The Tuesday After The Weekend Before
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BBC Radio 1. Radio 1's All Day Breakfast. With Greg James. Good morning and welcome to Tuesday's Radio 1 All Day Breakfast podcast. A much more subdued morning today and this is why. One. And I've got to be honest with you, I'm quite upset. Those are really distressing scenes to see yesterday in Liverpool and...

I'm sure you're feeling a bit all over the place as well if you watched it and you're from Liverpool, a place that we had so much fun in last week, it just didn't make any sense. So I just want to start the show by sending all my love to everybody in Liverpool this morning and of course to everyone affected by it. And I guess just to say that those scenes last night, that doesn't define Liverpool at all. That's not the city we were having the best time ever in last week.

That's not the city that I totally fell head over heels in love with last week. It's a city full of amazing people, joyful people, passionate people, funny people, some of the funniest people I've ever met. And although it's a city divided over football, it's a city united over having a great time. And we had a great time in it last week. And I'm so sad about what happened last night. I'm sitting here back in our studio in London, in boring old London.

with loads of friendship bracelets that people in Liverpool gave me last week. And that's what it's all about. Welcoming people in, making them feel part of it. And we felt part of it last week and thank you for that. So I'm here for you as ever. Radio One's All Day Breakfast. With Greg James. That was very much what was going on this morning at 7 o'clock. So yeah, as ever when you do this breakfast show, you have to react to the day and what's happening when people are waking up and feeling vulnerable and sad and...

Yeah, we wanted to take it easy this morning and we had a quiz on at 7.15 and this was really fun. Here's Marcus. Good morning, Greg. It's very rare that I get a heads up about the quizzer who's about to appear, but that's quite a nice intro, isn't it, for you? You know about it all. I think it was about nearly 14 years ago, but it's still haunting me now, yeah. Come on then, give us your claim to fame.

My claim to fame, yeah, well, about when I was about 13, 14, 350 of us schoolchildren decided we were going to do the world's or the European biggest musical chairs competition. So all the kids in school, yeah, we did a musical chairs event. And yeah, I was the last person standing, shall we say. So you're a European champion? Yeah.

I think that's what the press labelled it as, yeah. I don't know if it's ever been broken. Maybe you can help us with that. If anyone else is listening and has been part of that before, then, I mean, this is fantastic. You say that it's...

You say that it sort of follows you around, but this defines your life, Marcus, this sort of thing. Yeah, probably, yeah. It's where my competitive streak probably comes from. They always say don't peak at primary school, but I feel like you might have done. Well, I've taken it into the bed race, haven't I? What we do, our team of bed racers. Yeah, so look, I wasn't here yesterday, and I've got to be honest, I was absolutely unconscious when the show was on yesterday. I was so exhausted. So what happened yesterday, and who the hell is this team?

Right, so we're a team of eight runners who met when their kids were all at primary school and our captain was one of the teachers there. And the bed race in Knaresborough has been running for about, probably about 50 years now.

This is our 10th year that we're running, so everybody gets dressed up and everybody does a parade, decorates the bed. It's not actually a bed, it's rather like a really big trolley and a kid will sit on the trolley, usually one of our kids, and end up racing for about...

two and a half, three miles up all the hills in Knaresborough and then we swim across the river with it. Yeah, we do it as fast as we can. It's like a 20 minute sprint. I love it. I love the Knaresborough bed race. This is fantastic. I'm sad that I've only just learned about it. Well, congratulations on doing it again and you're raising money for Cancer Research UK this year, are you?

We are, yeah. It's on our Just Giving page. We're the Avengers, Aspen Avengers, we call ourselves. You should come along to it, Greg. 14th of June. 14th of June. OK, I think I'm taking my niece to some universities that day for open days. But maybe if it's near Knaresborough, I'll join you on the bed race. Yeah, call in. I quite like the idea of going through the water on it. I think that's quite funny.

So let's do the quiz. Ashley was on yesterday and it says on my script here that she got 12 slash 16. What does that mean?

That's pretty good, isn't it? That's probably unbeatable. What does it make any sense? Did she get 12 or 16? I don't really understand. Oh, I don't know. I'm not going to get anywhere near 12, I don't think. All right, we'll keep it at 12 then, shall we? I'm sure the listeners will set me straight. Anyway, here we go. Do we have some dingers? Yes, we do. All right, here we go then, Marcus, with your questions. Question number one is this. The American Music Awards happened last night. Which Birds of a Feather and Bad Guy singer won seven awards, including Artist of the Year?

Eminem. No, it's Billie Eilish. It's a bad start. Butter. No, it was cheese. Chris Evans. Oh, God. It's Callum Leslie. No.

Very good. We'll give you two points for that just so we can get things off and running. Molly May turned 26, but on what reality dating show did she meet her partner, Tommy Fury? I Love Ireland. Yes. Lando Norris was reflecting on his Monaco Grand Prix win, but what team does he drive for? McLaren. He does. It was World Redhead Day. Name any other hair colour. Blonde. Yes. Which brat pop star teased her brand new film? Sugar Babes. No, it's Charlie XCX. Who was on the quiz yesterday? No idea. On this quiz? Yes.

Oh, Ashley! Yeah, I was going to say, I literally said her name a minute ago. It was reported that scientists may have found a ninth planet in our solar system. Name me any... Well, name me your favourite planet. Saturn. OK, one point for that. Jennifer Aniston posted a selfie with Selena Gomez, but which murder mystery series does Selena Gomez star in? No idea. It's Only Murders in the Building. What time was it at this time yesterday?

7.18. Yes, it was. Emma Raducanu battled through sickness in the French Open to win her first round match. What sport does she play, though? Tennis. Yes, and what day was it yesterday? Monday. It was Monday, yes. Well, the quiz was a shambles, Marcus. Absolute shambles. But glorious, really glorious. And I've had such a nice chat with you. You've really cheered me up today, Marcus, so thank you for that. Oh, you too. That's really...

I mean, amazingly, you got 10 points. 10? Yeah. Oh, I'm happy with that. I must have been quite generous with some of those. But look, really fun. Thanks for telling us all about the Nairnsborough bed race and good luck for it on the 14th of June. If I can make it down, I'll come and wave at you as you're hurtling down the road on a bed. BBC Radio 1. And then we got you up to date with all the latest things.

It was the annual Gloucestershire cheese rolling competition over the weekend. We always like to cover this. I need to go and watch it one year. And no, I don't want to be part of it. The prize is good. It's a big wheel of cheese, which is one of my favourite things in the world, but I just feel like it... I'm breaking an arm during that. It's...

So the idea is a huge wheel of Gloucestershire cheese is lobbed down a hill and people have to chase after it. The first one to the bottom wins. It's held at Cooper's Hill at Brockworth near Gloucester and has been believed to be going on for 600 years. It's so brutal. Tom Kopka was the winner. Crazy.

This was madness. The hill this year was dry and unforgiving. I'm lost for words. It's a very, very dry May, hasn't it? It's been a very dry May. Yeah, so the hill's very, very dusty and dry and brown. Oh, it's a winner in the mustard trousers. All the way, holding her own head. I think she's still holding it now. Honestly, I actually don't remember. It's blanked here. It's such a good tradition. I'm honestly, I've had a couple.

Yeah, so Tom Kopka was the men's winner and 20-year-old Ava Sender-Logan won the women's race. Congratulations to both of you. Enjoy your wheels. They get to keep the cheese.

Next up, let's go back in time. Further than 600 years for the start of the cheese rolling competition, it's Walking With Dinosaurs, and it's back. The classic show that tells the stories of massive dinosaurs has returned after 20-odd years. There are six episodes, including this one, which follows a baby triceratops called Clover, who has to be protected from the most famous dinosaur of them all. The giants are evenly matched. Each weighs over eight tonnes. BOOM

Yeah, fear not though, the Triceratops has a trick. Yeah, I can do that though.

You can watch it all on iPlayer, the return of Walking With Dinosaurs. And finally, let's go to the French Open for tennis, where they pay tribute to Rafa Nadal following his retirement. And there were three very special guests to help send him off. Hi, Rafa. After all these years and all these fights, we couldn't let you leave like that. We really wanted to leave you a message and let you know that your old pals will always be with you.

Wow, that is massive. That's the real Avengers right there. Murray, Djokovic, Federer, Nadal. They were all there to pay tribute to him and obviously that sent the crowd wild. Your old friends are here for you. What a career, what a man. And what a left arm, that bicep.

And you're up to date with all the latest things. This is BBC Radio 1. Oh, also, we had a clarification on what happened yesterday on yesterday's quiz. Morning, Greg. Good morning. I'm sorry that I wasn't with you yesterday on the quiz. Oh, it's OK. I think you deserved a day off. Thank you. I agree. But look, I hate missing this show because I love doing it, but I was in no fit state. I got back...

I got back about three o'clock yesterday morning. I didn't think you'd be on yesterday. But it was nice to meet Dean. He was equally as chaotic as me. Right, well, that's what I want to get into because I wonder whether even with one hour's sleep, I would have done a better job at working out how this quiz, working the quiz through yesterday because...

On my sheet this morning, it said that you got 12 slash 16. Does that mean 12 out of 16? What's going on here? I thought it might have been 1,000, you know, like 1,200. It was a lot more points than 12. To be fair, it was very supply teacher style. Bit of chaos. Nothing was going right. I was worse for wear myself. I think I was in bed. Were you taking advantage of the supply teacher?

No, you have to listen. You have to hear it for yourself. I got up, got ready, was fully into the quiz and then everything just went wrong. Okay, so apparently... I've been on everyone's rubbish a few times, Greg, and it was very on brand for me. Okay, so yesterday's quiz morphed into everyone's rubbish. So here we go then. This is what happened when Dean forgot to start the timer, apparently. Here we go. Which singer of Angel of My Dreams performed on the new music stage at Radio 1's... Well, yeah...

Oh, I'm not even... Hold on. I wasn't even... I wasn't even playing the right thing. I wasn't even playing you a timer. I was just building tension. It's very Bank Holiday Monday energy today. It's okay. It's chaotic. It's chaotic and we love it. Oh, my goodness. Okay, and then a ding just goes off. That was another point. So here's the score that Dean said on air. Producer Rachel, how many points did Ashley get?

We think 15. Yes. Oh, that's good. We're going to double check. So it's 15 now. No, then I got an extra one for putting up with the chaos. I promise. Okay, so we're going to lock in 16. Yes. Oh, vindicated. Thank you. All right. I wish you could hear the group chat just now. Marcus has just come on and asked who Billie Irish is.

Yeah. Someone else has replied saying, I think it's Billy Reid Cyrus's daughter. I enjoyed my trip back into 2001 with Marcus today. It was brilliant. Yeah. All right, well...

We'll keep it at 16 then. Thank you. Thank you so much. Look, as I said, whatever you need from me this morning on The Breakfast Show, I'm feeling tired and vulnerable and sad about what happened last night in Liverpool. So you can say to me, 16, you could have gone for 18 and I could have probably given you that. But anyway, so we're going to give you 16 points. If that makes you happy, Ashley, I'm in the business of making people happy. I'm so grateful. Thank you.

Looks like we're going to catch up later in the week then on Friday in the final. Have a great day today, Ashley. Sorry I missed you yesterday. All right. Speak to you in a bit. And now something very wholesome from the weekend. Let's cross live to MT. Good morning, Greg. Or as the French would call you, Marie-Thérèse. Very good. Very good. You like that? Because when producer Amy said, oh, MT's on the phone, I went, who's MT?

It's MT. Welcome to The Breakfast Show. Tell us about your wholesome weekend. What's been going on? Well, we had the best weekend ever. We've actually had a two-day wedding. So we had our legal thing on Saturday and then we had our party yesterday. And it was all very dreamlike. We...

Got pulled up to our hotel after our wedding on Saturday. We were in a taxi and I saw a man in a blue hat. And I thought, who's that? So I said to Marco, I'm pretty sure Sam Fender's over there and Johnny Blue Hat. So I jumped out of a taxi and ran across the road and we met our favourite band ever. And it was very, very cool. That's so nice. So was this near Sefton Park then?

Yes, it was in Liverpool. I think they were staying in our hotel and they were on their way up into, they were just about to get onto the bus to come down to the park. Oh, amazing. So they were doing the Saturday night headlining and your headline event was your wedding party. Amazing. It was, it was. It felt a bit weird because I was apologising that I wasn't going to their gig, but we just had the best day ever. So who did you get married to?

I got married to Mark. Lovely. So talk us through the day and the evening. And how much of the interaction was there between the Sam Fender band and you? So we got married on Saturday day. We had a lovely ceremony. We had a lovely kind of smaller party. And then we headed over to Liverpool where we were going to have a nice private dinner, a little bit of chill time before our bigger date on Sunday.

We bumped into the bands on their way into Sefton, when they were going to Sefton Park and they were lovely. They made us feel like the celebs. And then when they got back,

from the gig. They came to the bar. They all congratulated us again. We had some more pictures. It was just very surreal. That's so nice. Yeah, because that's the thing that you, whenever we go and do a big weekend, people are always surprised to see the artists in the wild because obviously they do all have to go to wherever the location is and they have to cram into whatever hotel they can get hold of. And people are like, oh my God, you're here.

oh my god that means you're oh my god you're doing that's Johnny Blue Hat yeah but Johnny Blue Hat is a very recognisable man and hat isn't he yeah the hat seems to be welded on it was on before it was even on the stage did you have chats with Sam

We did have a chat with Sam. He came straight over when he got back and told us all about his gig. And yeah, it was crazy. It's like a dream that you tell people happened, but it actually did happen. Well, we do believe you because you've sent me the photos and I can see with my own eyes that those photos are real. And did he have a nice time on stage? Did he enjoy headlining? Because the crowd loved it. Yeah, he had a lovely time. He had a lovely time.

And we're really excited because we get to go and see him. We're going to West Ham. Well, the London Stadium in a couple of weeks. And you told him about that and he was excited for it and all the rest of it. Yeah, yeah. They're just a nice bunch of lads, aren't they, that lot? They are.

They are. They really, really are. And congratulations to you and to Mark on your wedding. That sounds like a little extra bit of gloss on the wedding. I'm sure it was an amazing weekend anyway. Absolutely. It's kind of a double Sam Fender situation, so I'm going to double it. Hang on a second. Let me just do this one second. It was a double Sam Fender discussion.

MT, congratulations. Are you honeymooning now or what's going on? We're literally just about to head to Cyprus for our little honeymoon. Where we'll just be lying in the sun and resting. Have an amazing time. Well deserved, I'm sure. And then on the 10-minute takeover, we had a surprise request from one of our favourite listeners. I want to revisit some fun stuff just to cheer us. And when I think of funny callers...

There aren't many funnier than Owen, who shot to fame about, I guess, maybe 18 months or so ago. He was on everyone's rubbish. First of all, second pallet of eggs that I lift up, I cracked the whole pallet. 10,000 eggs. Oh! Everywhere. I'm sliding around the back of the lorry like Bambi on ice. I've got egg all over me. This is Owen, who famously smashed 10,000 eggs when he was delivering them, and I just felt like we wanted to...

Play a bit of that today. And in fact, you know what? I'm just going to call him. I'm going to call him and see how he's doing. Because he actually changed jobs from the egg delivery to something else. So let's call him live. Calling Owen the Eggman. Because I found out something special about Owen today. Owen, please pick up. I'm trying to call him. Hopefully he's in range. Hmm. It's not connecting, which is strange. Let me try again. There we go.

Greg James. Owen, you're live. How are we? Happy birthday to you. Oh, stop it. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, Owen, who smashed 10,000 eggs. Happy birthday to you. Oh, Greg. Yay.

You're amazing! As a valued member of the Radio 1 listenership who wanted to sing you a proper happy birthday. I'm red like a tomato. If I could get it to you in time, I'd bake you a cake made out of 10,000 eggs. Oh, stop it. I wish you would. That's a large cake, isn't it? It would. Large, large eggy cake. Yes. So, how are you celebrating your birthday? What's going on?

Heading up to Galston actually right now to be honest with you. To do what? Going to go to the beach, maybe some arcade, some food. And how's life? Everything alright? Are you still driving buses? I'm still driving buses, yeah. Kids are on half term at the minute and the year 11's just had their leavers day so yeah, it was quite fun.

So famously you went from smashing 10,000 eggs to being trusted with driving children around. Tell me about it. Owen the Eggman is now Owen the Bus Driver. I love that you're Owen the Bus Driver. Is it a full rebrand? Do we have to stop calling you Owen the Eggman? Do you know what? After listening to that, I don't think you can. No. I don't think I could ever live it down. That's the right answer. We need to keep calling you. You will forever be Owen the Eggman who smashed 10,000 eggs.

I feel privileged to be known as that. Well, I'm pleased to hear that you're doing well. Have a great birthday. So you're just going to chill out this weekend, this week, are you? Exactly. I've booked the week off, so I'm going to do not a lot. Great. Well, enjoy the beach today and have a lovely birthday, Owen. We love you. Thank you so much. It means a lot, Greg. Well, it means a lot to us that you're still listening and you're still being fun and you picked up the phone and everything. I'm not on Radio 2 yet. I'm only 30.

No, you can stay as long as you like, my friend. Absolutely. My knees might need some WD-40, but that's about it. If you like fun stuff and new things, you're in the right place.

We're going to play a song for you. So what do you want to hear? What should we go for? I would love to hear Maggie Rogers, Alaska. You're a sensitive soul, aren't you? 10,000 eggs aside. Alaska is a beautiful song of Maggie Rogers. I'm a very sensitive soul. This is and that's one of the reasons we love you, Owen. Have a great day. Thank you so much, Greg and everyone else. Final choice on the 10 minute takeover for Owen the Eggman, Alaska, Maggie Rogers.

Radio One's All Day Breakfast. And there you go, that's today's breakfast show. Thanks very much for listening. I'll be back with you tomorrow. We're going to dive into the unpopular opinion box that was left on the site of The Big Weekend and people just dropped in their unpopular opinions. So we're going to go through some of the best ones of those tomorrow. Plus, big guest news. I'll tell you about that in the morning.