Have a good day. Week two of your new job. And we look forward to catching up with you later in the week and meeting the rest of the team. So Liv's on tomorrow, is she? Liv's on tomorrow. Great. Liv, laugh, love on tomorrow morning at 7.15. One. Good one from Amber. And now all the latest things. David Guetta announces doing Radio 1's Weekend in Malta, which is exciting over the weekend. You haven't missed it. It was announced over the weekend is what I mean.
Let's get you up to date with all the latest things. Jack Saunders has a very special interview with Justin Vernon, the man behind Bon Iver, on his show tonight from 6 o'clock. We've had a little sneak peek though. Jack asking him about collecting all the sounds for his albums. Are you also listening for sounds and things that could work in those different layers from everyday life? Justin revealed something amazing.
Travelling around London, he heard this. Every time I come to London, I forget how hard the tube just rips. Like, it is so loud. And it was doing this, like, wolf scream on the Northern Line the other day. So funny from a different perspective, isn't it? Because that's clearly a tourist's perspective. They're like, oh, it's so, wow, so rustic and old and shoddy and...
Whereas people who go on that, I know exactly that bit. It's between Camden and Euston on the Northern Line. It is hell. You see everyone who goes on there every day holds their ears because it's so unbearable. But Bon Iver is in such a good mood. He's like, yeah, I just wanted to put that in a record. Amazing. Next up, let's talk Katy Perry, who, and it's hard to get your head around this, is about to go into space again.
She's part of the first all-female space mission. And I think we should change the music up a little bit here. I don't know if she's prepared for this. T minus one day before I get to go to space. She's talking about it as if it's a new single. But just think about this a second. They're going to travel 62 miles above Earth.
Crossing the Karman line, which is the boundary to space. She's currently training at the moment and so casual about the whole thing. And so I'm in space training today and it's, you know, there's a lot to digest. It's like she's just learning Italian or something. I've been doing my vocab today with Italian. There's a lot to digest. Are you going to space? Yes.
You're way too calm for this whole thing. We're almost finished with the day and they show us the capsule and we run simulations and tested the noise and what to expect and all these different things. Tested the noise, what to expect and all these different things. I don't think you've got the lingo quite. I mean, I don't know the lingo either, but it just feels tested the noise. It feels this feels so massive. I'm worried for Katy Perry. I don't know.
It's kind of amazing, but also, what? That's just me in the garage talking to the mechanic, being like, yeah, there's a funny noise. I don't know, it's like maybe like a wheel, like a bearing. Is that a thing? Is it a bear? Could it be a bearing? Is that it? Well, good luck to the whole crew. It's a very cool thing, but not for me, thank you. And finally, it was week one of Oh My God, Coachella. Oh my God. Oh my God.
Your favourite and least favourite influencers were all at Coachella this weekend. Thousands of people and millions of influencers all flocked to the Californian desert to watch, well, amongst others, Lady Gaga do the performance of a lifetime. An hour and a half, straight through, people are now dubbing it Gaga-chella, which doesn't really work as a pun, but we'll give it to them. Baby, you'll be famous, shake your belly till you're
What I loved, the radio nerd in me loved her back timing. She timed her set so perfectly that she managed to sing the lyrics 11.59 from The Beast at the exact time.
I love that she's a radio nerd as well. We've got to talk about Benson Boone flipping his way across the desert. Incredible. So he was on before Gaga on the Friday. He brought out Brian May from Queen. They did Bohemian Rhapsody. Brian May's there in the background shredding. I'm still a little slow, I'd like to walk a man. Scaramouche, Scaramouche, bring to the fun. The God, the God.
I mean, the confidence of Benson Boone. Give everyone 1% of Benson Boone's confidence. Unbelievable. And great to see Brian May on the stage as well. He's not been well recently, so it's good to see him looking good. Charlie XCX was there on the Saturday, brought out loads of amazing artists that featured on the Brat album. Lorde was there. They did Girls So Confusing. Billie Eilish came out for Guess.
And Troy Sivan as well. And it all happens again next weekend. Weekend two of... Oh, my God. Cold shell. Oh, my God. It's the best thing ever. ...is going to be next weekend. And with that, you're up to date with all the latest things. Radio One's All Day Breakfast. With Greg James. Also today, we were given...
I don't know why, it's not even an olive branch. We were given a field to plant as many trees in as we want. We were given such a good gift by our boss. BBC Radio 1. In a few weeks' time, we're going to be in Liverpool for Radio 1's Big Weekend, which is a huge music festival we take to a different place every single year. This year, we've chosen Liverpool. We've got an amazing line-up.
100,000 people are going to be there across the weekend. Three full days of it. Going to go and see the likes of Sam Fender, Tom Grennan, Mumford & Sons, Jade's playing, Lola Young is on, Haim are going to be there. It's going to be an amazing weekend. Last year in Luton, we did a little bit of funny merchandise designing. A couple of T-shirts, a bucket hat with Long Boy the Dead Duck on it,
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And a few weeks ago, I thought, let's get a few ideas knocking around for what we could do this year for Liverpool-based merchandise for the big weekend. Liverpool, Laugh-a-Pool, Love-a-Pool was my favourite suggestion. Thank you to whoever sent that in. On Friday, I got a very interesting text from Big Boss Alec. He's been talking about big weekend merch, and I quote, if you guys, and the guys means us in the studio, but also you guys,
Millions of you guys out there, if you guys think up a good merch item, we'll make it. That is the opportunity of a lifetime. So the door of opportunity is now wide open. I want to streamline our thinking into accessories. I think accessories could be good. We've done the t-shirts.
That's fine. T-shirts and hoodies, I sort of get that. But I'm thinking accessories. What's a good merch item and what's on it? It's always better when we all come up with these ideas together. I want to be led by you because after all, you're going to be the ones wanting to get it. So if we think up a good merch item, they'll make it. So it's hats, isn't it? Bucket hats, phone holders. Think, I'm just going to put this into your head now.
Think how amazing the pitbull bald cap and sunglasses combination was. What's our version of that? So you're walking around in the crowd with the item and those that know, know. And they go, oh yeah, that's a proper listener right there. That's a proper Radio 1 listener there. 03700100100. Let's get the ideas going. Let's get our huge collective brain on this. What could it be?
What's the accessory? What's the merchandise item? What is it? This is BBC Radio 1. Okay, we're cooking. We are cooking. Some ideas are streaming in. Some really good ones as well. So if you just switched on, we've been given an opportunity. If we come up with a good idea for a piece of merchandise, it will be available at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool across the weekend at the end of May. Sam, good morning. Good morning.
Good morning. Welcome to The Breakfast Show. What's the idea, please? Come on, let's brainstorm. I'm thinking Festival Essential, the RU Wellies. It's very, very, very good. RU Wellies, yes. So this is based on that wonderful old meme, which I actually played earlier today, which is this from Derek Thompson. Are you well? I thought you were. Are you well? I thought you were. So yes, RU Wellies, really, really strong. It's, um...
They're complicated. I've never had to stock wellies before, but I imagine because you've got to have a range of sizes. Would you have a range of colours as well, Sam? I think if you went with one colour, then you could see that everyone, all the Radio 1 listeners, you could pick them out a mile away. Yeah, so a nice bright colour. And what are you thinking? So it says, are you wellies on one of them? And on the other one, it says, I thought you were.
I think so. I think that's the best way in. Okay, so we're looking down at our feet, so it says R U L is on the left, and then I thought you were... R U L. I thought you were... And then R U L, I thought you were on the right. Yeah, good. This is really good. Would you buy those, Sam? Yeah, absolutely. 100%. I would. Yeah, it's a really strong idea. Thank you. We'll collate all these and see where we get to, see what the favourites are going to be. Tom, hi. Hiya. Welcome to The Breakfast Show. What is your idea for merch?
Yes. Okay, so we're making the bucket hat look like an egg. Yeah, yeah. So I guess it's like a fried egg. So we're going to have the actual head. Your head will be the yolk and then the brim will be the white. Okay.
Yes. Okay, and then it says Egg Hat Baby based on our feature Egg Chat, which is good. It's niche, but I like it niche because we need to have some sort of secret code for the Radio 1 listeners to just go, oh yeah, I'm a listener. I get what the Egg Hat is. And I guess then it might be inviting other people to come and do Egg Chat with you. Yeah, completely. So you'd be interested in an Egg Hat, maybe? Yeah, I'd take an Egg Hat, maybe. Okay, good. Tom, have a lovely day.
I'm taking a egg hack. Maybe! Adam the Floor Cutter says, you could sell Radio 1 wedding garters after the garter you wore for Jamie Lang's ultramarathon. Could sell garters. Bit weird, but then, you know, we like weird. Claire and a lot of other people say maybe it's just a Jamie Lang wig being on sale. That could just be on sale anyway. Jamie Lang wig would be a good idea in any case. Jerry says, how about some Radio 1 short shorts? Yeah, again, a sizing issue might be... I'm thinking of logistics.
Me encouraging everyone to wear short shorts, I guess, is fine. Sort of fine, I think. Justin says, how about a Radio 1 Greg James branded spray bottle for when you get hot and flustered over the weekend or you see a very sexy performance and you need to be cooled down? I like that because that can be used in your real life as well, can't it? And you get back home.
How about Connor and Lincoln says you could do a nice bucket hat that has the Mr Burns quote that you play on a Friday? Oh yes, we could. How about this? A bucket hat that says... So another Friday is upon us. What'll you be doing Smithies? Something gay no doubt? Yeah, could be good. That could be good. Another Friday is upon us could be some good merch or we could have the Daniel Craig bit which is not... Ladies and gentlemen, the weekend. But is instead him saying, ladies and gentlemen, big weekend.
Someone else wants a Matt Edmondson vest. Betty says, how about some Barney the dog bandanas? How would that work? Dog ears on the bandana or? Just pictures of Barney on a bandana. A barn-danna, if you will. Okay, great ideas coming in. Goat hats. I think you need to make goat hats so when people wear them in the crowd it looks like an army of goats, like the army of goats you've got, the thousand goats with Jessie. Excellent idea.
Oh, I like this. Have you all seen the badges one? The badges one. You could sell badges with Penn Badgley's name on it. Or pens with pens and badges. So it can be a badge penly if it's a pen and a pen badgley if it's a badge. Oh, okay. Badges and pens. We're now turning it into a gift shop at a museum. But that's maybe okay. Oh,
Some great ideas. Egg hat, I think I love. I love the badges. Garter's not massively into it. There was a late entry, actually, which we didn't mention on the show, from Carl in Portsmouth. He said there's got to be something around the hunk emergency that you always say when you've got a big, hot guest coming on. Maybe T-shirts that say hunk emergency. Quite nice. And there you go. That's today's breakfast show. Hope you enjoyed Bella and the rest of it. And I'll be back with you tomorrow. We're going to do festival things tomorrow.
just to get excited for Big Weekend because on Wednesday we've got some more names to announce which is exciting for Big Weekend and then also on Wednesday Hayley Steinfeld is my special guest star of the new Sinners movie and we're going to do on Popular Opinion with her so all that good stuff coming up this is BBC Radio 1
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