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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. Hello and welcome to Wednesday's Radio 1 All Day Breakfast podcast, the home of the best bits of the show and today some more exclusive content that you are going to love, I think. It's going to involve Ellie. You ready, Ellie? Ellie?

Yeah, let's go. All right, well, I've got to do the rest of the podcast first, but just hold tight. Today, then, we gave away some tickets to the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. We did... Well, we spoke to Summer, who was having a go at me for something that I'd done in the past, so we'll get into that in a bit. We had a brilliant quiz with Gemma, and we did Sexy or Not Sexy. Let's start there. And I want to do a little round of Sexy or Not Sexy. This is where we assess the aura of things.

Does it give off a sexy aura or not so much? Let's do a 2025 edition. So it's sort of New Year's resolutions. What is out for 2025 and what is in? What's sexy and not sexy? 2025 edition. 03-700-100-100. I'm going to... Do you know what? I'm excited to play the...

Love the sexy, not sexy music. So nice. Just really sets the tone beautifully. Tom, what would yours be? Have you got a sexy, not sexy for 2025? Have you got a sort of resolution or something? Stop drinking three coffees before the show and drink more water instead. Oh, wow. So we're saying three coffees before the show, not sexy. Not sexy. Drink more water. Very sexy. Remain hydrated at all times. Yes.

What have I got? I mean, they can be dull. It's okay to be dull with these sexy little things because it gets you through the day, doesn't it, this stuff? They can't be fantastically interesting all the time. We're humans. For example, I've made a change in my life. I've decided to lay out my clothes again the night before.

So not sexy is scrabbling around in the morning in the dark trying to find something to wear, but you're already late, you're up against it. Not sexy. Very sexy is laying out your clothes in the shape of you on the floor. That is sexy. It's a little flat man on the floor. A little 2D me. You have been well-dressed this week as well. Thank you. You've noticed. Yeah. Sexy. Yeah. All right.

Let's get those in, please, on 03700100100. We'll get into it next. Welcome to a 2025 edition of Sexy or Not Sexy. We could do some resolution-type stuff, if you fancy. We'll kick off with this one. How about this, Greg, as you gave away the Silverstone Prize today? Lewis Hamilton driving for Mercedes, not sexy. Lewis Hamilton driving for Ferrari, it's very sexy. Yeah, something about that red, isn't there? Something about that red.

Not sexy, absolutely. We're having a tough time. It's a tough start to January, isn't it, weather-wise?

Susanna, what was your one? Have you got a good one? I was going to say walking places, not sexy. Kind of like alternative modes of transport, like a skip or a hop or like a shimmy. You're very sexy. I want to start skipping. I'm sick of walking. It's so, it's boring. I'm over it. I love that. Thanks. That's a real vibe. Yeah. So you're going to be skipping. Please be careful skipping in the slippy. Oh gosh. In that case, I would be sliding. Okay. She's sliding around. What?

Skidding. Just knee sliding. Yeah. Knee sliding to the tube. All right. James is in Devon and says, having a New Year's resolution is not sexy. Living your best life all the time? Sexy AF. Yeah, I'm sort of... I don't really love...

the sort of New Year's resolutions where you're banning yourself from doing things you like. But if it's like a little, a minor adjustment that makes your day a bit slicker, like mine with setting my clothes out the night before, I think it's useful.

How about this, Greg? Fad diet, not sexy. Learning to love myself, very sexy. Yes, hear, hear. Yeah, don't start something that's unsustainable. That's the thing. Anything that's too severe is just not... It's not good for your brain. Claire's in Kent. I'll tell you what.

Sometimes doing this show is not good for my brain. Claire and Kent. Timothy Chalamet's moustache. Sexy. Greg James' moustache the other day. Not sexy. Yeah, OK. We're going to just move on from that now. Tom says social media detox. Sexy. Doom scrolling. Not sexy. Yeah, I'm trying my best not to do doom scrolling this year. Trying. It's going well so far. Eight days in.

I've not been a complete moron yet this year. You know, you just find yourself there 45 minutes later and go, I've learned nothing. I've learned nothing and I actually just feel sad. Ellie!

Welcome back to The Breakfast Show. How are you? Happy New Year. Yeah, happy New Year to you too. How are you doing? Pretty good, thank you. Yeah, I feel like eight days into the new year, I feel like I've got my stuff together. I feel like I'm doing all right with my little adjustments in my life. I'm reading a bit more sort of good stuff and staying off boring scrolling things. What's your sexy or not sexy? So my sexy or not sexy is sexy is learning to salsa.

and not sexy is going to the gym. I think this is a great one. So actually, if you do find the gym a bit boring, then maybe learning a new skill is a great thing. Have you taken up salsa lessons then?

No, I was meant to do it last year. I got told it would be, so I used to play rugby and they told me that would be better for my stepping on pitch and like agility wise. Absolutely. To learn salsa. Yeah. So it's been on my to-do list for the last like six months. Yeah.

Because also, that's such a great, because obviously core strength will be important in salsa. You get the hips moving because you need to be nimble on the rugby field. So actually, this is great. Well, why don't you, you've said it now to everyone. Why don't you follow through with it? See if you can get some lessons sorted out this year.

Yeah, but you can also make it romantic. A date to a salsa class is undoubtedly sexier than going to the gym with a partner. Also, who's going to the gym with a partner on a date? That's not a date. That's not an appropriate date. Fair enough if you're together and you might go and have a workout together, but you wouldn't be impressed if that was a date, would you, Ellie? No, I would not. No, no, no, we can't be doing that. Come on, we've got some standards, guys. But salsa... Very sexy. Very sexy date option, isn't it? Yeah. All right.

What's Nathan saying? Greg James in 2024 with no moustache. OK. Not sexy. Yeah, we've done it. We've done it. Greg James in 2025 with a moustache. Very sexy. Oh, OK. Saved it. I thought he was going to be slagging me off again. Good.

Eddie, did you see a picture of the moustache, by the way? No, I've not seen the moustache. You're going to have to show it. Do you know what? Keep it that way. Happy New Year and happy salsering. Make sure you do it, please. Stay true to your words. Thank you. I will. I will be checking up on you. I think this will be a great one for the new year for you. Sexy or Not Sexy 2025 edition. Thanks for yours so far. We've got hundreds coming in.

Meg says, "Not sexy, snoozing my alarm a million times. Sexy, shooting out of bed because Greg tells me to." Yeah, you do sometimes need someone to tell you to do that. I needed it today. Hi, Greg. "Booking flights to New Zealand, sexy. Needing a new passport photo when you've had a cold for a week and look like death, not sexy." Although, lovely humble brag that you're off to New Zealand. Jealous.

Ali, good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome to The Breakfast Show. Welcome to Sexy or Not Sexy. Are you feeling sexy or not sexy today? I'm always feeling sexy, to be honest. Okay, all right, Ali. That is my mood for 2025. What would you like to add to the discussion then? Late nights, not sexy, but in 2025, early mornings, very sexy. Yeah.

I think I agree. I think I sort of agree. Although over Christmas, when I'm on holiday, I love a late night. If you're not working, what time do you normally naturally get up, Ali? Well, it's quite annoying, really. Monday to Friday, I'll set my alarm for about six, half six, and we'll struggle like anything to get up. Comes to Saturday and Sunday, and naturally, I'm up at half six, so it's a bit of a nightmare, really. But...

I can naturally sometimes sleep until 11am and I'm on a day off. I can quite easily do that as well, yeah. The thing people ask me the most is, are you a morning person? I'm like, absolutely not. I have to force myself to be. But it's, you know, maybe you're right, but I look at the beauty in the early mornings. It's like cold and frosty mornings are quite nice. Is that what you're after here, Ali, for sexy, not sexy?

Partially. And also, I think it's just time to be more organised. Okay. Thank you. I will consider myself told off. Ali, thank you and Happy New Year. Sam's in Cornwall. Sam, good morning.

Hello, morning. What would you like to add then to sexy or not sexy? Well, wearing a dry robe in public, e.g. in a supermarket, you know, in a general street, not sexy. Wearing a dry robe on a beach, sexy. Yeah, it does seem to... The dry robe seems to have crept into...

daily life, hasn't it? Yeah, absolutely. I mean, I got one for Christmas because I ride a horse, but I don't actually wear it everywhere. I'd like to because they're warm, but I don't. Do they do dry robes for horses? Yeah, they do. They're called an extra dry. My boyfriend would definitely take the nick out of me if I wore it out in general life. Yeah, people have started to do that a lot. I remember the first time I ever saw a dry robe was when Davina McCall did Sport Relief.

I was like, oh, that looks cool. And then it was sort of, if you're doing sport and you're cold and you're in the beach or whatever, then fine. But if you're just popping into Costa on a Sunday morning, and normally you've got flip-flops on or something, you've just been to the gym, I don't like it. I'm with you on this. I think it's a good one. I'm not keen for it. What do you think of this one, Sam? Paper diaries, not sexy. Big wall calendar, super.

Sexy. A wall calendar. Oh, no. I don't know about that. I'll go for a paper diary any day. I don't know about a big wall calendar. No, because it's not with you, is it? It's quite... You're going out for the day. You're like, oh, let's schedule something in. Can't write out the wall calendar. Yeah, I think you can be too organised. Yeah, absolutely. You've got to leave a little bit of space for spontaneity. Well, absolutely. You've got to have a bit of fun in life. How about this? Sexy.

Owning an EV car. Not sexy. Owning a petrol or diesel. Oh, petrol the way. It depends on the car, doesn't it? It depends. Very true.

But if there's no power, you can't charge your car. That's true. Also, if there's no petrol, you can't. Yeah, well, we could get into a Jeremy Clarkson X discussion about this, but we won't. So I think really good sexy not sexist today. Yeah, very good. I've enjoyed listening to it on the way to work. Yeah. What do you do?

holiday specialist in Cornwall, so I help people book their holidays for Cornwall holidays and like Devon, Dorset, New Forest and things like that. That is a sexy job. It is. Calling yourself a holiday specialist is a fantastic job. I know, it's good, isn't it? Sam, have a good one. Thank you, you too. Bye. So today's Sexy or Not Sexy was sort of, as you heard, resolutions, New Year's stuff. And as the 10-minute takeover started...

I asked producer Amy what her sexy not sexy slash resolution was this year. And here's what she said. Being mysterious and tight lipped is sexy. Being the office gossip not sexy. That's just for me personally. How's that going? Not well.

The ten minute takeover. That was broken this morning at... 5.45am. Right, okay. Sorry, Henry. So the gossip started again this morning, Henry? Yeah, it was about me. It was about Henry as well, yeah. I was sat next to her as well. By saying sorry, Henry, you've just indirectly gossiped about Henry to millions of people. Yes, you made it worse! So you...

Just want to let the nation know that there is gossip about Henry. Yeah. If you want to know the gossip, message me privately. DM me. An important part of resolutions and growing as a human is getting stuff wrong. And it's eight days in and you've completely blown it. So it's gossip based. Amy, why is Ellie on the line? What's happening now? Well, ask Ellie. Ellie, good morning.

Good morning. So we're going to involve you in some show gossip, right? Mm-hmm. Okay. Amy and Henry, please take it away. Yeah, so Ellie messaged in being like, there is unresolved gossip about Henry. Can you tell us what the gossip is? Why are you all going so silent and not saying anything? So I think it's about time that I tell everyone what happened to Henry. No, I wouldn't. No, no, no. My gossip.

Well, start it. You don't actually know the whole story. I don't know the whole story. Okay, so what's going to happen here is, Ellie, you're going to be the only listener that gets to hear this, but what everyone else will hear is your reaction. So can I just confirm to Anne, who edits the podcast, please blank out what Amy and Henry are about to talk about, but keep in Ellie's reaction. So just whatever you feel, Ellie, let's go for it. Here we go. Here comes the gossip. So Henry's been on a bit of a dry spell recently. Oh, God.

Oh my God. It's fine. Henry's been on a bit of a dry spell recently. Okay. From here, cut it out. From here, cut it. But, but, Henry was... Yes, indeed. Oh no. And then Henry was... Instead of doing that... Oh my God. I do feel like I need to clarify here. I...

I believed I had 20 minutes free. Elite, your response, please. That's brilliant. I love it. So justified.

All right, there you go. That's our new game is gossip that no one is allowed to hear, apart from one valued listener. I feel so valued right now. I'm so enlightened, you know? That's good. Well, there you go. The main thing is he got his work done, so I don't feel like that's gossip. He should be praised. He got his work done, and then he had time for that as well.

Maybe this is a new game where we just pick one listener that we value deeply and we test their trust, essentially. Because now we have to trust you that you're not going to tell anyone this stuff. Well... Well, no. Ellie, thanks for being on and thank you for your reaction. That's just what we needed. My pleasure. All right, have a good day. Bye. Good.

That was good. Good game. Really good game. Good game. We could do that again. I do have a lot of gossip to give. Yeah. We know you do. Yeah, very good. All right, on with the podcast and let's give away some tickets. Big prize today. Big Formula One prize on The Breakfast Show for Jan Slam. Two tickets to be in the grandstand for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. A huge, huge weekend in the summer.

An amazing circuit, incredible atmosphere. Over basically a quarter of a million people go to that over the weekend. Jenny, good morning. Good morning. Welcome to The Breakfast Show. Are you a huge Formula One fan? Yeah, absolutely huge. This is good because the questions are difficult and they're Formula One related. So tell us your sort of Formula One credentials. Who's your favourite team? You've got a favourite driver. What's going on? So McLaren, love McLaren. Obviously, Lander.

Love Wander, yeah. And Liam, what about you? Morning. Good morning. Yeah, also a massive F1 fan. Love McLaren, but generally support any British driver to win every race, really. Well, I mentioned it yesterday and obviously one of the big, well, I guess the biggest story of this new season will be Lewis Hamilton joining McLaren

and his first race at Silverstone, his first British Grand Prix as a Ferrari driver. That would be amazing to be there, Liam, wouldn't it? That would be so cool.

Have you been before, Jenny? No, this would be our first time going. And did you watch last year's race? Did you see Lewis Hamilton winning? Yeah, that was just incredible. Like, what a race. Amazing. Jenny, you're a teacher in North Yorkshire. Have you been snowed in? A little bit of snow, not too bad. And what's the snow like in Great Yarmouth? Don't normally get much up there, do you? No, there's no snow here. Okay. And what do you do, Liam?

I am a radiology manager at the local hospital. Are you? Wow, two very important, excellent jobs you've both got. Okay, we won't keep you too long because I imagine you've got a lot to do. We're going to play H and then we're going to get into Jan Slam. The tickets will be going within the next five minutes, but will they be going to Liam or will they be going to Jenny? We'll find out next.

Richard's painting in Great Yarmouth and says, I just tuned in. I'm shocked to hear another listener from little old Yarmouth, Greg. Fingers crossed for Liam. British fans up. Lewis Hamilton wins the British Grand Prix.

Yeah, Liam, you've got Yarmouth behind you, but Jenny, you've got Yorkshire behind you. Absolutely. Amy and Kayleigh have just texted in saying, Greg, how do I apply for F1 tickets? Oh, too late, I'm afraid. Sorry, Amy and Kayleigh. We've got Liam and we've got Jenny on the line and we're about to give away...

a pair of grandstand tickets for the three days of the Formula One British Grand Prix at Silverstone, plus a paddock tour as well. That's an amazing bit of the prize, isn't it, Jenny? You'll get to go behind the scenes, probably rub shoulders with some of the drivers. You'll see all the cars. You'll see the garages. That's a brilliant bit of it. Yeah, that's absolutely insane. That's amazing.

Here's how it's going to work. The game is very simple. It's don't get it wrong, basically. I'll be asking questions about Formula One for each question. Both of you are allowed to answer if you know it. Obviously, if you get it right, you'll win the prize.

But it's difficult, this. Very tricky and quite brutal because if you get the answer wrong, then you've blown it. The other person wins instantly and you go away with nothing. So you only need to answer when you're absolutely sure. The questions start very difficult. They get easier as they go along and you can just stay quiet if you don't know what the answer is. If you're not confident, do you give it a go? Do you not give it a go? You might let your opponent win. It's difficult. Have you been listening this week, Liam? Yes, I have, yeah.

And how have you fared? Have you managed to get any of them right? No, not yet. But this is your moment. This is your area of expertise, both of you.

Hopefully. Fingers crossed. You have five seconds to answer each question. If I don't hear anything from either of you, I'll move on to the next question. If you choose to answer, then you must shout out your name and then your answer straight away, please. If you hesitate, I might have to disqualify you and give your opponent the prize. Please say your name when you know what you're going to answer. You can interrupt me if you want to, but I will stop asking the question if you do. Is that all clear?

Yeah. Great. First person to give me a correct answer will win. Just remember, please don't get it wrong. Here come the questions. This year, Silverstone will celebrate the 75th anniversary of Formula One's very first race at the track. What date was the race held on in 1950? No. See, when we were practicing these questions earlier...

I didn't wait for the question to be finished. And I went, 1950, 1950. And then they went, what date was it held? Oh, I know. It was May the 13th, 1950. Question two. Is anyone going to go for this one? Lewis Hamilton claimed his first of nine Silverstone victories in 2008. How many seconds clear was he of second place driver Nick Heidfeld? No. Very difficult.

Very tricky. If you had had a guess, Liam, what would you have gone for? 21. Jenny? Three seconds. It was 68 seconds. Oh, wow. Yeah. Difficult, though. Very difficult. Even my greatest Formula One nerd friend, Christian Hugel, didn't get that one. Yeah. Question three. Max Verstappen topped the final driver standings for 2024 with nine wins in the season.

But how many wins did second place's Lando Norris gain in the season? Oh! I thought it would go there! I really thought it would go. You both said you're fans of McLaren and British drivers. Was it you just weren't sure, Jenny? Was that what it was? Yeah, just not 100%. Yeah. What would you have said? Oh, five? Liam? I'd have said three.

The answer's four. Oh, yeah. It's funny, isn't it, how excited everyone was for that first one. They were like, oh, it just happens all the time now. Okay, question four. Here we go. They get easier. It gets a lot easier. You've got to be quick. McLaren were the Constructors' Champions for 2024. What fruit are the McLaren team colours described as? Jenny, papaya. Papaya.

Jenny, straight in there and you said papaya. Yeah. So you class yourself as part of the papaya army. Absolutely. Well, you can dress head to toe in papaya when you go to Silverstone. You've won, Jenny! Oh my God, new wave. I think

Oh, my God. Thank you so much. Nice work. You were very quick off the line. Oh, my God. Wow. Amazing. Thank you. Liam, you almost got there. You were good, but not quite quick enough. Oh, just out, weren't I? Mm-hmm.

But thank you for being on and I hope you have a good rest of the day today and send my love to everyone in Great Yarmouth, a wonderful place. Thank you. I did my first ever bit of showbiz work experience in Great Yarmouth on the TV show Flog It. Very special memories in that place. Jenny, fantastic work today. Oh, wow. Amazing. Incredible. It's a pretty good start to the year, isn't it?

Pretty good, absolutely. You're not going to be able to concentrate at work today. Those kids are going to have an easy day. It has gone out the window now, hasn't it? Yeah, they're going to be buzzing that you won the tickets to the Grand Prix today as well, aren't they? Oh my God, yeah, amazing. Wow, thank you. Well, look, have an amazing time. You are more than welcome. You deserve it. And we will maybe catch up with you in the summer when we've done the weekend. You can give us a little review. Oh, yes, I would absolutely love to. Nice one. All right, have a good day, Jenny. Thanks. All right, thank you.

And now a quiz. Here comes Gemma. Gemma, good morning. How are you? Your phone just cut off with the moor. How are you? Just drank loads of coffee, so I'm good. Okay, excellent. Well, welcome to The Breakfast Show. Thanks for being here. You're normally in Sweden studying, but you're at home. You're back with Bruce, with Dad.

Yeah, I'm just in Dad's house, back to Sweden on Sunday, came to visit family. That's nice. So you're back with the whole family and you're doing yesterday's quiz this week. So we had Brother Ben on Monday, we had your dad Bruce yesterday, who caused quite a stir. I understand that there's been quite a stir caused by my reaction to Bruce or maybe my lack of reaction to Ben. Is that the case? No.

Well, I'm going to dog my dad and he listens to radio too. And also, my brother, like, he's not a good boy and I've got evidence about that. Well, this is it. I mean, I said yesterday that Ben did seem like a good boy, but is that not true? I've sent some photos to the breakfast team to show that he's not quite the good boy. Oh, really? Interesting. But I hear that he was upset that I was more excited to speak to your dad than I was to him.

Yeah, probably. He's a big Breakfast Show fan. We both are. Sometimes the only communication we have for a few weeks is just a message like, did you hear Greg drink the custard? Sure.

I need to do that again at some point. But look, I was just excited to speak to Bruce and there was a huge reaction. A lot of people were really in love with your dad yesterday, including producer Tom's friend who says, I think I fancy Bruce. I think it was, you know, he's very calm, he's very confident, but he's a very modest man. And also the fact that he does Ironmans. And to quote the words of Tom, this will make you feel uncomfortable. He said, I bet he's got a good rig. See, I bet your dad's ripped probably. That's what we're saying. Is that the case? I mean, my dad's...

Like, men often do love dad, I'm not going to lie. Yeah, I know why. He's got an allure. I get it. Gemma, let's get on with yesterday's quiz. We have a load of questions about stuff that happened yesterday. 17 is the score to beat. That was from your brother Ben on Monday. Here we go. Do we have any dingers? There we go. Question number one is this, and we'll start the clock when you give me the answer. It was revealed that Post Malone left a waitress a $20,000 tip. But which pop star did he collaborate with on her song, Fortnite?

Oh, no. Oh, no. The most famous pop star in the world. Taylor Swift. Yes. It was Lewis Hamilton's birthday yesterday. What sport is he best known for? Formula One. Yeah. Newcastle beat which North London-based football team 2-0 yesterday? Speak into the phone, dear. I can't hear you. Hello? Sorry. Hello? Yep, yep. I'm here. Sorry. Okay. What was your answer?

Tottenham. No, it was Arsenal. Boo. Tottenham. It was National Tempura Day. Name any food you can make tempura out of. Aubergine. Yeah. Scientists revealed that they may have been wrong about the origin of life, but where do they now suggest it started? Swindon or amino acids? Amino acids. Yes. Listener Megan won tickets to which sporting event during Radio 1's Jan Slam yesterday? Oh, no. I listened. It was sporting. It was sports. What was it?

Sorry. It was Wimbledon as the ladies final. The mayor of a village in Italy banned its residents from getting sick. Give me your best impression of someone trying not to sneeze.

Good, two points for that, I think. WWE's Raw was aired on Netflix for the first time, but what sport is WWE concerned with? Wrestling. Yes, the first plot details for Toy Story 5 were released, but what's the name of the toy astronaut in the films? Buzz Lightyear. Yes, for an extra point, give me an impression of Buzz Lightyear. To infinity and beyond. Very good, it was revealed...

Something that's not a complete question. It was Blue Ivy Carter's birthday. Who is her famous mum? Beyonce. Correct. We'll give you one more. Who was on the quiz yesterday? Dad, Bruce. And for an extra bonus point, does your dad have a good rig? Sure, yeah. Yay! Correct, he does! And...

And that is the end of your quiz today, Gemma. Did you have a nice time? I was quite stressful. I think I drank too much coffee. Well, the phone sort of gave up on you at one point. And I'm sorry for shouting at you, but it's very important that we hear you on the quiz. But I think you did very well today. It was... Oh, it was 12 points. It was 12. Just behind your dad from yesterday and actually way behind Captain Ben from Monday.

I was expecting less, but my friends were sending me answers that might come up. So thank you to Ellie and Kev for that. Yeah, we're nothing if not predictable.

Thank you for being on, Gemma. And what are you studying, by the way, in Sweden? What's going on there? That sounds exciting. I'm doing a master's in social entrepreneurship. I've got like a fundraiser project that I want to make a real thing. So, yeah, it's also half the price of England. Is it right? And it's also quite a nice, cool place to live, isn't it? It is. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, enjoy the rest of your studies. Good luck for it. And we'll catch up with you soon. Thanks, Gemma. Thank you. Have a good one. Bye. Having quite a good conversation on text with Gemma.

And this was not my question. Amy, can you confirm the question you asked? Yeah, I asked Gemma if she could send us a picture of Bruce. I just want to see what he looked like. Right. She's also sent loads of pictures of Ben, the brother. And he looks like a lot of fun. He looks like a real sort of nonsense merchant.

So there's lots of... There's a picture here of him dressed like Madonna. Henry, dear, what era Madonna is that? That is Confessions on the Dance Floor. That's 2005. 2005 to 2006, depending on the single. So that's her in a sort of pink... It's in the leotard. Leotard, yeah, yeah. Great. Well, Ben looks fantastic in that. Wow, this family is immense. So I've got a couple of pictures of Bruce, and I've got to say, he looks like the loveliest, smiliest, handsomest...

He actually looks like Bruce Springsteen. He's got a lovely smile. Hasn't he? Good ring. Well, the ridiculous thing is, she said, I said, can we have a photo of Bruce? And she says, I can't find a topless one. I didn't ask for a topless one. Good one today on the quiz with Gemma. Holding in a sneeze and all sorts of stuff. And we'll go again with another round of it tomorrow. Tomorrow it's Ellen. We all need to calm down about Bruce Springsteen.

Although we do have some good pictures of him on the Breakfast Show phone. More quiz tomorrow. And it's, who's on tomorrow? Ellen is on tomorrow. So looking forward to that. Next up, I was accosted in McDonald's. Summer, good morning. Good morning. Welcome to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. And please tell me where you accosted me and told me off for a competition on the radio the other night.

So I bumped into you at McDonald's after I went out and I didn't, I don't know what came over me, but I went over to you and just started dropping my trauma on you. It was a big trauma dump. At the, well, I was just waiting for a little post-night out snack at Dalston Kingsland. I'd had a really nice night. I hadn't seen my friends for ages. And I thought, you know what? I just need to give you a little something here. And you came up and you had a nice little chat and then you went, oi.

You did a competition on your show in 2018. I was like, oh my God. But I did remember. I did remember this summer. Yeah, it ruined my life a bit. I'm so sorry. It's not like that. So, Summer, I've got the clips. Oh, here we go. So it was an Ariana Grande competition in August 2018. Yeah, that sounds about right. And what was your grievance? What was your grievance with me?

I was annoyed that it went so wrong and the only person I had to blame was you. Right, okay, sure. So here we go. Let's hear how it played out. So when you hear the countdown timer, that's when you give me the next lyric. Okay. Summer, let's do it. Something about something about something about you.

Summer. Oh, no, I intervened and stopped you. Can you see how it went wrong? I sung the next verse and I missed the lyric. You just needed to say woman. That was it. I know, I know. I think I got so nervous I just started singing the whole next verse and not the lyrics.

And then you could just hear me at the end, like, crying. Because I realised, I'm like, oh, no. But I do remember feeling terrible about this. Have a listen to this next bit. Not the right lyric. I'm so sorry. Oh, my God. Oh, it was woman. Oh, I thought I had to sing the next lyric. No, the next word was woman. I'm so sorry. Oh, devastated. Oh, that's actually made me want to frown for a bit. LAUGHTER

It really ruined my day that day. So then I entered the call and I remember looking to my mum and I was like, I don't know what just happened. This is what, we've got to be careful because you put yourself out there and we're doing Jan Slam again this month with all these people that might get the competition wrong and it stays with you forever, this stuff, doesn't it? It does because I went out and I heard that Dangerous Women song whilst I was trying to grieve and I went into another mental breakdown. You're okay now and life's going well, isn't it? You still love Ariana Grande? Yeah.

Yeah, I do, I do. You learn to deal with stuff like this. Yeah, well, this is good. This is speaking, you know. Is this closure? I'm in a closure, yeah. Now you've accosted me in McDonald's, is this closure? Yeah, it feels like closure. Okay. And the cheeseburger helped as well, I think. I think so. Well, why don't we just, for one last time, I play the clip and you can give me the correct answer. And I can't give you an Ariana Grande prize. We don't have one. But...

We can maybe write this wrong from seven years ago. I think I could try to do that. Okay, here we go. So when you hear the countdown timer, that's when you give me the next lyric. Okay. Summer, let's do it. Okay, we've got this.

Women. It's women. Women! Summer! Yes! You've done it! I won! Congratulations, Summer! Thank you. Thank you. It feels so good. Dream come true. Dream come true. Actually, is it okay if we play the actual song now? Are we good for this? Yeah, I think I'm good. I think I'm good. The wound is healed.

So that's nice. Nature is healing with that. Someone texted that in earlier. And if you'd like to get me to write any wrongs from the past that I've been part of, then do let me know on the usual addresses.

What else are we doing? Is that it? We did the bananas. Oh, yeah, the bananas. There's an investigation. Catherine's been on. Catherine. Morning, Greg. Just checking you across the mystery bananas in a Nottingham village story. Someone's leaving them on a plate in the village. So it's by the side of the road, just a plate of peeled bananas. And no one knows why. It's on the second of every month. They just appear overnight. Yeah. Catherine, you had me at mystery bananas. Yeah.

I think it's time for an investigation. Who is leaving a plate of peeled bananas on a street in Nottinghamshire every month? Detective Chief Inspector James reporting for duty. Let's continue the story. The mysterious plate has appeared on the second day of every month in the same spot in Beeston for more than a year now. Now, Beeston. Beeston. I heard that and I thought, Beeston? It's ringing a bell. What do I know about Beeston?

My good friend Alice Levine is from there. Podcast extraordinaire. That's her patch. I mean, she doesn't live there now, but her mum and dad do. She's the queen of a big investigative podcast. This could be a job for her. Some people are just getting sick of it, saying that the bananas go mouldy, that they're gross, and that they're making the street unappealing. Yeah. Good pun as well there. Good pun. Lovely. Lovely work.

Thing is, yeah, Alice does those bits. She does a podcast called British Scandal. This could be an entire episode. This woman even put a sign up to stop the banana fiend. But that didn't work. So when the first plate of 2025 appeared, she decided to take the sign down so she could avoid a feud. It's a feud. It's a banana feud.

And I would like to throw my full weight behind this to try and work out what the hell's going on in Beeston. And finally, let's get you up to date with all the latest things. Radio One Breakfast. All the latest things. We're getting you up to date with everything. And we're engaging in some diplomacy on The Breakfast Show this morning. The Japanese ambassador to the UK, Hiroshi Suzuki...

has announced he's going on a tour of the country. He's very excited to do lots of things and try some new stuff. I am also happy to enjoy fish and chips and looking forward to comparing different fish and chips at many different places.

Good. OK, Hiroshi. Also, excitingly, he's recorded a version of the Welsh national anthem. I'll grow a fair, red-gallon, litre of mud. Lovely, really. Close, reddish, oceans and aiguas.

Yeah, I appreciate the effort. I really do. Being, what am I, quarter Welsh? Nan was Welsh and my God, was she actually Welsh. What are you, you're half. No, you're full. Are you full? Half? Three quarters. Three quarters? Producer Tom. Does that touch you? It does. I really appreciate the effort. Yeah, lovely. Lovely.

Lovely man Hiroshi. So what we should do is to repay the favour really is get a Welsh person or even better a Welsh choir to do the Japanese anthem for the ambassador. So if you want to help the UK and help Japanese UK relations then let me know. 03700100100 I would love a choir. I do love a choir.

We now move from politics to weather and we've been having a lot of snow recently all over the place. It's been a bloody nightmare for a lot of people, but also quite fun. Lots of nice snowmen and stuff. And women. Snow women as well.

When it's extreme weather, we do tend to send our weather people to the heart of it. Remember this icon? Don't make unnecessary journeys. Very snowy in America right now. There's a weatherman called Bob Herzog, who is an actual viral legend. He was sent out to report on it, and it seems to have driven him mad, actually. If you happen to have a rubber chicken and you walk outside...

And you, with great force, throw the rubber chicken into the snow and it disappears? That means it's a lot of snow. I like Bob a lot. I'm just saying, he's my kind of guy. Is it great snowman snow? No, man. No. He also just doorsteps people. This person was just in their car and he ran up to the window and started interviewing her. I ran every red light. Oh, you just heard that? Don't look at her license plate. She just admitted to some kind of crime. He's mad in a brilliant way.

But can someone please put him inside just for a bit? And finally, to the Radio 1 Sound of 2025. Every year we do this and we highlight some of the biggest and best new artists to watch out for in the coming year. Ezra Collective, Kneecap,

Poser, all on the list. Jack Saunders has been talking to the top five on his show this week. On Monday, it was English Teacher. They were at number five. Yesterday was Miles Smith at number four. And today, it's Barry Can't Swim. He talks to Barry about how he discovered the piano. I started playing piano when I was maybe about 10. My granddad actually saw an advert in a paper for a piano that was going for free.

and he picked it up and sort of left it with my mum and dad and they were like, we don't have space for this. And that was it. And here he is talking about how massive dance music has got recently. Now they're kind of like...

these sort of almost pop stars and you're kind of like, what's happened? But it's amazing. It's such an amazing thing for the scene and it trickles down to everybody and it's just such a mad thing that I never would have expected. More from Jack Saunders tonight from six o'clock as the countdown continues. Radio One Breakfast. With Greg James. And with that, you're up to date with all the latest things. And should we have some Barry? Actually, there is one more thing I want to do on today's podcast. And I mentioned Ant, who does all the editing of this podcast. And he is...

In my opinion, the finest editor of audio I've ever experienced in my life. He is an unbelievably talented man. And it is his birthday today. And I'm going to call him.

Hello? Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday and Danbury. Happy birthday to you and many more. Oh, my word, that was wonderful. LAUGHTER

Happy birthday. Do it again. Do it again. Well, you can edit in again if you want. Hey, you missed my tribute to you. I said you're the best editor I've ever, ever come across. Really? Yeah, you're an amazing man. Did you mean it, though? Yeah, of course I did. In the world, ever? In the world, ever. In my limited experience. You're an amazing man. What are you doing for your birthday? You're the greatest breakfast host I've ever had. What are you doing for your birthday? I'm just going out with the family for a little meal tonight.

and then I'm having a party at my local cricket club next week. Aye, that's interesting that you brought that up. Come down if you like. I've got some... Well, let's talk logistics in a second because we have a couple of people on the line that want to say hello to you. Oh, really? Good morning, V and Colin. Morning, Anne. Hello, Ed. Hello, boys.

Hello you two. I don't know how this is working. This is all weird and freaky. How the hell are you there and I'm here and he's there and what's going on? So V and Colin, are you involved in these celebrations and are you helping put on the party? I think he's invited us, yes. Is Colin and V invited?

Yeah, of course, yeah. They were first on the list. Great. So is it at the cricket club? Is it Banstead? Banstead Cricket Club. Yeah, Banstead Cricket Club. Greatest cricket club ever. So Vee and Colin, tell us about how long have you known Ant for? We've known Ant for about 15 years. His wife works at the local schools. We met him there with our kids. Ant is probably one of the most important people down at the Christmases.

because he puts on the Summer Band Fest. His band, Brizla, play at the fireworks display in, obviously, November. And he runs all of the quizzes and also for the local old people's home, he does the bingo night as well for youths.

Lots of things you don't know about him. Well, I knew that he was heavily involved in the career club and I know that he's in a band, but I did not know about the bingo night, Anne. You kept that quiet? Well, it's, you know, I'm a very quiet and modest man.

You're an amazing man. Oh, shucks. Well, happy birthday to you. Colin, do you play cricket down there, you two? Is he any good at cricket? Oh, I don't play cricket. There's nothing about cricket. But he likes the social side and that's fine. I drive everyone mad because I stand there going, what's going on? Who said that? Who done what? Yeah.

know very little about cricket I can't believe that you had me here all along I could have told you everything about cricket and you didn't want it you taught me everything about editing and I could have taught you everything I know about cricket well there's still time I'll learn from you yeah

Happy birthday. You're a wonderful man. And we will, I look forward to the edit on this. Make sure you leave all the nice things in that people have said about you. I know it'll be horrible for you to do so, but please leave it in. And V and Colin, I hope you have a good time next weekend and maybe see you there. Thank you. Cheers. Cheers, Colin. Cheers, V. Bye.

Cheers, Greg. I'll probably see you tomorrow. I'll come and see you in the morning. Yeah, good. Would you like to sign off the podcast? Yes. Thank you, podcast listeners. Keep downloading. There's plenty more stuff to come tomorrow. How's that? Radio One's All Day Breakfast with Greg James. Yoga is more than just exercise. It's the spiritual practice that millions swear by.

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