Pickmees On A Plane
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BBC Radio 1 Radio 1's All Day Breakfast with Greg James Hello and welcome to Friday's Radio 1 All Day Breakfast podcast. It's your old friend Greg and I've got a funny hat on. It suits you. Haven't I got a funny hat? Yeah. After I got a very, very fun bottle for my birthday...

which was the Feathers McGraw bottle from Wallace and Gromit I put that on Instagram because I'm an influencer I got sent a load of Wallace and Gromit stuff and I now got a woolly hat which is a Feathers McGraw woolly hat which is probably the best hat you can get I'd say it's definitely up there yeah it's pretty good

It's a lot like an evil penguin. And welcome to the evil penguin. Also a Livingston top. Yeah, I don't think a lot of men can pull off what you're wearing right now, but weirdly you do. Oh, that's nice. I just looked at myself in the cameras and I thought, I don't, I'm not putting this off. It's an evil penguin collar, Steve.

It's not a... Yeah. Anyway, that's very kind. Yeah, I got given... I have so many gifts today. In most other jobs, you'd be getting a welfare check, I think. It's sort of encouraged, though, isn't it? They encourage madness here. It's also not the weirdest thing you've worn in the last month in this studio. Right, no way. That's it, isn't it? Yeah, that's quite interesting, isn't it? Things that are normal at Radio 1 but would be an issue.

a serious issue at other workplaces. Yeah. Oh well, that's what makes this a truly unique place to work. Can I just interrupt here and bring Vanuri in who's working from home today. Hi Vanuri. Hello, hello. I just wanted to just check for all the listeners if you're still there, do you like this?

Because we like this. Do you like this? If you do like this, just feed that back. Because otherwise we don't hear from you. So feed it back. Email? Email or... greg.james.bbc.co.uk Send us a text in the show. Yeah, that's nice. During show time, just be like, oh, we like the podcast bits. Keep it going. It is the most self-indulgent podcast thing to do 40 minutes of just...

before getting into your actual topic. Here's a newsflash. Podcasts are self-indulgent by their very nature. That's true. Yeah.

Yeah, I don't want to be on a radio station. I'm going to make my own. That's what a podcast is. I've got a microphone and an opinion. Well, we've got five microphones and many opinions. We haven't even got to our Friday grievances yet. I've got such a good grievance. Okay, we'll get to that in a second, but we must do the stuff that we've spent the last six hours meticulously planning.

which is the Radio and Breakfast show from this morning, where we had a really good wrong-uns with Janine, who is our cabin crew. Dorster Manuel and Kroszczak. We got you up to date with all the latest things. We had a great final of the quiz with Bella and Ben. We did a really fun thing with Janine, which was wrong-uns, but also we did a thing where we talked about being a pick-me person.

And that was kind of it, I think. We'll start with Janine. Janine, welcome back. Good morning, Greg. How are you? I'm all right, thank you. You've been a big feature of The Breakfast Show this week. Yeah, I didn't expect that. We spoke to you on Monday.

We talked about the secret codes that you do in your job. And you are your cabin crew. I am. Cabin crew, Dorster manual, cross check. That is us.

And tell us what your one was, your code. Yep, so it is whenever we're on board and we walk up and down the cabin and we have a wee look and we ask, is Bob on board? And it stands for beauty on board, although one of my other crew said that it's babe on board whenever I was talking to them earlier or yesterday and they were like,

no, it's babe. And I was like, okay, it's still the same thing. Yeah, it's either beauty, babe, or best. Yeah, best on board, babe on board. And that's how you determine who the hottest passenger is. Now, how did your big interview go for your promotion yesterday? Yeah,

So there's been 200 people have applied for it. So I answered the questions as best I can. And I'll find out at the start of February. But if I don't get it, you know, I love my job anyway. And I'll apply for it another time. But I am good at my job. So fingers crossed. Fingers and toes crossed. Yeah, well, we're crossing our fingers for you as well, Janine. Thank you. And if you don't get it, it had nothing to do with you telling the inside secrets of Cabin Crew live on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show.

Yeah, sure, and I want to listen to the Station of Ground. That's good. Well, thanks for being on. Actually, while you're here, we did have a question for you. In fact, well, producer Amy's got a question. And it's, I think Janine's the right person to talk to about it, Amy. Yeah. Hey, Janine, you all right?

Hi, Amy. How are you? So, question. I can be a bit of a pick-me on planes, right? Because, like, I really want you to like me. Okay. Like, I really want the flight attendants to like me. I want the pilot to like me. Like, I... So, do you notice when someone is, like, trying their best to, like, pay attention to your safety briefing or pay attention to what the pilot's doing as announcement? No.

Oh, you're very good. Oh, you're a perfect passenger there. Oh, my God, amazing. You're even being a pick-me-now to Janine. You're not in the air at the moment. But do you notice when people are sort of being extra nice to you and be like doing the...

You know, going above and beyond because they want maybe... They want a little extra snack or they want you to come back with the trolley for another drink or something. Do you get that often? I could give you a little tip if you would like. Go on. So if you want the crew to pay attention to you, bring some treats on board. Now, I'm not meaning like...

huge things but like a little bag of haribo goes a long way when you've been working for 10 hours and we'll remember your face don't you worry so does that work because i thought that was too much pick me behavior if i thought if i bought it like candy now it is january so they might turn around and sort of get on but we love a treat what about a bottle from duty free no no no no no no no what about a large tomblerone

Ooh. Now, a large Toblerone would be... What's that going to get me? I wouldn't say no. Well, if I have a spare seat, like an empty row, I could find that for you. If I'm giving out the pretzels, you'll get a few more pretzels. Toblerone for a whole row? Toblerone for a row is a great deal.

But I don't have the power to put you up in business class, so don't be asking. Come on, what would it take? What would it take? Oh, goodness. Something from GT3, something nice? This is bribery now. It would take Barney to get you up in business class. You want my dog, and then I get in business class.

Yeah. I'll get back to you. This is good. I think so. We should open this out to other professions. Do you know when we're trying it on to get a good deal or when we're trying to be a pick me? Essentially, there'll be people that be like, yes, absolutely. We know. All right. We're going to play a song and then Janine, are you up for doing wrong? And

Absolutely. Janine is on today. Janine, we're getting some amazing messages, by the way. I may say that, like, I can't guarantee anything. We know, we know, we know, we know. We would never want to bring you into disrepute. Look, Andy's been on and says, Greg, just to let you know this, a large Toblerone and some Haribo. You can fly the bloody plane for 20 seconds if you like. Fantastic. Yes, please.

Someone has said, this summer, starring Samuel L. Jackson and producer Amy, it's pick-me's on a plane. Yeah, pick-me's on a plane. Pick-me on a plane. Chris and Liv have... We do notice if someone smiles and behaves nicely to us. Yeah. Yeah, we love that. Just be nice. Yeah, be nice. Just be nice.

Yes, exactly. Chris in Liverpool says, to be fair, Greg, the amount of money you've spent on Barney's various surgeries, you could have bought a few business class tickets with that. Yeah, that's true. No, he will bankrupt me.

A few people are having a go at me saying, Greg pretending as if he doesn't get business class flights. I don't. I'm not that fancy. If someone else is paying, absolutely. But I don't mind a sort of, I don't mind being squashed up at the back. It's all right. So sweet. Well, our seats are lovely. Of course they are. Of course they are.

In fact, I sort of hate, I sort of resent paying for like an extra 20 quid just for a seat. Like, just, I don't care. It doesn't matter. Just, I'll get on and sit wherever. I know, it depends on the length of the flight, I suppose. I mean, if you're going 35 minutes, sure, they can send me anywhere. Mm-hmm.

And of course the length of your legs. That is a problem for me. Of course, you are rather tall and we do, if there is emergency exits free, we do aim for giving people with long legs the emergency exits. We're not cruel. I love an emergency exit. Whenever you come round and you say, are you okay sitting here? I'm like, I've got this. Don't you worry. I will help everyone off here. I'll get everyone out of here. The bags are already up top. Don't you worry. The gangway is clear. Don't you worry about that.

Yeah, that's me being a pick-me, you see. OK, let's do wrong-in, shall we? And we have a load of questions. All I need from you, Janine, are wrong answers, please. OK. 60 seconds. Opposite of yesterday, so... Opposite of yesterday. We just need wrong answers. Silly the better, please. Here we go. OK.

And your time starts now. What does Bob stand for when your cabin crew? Oh, my goodness. Barney's on board. Oh, yes. Great. Two points for that. Spurs played Arsenal this week. But what game were they playing? Tennis. They were. Why was I off work early this week? Oh, you had a job interview for an airline. Good. And I got it. I'm leaving. What are you sitting on right now?

I am sitting on the side of a pole. It was the first full moon of the year. What's the moon made of though, Janine? It's made of cheese. It is, yeah. What is your job? My job? I am a chauffeur to my children. The Australian Open kicked off this week. What did they hit balls with over there? They hit balls with twigs. Who is the Prime Minister of the UK currently?

Currently, it is Samantha Mumba. Can you give me your best impression of a pig, please? What did Timothee Chalamet ride to the premiere this week of the Bob Dylan film?

He rode a kite. Oh, yeah. Good. That's for the next film. That's a good idea, actually. I might have to query one of those answers, actually. I'm just going to... Yeah, I'm going to query it. The stewards have let me know that there was an incident around question...

Where was it? Question six. What is your job? I imagine you do chauffeur your children around quite a lot. That is, well, I do chauffeur it, that is true, but I'm not being paid, so it's not my official job. The stewards have finished their inquiry and you're free to go. We give you the point for that one.

No, you've argued your case well. So, B.O.B. stands for Barney On Board. We had Spurs-Arsenal in the tennis. We had me doing a job interview for an airline.

I think I'd be good cabin crew. I think I'd really enjoy it because I'd like the performance of it. I think I'd like the announcement. I'd be really good at the announcement. It'd be really clear. It's a lovely job and every day is different. Every single day is different. I think I'd be no nonsense if people were kicking off. I think I'd punish people by not giving them drinks if they were horrible. I think I'd be good, yeah. Mmm.

Oh, do not do that. Is it not a punishment situation? No. Oh, right. Sorry. No, we are fair people. Yeah. I'd be like, not all customers are equal, actually. Some of them are horrible. We're a customer first. But don't forget I just did my interview. I know all the power values. That's true. Yeah, yeah.

We appreciate you lying for the benefit of your career, Janine. 11 points on today's wrong and it's really, really good. We've loved having you on this week. It's been really fun. Can I just give a shout out? My husband's birthday is at the weekend, so we're going to a hotel and I want to make sure that you know that I do have a husband and children. I don't just spend my life walking up and down an aircraft searching for pretty guys. What's your husband's name? James.

James, happy birthday to you for the weekend. Have an amazing time, Janine, with the family this weekend. And please can you let us know if you get the job in February? I will let you know. I'll let you know and I'll let you know if I forget to just feedback.

Thank you. Bye. And straight into that, we got some really fun calls and some great texts as well about being a pick me. Producer Amy today was talking about being a pick me. Not to be confused with a pig me. A few people thought, what's she talking about being a pig me for? No, no, no, no, no. A pick me, which is, what's the best way of describing it, Amy? You know, I just want to be liked.

Well, we all want to be liked. But I want to be liked by people that are doing certain jobs in certain places. So I act in a certain way to make sure they intensely like me. Yeah, I can relate to this. I'm definitely with you on the planes when I do that. I find the nicest, sort of the friendliest looking cabin crew person. Make sure you make an effort with them because you never know when you might need them. True. Not just in an emergency, but for hydration purposes or a little extra bag of pretzels. Could work.

So sometimes you've got to put the work in. I'd say in a restaurant as well. Do you do the same in a restaurant? I do the same thing in a restaurant. And I was just thinking about this. I really intensely do it in nail salons. So Hannah, shout out Hannah, I can never look at my phone. I always have to look directly, make conversation. I don't care if it's two hours. We are intensely talking to each other. We were working out whether or not the people on the receiving end of this extra treatment gets it or they twig and they're like, oh God, here we go.

Someone being desperate for our love and attention and affection. Sunil, good morning. Sunil was there. Sunil's gone. He's dropped off. I don't feel terrible. I really want him to feel good as well. I want all the listeners to feel good. I want them all to feel loved. Kayleigh, are you there? Greg. Hi, Kayleigh. Thanks for picking up. So what's your job? So I'm a tattoo artist. Mm-hmm.

And obviously, when you're getting a tattoo, you're going to be in pain. And I think that shows with our Pick Me customers. We get the people that bring in cakes, snacks, which we love, by the way. I get a customer that brings coffees, asks me if I need anything. And obviously, you want to be in our good book. So we get that a lot. Yeah. Now, producer Tom's got a lot of tattoos. You visit a tattoo parlor regularly. Yeah. Yeah.

Are you a pick me? Definitely. I will like...

defer to the artist nothing's ever too much of a problem if they want to do something again or take their time like little break that's fine because you know it's my skin I want them to think I'm cool I want them to think I'm respectful ah right so that's we got to the nub of it yeah you want them to think you're cool yeah so how do you how does that manifest do you like show no pain you don't flinch you don't wince you're sitting still I'll try not to yeah

I'll try and make good conversation and not ask, because you're there for hours sometimes. And I bet you must get asked the same questions constantly, Kayleigh. So I'm trying to think of interesting things to chat about and ask them about themselves, all that kind of stuff. Would you rather ink in silence or would you rather have a conversation, Kayleigh?

It depends. It depends on what concentration level you're at, but we do like a good chat. You know, if you show interest in us and we'll show interest in you, it always makes your day go quicker. I mean, sometimes we're here for like six hours, so it definitely helps. Yeah. Someone's just texted in saying, it's teacher's pet energy. That's basically it, isn't it? You want to be teacher's pet, but in the real world. Definitely. I think that's, yeah, I can relate to that, definitely. I've got a question, Kayleigh. Go on. It's always the best feeling when...

The tattoo artist posts a picture of your tattoo on the grid.

Yeah, and we always feel bad. If we don't post it, please don't take it personally. It's very hard not to, though, because it is a personal attack. Yeah, so when I make a story, it's all right. When I make the grid, great day. If I don't make either of those, I think I've made a mistake. Have you made the grid before? I've made the grid before. Have you? Oh, that's great. Wow. So do you have that sort of policy as well, that if it's good-ish, you might put it on your Instagram story, but if not, it will go on the grid?

Yeah, I mean, we're such self-critical people in our jobs generally. So we kind of, we pick what we feel is our best work. But that doesn't mean what we don't post isn't also really good. Maybe it does a bit though. Sunil's back on the line. Hi, Sunil. Hello. Hi, welcome back to The Breakfast Show. So you're a sports therapist. Do you notice when your clients are being pick-me-ups?

Yes, because I also, as a sports therapist, I also teach classes as well.

fitness classes and you have people who are in the front row and they like literally mimic your characteristics and they want to be you and compete against you. You want to, I can see what you're doing guys. You all want to be me and that's fine because I am Sunil the sports therapist. So what is this? It's like you're doing fitness classes, what spin classes and stuff or what? So I have previously, I've done spin classes and body pump things like that. I now do, I combine Pilates and sports therapy together. Hmm.

And you've got people there just really showing off and saying, I actually have been practicing this at the weekend. And actually, what do you think about this move? Yeah. And then basically you've got those ones that kind of don't also work so hard, but you're always on their Instagram and the social bunnies as well. So they're like, oh, can I just get a quick group photo and stuff like that? And then literally you're like, we didn't work that hard. But then on their Instagram, they absolutely crush the work.

Right. Interesting. Oh, so they're being pick me forever. It's very complicated, this, isn't it? But you're being used as content, Sunil. Yeah, yeah, you're right. I mean, that's rich coming from me. I'm literally using you as content here. Yeah, sure. But I enjoyed this workout.

Well done. Very good indeed. Thank you. You've been a brilliant caller. Hope you come back again sometime. Actually, in a weird way, it's the opposite. All the listeners are sort of... I'm asking you to be pick-me's because then I will pick you to be on the radio. Oh, God, this is actually a bit of a mess, isn't it? This is awful. This is a toxic environment. I've made everyone sort of be like, oh, pick me, Greg. I want to do a funny and popular opinion. I want to be a pick... I'm so sorry. I feel awful suddenly.

Also today, as well as my lovely Feathers McGraw woolly hat, Callum, Leslie had a gift for me. What are you hanging around for then? Just, you know, hanging around. What's going on? Got a little surprise for you.

Oh yeah. Yeah. You've got a little cheeky grin on. I know. Well, do you know how, I think it was last week you got very excited about match balls in the football. I did, yes. And you wanted to know how they worked and how many there were. And we got in touch with my mate Dave at Livingston Football Club. And he told us there were 15. Well, they sent you a little thing. Apparently it's under your desk. Oh. Yeah. Oh my God, there's a box. Mm-hmm.

Oh my God! It's a match ball. You have a match ball and it is... It's signed. A signed match ball. I don't know any of the players. But that's so sweet. That's... I think there's that and there's a bit more, I think, actually, down there.

And a shirt! Yeah, there we go. I love sport merch! Oh my God, I love equipment! I love equipment so much! Oh, Bella's gonna hate this. Yeah, and on the back of it... It's got a Radio 1 thing on the back of the shirt! A nice little Livingston shirt for you! Oh my God, that's so nice!

To Callum and Greg, lots of love. Big Dave. There you go. The CEO. Yeah, the chief executive at Livingstone. Chief exec. Yeah. It's got the Livingstone football calendar with all my favourite players on it. Oh, not Christian Montano. Oh, not Liam Soule. Oh, not Robbie Muirhead. Actually, I do know him. Good. There you go. Andrew City? Yeah. In April?

Michael Nottingham in May! Yeah. Oh, this is... That is really... That's so nice. Thanks, Dave. Good kit, actually. It's nice, isn't it? Yeah. That's the wee one, that's the black one. Really good kit.

Well, which one do you want? Do you want the home or the away? Well, I think you should have the home. You should have the amber one. Have you got a home kit? Yeah, so if that's okay. That's because you're a full kit Wally. Yeah. But you haven't got the away kit? I've not got the away one. Oh, you've got the away one? Let's do that. Can I have the ball? Yeah, that's all yours. Yeah.

That's all yours. Got to keep that away from Barney because he does pierce them with his big canines. Well, there you go. A Livingston used match ball. And a pen. A pen as well. That's a used one, is it? I think so. Maybe it looks quite shiny, so maybe it was one of the ones on the side. That's one of the 15. That's very cool. Hang on.

Love, love equipment. There you go. You've had a rough week, Greg, so that just cheers you up on a Friday. Thanks. That is such a great gift. Thank you to Dave. Thank you, Callum, for sorting that out. Which doesn't mean that Livingston is now at least your Scottish team.

Yeah, I mean, yeah, they've just been my number one team. I'm very fickle. Yeah, job done. I went from Arsenal to Stockport because I saw them once and I thought they were fun. I've forgotten about them now. Yeah, there you go, Steve. Job done. All right, Livingston, my number one team. So there you go. Dressed like a bloody lad with a rubber glove on my head. Confusing.

Next up, all the latest things. And let's get you up to date with all the latest things with some big TV news to start. You is coming back. Not you as in you. You as in you, the TV show.

If you haven't seen it, it's the show that stars Penn Badgley, funniest name in the world, as Joe Goldberg, who is not a nice guy. What's the best way to describe him? He's sort of everyone's problematic crush, sort of creep, but like a sexy one. He's actually a very nice guy in real life, which is confusing, because when he came in to do an interview, shorter than you'd imagine.

We were sort of ready to hate him because of his character, but he's just very nice and quite quiet. But the trailer for the final series dropped yesterday, and here he is being creepy. All that led me here, to now, to where I was always meant to be. And the one constant, the one thing that has always been there for me is you. You, who have been there the whole time and will be there with me to the end. Goodbye, you.

So that's coming soon. Next up, Macklemore and Graham Norton. OK, so Meg Ryan on TikTok, not the famous actress, but Meg has noticed this and I can't stop thinking about it either. You know the Macklemore track Can't Hold Us? She thinks this bit sounds a lot like Graham Norton. Right. And she's right because it does. Oh!

So here's a little bit of... It's a little bit of Graham. And should we mix them together? Here we go. Same. It is the same. He hasn't denied it, by the way. He hasn't denied it. And next we go to Dublin, where we check back in on the Tomato Bridge saga. It's come to an end.

In case you're not aware of it, this is Garen Noon on TikTok, who we love very much. Garen has maybe the best speaking voice I've ever heard. If you're not aware of the situation, what's happened is some cherry tomatoes have appeared on a bridge in Dublin. Yeah, that's it. There's nothing more. It's not deeper than that. They were just there left. Sadly, they have been swept off the bridge and onto the train tracks below where they have been sliced and diced by...

The trains. The local community are, of course, incredibly upset by the news, particularly Priya, this student. What's life anymore? And there's no meaning left in anything. I'm like, I walked 350 metres for this. Yeah, she walked all the way to have a look at the tomatoes and then got there and didn't see them, saw them sliced up and was then having an existential crisis. Nothing compares to the...

greatness of the tomato bridge. I am heartbroken, I am petrified. Yeah, me too. And with that, you're now up to date with all the latest but very sad things. And now we quiz with Bella and Ben. Bella, good morning. What's your winning track going to be? It's I Believe in Anything Could Love by The Darkness. Oh my God, yes.

Ben, what have you got? Hello. I've gone for Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani. It's good. It's not as good. It's good, though. Very good. Welcome back, both of you. Bella, how have you found the week this week? I'm sorry I was absent on Tuesday and Wednesday, but Andy and Nicola did pretty well. How's it been from your perspective? Yeah, no, it's been great. We've really enjoyed it. It's been great. There's been a lot of banter in the dressing rooms, especially after Ben's big boy moment yesterday. Yeah.

Oh, yes. Ben the big boy. Yeah, of course. Yeah. Well, I've got distracted now. But I was going to ask you, how did your first performance go? Because I wasn't here for that. Yeah, no, they've been going really well. We had a couple of mic issues the first night. But apart from that, everything's been really great. Lovely audiences. Yeah, it seems fabulous. It tends to always happen, doesn't it? That sort of thing on the first night. Is it like on the West End where you have those mics that they put on the top of your head?

I've always thought that's quite mad to put it right in the middle of your forehead, but obviously that is the tried and tested way that it works. I don't know the science of it, but apparently it works. No mic issues for you yesterday, Ben. Fantastic performance. 15 points on the quiz. You must be feeling confident going into the final.

Well, I mean, I would, but Bella got the exact same score, so I can't be too cocky, can I? That's true. But it's the perfect scenario for us, this. It is. If you've just switched on, by the way, today for the first time this week, we've got a team who are putting on a performance of Cinderella at the new... Is it the new theatre in Oxford? Yeah. Beautiful theatre. So good crowds and everything? Everything going well with that side? Yeah, I know. They've been great audiences. Yeah, really fabulous. Okay. And when do you finish the run?

Tomorrow? Oh, OK. So... Yeah, I know. It's time for you to come, Greg. Are there... What are we doing tomorrow? I guess... I mean, I guess I could. Let's have a chat. Bella, do you want to go and see Cinderella in Oxford? Maybe? We can sort you some comps. Oh, no, I'm happy to pay. I'm happy to pay for the... You need to pay for the arts. It's very important that you pay for the arts. It is true. Are there tickets available for everyone else, though?

Yes, tomorrow afternoon is pretty busy, but I think there's still a good chunk of tickets tonight and tomorrow night. Great, OK. Well, if anyone's in the area... I think they are still done for tomorrow afternoon. Yeah, go tomorrow if you're in the area. That'll be fun. All right, let's do the final of the quiz then. How do you feel about it today? Going to go head-to-head with Prince Charming. We've actually said this morning we work together quite well as a team, so we're really finding it hard to be competitive against each other, but we're going to do our best.

It depends how much you want your song on, Bella, doesn't it, really? Yeah, it's true. Bella is playing Ella in a remake of Cinderella. And, Ben, what's your character name, by the way, the full name? The full name I think would take too long, but I'm Prince Topher, short for Christopher. Prince Topher.

Do you know what? Producer Amy's just said that she's actually going to be... She's around. She's taking her mum to Oxford for her 60th this weekend. Oh, my gosh. It's the perfect birthday present. Yeah.

I've got a birthday I've got to go to. Well, not got to, want to go to tomorrow. So I don't think I can make it unless we could transfer Leila's birthday to Oxford, maybe. Tom Dricken, should we be up for it? I reckon Leila would probably be keen. Well, tell her. Just tell her it's happening and then she'd go with it. A couple of plus ones. Can you still have 40 tickets?

And a lot of apology won. The new theatre in Oxford, someone's reminded me here, is the scene of when we did the Tailenders live show last year or year before. And Jimmy Anderson, England's greatest ever and the world's greatest ever fast bowler, stacked it off an office chair during the performance. That was... Incredible. Yeah, that's... Is there some sort of plaque to commemorate that? There should be backstage, maybe. I've not... I mean, we've seen your...

There's a wall with lots of writing on it of lots of performers that have been there. We've seen your tailenders writing. I haven't seen the plaque, but I will look tonight. Oh, yeah, we signed the wall. I think we signed it next to Anastasia. Because you know Anastasia's performed there, don't you? Yeah, I mean, it's a good place to sign your name. It's a serious venue. Very serious venue. So good luck tonight, Ben, and good luck tonight, Bella. But mostly good luck now with the final. You get to go first, Bella, because your captain...

Excellent. And if you win, it's The Darkness, I Believe in a Thing Called Love. And if Ben wins, it's Gwen Stefani and Eve with Rich Girl. Ben, are you happy to go? Yeah. Ready, ready, ready. Bella, let's begin. Do we have some dingers, most importantly? Yes. Okay. Bella, question one. Amad Diallo scored a hat-trick for which team that beat Southampton in the Premier League yesterday? Manchester United. Correct. Ben, which club owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney lost to Shrewsbury in League One?

Oh, this is so embarrassing. Oh, Wrexham. Yes, you got it. Bella, which comedian was announced as the host of the Brit Awards 2025 for the fifth time? Oh, God. Ricky DeVeis. It's Jack Whitehall. Ben, a chance to get in front. Which ex-Manchester United footballer and former coach of Plymouth Argyle posted a picture of him dressed in a Mrs Doubtfire mask? I have absolutely no idea. Yes.

It's Wayne Rooney. Sorry. We're back level. Songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda celebrated his birthday. A little yes there. It's a musical theatre question. Finish off the lyric he wrote for the film Encanto. We don't talk about... Bruno. Yes. A new Mario Kart game was teased yesterday.

Peach. Yes! Bella, it was International Hot and Spicy Food Day. Please do an impression of someone eating some very spicy food. Oh, my goodness, that's hot. Yes, and the casting director of Bridgerton will be in touch. That's what I'm going for, man. My goodness. LAUGHTER

Ben, it was reported that 40 camels were excluded from a contest in Saudi Arabia because they used Botox. Please make the noise of a disappointed camel with a face full of Botox. Yeah, I mean, yeah. Could definitely sound like that.

A little bit puffy. What are we on? Three. Three, three. Bella, it was announced the final season of You will drop on April 24th. Which Gossip Girl actor stars in it as Joe Goldberg? Ben Badgley. Yes. I would have also accepted Ben Padgley. OK. Or Blue Peter Badgley. Ben, which Canadian pop star teased a new project on Instagram?

Very famous pop star. Very famous Canadian pop star. Celine Dion. I want to give you the point for that, but I'm not going to. And this for the win, Bella. That was Justin Bieber. Timothee Chalamet was on the Going Home show yesterday. What mode of transport did he take to the premiere of his new film? Oh, motorbike?

It wasn't a motorbike. It was an electric lime bike. That's what I was looking for. I didn't know that. Ben, okay. Ben, listener Liv was on the show yesterday and revealed that she was the biggest buyer of what in Ashford? Cafe lattes or strawberry laces? Oh, sorry to Liv. I didn't hear her. Let's go strawberry laces.

It was Café Lattes. Bella, this one for the win. A man in San Francisco left $3.6 million in his will to pay for what? Park benches or a 100-foot mural of Coldplay's frontman, Chris Martin? Let's go park benches. You're saying park benches. I'm not convinced, though. Park benches is correct. You've won the quiz! We got there in the end.

It's now time for the final Jan Slam of the week. And today it was between Chelsea and Harry. And we're going to give away some tickets to Reading and Leeds. It's a big one today. VIP tickets to Reading and Leeds could be yours. Plus, we'll give you a lot of merchandise and we'll give you a side of stage experience for one of the artists as well. Harry, good morning. Hello, Greg. How are you doing? I'm good. How are you? I'm really good, thank you, mate.

You've been listening a bit this month to Jan Slam. How have you done if you've played along? Have you got any of them right? A bit hit and miss, to be honest with you. It's the first one I've entered, but yeah, I've never been to a race in a league, so I thought this would be a good one to go for. And it's an amazing line-up as well. They always put it out of the bag with the line-up.

on Reading and Leeds you've got Hosier Bring Me The Horizon Travis Scott and Chapel Roan you've got Becky Hill Block Party AJ Tracy Amel and The Sniffers so many hundreds of amazing artists would you do the Reading or the Leeds one? Reading yeah be closer to me Reading what do you do Harry?

I'm a guest engineer. I'm just on my way to work now. I've pulled over. I've got your call. Thanks for abiding by the rules and pulling over and talking and everything. Well, you're up against Chelsea. Hi, Chelsea.

How are you? I can't say, how are you? I'm good, you sound very excited, you sound very ready for this. I'm ready, I'm feeling ready. Okay, so it's Chelsea versus Harry. Chelsea, tell me about you, where are you calling from? I'm calling from Clemner Fountain, here. Okay, what do you do? I'm a medical student at uni. Okay, great. Well, you've got, you're both very busy today, you've got lots on, so thanks for taking some time to do this. You've been to Reading before, Chelsea? Yes.

Yeah, I've been before when the Stormzy was headlining. Okay. I got very flooded. You got flooded? Yeah, it was a 5am wake up, saucepan, scooping water out. It's part of the experience. Exactly, exactly. But I'm hoping I've earned my way to VIP now. Yeah, that's true actually. We can upgrade you. Yeah, so you can lord it over everybody else. Yeah. Hello, peasants. Hope you're enjoying the floods. Harry, are you a festival goer?

Not really, to be honest. So this will be the first one that I've got. Okay. Yeah, little things here and there. I've never camped out, but I've done little events, but not really a festival goer, no. Well, it'd be good to be going straight into VIP. Exactly, yeah. It is Chelsea versus Harry. Chelsea, still there? Yeah, still there. Harry, still there?

I'm going to get a quick, yeah. Good. Okay, let's get into the rules of Janslan then. The game is very simple. Just don't get the question wrong. I'll be asking questions about Reading and Leeds. For each question, both of you will be allowed to answer if you know it. Of course you will. If you get it right, you win the prize. Just like that. You've got to be quick and you've got to be absolutely sure you know the answer. If you answer it and get it wrong, then you have blown it and the other person will immediately take the prize. That happened earlier this week, actually.

The other caller will win instantly and you'll go away with nothing. So only answer if you're absolutely sure. The questions will get easier as we go along. And you can just stay quiet if you're not confident. But if you don't give it a go, the other person might sneak in. So...

Chelsea and Harry, you've got five seconds to answer each question. If I don't hear anything from either of you, I'll move on to the next question. If you choose to answer, I need you to shout your name and then straight away give me your answer. Is that all clear? Harry, you good with that? Yeah, clear with that. Chelsea? Yeah, all good. You can interrupt if you want, but I will stop asking the question if you do that.

Be brave if you think you know it. Go for it and those tickets to Reading Festival can be yours this morning on The Breakfast Show. Final day of Jan Slam for this week. Questions about Reading and Leeds. Here we go with question number one. Leeds Festival takes place in the Bramham Park estate. What year was the Bramham Park Century House built? Hmm.

What do you mean you both don't know your country houses? Don't know your history of Bramham Park House? Harry, if you were to have a little guess, what would you go for? Not a clue. 1840. It's even older. Older? 1698. Wow. I would be well off. Then it's trashed by a load of hooligans in the summer. OK, question two...

Blink-182 headline reading in Leeds in 2024. What's the name of the band's bass guitarist and singer? Oh, I thought I might go today. Question two is quite easy, I think. I mean, if you know Blink-182, you definitely know it. It's Mark Hoppus. We go on to question three. I think they're easier today, these.

Harry, Lewis Capaldi. Just a random guess.

Chelsea, I heard you do a little groan. Do you think that's the right answer? As I've been saying, fortune favours the brave on JanSlam. It's the catchphrase. And that random guess, Harry...

It's sending you to your first ever festival. Nice work. No way. Well done, Harry. Very, very well played, Harry. You know, it's the first Scottish person that comes to my head. Do you know what? Lewis will be very proud of that, I think. I know, yeah. I know he listens from time to time, so I imagine if he's listening, he'll be like, that's great that I'm the first Scottish person that's on someone's mind.

Maybe I just don't know a lot of Scottish people. Yeah, name five other Scottish people, Harry. That's so good. Great work, Harry. Chelsea, thanks for playing. Yeah, thank you so much. Well done, Harry. Lovely, thank you very much. Yeah, you knew he'd got it, didn't you, Chelsea? Yeah, I knew that instantly. He was very quick, very quick off the mark. Thanks, Chelsea. Have a great weekend. Hey, thank you so much. Harry, that was brilliant.

Lovely, thank you very much. He risked it and you've got those VIP tickets to Reading for the summer. So there you go. I imagine you're going to have a few people today when you finish work speaking to you saying, oh, there's two tickets, huh? So who gets the second one? Exactly, yeah, they'll be fighting over it.

Well, have a good day at work today. Thanks for pulling over and we'll catch up with you. Maybe we'll catch up with you and get your review of your first Reading Festival later in the summer. How about that? Yeah, I'll be up for that. Okay, great. Have a good day and have a nice weekend. Perfect. Thank you very much. As good as that. As easy as that.

Jan Slam is done for another week. This week, my tune of the week has been the brilliant Obon Jaya's new track and Matt spotted something very fun about it. Matt texted in yesterday to talk about this bit of my tune of the week by Obon Jaya when he says, stop being a baby. Yeah. Reminded him of this Roy Keane moment. What a half-time Robert. What a baby. What a baby. Just get on with the game.

Baby. What baby? Roy Keane is quite special, isn't he? All songs should have more Roy Keane in them. So here's the full Oban Jaya, Just My Luck, Roy Keane remix. What a baby. What a big baby. Baby.

Okay, that is the Breakfast Show podcast done, apart from Friday grievances. What music could I use for Friday grievances? Have I got anything just to hand? Let me just see if there's anything fun. What about like wrestling music while we scrap? Yeah. Yeah? What have I got here? Scrapping. Susanna wants to scrap. I love a scrap. That's not right. Sometimes you do just need a little scrap with your friends. That's quite nice. Dramatic.

Oh, wow. I feel stressed. Oh, yeah. Oh, it's Chop Suey. Chop Suey, sister of that. Friday grievance music. Friday grievances. Yeah, OK, so Friday grievances, who is first, please? I bring to the table a big grievance that we haven't told you about this week, Greg. Oh. You were on leave on Tuesday, which also coincided... Not leave. Not leave, you were on the toilet. Annual... Diarrhoea leave. Annual anal leave.

Anal leave. Anal leave. We're on anal leave. Okay. Horrible. You were on anal leave. Horrible people, yes. And it was Henry's birthday. It coincided with Henry's birthday on Tuesday. Oh, I forgot. Henry had not planned anything for his actual birthday and at one, one quarter past one, he goes to me, Amy, do you want to come for a drink when we're done with work? And I was like, sure, darling, it's your birthday.

I then get a call from someone quite high up at the BBC and going, there is an incredibly famous person, I'm talking Taylor Swift levels of fame, who has randomly come into the building, into Radio 1. Can you babysit them for half an hour? What? I can't name names here. They're very, very famous. You've got to tell me who it was. I'll tell you a fair. You can work it out. Don't, Tom. I think you can work it out. We can say it, can't we? Say their name. Well, you can work it out. Who is the most famous person that was on Radio 1 this week? Oh, Chalamet. Who would be with Chalamet? Hmm. Hmm.

No way! Zendaya? No, not Zendaya. We've got one. What's her name? Kardashian woman. Jenna. Kylie Jenner. Yes. So, I'm put on babysitting shoes. She says, makes sure they're okay, makes sure no one takes photos. And I'm like, yeah, cool. And they're like, Amy, it's only half an hour. I'm like, yeah, I don't mind. I tell Henry that I'm going to be half an hour late to have a drink with him. And what do you do? And he's being serious. I'm always being very serious. I am...

I slammed my laptop shut, stood up and went... In front of the whole office? In front of the whole office. Shouted? It wasn't... At me? My voice was raised, I wasn't shouting. And I went, I cannot believe a billionaire has ruined my birthday. That's the correct tone there. Fantastic. The tone was different. I would like to point out, I did return quite quickly and go, yeah, that was a bit silly. Could she have heard you? No, she... No, but everyone in the office heard him shout...

I can't believe a billionaire has ruined my birthday. I had no idea about this. So Kylie Jenner was in the building and you were looking after her? In the end, she didn't walk in. She went to a shop. Yeah. What shop? Or Joe and the Juice? What other shops around here? Can't be straight. Yeah. It's Can't Be Straight. Begins with L. And it's purple.

Why am I playing a game? No, it's a good game. Oh, Liberty, right. Lani the dinosaur. Is that a shot? No. Bad joke. She went to Liberty? Apparently. It's weird that she can just wander around. Anyways, I went for a drink with Henry. I was half an hour late. Like, you were so dramatic about it. I was incredibly dramatic and I did have to apologise. Amazing that Kylie Jenner was sort of here. She was in the loading bay, I believe, for a while. Yeah.

Just laughing at Loading Bay. It's a glamorous place to be. Yeah, it's so, it's like, it's really horrible in there. It just smells of bins. Yeah, it does. I like to imagine her in one of the big cardboard storage boxes down there.

Well, that's where The Rock was, wasn't it? Because The Rock had to hide in the loading bay. So all the most famous... Do you know who else has been in there? I mean, loads of famous people, but three brilliant famous people. We've got Kylie Jenner, or as I know her, Zendaya. Grandad. Kylie Jenner, The Rock, and also Hillary Clinton's been in there. I... This is funny you say this. You love her. I love her, but there's someone who works on the Viz team who was filming in the old Radio 2 building and...

I don't know who it was at the time, probably Chris Evans, came out, finished filming, got into the lift on her own, looked up and it was just her and Hillary Clinton in a lift. A tiny and had an awkward six floors down, kind of be like, how are you? And it was after the election. What do you think famous people think about this place? I don't know. Like when I did the one show, the very last time I wanted to do it,

because I hated it. But I did get to meet Dolly Parton, who was amazing. But she was in the loading bay as well. I was like, these people shouldn't be in the loading bay. It's Dolly Parton. And I had to sit with her on the one show and talk about the M11. She doesn't need this. I imagine Kate and Wills have probably been in there. The Queen's probably been in there. The Queen's been in the loading bay. Wow. Any more grievances? Um.

I don't want to bring another one to the table. Yes, what have you got? No, mine was against you, Greg. Oh, fuck. Go on. You put me on blast on the radio. I wasn't even in at that point. I made you ill. Yeah. You might have done, though.

I don't think I did. Might have been a variant. You might have mutated between our bodies. No, because if anyone was going to get ill off of me being ill, it was Susanna. Because I was next to her for the longest time. Yeah, that's true. And I was coughing and spluttering around Susanna. That's true. Okay, I'd like to apologise for that. Thank you. I used you as a cheap punchline. LAUGHTER

As is my want and entire career. I'm sorry about that, V. That's okay. Yeah. I don't know who I got it from. Allard?

Oh yeah, he was ill that week. He had the same thing. Oh yeah, I was kissing him last week as well. Got that contract extension, baby. That's just how you end your routine. We do an appraisal and go, shall we kiss? This podcast is better than breakfast show. Should we kick you out for that?

out for that one. No, but I've got one. I've got one and a suggestion. My grievance is that they didn't send enough Feathers McGraw hats for everybody. Because I'd like one. And then I thought probably we should sing the theme tune now. What theme tune? What's the name of it? Go on. Do it. Do it.

All right, that's the end of today's podcast. And I hope you enjoyed bits of it. Please feedback. If you listen to the end...

then well done. Okay? You can email greg.james at bbc.co.uk if you want to add any fun stuff to the pile or just tell us that was terrible and we won't do it again. Have a nice weekend. If you want to hear some gossip in the future, because we didn't do gossip today because we did grievances. I mean, we had Kylie Jenner on. We had gossip and grievances. Great gossip. One of the most famous... Yeah, that was good gossip. Okay, yeah, I'm on. I'm on. I have a lot of grievances against you. Yeah, I'm on. I'm on. All right, bye everyone. Bye.

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