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BBC Radio 1 Radio 1's All Day Breakfast with Greg James Hello and welcome to Tuesday's Radio 1 All Day Breakfast podcast. This is Greg James and we had a really fun morning this morning toying with Matt Edmondson and raising money for Jamie Lang's Ultra Marathon Man Challenge. So, start today's show, let's do this. Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James Radio 1

Off the chain, off the glass, off the flip, off the rip, off the everything. Welcome to Tuesday. Good morning. Radio One Breakfast Show is on live until 10.30 this morning. Thank you, Dean McCulloch for early. It's Callum Leslie. Good morning. Morning. I was listening to so much Jamie Lang yesterday.

So much of the story that I was inspired to go for a run myself last night. I saw that. It was a last minute decision because I was having a bit of a, you know, this happens. No need to be alarmed. I was having a foggy brain day yesterday. You know, you're just annoyed with yourself because your brain's not working properly. Definitely. And I thought, what can I do here? Should I just write the day off and just go to bed?

Or should I tackle it head on and go, no, no, and try and make myself feel better? And you know what? 5K later, that was so good. Yeah, it does work, doesn't it? It does.

5k is sort of pathetic compared to an ultramarathon, I realise that. But it's solidarity. Absolutely. And he did very well yesterday. Really well. So he was running, basically did an ultramarathon in about 5 hours 44 minutes. Which is pretty good going. After all the, I haven't trained, I don't know what I'm doing. Actually, maybe he does.

We'll see how day two goes because he's got to go again. And we'll chat to him in 38 minutes time, 7.40 we're scheduled to chat to Jamie. And then we'll set him off on his way for day two, just about 10 to 8 as well this morning. So loads going on. Plus, I've been scheming. Oh, have you now? Yeah. So we're going to leave Jamie Lange alone today. But in my crosshairs is Matt Edmondson. Oh, yeah. Okay. Because he's on the road with Jamie.

And there's quite a nice rivalry between me and Matt now. Yeah, it's good. He made me down a pint during that Halloween thing, a dirty pint. He challenged me to a race against his scooter. He got me on his scooter this time last year for Molly King's Challenge. Do you remember that? Oh, yes, he did. The punishment for me was to go around Manchester on his scooter. I'd forgotten about you scootering through Manchester. Yeah, so we got...

Him and me got a whole lot of history. So I've got a scheme, which I'll talk to you about a little bit later on. So welcome to The Breakfast Show. Then at 7.40, we spoke to Jamie. Jamie Lange is Ultramarathon Man. Yes, he is. Good morning, Ultramarathon Man. Good morning, Greg James. You know you actually are officially the Ultramarathon Man now, now that you've done your very first one.

This is not a surprise. The body will be aching, but how's your brain?

Brain is okay. Brain is positive. Brain is a little bit tired because I was having very, very, very weird sleeps last night, which apparently is normal when you do an ultra marathon, which I was not warned about.

Well, there's a lot going on. There's a lot of stuff happening to you yesterday. It's quite an intense thing anyway, doing all this in the public glare, but also people shouting hello and being nice to you. You're on all day. So your brain is working overtime in so many ways. So obviously, when you're trying to make it rest, it's going to go, I'm not ready. I'm not ready. I've got things to say. I've got things to talk to you about. I want to talk to you about this. What about that? What about that? Oh, my God. How's your leg? So that's how your brain is kind of going. Did you manage to get any sleep?

I got a little bit of sleep. I probably got, I reckon, around five to six hours sleep. But I was waking up on the hour every hour and having weird dreams and hallucinations and everything. Who were you dreaming about and what were you dreaming about? Do you want it to be you? Because it wasn't you, unfortunately. No, but we were exchanging messages quite late and I sent you a picture of me in bed saying, sweet dreams. You did, you did. That was so nice. No, this isn't... So yesterday I got a surprise call from Miles Smith. Mm. Um...

the wonderful singer who sings Stargazing, among other things. And I was hallucinating that Miles Smith was knocking on my hotel room and I had to get up and I had to go and run with him to his concert. That's what I was doing. And I was convinced to the point where I was so convinced and I was like getting out of bed. I was like, what am I doing? Why am I getting up? And then it would happen again and it would happen again. It was very bizarre. Did you check that Miles Smith wasn't at the door? And it might actually have been real. Yeah.

I did get out of bed at one point because there was like a lamppost shining into my room. So I thought it was morning and it wasn't. It was 1am. I was like, what is going on? Oh, Han, this is going to be a fun week for us to hear these stories, but it's going to be a tricky week for you. But look, you've done so well. As I said yesterday, you've done so well. And you did it. You did your first marathon and you did your first ultra marathon yesterday. You should feel so proud of that.

Yeah, I'm super proud. There is, I mean, look, you've done a challenge like this before, so you know exactly the sort of mindset that you get in. But there was one point from about 30 to 40 kilometers where I didn't think, I was like, I think, I arrived with Matt Edmondson. I said to him, I knew this was going to be hard, but this is 100% harder than I thought it was, 100% harder than I thought it was going to be.

It is, and my body is aching, my feet are aching, my legs are aching, my bum, something is wrong with my bum, and it just won't go away. And Matt sat in with me when I had a massage last night, and the moans and groans that were coming from me, but it's honestly, there is something going on with my left cheek.

Okay, keep an eye on that. I think you do need to keep an eye on that because you don't want that to get any worse. But look, that's the test. It's hard in those moments. You do feel low, but that's when you've got to dig deeper than you've ever dug before. But did you enjoy sort of, you know, as we said yesterday, did you enjoy the sort of, did you find some magic in it at some points yesterday? Yeah.

There is more magic that I can probably say to you in the next 20, 30 minutes. I mean, honestly, there is so much going on from the people who are honking their horns and running with signs to people who have traveled from different places to come see us. From the donations of amazing people. There was one girl yesterday who wrote and she's 12 years old and she donated all her pocket money to Comic Relief. That is...

Those little nuggets of those amazing moments, that is what's so incredible. And those are the really uplifting moments. And you realise this is what it's all for. So I don't mind the pain. No, that's it. As we said yesterday, it's a great adventure you're going on. It really is. So...

Speaking of donations, Greg, I have, I don't have much to spare, says this texter, but Jamie, you're doing so amazingly. I've donated £10. You keep going, please. Amy's going to come and see you in Loughborough. She's already planning to come and see you later. Ali got back from a 5K run just in honour of you. We've got loads of people who want to come and see you in Kettering. So you're in Kettering right now, aren't you? So you're setting off soon.

I know. I think I'm in Bedford. Oh, sorry. Sorry, you're getting scattering tonight. You're in... I'm in Bedford and Boston. Boston and Bedford. Okay, great. No, Wambud. I'm in Y-Boston. I'm not in Boston. I'm in Y-Boston. Y-Boston. Yeah. Yeah, Y-Boston. Jamie is amazing, says Susie. I've already just donated 50 quid today. That is Susie in Portsmouth. Thank you, Susie. Fantastic.

Thank you, Susie. We've got Christian as well, who is so behind you in all these challenges. Emma in Cornwall, she says, I love how much support you lot are giving Jamie. Not just on the radio, but you're texting him goodnight as well. Of course. It's a real thing. This is a real human being at the centre of all this. So, of course. Jamie! I'm not even kidding. I do want to say that. Greg messaged me last night, you just saying good luck and just with a picture of you in bed. It was so sweet. LAUGHTER

You're in our thoughts. So I need to tell you a total, don't I? I need to give you a total. Oh, no. Because these sorts of things are really good because they get you going. So as of now, I'm actually not going to give you a total. Oh, what? But no, no, you're going to have to trust me.

Because the totals really keep you going. I know that. I want to make that first total as big as possible and give you something to properly laugh at on your run. So the total will wow you. Okay, that's the first thing. These are the two things that you just have to trust me on. The total will wow you and spur you on. And the reason I'm delaying it is because I've got a plan to make you properly laugh today and to keep you...

Keep you sane and to keep a smile on your face. Okay, will you just trust me with those two things? Okay, I trust you. I will trust you. There's a reason why I'm delaying giving you the total. And I promise it will be worth it. Because I can tell you this now. Do we know what Matt's up to now? He might be listening. Okay. I'm scheming against Matt Edmondson.

Okay. In order to make... He's sitting quite close to me, so... Oh, can he not hear you? Can he not hear the radio? He can't hear what I'm saying. Oh, amazing. He can hear if you want him to hear. I don't want him to hear. You don't want him to hear? No. Okay, I won't let him hear. So I have intervened and he thinks he's going to a place, but I'm actually sending him to a different one without him realising. And then...

And a thing will be happening just after 8 o'clock today. That's so good. No, no, no, but it's going to be... If this comes off, honestly, if this comes off, it will be the end of a sort of five-year journey.

So after 8 o'clock today, there'll be something really fun that happens. I hope it happens. To donate £5, £10 or £20, you can text the word 510 or 20 to 70011. I'm going to get my phone out and do one right now. So text the word 510 or 20 to 70011. 70011. Let's get that in the phone and put the amount in.

Let's do that. And then he should get a little message back. Says, yes, thanks for donating to Comet Relief. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, text 510 or 20 to 70011. Full terms at bbc.co.uk forward slash j.

Jamie. And Jamie, should we play the man from your dreams? Should we play Miles Smith? Oh, please. That will really spur me on. And thank you for the donation, buddy. That means the world. Thank you so much. My pleasure. Now, I don't know if we'll speak to you after eight. Maybe we will, but maybe you'll be running or maybe you'll be doing stuff. So if not, I'll say goodbye and good luck for today now. But just keep it going. Keep that smile on your face. Keep enjoying that mad adventure that's happening to you. And you won't go too far wrong.

Oh, thanks, guys. Thanks, Greg. Thank you so much, team. Really appreciate it. So that was my promise. My promise to him was that we'd have a nice time, make him laugh and raise loads of money. And we'll get to that in a second. But first, yesterday's quiz live from near Kettering. We're going to dedicate today's quiz to Sandy in Edinburgh, whose birthday it is. Sandy, we love you. Happy birthday. Also about to dedicate it to 12-year-old Jamie Lee, who needs a boost today, apparently.

Jamie Lee, you're great. Have a good day and enjoy the quiz. And keep being silly. Alice, hi. Good morning, Greg. Good morning to you, Alice. Where are you calling from? I'm from Kettering. From Kettering. Now, that's a coincidence, isn't it? Because Kettering is the place that Jamie Lang is going to be running to today on his ultra marathon man challenge. So were you following yesterday's adventure?

Yeah, I was. Crikey, that was a bit of a day. Crikey, it was a bit of a day, but he did it. He did it pretty well, actually, in the end and looked, was pretty cheerful at the end of it and positive and running around like a Labrador that wants to keep walking, basically. So he will get his wish. He'll be going again today at 7.50, we'll set him off. So is he going to get a big Kettering welcome later?

I hope so. Yeah, I mean, there's lots of people there that want to hopefully go out and see him. I know I'm going to go and try and make the effort to see him. Oh, that's nice. Kettering's a funny old town, but it's got some good bits. Yeah, we've sort of, I think we've got an insight into Kettering because of James Acaster, really.

Oh, yeah, of course, of course. Yeah, I think he's sort of really put it on the map and, you know, told everyone the joys and some of the things that are less joyful about Kettering. But no, but all places are a bit weird. That's the United Kingdom. So you're a bit of a runner yourself as well, aren't you, Alice? Yes, I am. I took part in the London Marathon last year, so that was a bit of a mish, but I did it. It is a bit of a mish, isn't it, the London Marathon? What did you feel after you did it? Did you feel like you regretted doing it?

Not at the time, no. A lot of convincing that it was still good that I completed it. It is amazing you completed it. It's a huge feat.

So that wasn't me saying you've got huge feet, by the way. I'm just saying it was a huge feat. So, Alice, we're going to do a quiz. Yesterday's quiz is just loads of questions about stuff that happened yesterday. Are you ready for the questions? I think so. Yesterday, we had Georgia on and she got 13, which is pretty good. But I think you could, you know, there's an opportunity here to get out in front. So here we go. Fire on.

90 seconds on the clock. Do we have some dingers? Yes, we do. And here we go with question number one. Which Irish national holiday was it yesterday? St Patrick's Day. It was. Which Radio 1 DJ embarked on his Ultramarathon Man Challenge for Comic Relief yesterday? Jamie Lange. Yes. Hosea celebrated his birthday. What's the name of his hit song, Take Me to Church or Take Me to Shrewsbury? Take Me to Church. Yes. Which singer of Abracadabra and Poker Face accepted the Innovator Award at the iHeartRadio Awards?

Correct. Listeners Charlie and Becky were on the show yesterday to talk about seeing what artist known for 17 Going Under and people watching at his gig in Berlin. Correct. Rory McIlroy won the Players' Championship in Florida yesterday, but what sport is that? It is. Which redhead guitar-playing pop star did a surprise performance of his song Galway Girl in a pub in Boston? Ed Sheeran. Yes. Benson Boone teased a new music video, but what would you say to me if I went, Benson Boone!

I think we should, I'll stop the clock. I think we should add that to the list of when I do. Benson, boo! No. Okay. It was exactly two years since which pop star kicked off the Ears tour? Taylor Swift? Correct. What time was it? This time yesterday. 7.18. Yes, it was just. It was confirmed that Newcastle would hold a parade this Saturday to celebrate their League Cup win. Name a famous Geordie.

Chris Ramsey. Yeah, good one. It was announced that Selena Gomez will be on Hot Ones this week with her music producer boyfriend. But what's his name? God. I don't know. It's Benny Blanco. A group of beavers saved the Czech government $1.2 million by building a dam for them. Please make a noise like a helpful beaver. Yeah, it's really good. It's two points for that, actually.

Really chomping through those trunks. And that is the end of yesterday's quiz. Not forever, just for today. Don't worry, guys. 13 yesterday from Georgia, 13 today from you. No way. Way, way. It's happened. Yeah, Alice, 13 points today. Congratulations. Very good. I think it was an impeccable performance. Were you happy?

I thought I was going to do absolutely shocking because I am useless at quiz. Well, I'd argue that you're not useless at all. It was very good. 13 points today. And the time question was very interesting. I know that the dinger boy was almost ready to give you an incorrect noise, but...

As the clock ticked to 7.18, you said 18. I've never seen that before. It was exactly, and we have the most exact clocks in the world in here. And it ticked over precisely so well. Do you know what? I'm going to give you an extra point for that because it was so good. And I think you deserved it. And you're now in the lead.

Whoa, that was a bit exciting. It is a bit exciting. Yeah, we could say that's what the quiz is. Oh, yeah, the quiz is a bit exciting. Alice, thanks so much for being on. Have a good day in Kettering. We'll catch up later in the week. Bye-bye. Cheers, Greg. Okay, let's get back out to Matt Edmondson, who joined me after eight o'clock. Good morning. Can I do a speech at the wedding? Of course.

As if you need to ask. As if. Of course, of course. You do realise that by agreeing to marry Jamie, you're also agreeing to a twice-weekly podcast with him, right? Sure. No, that's fine. Okay.

It's pretty much the nuptial contract. Yeah, that's fine. Look, I love a podcast, as you know, so that's fine. I do, I do. I'll add another one. So, good morning to you. Hi. A quick cursory, are you okay? Because, you know, Jamie Lang's the one that's really going through it, but all good with you? It was quite, I thought it was beautifully told, the story yesterday, Matt.

Oh, thanks. I'm just sort of saying what I see as it happens, really. And yeah, I mean, I'm great. I'm a little worried for Jamie. I'm not going to lie. I saw him briefly this morning. He's been sort of like pulled in every direction. You know, he has to do interviews for Radio 1 and then stuff for Morning Live. And then he's got a documentary crew that are wanting time with him. So he's sort of being pulled in every direction. And because he's the

the nicest man that's ever lived. He's not complaining, he's not whinging, but he also isn't really taking much time to fuel himself or just take a moment to breathe or to sit and think and be with his own thoughts. When I went over to see him, he just boshed a load of porridge at breakfast and I was like, hi, and he stood up to hug me.

And it was like he stood up in slow motion. It was a proper granddad, kind of like, like his whole body kind of creaked skywards. And I was like, no, no, don't get up. But by the time he did get up, which was about two minutes later, yeah.

We had a little cuddle and then he was like, I'm going to nip to the loo. And he hobbled to the toilet. Now, you don't want to see hobbling from a man who's about to run an ultramarathon. No. That is where we are. It's only day two. Well, yeah, I was going to say, it's a man who's about to run four more ultramarathons. That's the thing. I actually can't believe it. Because the thing about day one, and I didn't want to say this to him, is that day one, the adrenaline will get you through to a certain extent and the excitement of it.

But then when it all falls away after day two into day three, the hard yards halfway through day three and then into day four, you're sort of like, oh, I'm over this now. And so is my body. So that's when we're going to really need to dig deep for him. Yeah. All this week, obviously, the DJs are in and fully focused on this. All the listeners are all, you know, fully in support and everyone's behind him and all of that.

We need to muck in, literally. We can't do marathons, really. We don't need to do that. He's doing that. But we can do what we can. And with that, Matt... Are you about to ask me if I can deliver another rap? Because the answer's yes. Not just yet, actually. Oh, right. But...

I've sent you somewhere this morning, which we'll get into in just a bit. Before that... Yeah, can I just say, by the way, it's been very weird this morning. Because I was like, what time? They were like, we've got to go, we've got to go, we've got to go. I was like, but Jamie's still... Jamie's not on the start line yet. And also, we drove off and I said, where's Jamie's running coach, Will? He's meant to be in the car with us, so we left him behind. And then we've sort of gone off on a detour. And no one's telling me anything. Yeah, well...

Yeah, I've got some allies of mine that are working with you this week. And I might have pulled in a couple of favours. We'll get to that in a second. First, though, should we do a total for Radio 1's Ultra Marathon Man with Jamie Lang so far? Oh, do you know what? Part of me wants to say yes, of course. And part of me wants to say no, because there is something so concrete about a total that I think...

Depending on what it is, I feel like it's my duty to shield Jamie from it because...

Because if it's high, that adds pressure. And if it's low, that adds a sense of, oh, I've got to do even more. And the guy's already at maximum capacity. But, you know, it's part of it. So let's hear the total and whatever it is, I'll be grateful for. Well, the drum roll has started, so I'm legally obliged to now tell you the total. I'm sorry, you can't stop a drummer when it's happening. That's true. The total so far for Radio 1's Ultramarathon Man with Jamie Lang is...

£22,559. It's good. I don't know about you, but I'm feeling 22. That is...

That's really good. I mean, that's a lot of money already, right? That's a lot of money. And the thing with this is, it's going to build because people are going to see the story. They're going to see the sheer effort that Jamie's going to, and they're going to see sides of him that they haven't seen before. I think we're still getting the kind of like slightly putting on a show for other people, Jamie. He wants everyone to be happy. That...

There's only so long a person can do that and put others before themselves. And I think we're going to see a side to Jamie that people are going to fall in love with him even more. And I know those donations are going to flood in. And if you're one of the people that donated and contributed to that £22,000, can I personally say thank you? And on behalf of Jamie as well, say thank you. You're the people that we needed right on that first day just to...

give him some sense of motivation. So thank you, thank you, thank you. It's a brilliant team effort and it's just, it's only just beginning really. That was the first day it was like, just get everyone into the mindset of, oh, he's doing this thing. Now, it gets difficult and that's when we're going to really need everyone to club together. So,

I need to just take the spotlight off Jamie Lang for a second and put it on you, Matt Edmondson. Because I promised Jamie Lang a big total today. And I also promised him something funny. Now that's where you come in. So you know you're in a location you didn't think you're going to be in. Yeah. I'm going to tell you exactly why you're in that location after this next song.

And this next song is dedicated to you and me because you and me got a whole lot of history, my friend. So all this week, Jamie Lang is doing his Ultra Marathon Man Challenge and Matt Edmondson is following him around, telling us the story, bringing the whole thing to life for us and did an amazing job yesterday. He did the same thing with Molly King last year. And Matt is on the road with Jamie and normally is with Jamie every step of the way, except for this morning.

And that was One Direction history because, my friend, you and me got a whole lot of history. Mostly good, some bad. Mostly good, mostly good. Mostly good. Good friends over a number of years now. Oh, yeah. The thing is, is that the listeners like it when we bicker.

And I think... I quite like it too. Yeah, and I think I do too. But then I don't like it if I lose. And I don't think you like it when you lose either. Because... I hate it. If we... But that's what makes me like it when you lose and vice versa. This is the perfect friendship. So...

Wind the clock back a year. You made me ride around on your scooter for Comet Relief. Oh, it's fantastic. And it was a horrible... It was fantastic. It was a horrible experience. Really horrible. I was way too tall for it. It was a horrible, cold, rainy day in Manchester. Kelsa Parise, classic Manchester.

And it was not nice, but it raised some money for Comet Relief, and obviously that's good, but it was still... Can I say my abiding memory of that, Greg? Please. Which is me filming a video of you in which you were on the scooter and you hated it so much you used language that should never be heard by anyone. Oh!

And I was just sort of blindly filming and I hadn't checked the audio. And I posted it to Instagram and got loads of messages saying, what did he just say? And we had to remove the video immediately. That's my memory of the scooter. You hated it that much. I'd forgotten about that. There was a takedown notice. Yeah. That was the real me shouting at you in a van and I called you the worst possible word. I was goading you from a van.

And then I uploaded it to social media by accident. Bringing me down, bringing Comet Relief down. That's right. Yes, but that's good, though, because that's a real emotion. And I love it when you hear a real emotion on the radio. Maybe that was a little too real, arguably. But...

You're in a different location to Jamie Lang today. So what can you see around you? Tell the listeners what you can see. Okay, so we just pulled into a place that has a lot of wood. It's like an industrial kind of... Yeah, a place where you go to buy timber. To my left, there is... There's like loads of storage containers with different types of sand. There's some gravel. There's some shingle there. To my right, there's like a...

a posse, a gang of... I mean, I don't know what they are, like diggers and rollers. You know, like if you were to try and crush something? Oh. That kind of heavy machinery. Interesting. For like rolling or crushing. Rolling, crushing, yes. Heavy lifting, that sort of thing. So it's like proper...

industrial territory. There's a guy with a forklift now driving behind me. Well, that's good to know that you're in the place that I'd organised. And, yeah, correctly identified, Matt. I don't see how this relates to a marathon, an ultramarathon at all. It doesn't, but it will fulfil, hopefully, my two promises to Jamie Lang. Promise number one, we'll raise loads of money this morning. Promise number two, we'll make him laugh. So, you, as you've identified, are at a heavy machinery company based in St Neots. Yes.

And I've had you delivered there this morning. I've also arranged for your scooter to be delivered to them in the dead of night.

How have you got hold of that? It should now be in the hands of my good friend Nick, who's standing by. My actual scooter. The one I take to work every day. Yeah. The one that you bring into the office and park in the corridors so that people fall over it. That annoying one. The scooter that should be used only by people under the age of eight.

Right. Oh, I can see it. Yeah. There it is. Oh! Nick... It's actually quite nice to see it here. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you know, take it all in because hopefully it won't be there for much longer. Nick has a giant tandem vibrating roller. Wow. Good for him. Yeah. Is this Nick? Is one of you Nick? Hello, Nick. Hello, Darren. Hello. Hello, Darren. You all right, mate?

Right, I'm going to come and sit with you. I'm not hanging out with the lads. Darren, I'm just on the... Hello, Goosa. Darren. Hello. Greg's just told me... What's he got again? A giant tandem vibrating roller.

You've got a giant tandem vibrating roller, is that correct? We have. We've got the big roller here, waiting to the left-hand side of us. Yeah, I've heard that you quite like your scooter, do you? I do like my scooter. Have you given it a go? Because you've had it overnight. Oh yeah, I've had my Jamie wig on, a red-nosed nose, and we've been going around our yard on your nice little scooter. It's great, isn't it? It's a good rider. Great rider. It's a smooth rider.

Can I say, I've had this scooter for a very, very long time. This scooter is like, it's like an extension of my body. It's like a fifth limb. Yeah, I think I can say that. It's like a fifth limb. I'm like a bionic man, you know, it's part of me.

And it's been on many adventures with me, that scooter. That vibrating roller is easily capable of flattening that scooter like a pancake, isn't it? Can you point to a vibrating roller? Which one is a vibrating roller? Is it visible? These two here.

These two? Oh yeah, you've got three of them. The dad is behind. Oh, that's a big boy. Yeah, it's a big boy behind. Here's the thing then, Matt. Here's what I'm getting at. We've just announced the total for Jamie Lang's Ultra Marathon Man, £22,559. I would like to get those donations up a little bit. Why have we got them to £30,000? Would you let me destroy your scooter? No. What? For £8,000? No.

Absolutely not. 40? No. I mean, that is... I'm going to say it has to be higher, Greg. I can't. It feels bad. It feels selfish. I believe in the listeners so much that I think we can get to £75,000 this morning and then we can squash your scooter and it's gone. Do you say yes? Can we shake on 75? Can I have one more ride of it before I say goodbye? Yes, you can.

Okay, then yes. If you get to 75, you can crush my scooter. 75, deal. Listeners, you know what to do. And so that's the challenge for the listeners. And here's how the next hour and a bit panned out on the radio. You like it? Yes, this is going to be good. You're evil. This is going to be excellent. Kate in London says, brutal. You can hear the pain in Matt Edmondson's voice. I've immediately donated.

Stacey Jade says, Greg, it's brutal. Take my money now. Matt Edmondson, hi. I thought Comic Relief was about...

empowering people through positivity. And here you are, Greg, trying to raise money by crushing a man's dreams and scooter. Ellie in Cambridge says, scooters are the bane of my life on the pavement. Crush it. £10 donated. Yeah, just to be clear, a few people think it's like a moped or like a little Vespa or something. No, no, it's a child's scooter. That's what this is. It's a skateboard with a handle. Yeah. It's a skateboard with a handle. That's what it is. It's very...

tricky because I've just seen Darren the guy we had on earlier he's just picked it up and he's ridden it and I don't like how he's riding it I don't like how he's riding it I don't like how he's riding it with reckless abandon I don't like it

Yeah, I love this scooter so much. And anyone who's got a scooter will... No, we don't want a sob story about the scooter. I'm sorry. He's lying it down on the floor now. Yeah, just to prepare it for the roller. But look...

Just to be clear, the metal will be reused for something better than a scooter. So we're not wasting any of the vital metals. Name anything better than a scooter that that metal is going to be used for because I defy you to. Chair. Chair, better.

I mean, chairs are pretty good, but... Yeah, some crutches. Much more useful. Yeah, really good. The crutches, the person who gets run over by one of you on the pavement... I am very respectful. Ellie and crew has donated £100.

Oh, Ellie, you didn't have to do that. Yeah, you did. Can they take the money back from Comic Relief once they've donated it, Ellie? Afraid not. Is it too... If we make it to 75,000 by 9.30 today, so we've got under an hour, I'll let Nick loose with his beloved roller to crush your beloved scooter. I... Go on, sorry. Flat as a pancake. Now, if we don't get to 75,000, we'll just let you have your scooter. Yeah.

Do you know what? I mean, I think for £75,000, I would like it to get crushed. Yeah. Genuinely. If we can get to that money. But...

No buts about it, I'm afraid. Normally the BBC is all about balance, but not today. There's only one side of this for me. No, there's no mixed feelings. It's very clear what we need to do. To donate £5, £10 or £20, text the word 510 or 20 to 70011. Full terms are at bbc.co.uk forward slash Jamie. Phones out, please. Text the word 510 or 20 to 70011. I feel like the listeners want this to happen. It will be a very funny video. Do you know what? This will make Jamie Lang laugh, correct? Yes.

It absolutely will. He will love it. You know, I got him a scooter and he abandoned it in the Radio 1 office and now Jeremiah has taken it from him. I'll be crushing that one tomorrow.

Hey, Matt, you know Josh who works on Jack Saunders' show? Yeah, of course. He's just messaged me saying, all I can think of is Matt Evanson riding around singing this to his scooter. And I was. I had a little moment there. I had a little moment. And actually, you know, what's the lady of the Netflix show where she tidied people's houses? Oh, Marie Kondo.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, she says, you know, you've got to thank something for its service before you say goodbye. Show your gratitude to it. That's what I've been doing here. Oh, good. I've just been saying thank you before I let it go. I adore you. I do adore it. I mean, can you have a word with my production team? Because I run late at the best of times. Sometimes, you know, I'm there 15 seconds before the show starts. And...

And the only reason I'm there on time, in inverted commas, is because of the scooter. And without this, I'm going to be a lot slower. It's kind of a devastating impact to the rest of my life, this. Or it just means that we get sort of a solo 30 minutes of Molly King every day. Yeah, yeah. Just to put a positive spin on it.

That's true. Anyway, we've got some callers and I wonder what the callers will, the callers obviously in terms of BBC fairness and impartiality, we have to have both sides of the argument. Got to be balanced. Yeah, got to be balanced. So Ash, what do you want to say? I,

I think you should crush it. No self-respect for an adult should be driving around on a scooter. And also, if he's got a helmet, that can be crushed as well. I'll donate more. Okay, excellent. I just want to check with line two. Jo in Bristol for a bit of balance. What do you want to do? Definitely crush it. I know the scooter riding types. You make my blood boil. Okay. And line three. Hannah, what should we do with the scooter? Crush it. Right. Crush it, crush it, crush it. Okay, interesting. Do you have any particular reason, Hannah?

I feel like I kind of need to see your hopes and dreams be crushed for charity. I feel like...

Get the organs out of that thing. Yeah. Get the organs out of that thing. My God, that was visceral. Wow. Okay. Well, look, it's unanimous. Not much balance there. It was a random selection of the audience. I'm sorry. We didn't have time to vet them. Yeah, Joe in Bristol wants them crushed. Ash in Liverpool as well wants the whole thing gone. Hannah in Hampshire as well. Thank you. Thanks to all three of you. So after three, can we just have a crush it? One, two, three.

Lovely. Okay. To donate £5, £10 or £20, text the word 510 or 20 to 70011. I will fulfil my two promises that I made to Jamie Lang. First one, get a ridiculously big total for not even halfway through day two. That was my promise. The second promise was to make him laugh. We need to get him through this somehow. And if the scooter's to be crushed in order to do that, so be it!

£75,000 is the total we need by 9.30. You've got over half an hour to do it. I think we can do this, but there's a chance that we won't, obviously. And if we don't get £75,000, then the scooter will not be crushed. It will remain intact. Imagine. Imagine if you... The dream scenario for me is £74,999. Because I'll chuck the quid in. I'll chuck the extra quid in later, but after the time limit. But then the...

then everyone's a winner, right? The money's been raised and the scooter survived. That would actually be pretty good. I haven't been texting my donation, actually. A lot of people have been messaging me saying that they've been doing it online. So bbc.co.uk forward slash Jamie. You can do it through, if you're this way inclined, you can do it through Apple Pay. And it's really quick and it doesn't go on your phone bill. You know when you see your phone bill and you go, oh my God!

But, you know, if it's just Apple Pay, it doesn't feel like real money. So that's how I've been doing it. And a lot of people are doing that online. So bbc.co.uk forward slash Jamie. And it's really, really quick as well. So there is no excuse really there, is there? That is so simple to do. Like it's, yeah, there is no excuse. Oh, God. It's going to go, isn't it? The revenge has ranged from,

Just to say that there are obviously some people on your side here. Who? I'm choosing to ignore a few of them. Matt, your revenge could be that you crush the long boy duck statue at the University of York. Oh, my God. That would be absolutely brilliant. No, if you do that, I will have you arrested. Sensational. No, you'll be... I will arrest...

Similarly, someone has said, crush Greg's pride and joy old car. No. If you do that, I will kill you. Are you still riding that old car? Honestly, and I know I've just admitted to killing someone, wanting to kill someone on the radio, but I would be so cross if that happened. Scooter and car, it's not equal. You drive such a weird car. No, it's not weird. Okay, let's go back to the voice notes. Oh, shit.

Crush it! Crush it! Crush it, Greg! Yeah. Isn't it interesting, isn't it? When you repeat crush it, it sounds like you're swearing. Yeah, interesting. Yeah, I'll be honest, when he first played it, I thought, oh, gosh, that's a fruity voice note. Ten minute takeover happening at nine, and then 9.30 today, we will be hopefully crushing the scooter. And we should be chatting to Jamie Lang. Jamie, are you there? No, no. No, where's Jamie? That was Jamie. Oh, was it? Was that Jamie? Oh, shit!

Oh! Ah!

Oh, right. Jamie, I didn't even recognise the voice. I was too worried about him swearing. It's filthy mouth. Fine. Oh, see, look, Jamie Lang wants us to do it. Molly King wants us to do it. Matt, you're OK with it. Please, let's just do this thing after 9.30 today. Thank you. It's such a Charlie Edges song. Oh, I'm so here for it. You love it. You play it and I come straight in. Oh, my gosh. It's like the Pied Piper. Literally. You play that and you crawl out and you're like, yes, yes, master. LAUGHTER

You called me? Siberia, the place to be. Love that line. What a line. Can I just say, what a show this morning. I have been living my best life on the train on the way in, listening to the fact that Matt Scooter could potentially get crushed. Could. Could. I know. This is the first time I've been worried.

Because it's a big amount of money, that. It is. That's the thing. We might have overstretched. No, no, no, no. Listen, I donated on the way in. I love you, Matt, but you need it crushed.

Thank you, Charlie. Oh, you're there. I'm here, yeah, yeah. Sorry, I was just having a moment of solace. Love you, Matt, but sorry, he's got to go. This is brilliant. A lot of good voice notes as well coming in. Just crush it, crush it, crush it, crush it. This one as well. Don't let him make you feel bad saying he's going to be late for work if you beat him on foot.

When he's been on that scooter, then he's not going to be late for work. He's going to be early for work. That's true, actually. Yeah, I did beat you in a running race. I'm not on the wrong legs. Yeah. Also, this one. Crush it! Crush! Yeah. So, look, there's a movement happening here. We just need a little push. All right, Greg. No, I don't mean like that. Oh, well, okay. I had quite a few coffees today, but not just yet. But, look, if...

5,000 people giving five quid will get us there. Is this by the end of your show? No, no, no. It's in 10 minutes. Oh, my gosh. I know. Oh, no. That's why it's urgent. All right, I'm doing it again. We've got 10 minutes. 9.30 was the cutoff for the scooter. Oh, my gosh. If we don't hit the 75k target, legally, I have to hand the scooter back to Matt. No, no, no, no, no. We'll never hear the end of it.

And we don't get to see the crushing. We don't get Jamie Lang laughing along at that. That's what he needs. And this money will do so much good in all ways. If you want it to happen, we need you donating right now.

We are not at the total. This is completely in your hands right now. All of us in this moment. Do you know what? I completely forgot that Jamie's actually running whilst we're doing this. Yeah. The whole point is a distraction for Jamie to

To keep him going. And also, I would love, when I next chat to Jamie, to say to him, we've got 75,000 or north of 75,000. Imagine that, that boost. He needs that. Matt, you saw him today. He needs a big money boost, doesn't he? He needs it. He needs it. It's, yeah, it's...

it's going to be a tough, tough day today. His body is completely, um, ruined from yesterday. And, uh, you know, he was hobbling around at breakfast. So I've not seen him run yet, but he is out now running. Hi, Jamie, if you're listening, I know he's got BBC sounds in quite a lot. So hi, if you're listening and he's probably waiting to see if this thing comes off. Um,

The video itself is worth a fiver. The video to see you standing next to the scooter as it's being crushed, Matt, that's worth £5. I'm going to do another now. I've just done it again as well. I'm doing another 20 now. Yeah, me too. Because it's worth, I just want to see your face, a beautifully shot bit where the scooter's being crushed. It pans to your face. A single tear goes down the cheek. That's what we need to see. That's the video. Can I just say something, Greg? Yeah.

the so i've been listening obviously to radio on pretty much all all day every day and um the the you get the feeling that oh this thing's happening and you sometimes your brain you're like oh i'll get to that in a bit i'll do that i'll do that later or i'll do it when he gets the end you kind of set these little benchmarks and actually um if you're the sort of person and you probably are that is gonna give some money to comic relief and you can spare a fiver

doing it now, earlier rather than later, is going to be massively beneficial. Forget the scooter for a second, I wish I could. But just for Jamie's sort of mental state, imagine embarking on something like this yourself, like really put yourself in his now very well-trodden and sweaty shoes. Imagine that you, whatever the thing is that you've done that caused you the most physical pain in your life,

that took the longest amount of time. Imagine waking up the day after it was done thinking, oh, I never want to do that again and having to do it again and knowing you then have to do it again and again and again. This is important now that we support him at this stage. And I think when you hear the terms and conditions stuff, it can kind of wash over you a little bit. It's almost like background noise. So I really want to, like, let's zone in on how you donate here. Text the word. Text the word five. Sorry, I'll go for it.

To text 510 or £20, it is quite simply the word 510 or 20 to 70011. If you do that now, that money goes to Comet Relief. It will go to Jamie's Total. It will do amazing things. It will change people's lives, both in the UK and overseas. The people that need it the most will get it.

And also, we're doing something fun. It will crush Matt's life. It's the whole thing. The whole point of Comet Relief was created to do something funny for money. And that is it. And this, to see that video, to make Jamie Lang laugh on day two when he needs it the most, if we get that 75k target, we will crush Matt Edmondson's scooter.

Full terms at bbc.co.uk forward slash Jamie. This is the final push before 9.30 deadline. Crash it! Do it now. This is the moment we need everyone. A big concerted effort. If it doesn't happen by 9.30, it doesn't happen. Oh, no, don't. Please. We have to make this happen. Oh, my gosh. Sweating for him. 5, 10 or 20 to 700111.

We can then deliver that amazing total to him and deliver him that amazing video when he gets to his pit stop and we go, it happened. That's the dream scenario. I promised him we would make him laugh and we would spur him on today. That's what we need to do. Come on.

Six, five and a half minutes. Come on, we can do this. Oh, this is bang out of order, this song. It will be an extraordinary achievement from all of us if it happens. And then eventually 9.30 ticked over and we stopped counting the money for that moment.

By the way, no money was wasted in between. It's not like that money afterwards got wasted. It all counts. It's a running total. But we took a snapshot of it at 9.30 and then I revealed the results a few minutes later. I'm joined by Charlie Hedges. Oh my gosh. Ricky Hayward-Williams. Hello. Melbourne O'Doo. Melbourne's here. Get in, get in. We all need to be around each other in this moment. Matt Edmondson, all morning has been sent. I sent him, he thought he was going to be...

Following Jamie Lang this morning, but I sent him to a heavy machinery company in St Neots and I'd arranged for his scooter to be taken there overnight. If we could get to £75,000 by 9.30 today, the scooter will be crushed. Matt Edmondson, good morning. Good morning. It's been an emotional morning for you, hasn't it? It has. It's been full of ups and downs. My...

Yeah, my kind of... When you first mentioned it, my gut reaction was like, absolutely not. And then as times moved forward, I think, oh, OK, for that money, it's definitely, definitely worth it. And then there's that dread of, well, what if we haven't got the money? And then I have to take the scooter back with me. So at 8 o'clock this morning, the total was £22,559, which is a lot. It's a lot of money. It's only day one. Yep.

I'd been really worried about the target of 75,000. I think it was maybe a little too much. As of 9.30... Oh, my God. Please, please. ..when Comet Relief stopped the clock... Please, please, please, please. Sorry, Matt, but please, please, please. ..at 9.30, the total was counted at... Oh, no, what? Hurry up! Come on! We didn't do it.

Seriously? I'm absolutely gutted. We went past it. Really? Yes! 78,939. Oh, my God. Well done.

Well done, everyone. Oh, my gosh. I was so, so worried about that. £78,939. Boy, I guess you could say we smashed it. Yeah, we did. I mean, we did. That's on the...

That's a lot of money. That's so much money. So, 22,000 at 8 o'clock, then at 9.30, 78,939. That is the power of this Radio 1 team, the power of everyone listening, the power of... That is amazing. It's the start of it. It's the start. And we've only just started on day two. If you've donated in that last hour and a half, thank you so much. Look what it does when we're all clubbed together. Look what I mean. We focus on one thing. It's an amazing thing, that community. I mean, what are we getting rid of, Nick?

This is the other thing. Who's going next? I'm worried about the revenge that Matt's going to have on me. I've already started thinking. He's already started thinking. Sort it, Matt. So, I'm going to get extra security around my house. Around my dog. Oh, my God. This is a nightmare. But...

That is brilliant. And I can't wait to tell Jamie Lang that news. So this was the whole thing. The promise that I made Jamie at 7.50 this morning was, we'll give you a big total for day two and we'll make you laugh with joy.

Crushing Matt's scooter. Do you know when you're going to get to chat to him? Soonish, I guess. Matt won't know because he's not with him. But Matt, we do need to fire up the roller. Actually, some of the lads there. Nick and Darren, are they standing by? So Darren's on top of the roller at the moment. He's got his red nose on. He's wedged my scooter into a drainage grate. So there's like, he put the handle in there so that it won't sort of

It can't escape of its own volition. It's going to get crushed. This is like proper industrial, almost like in cartoons where they flatten something. It's that level of machinery. That's what I wanted. Everything in my head is always a cartoon, so this is perfect. So, that's it. Is he ready to crush? Darren, are you ready? He's ready. Let's do it. He's ready. Oh, and by the way, if we hadn't have reached 75,000... By the way, I'm absolutely buzzing. I'm so happy. I'm so happy.

If we didn't get the 75, we wouldn't have done it. We wouldn't have done it. We had two songs ready to go. If we weren't going to get crushed, I was going to play Survivor by Destiny's Child. But I have the perfect song for when it does get crushed. So Darren and Nick, it's over to them.

Right, the vehicle is being fired up now. Darren is twisting the key to ignition. Sorry, this is ridiculous. He's embarrassingly unable to start the vehicle. This is Darren's big moment. I don't have to give out refunds. Preparing this for one hour. And he's...

He's toying frantically with a gear stick. Have you got any final words for your scooter? It's now not just Darren's nose that's red. His entire face has gone like a ham. He needs a jump start. Darren! The poor man. That's what we discussed, Darren!

Oh, this is fantastic. This is not happening. Do you know what? This is my way of having a couple of extra moments with the Scooters. This is the universe saying, hey, thanks for the money, but this thing lives on. Is it still not started? It's still not started. Oh, for God's sake. It happens to the best of us. You know, it's performance anxiety, isn't it? He's very much not on a roll.

I'll tell you what, the worst thing is right, Darren came up to me earlier and he was like, we're doing photos and stuff and he said, he said, all my family, they're all listening. He said, I've had so many... Oh, it's on! It's on! Oh, you turned the key to the left. Perfect. Right, he's off now. I'll tell you what, talk about building up tension and suspense. Oh, it's going over the scooter! OK, here we go.

Metal has hit metal here. Let's hear it. I want to just hear it. Can we just go back over it to check it's dead? No, he has. He's going over it a fair few times. Can we just let it happen? We'll just let this play out on there. Wheels popped off. Wheels popped off. Oh, the back wheel's gone. That's where the brake is as well. There's no hope for it. He's broken the brake. Oh, my gosh. He's really going for it.

Oh my god! I don't know what I just heard there. What is that? I don't know what I just heard there. It's going again. The scooter's sort of come loose from its... Oh my god. Oh, it's unrecognisable. It's completely unrecognisable. It's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. I don't know...

I don't know if that scooter had dental records, but if it did, that's the only way we're going to be able to identify this thing. It's now time for the song that I prepared in case this glorious moment happened.

Let's just leave the roller in the background with James Blunt. This is James Blunt. Goodbye, my scooter. Success. Huge success. Amazing work. We were so relieved in the studio, so utterly relieved when the call came through that we'd done it. And then we chatted to Jamie about it. We have the marathon man. We've got him. Jamie Lange is Ultra Marathon Man.

Jamie, hi. Hi, Greg. How are you? Don't worry about me. How are you? I'm really pretty sore. I'm sore. I'm tired. But I hope you...

You can hear me okay, because my signal's not so good. But I'm, yeah, I'm probably, this was 17 kilometre mark, and yeah, I'm sore. I'm okay, though. So you set off at eight, just after eight o'clock this morning, so you've been running for a couple of hours now. So that is, that's very, very tough. And I promised you a couple of things, because I know you were feeling it this morning. I know that your brain was good, but your body was achy. I promised you two things today. I promised you that I'd bring you a big total by the next time we spoke, which is now eight.

and I also promised you that I would bring you something that would make you laugh. So I just want to bring in Matt Edmondson here. Matt, hello. Hello. All right, Jamie. Hi, Matty. Hey, bud. You OK? You sound a bit flat. I'm sore, tired, but I'm OK. There's an amazing crowd of people here, so I'm good. I'm good. I'm OK.

OK, I'll come find you soon. He's going to be relieved of his duties, Jamie. I don't know how much of this story you know. So I told you that I was going to send Matt to a different location. The bit that's going to hopefully make you laugh is that the location was actually a heavy machinery plant hire company. And I'd also stolen his scooter overnight. And I had said to the Radio 1 listeners...

If we raise £75,000 by 9.30, then we would crush Matt's scooter. Wow. His beloved scooter. So I need to now give you a total and I need to fill you in on what's happened in the last half an hour. As of right now, Jamie Lang, the ultra marathon man, you have raised...

£80,777. Jimmy Lange is ultra-American now.

That's amazing. That's amazing. How about that? That's an even bigger total than what we gave just after 9:30 today. We smashed through the 75,000. We were unsure we were going to do it, but the listeners are so up for your challenge and they were so up for something stupid involving Matt Evanson's scooter that they donated in their tens of thousands and we got to easily pass 70. How about that?

Oh, I just want to say thank you to literally every single person who has donated. I can't tell you what that means. And it honestly just makes me just want to keep running. It just that is the best news I could possibly hear. And does that mean that Scooch has been crushed?

I'm glad you asked, Matt. Jamie. Because Matt's standing by and I've now got the audio from a few minutes ago. Here we go. Matt, this will be the first time you've heard it back. Jamie, enjoy. Oh, it's going over the scooter! OK, metal has hit metal here. Let's hear it. I want to just hear it. And some more. He's really going for it.

Oh my God. I don't know what I just heard there. Jamie, it's gone. Oh, that is the sweetest sound I could possibly think of. The sound of Matt's scooter being crushed. All for a great cause though, eh?

Oh, amazing. Thank you so much. Every single person. You guys are all amazing. It means just everything to me, to be honest. So Lucy's messaged and says, I just want to say that after going through a rough time recently and feeling quite down, it's so uplifting. One, to hear what Jamie's doing and the incredible effort he's putting in, which is so inspiring. And the absolute

absolute amazing nonsense on the radio this morning which has left me with a big smile on my face Erin's in her garden in sunny Norfolk and says my neighbours must think I'm losing the plot here because I've laughed so much this morning I love listening to Radio 1 I love the awesome challenges like these I donated yesterday I'll donate again today purely for the scooter and because you played Limp Bizkit

So there you go. Can't wait for the video. Yeah, the video, hopefully, our very, very talented Radio and Social Media team, I imagine, are turning around a video of you watching your scooter getting crushed, Matt. They are. And they actually had me go into the remains a minute ago and sort of try and identify bits of it. Yeah, it's pretty, it's definitely worth a watch.

We wanted to make you chuckle today, Jamie. I can't wait to do that. And I feel like mission accomplished with that. I hope that's cheered you up a little bit and distracted you from what's ahead of you. So tell us your progress. So did you say how many have you done today? How many miles have you done today? Okay, done. We've done about 17 kilometers. And then so coming up sort of a half marathon.

And it's just the legs and the bum. I don't know what... I keep banging on my bum, but honestly, the bum is... I need to have a new bum. I'm going to have to go and get a new bum after this, but that's fine. Yeah, be careful about that. There's been some horrible statistics about those recently. Now, Jamie...

Lots and lots of people have been donating, but we obviously want more. This is really cooking now. £80,000 by the morning of day two is really, really strong. Really strong. The sky's the limit now. Honestly, thank you to everyone. So that was that. That was today's Breakfast Show. Thanks for listening. We had a right laugh, didn't we? I'd actually go as far as to say we had a hoot.

We'll be back with another hoot tomorrow, live from seven o'clock. It's quite a fun, I know you listen to the podcast, but it's quite fun to listen to all this unfold because the story is happening. It's live. So join me then, or if not, then just come back here. So yeah, bye.