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Hello and welcome to Radio 1's All Day Breakfast Podcast with me, Greg James.

And it is Tuesday, the 4th of February, 2025. And I hope you're having a nice day. Hope you enjoyed yesterday's podcast with Nat and Vicky's naughty words, plus Grammy stuff, plus extra nerdy Red Arrows detail.

Oh, yeah, Amy, did you take home your poster? Oh, no. Oh, no, what happened to it? Don't get mad, don't get mad. Oh, no, what happened? I completely forgot about the poster until you just asked right now. That's OK. Susanna, do you know where the poster is? What poster? The Red Arrows poster. I gave you a Red Arrows poster. Oh!

I'm going to find it, don't worry. Oh, I think I put it on someone's desk and walked off. I'm going to find it. It's okay. I really appreciate it, though. It was such a sweet gift. It doesn't feel like it, but it's okay. It's okay. No, I just thought you might have displayed it at home already. You know what? Above the bed, on the ceiling. In the spare room. That is what I like to look at. Is it quite a spare room? It is quite a spare room, isn't it? I just want the guests to come in and think I'm an intelligent, fun human being. But I forgot, and I'm sorry. There's no poster, is there? It's fine. It's fine.

today's show. We've got Jordan from Rizzle Kicks. We've got a great quiz from Sarah, who's a PE teacher. We catch up with Sam, who went to the Six Nations courtesy of Radio 1 and Jan Slam. We also did a really fun bit, which is about...

Things that your ex has ruined for you forever. In fact, you know what? We'll do Jordan and then we'll get straight into that. Jordan Stevens, welcome back to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. Hello. I say welcome back. I mean, welcome back to Radio 1. This is sort of your manner anyway. I've been here before. Many, many times. But most recently you appeared on an interview with Jade, who I know you know very well. Yeah.

And she called you on Sit Down, Stand Up. Yeah. So we're going to do Sit Down, Stand Up. And in fact, that's how we sorted out this little thing here. Verbal contract binding. And? Greg, you're a man of your word. Thank you. How does that feel? Feels good. All right, great. Yeah, I've always had my suspicions. So the excuse to get you on is because you're A, fun. Uh-huh.

B, we've got Previous with Jade. Yeah. And also C, the Rizzle Kicks album. Yes. Rizzle Kicks are back. Yeah, man. It's very, very exciting. Yeah? So we're going to play Vice in a second. But what we should do is to repay this favour, which is when Jade called you, we should call Jade on Sit Down, Stand Up, shouldn't we? Because this is what happened a couple of months ago. Hey, it's the Cookie Monster.

It's the cookie monster. It's the honey badger. Oh, is that Greg? I think we should call her right now. She was Tune of the Week, no? She was Tune of the Week. We've had a couple of Tune of the Weeks from her. It's so good, that new, as you know, Amy, word. It Girl. I'm preaching to the choir. It Girl, we really loved. I think Angel of My Dreams was Tune of the Week as well. Brick Girl now. Yeah, the Brick Girl. Well, you can save this gold for when you're chatting to her. Oh, sorry. You're going to call Jade. What's she going to be doing? Come on. All right.

You've got to decide quick. Oh, she's sitting down. I think standing. And you can only, the rules of the game, you can only, you can't say hello. You can't do any niceties. No sickening nicknames. Hello? Oh, can I say it? Hi, Jade. Sorry, are you sitting down or standing up? I'm sitting down. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Is that a trope? Do I get a trope? Is that like a top score? No. Is this Greg? It is, yes. Hi. I don't think you win anything. I've done this before. Did Jade beat you overall? I can't remember. All I can remember is we had a nice time. It's not about the competition. It's about having a nice time, isn't it? No, competition is for losers, guys. No, competition is for losers. Yes. It's about two things. It's about having a nice time and talking about your songs. That's what it's about. That's all it's about. That's all it's about, but it's primarily having a nice time. Jade, how are you? So where are you sitting?

I am sitting in a glam chair because I'm at a photo shoot. Standard. Pop star life. Main pop girly. What are we saying? Main pop girly energy. Yeah. So we love it, girl. It was tune of the week on The Breakfast Show recently. Yes, thanks for that. Jordan, do you want to do your funny line? Not just it, girl, but... Brit girl. You're a Brit girl. Brit girl. That's what we're saying these days.

Aww, you're cute. Well, this is about you. Are you talking about the album? Yes, we're going to talk about the album. We're going to play Vice. Was Vice your favourite of the album? I love Vice. Greg, obviously I've heard the whole album and I'm not just saying this because he's my lad, but it's really amazing. I'm not surprised. It's phenomenal. They've always been good, Rizzle Kicks. Exactly. I've always been a Rizzle Kicks fan. That's true. That's documented. Me too. Can't believe I bagged one of Rizzle Kicks. What? LAUGHTER

So I'd like to get insight from you because obviously inside the Jade Jordan household. When did he first speak to you and say, I think we're going to go again? And what was your reaction? When did it first start kicking around? I mean, it was a couple of years ago now, maybe longer actually. The minute he sort of said, you know, me and Harley are thinking of doing music again. I'm like, yes, because I've always said that nobody's really filled that gap since they left.

especially in the UK, there's just nobody doing it like them. So I was really happy to hear about that. And obviously I've wanted to get involved a little bit and a few babies here and there. Jade, that's exclusive info. Exclusive. Oh, sorry. Exclusive information.

That's great. Where are your backing vocals? Well, you'll have to wait and see. Yeah, man. What a lovely supportive relationship this is. I know, I know. This is so nice. And I will say, I've said this before, but Jade's enthusiasm when we initially discussed it was a real big push at that time. That's great. Oh, yeah. Ride or die. Come on. For Jordan and for Rizzle Kicks. Rizzle Kicks are back. Not that they ever really left our hearts. Love this song. Or Radio 1, to be honest. Let's get on with Sit Down, Stand Up.

Sit down, stand up. Sit down, stand up. Sit down, stand up. Are you sitting or standing? Alright, I've got the perfect person to call first. Go on then.

Your friend and mine. Yes. Your colleague and formerly my colleague, Clara Amfo. Wow. Love Clara. You do a podcast for Clara Amfo. I do. Make me a mixtape available on BBC Sounds. She's notoriously quite difficult to get a hold of, Clara. Maybe for you. She's quite, she's elusive. I'll tell you what, I'll call her and see if she, see which ones she picks up quicker. I'm joking, I'm joking. You call her. If she doesn't pick up now, I'll be so cross. I'll be so sad about that. It's fine.

Okay, look, I think Clara will be... She's always on the go. She's always on the go, that's true. I don't think I've ever seen her sit down. Well, I do a podcast with her, so I see her sit down almost. I see you have. Yeah, that's kind of most of the time. I'd say stand-in, though. I'll make it interesting. I'm going to say she's sitting. Okay. Okay, here we go. We're going to call Clara Amfo. Jordan thinks standing. I think sitting. Let's connect to Amfo.

Hello, dear. Are you sitting down or are you standing up? Baby, I am standing up. I'm on my treadmill. I knew it. I only changed my answer because Jordan was saying that you were going to be standing up and I wanted to make it interesting. Always on the go. Always on the go. Ampho. On the go, Ampho is your name anyway. That's me. Ampho go, go. You're on the treadmill. In your house.

Oh, come on. Do you have a Bluetooth headset in one ear and you're watching some kind of, you know, reality television? You know me a bit too well. I know. We all know this because you have your treadmills in front of your telly. So what are you watching? Exactly. So I can watch my trash and get my steps in. What are you watching though? I'm watching, I think it's called Wags to Riches. It's really bad. Wow. I've been enjoying that.

That's actually worse than I thought. So this is the sort of thing you get on your podcast. What's it like working together? Clara, first. I mean, obviously, it's the joy of my life being Jordan every other day. In all seriousness, though, we have

a really good time. Look, like we always say, Jordan, remember, at the end of the day, the winner is music. And all the competition is only for the podcast. The second that we stop recording it, ego's out the window. Zen, just floating through life with no stress. I sort of want to be on this podcast as a guest just so I can watch. Greg, don't make us bait you out now. My friend. There have been several

They have before Christmas. For your company. I was very busy. I'd love to be on it in this year. Would that be alright? We're actually booked up, mate. I'm sorry. Actually, yeah, let's play hard to get. We'll see. We'll see. It depends on what your theme is. Yeah, I need something to plug first. I've got to book out. Wow. Okay. That is the end of Clara Amfo's turn on Sit Down, Stand Up. Clara, we love you. Love you, Clara. Love you more. Bye. Bye.

Jordan, should we call another amazing artist now? Great. How well do you know self-esteem? I was actually with Rebecca last Tuesday. Were you? Yes. Thursday, last Thursday.

Sorry. I'm not interrogating you. I know. It feels like I've broken you. No, no, no. Don't ask me what I was doing on Tuesday. If I was a detective, I'd say that was an anomaly. So let's call self-esteem, who is amazing. Focus is power was my tune of the week last week. Yeah, dope. And I think... Oh, God. I think she might be sitting down, you know. I think she might be having a little moment to herself. Oh, it's going to go for standing up. All right. Perfect. Perfect.

Sit down, stand up. We're calling Rebecca from Self Esteem or aka Self Esteem. Can you chuck us the aux cable? Oh good. Thank you. So shonky in here isn't it? Everything else is supremely high tech in this studio other than that cable. The singular cable like I'm in the back of an Uber. Okay, here comes Rebecca aka Self Esteem. So I think sitting, you think standing? Standing mate.

Oh, that was quick. Are you? God. Hello? Are you sitting down or are you standing up? I'm sitting down. Yes. Thank you. She's a laid back queen. Yeah, I guess so. I'm actually laying down. I knew it. No, that's standing up horizontally. No, it's not. That is. Get out of here. That's technically standing up. Come on. No, no, no, no, no. Oh, God. You've caused a rift. It's all right. I'm already winning, Rebecca. This is good for Greg.

Yeah, it's good. I needed to claw a point back. Anyway... It's Jordan, by the way. Does Rebecca know? It's Jordan Stevens. Hello, friends. How are you doing? Good, how are you? Yeah, I'm not too bad. I'm not too bad. I'm just here trying to beat Greg at his own game, actually. What day were you hanging out with Jordan on?

Thursday? Yeah, see, I was correcting myself. Or could it have been a Tuesday? I said Tuesday. They're the same in my mind. Right. Tuesday and Thursday go, same as six and eight, same thing. You two are so suspicious. Yeah. Anyway, Rebecca, I'm all the better for hearing your voice, but also your singing voice, because you know how much I love Focus's power. Oh, bless you.

I do. You've really taken to it, haven't you? I love it. I really love it. That's actually the first compliment I paid to Rebecca when I saw her on Thursday. I said, I love your new song. It's infectious. Thank you, it's fun. I watched the video before I heard the song and I really liked the hall that you're in. It's very low key. What is it? What's that hall? Well, it's meant to represent my childhood where I learned to do all my dancing and my

I learned to dance in a community hall with a dancing teacher I had a ciggy the whole time on. I've been musing on whether the dopamine that runs through my body as I become this West End star, is that the same dopamine that my little baby Becky had? I realise there's a little treat actually at the end of the video. If you look at the chalkboard, there's some absolute filth on there. Well, that's a little teaser of my next song.

An Easter egg. You wouldn't think I'd keep it all nice and happy and positive for long. No, of course not. Just returning to filth. The two sides of me is I want people to feel better and then I also want people to feel okay about being disgusting. Yeah. So that's the next song that's coming up. Oh, it's being a disgusting song. Okay, great. And that's okay.

Well, Rebecca, we love you. You're great. The song's great. I love you both. You're both wonderful men. That means a lot coming from me. Even if you say so yourself. Yeah. I'll see you soon then. Love you guys. Bye. Bye. Oh, good. Legend. Absolute legend. It's great. On with the game. Sit down, stand up. It's 2-1 to you. Sure. And it's your pick. Yeah. Who are we going for?

Harley. I think Harley, please. I've heard of him. Let's do it. The other Rizzle. And this is fun because Harley in our, you know, I'm putting things on ice. Harley's really just been a dad of two. He's very far removed. You know, since we've got back together, we've done podcasts and most people's joy has arisen from the fact that Harley knows virtually nothing about

the world right now. Really? Yeah, yeah, yeah. He knows a bit about the news, but doesn't have TikTok. Okay. Throw a name out there he would have no idea. I reckon if it's in the last five years. I'll throw some things out. Yeah. Great. Well, look. Shall we give it a go? Let's call him. Oh, what's he going to be doing? Harley. I'm going to get in. Can I get in early? He's standing up. Oh, okay. I'll go for sitting down. All right, let's go. We're calling Harley. This will be bad if he didn't answer.

Harley, are you sitting down or standing up? Huh? Are you sitting down or standing up? I'm standing up. You're standing up? I'm standing up. Oh, God's sake. Harley, hello. It's Greg James from the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. I'm with Jordan. How are you? I'm good. How are you, boys? Yeah, yeah. It's been a long time since we've chatted, Harley. How's it going? Yeah, good, mate. I'm just, you know...

I'm a dad now. Yeah, we were just saying, Jordan was just saying how out of the loop you are with sort of some things. No, no, popular culture, popular culture. Popular culture things. Yeah. Yeah. Do you know what though? And Jordan's going to hate this. I was listening to your podcast today, Greg. Taylor. Oh my God, he listened to Taylor.

best thing ever is it about cricket yes no but it's loosely about cricket it's not just like it's also it's not really about cricket go on chat about cricket Harley you can explain it's not just about cricket is it really no it's not it's fun it's just it's good vibes it's good vibes is what I explain as but I just know Jordan was going to hate that if I immediately swerved the conversation to him about cricket because he despises cricket ha ha ha ha

Despise is strong. I just, I feel it's overrated. Jordan, why'd you be sitting down? Oh God, I don't know. I thought maybe you had a little break. Well, what are you literally doing though? Are you cooking or something? I'm practicing a voiceover script that I have. Standing up? Yeah. You could enunciate better. What, to get better projection? The air from the diaphragm. Really? Yeah, maybe. I'm just, I was walking around the room. Is there any depth to it? Do you have to do your voice like this?

Yes, I do a little bit, yeah. Ooh, go on, give us a line. I can say, like, next January on X Channel. Oh, it's sports. It's sports. Oh, is it sports? Yeah, yeah. It's actually not sports. By the way, I love this. It's just a catch-up between you. Yeah, sorry, Harley. How exciting is our new album? LAUGHTER

It's the best music we've ever done. That's for damn sure. That's actually true. That's a nice thing to feel. Yeah, it took us a while to write this album. We had a few starts and stops and starts and stops and then we were like, all right, cool. Boom, this is the one. Harley, thanks so much for being on. Love, Harley. Love ya. Love ya. Shall we finish with, what's your favourite out of Down With The Trumpets, Heart Skips A Beat, Mama Do The Hum, Skip To The Good Bit? We actually finished with Down With The Trumpets. We do do that.

It's got to be, hasn't it? And then shout out Oli. About that, I wouldn't immediately jump to that because that's Oli's song. Do I say Olimar's true lad? I just shout that at the beginning. Do you? Olimar's true lad. Honestly, what was going on then? It was a different time. I'll tell you what, Greg. It was a different time. I'll tell you that for free. A lot of nanas love Oli.

No, but I'm a no-no. It's the best place to leave the interview, Jordan. We love you. Yes. Next up on The Breakfast Show podcast, we found this online and it just turned into a really funny bit. Charlie, why are you here? Can I tell you about something? Because I think you might enjoy this. Have you got a couple of minutes? Yeah, of course. Thanks, Amy. So I saw this a few days ago from Sam Williams on TikTok. Very funny man.

And he posted this. Has anyone else found that after breaking up with a man, you develop a very strong personal vendetta against a specific sports team, not because of tribal affiliations, but because you know how much it will ruin your ex's day if they lose. So Sam's gone through a breakup. Sorry to hear that, Sam, but probably it was for the best.

and decided to take on a lifelong hatred for his ex's sports team, which I think is really, really good. There are no reasons why I should wish so much downfall upon Manchester United, but every time they lose and every time they make an administrative decision that means they'll keep losing, it brings me so much joy because I know how much it will upset a particular 32-year-old man who still uses three-in-one shower gel. LAUGHTER

By the way, over Dochi, it was weirdly like he was rapping. Yeah, it was. Sam, let me tell you, your flow is incredible. So it's good, isn't it? And also great diss about the three-in-one shower gel as well at the end there. I do agree with the splitting up, though, and then really disliking whatever your ex liked. That could apply to everything. Outfits, clothes.

The lot. It's intense. And whatever you need, I think, to get over that person, I think you should do. And I think you should have these really wildly irrational hatreds of the thing that they liked. I think it's useful. Really useful. So if he sees that Man United lose at the weekend, he's like, yes! Yes! Yes!

Yes, in your face. You're going to be so sad. I'm so pleased. It's so true. I had someone messaging on Saturday during Dance Anthems to apologise because they haven't listened to the show for three months because them and their ex used to listen every Saturday, but they just couldn't stand listening to the show anymore. Oh.

Oh. And they stopped listening because they knew it would make their ex angry. So literally the same thing. But now they're listening again because they're good now. Well, that's good. So let's follow that logic through. Yeah. If you or I got sacked, there will be people that will be like, thank God for that. Yeah. Because at least I can listen to the radio. It doesn't remind me of my ex. For sure. Oh, wow. I mean, let's hope that doesn't happen. Well, no, but if it makes someone's day, who are we to argue? Very true. We've done worse. Yeah.

Has your ex ruined one of your nice things, is what we're asking today then. 03700100100. Or are you like Sam? Have you got something that you just irrationally hate or you wish happens to a team? Or like maybe your ex's favourite artist.

their next album flops. And you just kind of go, yes. Yeah, I knew I hated them for a reason. You have to support local businesses, but there could also be like a certain chain of restaurant that you always used to go to and now absolutely will not eat chicken from that restaurant. Or you just celebrate when somebody gets closed down. Yes. Good. That was your favourite place. Good, I'm glad.

Has an ex ruined one of your nice things? Or similarly, do you cheer when your ex's football team or whatever loses? Are you that petty? Is that grudge still there? It's fine if it is, by the way. It's actually incredibly healthy. It's incredibly healthy to hate things. Jade's in Britain and says, Greg, my partner at the time absolutely adored the Renault F1 team. And now we've split up every time they have a bad race. It's like, oh no, what a shame.

Jess, good morning! Good morning, Greg. Welcome to The Breakfast Show. What's your example of this, please? The accordion as an instrument. OK, so your ex played the accordion. Yeah.

And when do you get triggered? I don't know about you, but I don't come across many accordions. Well, I mean, I guess in Scotland we come across them a little bit more than down the road. But any time I hear sort of ceilidh music or if there's Scottish music going on, I just go, oh, no, it's not him, is it? Oh, so you think he might be at the helm?

Well, there's not many accordionists kind of going about, I guess. It's not as popular as playing the guitar or drums or whatever. And did he used to serenade you or is that too much of a personal question, Jess? Oh, no. There was one time I was on FaceTime and I came on and he was playing the accordion and that's as close as we got to a serenade. But yeah, it's not exactly a romantic instrument.

I don't know. I think it's quite jaunty, isn't it? I think in France, maybe, outside a Parisian cafe with a little coffee and a cigarette on the go, it's quite nice. Yeah, anyway. So you can't ever listen to an accordion. That's a really good one. How about listen to this one, Jess? This is from Anna. Sunderland Football Club can absolutely get in the bin. I hope they do terribly for the rest of the season. Yeah, Sunderland. Hate Sunderland just because it was her ex's team. Lisa. So my ex is a chef, and if I see that there's a

queue out the door of the very busy restaurant that he now works in and makes me really happy because I know that it means that he's having to work doubly hard and probably getting really hot and annoyed and doing longer hours. This is so good. We're all so nasty deep down, aren't we? But it's healthy sometimes, Jess, to have these grudges a little bit. Yeah, I think it helps you move on and get over the relationship that you had.

How about this one from Matt in London? "Hi Greg, my ex is Australian. During the Olympics I was cheering absolutely everybody against them. I was doing laps around the house when the Netherlands clinched the gold against Australia at the Olympics in the cycling. Very childish but here we are. Gemma's in Eastbourne and says 'Greg, this is a random one but my ex ruined Lego for me. He was absolutely obsessed to the point that he bought himself a £400 Lego set on my birthday and I got nothing.

He took over my life with Lego, so anytime anybody mentions it, I will call them a loser for liking Lego. Thankfully, after being happily married for two years, I finally bought myself and my husband a Lego set each to build and had a very nice time. See, that's... And that is healing. That's really important.

This one here, look, anonymous. Someone here says, my ex-husband had an affair with a woman from Wales and for a time I couldn't watch Gavin and Stacey, which was my favourite programme. I'm OK with it now, thank God. Alex in Cardiff, every man I've ever dated has been a Chelsea fan. So now on every time I go on a first date, I have to check what team they support. If it's Chelsea, it is game over immediately. And...

And Kat says, me and my ex used to live off pesto pasta. It now fills me with such hatred when I see it on a menu, even though I really, really want it so badly. You need to work through those things, I think, don't you? Jess, let's have a chat to Mickey. Hi, Mickey. Hiya. What's yours then?

Belfast will never see my money again. Belfast, the city. Yeah, it will never see my money again. It will never see me or my soul ever again. Your money or your soul or you ever again. So you'll never, does it feel bad even talking about it because you're referencing it here? That's a great answer. That sounds absolutely furious. I believe that was your phone, but it did sound like you were roaring at me. So yeah, Mickey, I guess this was an ex that lived in Belfast.

Seems to have disappeared. And with that, she's gone in a haze of fury. Jess, thanks for being on. Have a good one today. You too. My ex is a postman, Greg. Every time it's torrential rain or freezing conditions, I love it to think about what a terrible day he's having. Oh, God. Hi, Greg, my ex is Italian and she's ruined Italy for me. Completely. I can't listen to that song, Hey There Delilah, because my ex used to sing it to me. I later found out he used this tactic on Girlfriends After Me as well. LAUGHTER

Oh, boy. That was a bullet dodged. Yeah. What is this? We need to do more of this. I've never seen so many messages of people with this pent-up fury. All these amazing grudges. Greg's grudges. Grudge James. There you go. I'm going to do this again. I love it.

It makes me feel better about being mad as well. That's the joy of this sort of thing. Yeah, that's got to come back. Love that. Feels good. So there'll be more of those soon because we've got hundreds of messages. Next up, let's do a quiz. And here comes Sarah. Sarah, hi. Oh, she dropped. She drops off. Oh, God. We had a nice little chat during that song as well. We'll get her back.

Hello, so sorry, don't know what happened there. That's alright, don't worry about it. We've got a whole national radio station waiting for you. Sarah, welcome to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. How's things?

Yes, really good, thank you. I'm unsure how I'm feeling about this. I feel like Jordan just threw it on us on Friday and now we're here. Yeah, do you know what? We do like to keep everyone on their toes. It very much is a sort of, we'll call someone on a Thursday or a Friday and get it sorted for that next week. Just because I think it's important sometimes to not overthink these things and not have too much time to overthink it. And look, we're here, it's going to be fine.

Yeah, fingers crossed. I mean, Jordan came in yesterday and gave it the absolute bigot and basically told everybody in school. So I feel like the pressure is going to build every day. He did really well yesterday. So it's a team of... Are you a PE teacher as well? Yes, PE teacher. OK, so it is a team of PE teachers. Jordan yesterday got 15 points. Very, very strong. You're also... I'm sorry we didn't start with this. You're head of year 11. Yeah.

Yeah, I had a year 11. It's a new thing this year. I used to be head of house and now I've just got the year 11. So big year for them. Yeah, big year. And also in your real life, even more exciting things have just happened, haven't they? Sorry, what was that? In your real life, even more exciting things have happened. Oh yeah, absolutely. Go on. I feel like you know things. Well, haven't you just had a baby?

Yeah, he is too, so it's a while ago now. Oh, right, sorry. Sorry, on my thing it says you've just come back from maternity leave. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Anyway, well... Time flies. Here we go with questions about things that happened yesterday on yesterday's quiz. Sarah, are you ready? I think so. Here we go. 90 seconds on the clock. Do we have some dingers? Yes, we do. Question one is this. What naked body part did Nat O'Leary and I touch on Mega Massive Monday yesterday?

Feet. Yes, it was our feet. Chelsea faced West Ham in the Premier League, but who won? Chelsea. They did. Elton John might be putting out some new music. What pop star did he collaborate with on the track Cold Heart? Julepa. Correct. Beyonce shared the tour locations for Cowboy Carter. Can you give me your best cowboy on tour impression? Yeah, I'm on tour today. Very good. Two points for that. The Heart Rate Monitor Challenge took place on which ITV dating show yesterday?

Love Island. Correct. It was Elmo's birthday yesterday, but what children's show is Elmo from? What streets does he live on? Sesame Street. Yes, Sesame Street. Kit Conner posted a picture backstage for Romeo and Juliet. Which playwright wrote Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare. Yes. Which former Doctor Who star confirmed he has six toes on his right foot after the internet spotted something was slightly off? Yes. Which former president of the USA is reportedly signed with a talent agency? Is it Barack Obama or Joe Biden?

Joe Biden. Yes, it was apparently doggy date night yesterday. What is the name of my dog? Yes, what animal has been spotted tearing up gardens in a Norfolk village? An unruly pig or a passive-aggressive hedgehog? Passive-aggressive hedgehog. No, it was unruly pigs, I'm afraid. First Dates was back on Channel 4. What type of establishment do couples have their first date in in that show? A restaurant. Yes, a sequel series to Buffy the Vampire Slayer is officially in the works. Name something that you could slay a vampire with. A crucifix.

Yes. Which hypersonic missile singer teased brand new music? Sam Fender. And what day was it yesterday? It was Monday yesterday. It was Monday yesterday. You've done really well there. Really well, Sarah. Did you get any of them? I'm not sure how many. Come on, I'm ready. Was there one wrong? There was. Oh, yeah, the pigs. Oh, the pigs won. Otherwise, it would have been a clean sweep. You got 15 points as well. Same as Jordan.

I matched him. Yeah, you've matched him. Oh, wow. I can go in today and just give it as much of a big one as he did then. You really can. That was great. There's no pressure for Kurt tomorrow. Who's on tomorrow?

So I don't know if it's down as Alex or Kurt, but we all call him Kurt. Call him Kurt. Okay, great. Well, it is down as Alex. So he's my line manager, so it's got a lot to live up to. Okay, great. A lot of pressure on Kurt tomorrow. 15 points today, 15 points yesterday. Sarah, thanks so much for being on and have a good day today. What's on the agenda today then with the Year 11s?

I'm not sure what they've got this morning, first thing. I've got some sixth form and I've got some ES7s. Why don't you do a bit of rugby? Nice. Well, I hope it all goes well and we'll catch up later in the week because I imagine you're going to be in the final.

Ooh, okay. Maybe see you on Friday. Cheers, have a good one. As well as that today, we got you up to date with all the latest things. And we start with, where should we start? I think we'll start with Grammys. So Grammys on Sunday, obviously. We've mentioned the big winners. Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, Sabrina Carpenter, Chapel Roan, Doce, Charli XCX also won Best Dance Pop Recording for her song Von Dutch. She was up against her good friend Troye Sivan.

He was interviewed on the red carpet by someone from Entertainment Tonight who may or may not have been paying attention to what was going on. What does it mean to be nominated? What would it mean to win? So I already lost.

Good. Problem is, I get it. Those things are a nightmare. Being a reporter on a red carpet is one of the toughest... Well, it's not one of the toughest jobs. It's not a real job. But I mean, in terms of interviewing people, it's very difficult to interview people on a red carpet because everyone's distracted. All the famous people just want to catch up with their famous friends. So they don't really care about you.

So the category had come and gone. He'd already lost it. The guy backstage then went on and really didn't help himself. I lost my track on XTX. It's okay. Oh, you did? Oh, well, I mean, Charlie did have a hell of an album in a hell of a year. Let's be honest. Don't rub it in, mate. Honestly, to be nominated, it's like something that is for, like, three-year-old me. You know what I mean? Like, this is what I wanted as long as I can remember. So it's really nice. I think it's good, though. I think you should give pop stars a hard time sometimes. They have a great life. Quite an easy life.

The next and final instalment of Bridget Jones is coming next Friday. It's called Bridget Jones, Mad About the Boy. Oh, by the way, we've got Leo Woodall coming on next... Wait, hang on. This week? This week. Yeah, yeah, this week. Thursday. Father's Day. It's on Sunday. That's on Thursday. Leo Woodall's on the show this Thursday. Bridget Jones, Mad About the Boy is the new one. Now, there's been a rumour circulating for a while that Mark Darcy...

who was played by Colin Firth in the films, was inspired by our now Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The author of the Bridget Jones books, Helen Fielding, was at the premiere of the film and was asked the question... Mark Darcy, is he Keir Starmer? ..and the answer... I think all I will say about that is if you look at early pictures of Colin in the film and Keir Starmer in his wig, they're awfully similar. Yeah, there you go. Not no. And Sam Fender has teased new music...

We don't know a title for this one. Put us up on his socials last night. The album comes out on the 22nd of February. Because my algorithm knows me better than I know myself, it serves me some medieval Sam Fendley yesterday. A lovely man called Dan on the guitar posted this. MUSIC PLAYS

Thank you.

In the comments, people were trying to guess what Sam's medieval name would be and someone came up with Samuel Lute. Sam Fender is a guitar and he was playing that on the lute. Yeah, I've sort of discovered Bardcore, I think. Now, producer Amy knows all about this. How long have you been into Bardcore for? Many years. And I think I need to get into it as well. You do. There are three nights of Bardcore. You've got Stan Tuff, Hildegard von Blingen and Beadle the Bardcore on YouTube. Check them out. The Pink Pony Club medieval cover, fantastic.

And with that, you're up to date with all the latest Bardcore and other things on the Radio 1 Breakfast show. And now, let's cross live to Sam, who had an amazing weekend in Paris. Cast your minds back, though, to the beginning of January...

And our first, I think it was our first prize, wasn't it? It was the first prize of the new school year on JanSlam. And it was an amazing prize to go to the Six Nations opening weekend at the Stade de France in Paris. And this is what happened. Which France men's player was named World Rugby Men's Sevens Player of the Year in 2020? Okay. 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 unbelievable. Yeah, we got there about 20 minutes before kick-off just to re-soak in the atmosphere. And yeah, the light show was unbelievable. The seats were amazing. We're about seven rows back by halfway line. Oh, yeah. We're not messing around on Jansman. We do things properly. No, and I appreciate that. Yeah.

And all the French fans, obviously an amazing voice with Allez le Bleu and all the rest of it and singing the national anthems. It's quite a spectacle, isn't it? Yeah, it was unbelievable. The Welsh fans were a bit quiet, but the French fans were absolutely loving it. Yes, 43-0. We did predict that it wouldn't be a Welsh win, probably. It was the opposite of a Welsh win, but let's not focus on that. Although I do want to talk about Molly, your wife. So when we chatted at the start of January yesterday,

Yeah. Let me get this right. So she's Welsh and she's also a French teacher. She is. Right. So how did she square that when she was watching the game? Where were her loyalties?

They were certainly in the Welsh camp. She was probably one of the only Welsh person on that side of the stands. Right. So she was certainly loud and proud in the anthem, which was good to see. But yeah, she was certainly Welsh that day. But as a rugby fan, you had a great time because you saw some great skills on show, didn't you? Oh, brilliant. And seeing Dupont in the flesh. I mean, he's just different gravy. He's unbelievable. Ridiculous. And a nice weekend in Paris as well.

Yes, yeah. The weather on the Saturday was amazing. Went and saw all the spots, the Arc de Triomphe. Went over to see the Louvre. Yeah, it was brilliant. Thank you. Very jealous. You've made millions of people jealous right now about your weekend.

Talk us through something that happened on the Metro because I've seen rumblings of this in the Breakfast Show group but I've been kept sort of in the dark about it but did something happen on the trip on the Metro which is the French underground train system? Yeah, so rumour got out that we got tickets through you guys and a bunch of Welsh fans started a Greg James chant on the Metro. Sorry. I was going to be involved in. I feel sort of

I feel absolutely made up with that. That's fantastic. So my name has been chanted in France, in Paris. It has. The Welsh fans loved it. I don't think it quite translates to French, but it was great to be a part of. Yeah, I think I'm big in Wales, but I need to do some work with my Paris and my French PR, I think. Well, that's amazing. Well, if you are listening now and you're a Wales fan and you're on that Metro with Sam and Molly, then thank you for your service.

Well, I'm glad you had a nice time, Sam. And it was definitely worth a stressful morning back in early Jan, wasn't it, doing Jan Slam? Oh, 100%. And yeah, again, thank you for organising the tickets and organising getting over there. It was a brilliant weekend. You are totally welcome. And I'm sorry we couldn't make it more of a Welsh victory or a closer game at least, but it was still a good one.

Yeah, it was amazing. Thanks, yeah. Sam, have a great rest of the week. And you too. Cheers, Greg. Speak to you in a bit, bye. There you go. That's it. That's the end of the podcast. I think it was a bloody good one as well. Thanks for listening today. I'll be back with you tomorrow. Arielle Free's going to be on. She's got an Everyone's Rubbish story, which is amazing. And I can't wait for you to hear it. So that is on tomorrow. Then looking ahead, the forecast for the rest of the week, we've got Leo Woodall on Thursday. He'll be talking about Bridget Jones. We're going to do, I think we're doing popular opinion with him, aren't we? Yeah.

And I think that's it. What's happening on Friday? We've literally put nothing in the diary. It's actually blank. It just says yesterday's quiz. Wrong-uns. Wrong-uns? Yeah, wrong-uns. That'll be some fun stuff. There's always some fun stuff. We always pull something out of our arse. All right. Bye-bye.