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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. BBC Radio 1. Radio 1's All Day Breakfast. With Greg James. Hello and welcome to Thursday's Radio 1 All Day Breakfast podcast. Today, my God, have we got some good stuff for you.

I can't remember it off the top of my head because it gets erased as soon as I finish it. However, I can remember that Tom Grennan turned up. We also had, oh, I've got it now. I've got it. Ask the Nation. Unbelievable argument with the breakfast team. We did yesterday's quiz. We got you up to date with all the latest things. We had some more Yule things, sort of family Christmas tradition-y things.

And one other thing. One other thing. Oh, Justine! We spoke to Justine to step into Christmas. And also we spent a lot of time Googling Shaking Stevens. Oh yeah, and we got obsessed with Shaking Stevens. And I mentioned Hitler as well. So a real wide-ranging show today. Let's get into it and start at the beginning. Hello! Good morning! Welcome to...

So another Thursday is upon us. Hi Callum. Morning. Thank you Dean McCulloch for earlies and welcome to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. Yes, he's right, there is an argument afoot.

A vicious row has erupted on The Breakfast Show. We're going to get to the bottom of that after 8.30 today for Ask the Nation. Things are going to get tense in here, Callum. A bit of Christmas tension. It's like being with the family. It's good to see you. So now after 8.30 today, we're going to be stepping into Christmas with Justine just after 8.15 this morning. A nice little Christmas throwback from her.

in just a bit. All the latest things at 10 to 8. 10 minute takeover at 9. We're going to be joined by Tom Grennan after 9 o'clock today. He's going to come and help us do Thursday. Oh good. Oh that'll be good. Hey what are you what are your plans today? When are you getting down to the big smoke? Oh yeah I've got to get a train later. It's the big breakfast show Christmas curry. It is. A lovely annual tradition. Nice isn't it? The my favourite curry house keep calling me.

They're panicking. Do they think you're not turning up? We've got a booking for 15. There's a few extras that are coming along. Two days before Christmas, holidays break up and everything. But they're going, are you sure you're coming, right? Yeah, I've told you twice and I came in the other day. I'm good for it. I'm good for it, don't worry.

So I can't wait to see you. What's your order tonight? Come on. Do you know what? I've not had a butter chicken for a while. Okay. And I know it's a bit classic. It's not too adventurous, but I really like a butter chicken. I've got a song for you that I started singing on the way into the show. Okay. And I haven't tried it, other than just saying it out loud. It was the only one that really fits with anything you can get in an Indian restaurant. Wait for it. Feliz Navidad. Feliz Navidad. Feliz Navidad.

I wanna get you a massive bodgy I wanna get you a lovely boona And that's all I got. It's okay, but you know what? It's a start. I will be singing this to you constantly when you arrive tonight from six o'clock. I'm looking forward to the musical entrance. BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Shall we re-evaluate the lyrics of that in the...

Cold light of 11.30. I wasn't here. Can I hear it? Sing it for me. I would, but I do need to get to the dentist. Oh. Okay. Feliz nanny dad. And then I've got lunch. Feliz nanny dad. Tom's doing it anyway. Feliz nanny dad with a booner and a tikka. Yeah, it makes me glad. I want to give you a massive bargy. See, that sounds filthy. Yeah. Doesn't it? I don't know how to feel. I want to give you a massive bargy.

No one should know about the eyebrows he just did to accompany that lyric. Speaking of facial hair...

Let's get you up to date with all the latest things and we'll play the second catch up today because there was a discussion about moustaches. Radio One Breakfast. All the latest things. Let's get you up to date with everything and Timothee Chalamet has been spotted with a brand new moustache. Big news, guys. In an interview with MTV, he was asked what his nearest and dearest thought about it. Are you enjoying the moustache? Are people in your life enjoying the moustache?

If they're being honest with me, yes, but who knows? It seems like you have hesitation. You feel like you don't believe your friends and family. I do. I do. That interview has got a great laugh. It's interesting, isn't it? It's nice that... It's sort of reassuring that one of the most fancied men on the planet, one of the most adored men on the planet, is still a little bit in crisis over a moustache.

Producer Tom just asked me if I'd ever tried to grow one. And I actually haven't. And I think I'm going to do it over Christmas. He's put the idea into my head and now I really want to try it. So I think I've got a couple of weeks off.

I'll come back in January. Well, realistically, what can I get in Jan, do you reckon? I think you get a fairly solid... It's not going to be that bushy, but it'll be... Yeah, it's not going to be twirly. No, no. That. You don't want it to look sort of Hitler-y, do you? No, you've got to be careful. You have to be careful with these things. It's a fine line, isn't it? It's a fine line between fashion and fascism. You know what I mean? Yeah.

Anyway, let's move on, shall we? Jeremiah Asiyama has been getting up to mischief in the Radio 1 office. Jerry was dressed as Father Christmas and shouting Jerry Christmas at everybody. He jumped out at Molly King and Matt Edmondson. And it was actually quite terrifying. He jumped out on me. Santa Claus is coming in.

- Whoa! - Oh my God, you're right. - I am the biggest crier ever. - What is going on? - Merry Christmas! - He didn't recognise me. - No! - That was him scaring Vic, Katie and Jamie as well, and Vic Hope didn't recognise him. So that was quite devastating. But he's a terror, is Jerry, in the best way. He didn't stop at Radio 1 either. He got one extra as Remy Burgs and her producer as well. - Merry Christmas!

- This is crazy. - That is more supposed to just jump out of scare, man. - When he jumped out of me, I swore at him and that didn't make the video, surprisingly. Next up, Billie Eilish has done her annual Vanity Fair interview. The series of interviews started in 2017 when Billie was just 16

and answered questions about her life and her growing social media following, relationship with her family. Every year since then, she's done the same interview. This is the eighth time she's done it and it was released yesterday. How's her year been? I surpassed 100 million monthly listeners and then...

Now I am the most streamed artist in the world on Spotify. I released my album, went on tour again. I made so many new friends, adopted another dog. It's been a friendship-filled year. Yeah, start with the dog, I think. The dog's the main thing, and then the number of streams is sort of by the by. Honestly, I've been listening to a lot of Lady Gaga, like old Lady Gaga. It's so good. Alejandro and Poker Face and...

G-U-Y and Born This Way. I think we should listen to some old Gaga, don't you? Radio One Breakfast. And then Charlie Hedges popped in and we had more of a chat about that and I stopped talking about Hitler by that point. I'm going to grow a moustache over Christmas.

So what do you reckon? I don't know. I've never done it before. And we played a clip of Timothee Chalamet sort of being a little bit shy about his moustache. I've never tried it. I don't know why I haven't. Do you want me to do it with you? If you want. I can. I just leave the veep for a week. Leave the veep for a week. Do you want to have a Tash comp?

Tash off. I'm worried because I don't know if I can grow one. I think you're... I think I can a bit. I do think you're going to look a bit... What? Filthy? Yeah. I worry. It's a little bit Anchorman. Oh, okay. See, now, yeah, now I'm looking at... Do you know what? You could pull it off. I don't know. We'll find out. So are you going to come... When's the first show back? 6th of Jan. So will you come back with a tash? Well, I'll come back with whatever I can muster between now and then. No beard? No beard.

I don't think beard. I think just tash. I can't look at you. In my head, why don't you get a sharpie and just draw one on so we can have a little look. Well, look, I'll show you. Let me get... I can use this Toblerone wrapper. Yeah, go on then.

I don't know. Imagine that, but not gold. Yeah, I don't know. But listen, it's worth a go. I think so. Nothing else to do over Christmas, is there? True, you're an attractive guy. You can pull it off. Hey, thanks, Charlie. You can. You'll be all right. And you're a very handsome woman. I thought you were going to say man. Thank you so much. And you're a very handsome woman with that lovely moustache over there. It is only two days. Thank you so much. We've got a game on our hands here. All right, so deal. First show back. Well,

We'll compare moustaches. All right. Do you mind if I just do it today? Because I do need a little top up. And then from tomorrow, no veet until the new year. Okay, great. Next up on The Breakfast Show, looking forward to those moustaches, by the way. January the 6th. Don't forget. It's the new January 6th. It's moustaches. We're storming my top lip. LAUGHTER

Make Greg's live great again. There you go. Yeah, next up, let's do Ask the Nation where we all got cross with each other. For the final time this year, let's fall out with each other. Ask the Nation. Oh boy, it's going to get tense in here. Like a traditional family Christmas, the Breakfast Show family has a rift running right through the middle of it.

And I'm worried. I don't know how we come back from this. Susanna, good morning. Good morning. Even the good morning sounds like she means business. Good morning. I've got an advent calendar in my hand here. This is the team advent calendar. It's Toblerone. It's delicious. It is. Other advent calendars are available, obviously. Came in the other day. All the doors that had been opened had been closed. I was like, who's done this? What madness is this?

And that fell on you, Susanna. Mm-hm. And it fell on you, Vanuri. Yeah. Good morning. Good morning. Ready for an argument? Ready. Let's go. She's quite scared. Who else is with me? Amy, you're with me, aren't you? I'm completely with you on this. This is bizarre behaviour. What's Tom doing? Someone's got to be Switzerland here. It's boring. Yeah. Come on, get off the fence. So...

I'm strongly doors open. You open the door, you let the light in, you keep it open. Keep it open because it shows progress. You can see which ones haven't been opened. Yes, I know there's a number on there, but it's hard to find sometimes. You can see where you see the progress of the month, Amy. That's the point, the progress. The month we're getting closer to Christmas. Why on earth would you close the doors?

Why would you leave them open? It looks horrible for starters. It's so flappy. I'll tell you what looks horrible. Weird, half-opened, punched through doors that are closed up again. No, look how neat that is. I don't want it to look neat. And then also, you go looking for your next day, you get to read the numbers and use your brain. You're not just like, you know, process of elimination looking for the ones that are still closed like a baby. There's no progress here. Yeah.

I think that looks great. I think it looks neat. It's clean. V, back me up. No, I'm with you. You were saying all the right things. So you're closing your advent calendar even at home? Yeah, even at home. What? I just don't understand, Amy. Yes. Greg, do you have siblings? I do, yeah. Vanuri, Susanna, do you have siblings? Yes.

Now, when I was younger, my brother used to go through my advent calendar, eat the chocolates way ahead and then close the doors again to trick me. Oh, there is some long sadness in having those doors shut because I know that my brother has eaten some of them and I'll be surprised with sadness in December. What is sad is that he did eat some from the end of the month and closed them back up again. You're the bad sibling. So every day I've had to come in and...

and reopen all the doors. So I'm currently doing it now because they've been closed up again. And they will be closed again. No, they will not.

It's less aesthetically pleasing to have them closed. It is mad. That's not true. That's not true. Absolutely mad. It shows you the year is ending. Thank you. Take a look at yourself now, Greg, in that little mirror thing. Yeah. Look at that. What? With all those big, horrible, flappy bits of cardboard sticking out. It looks disgusting. It looks great. You're disgusting. You're disgusting. You all disgust me. 03-700-100-100. What side of the debate are you on?

Let's take this to a proper phone-in. Ask the nation. Oh, boy. It's a big one today. Big, big one. An argument from within this room, which is usually very harmonious, very silly, but it is all like a load of siblings hanging out and we get cross with each other sometimes over very silly things. Today, it's advent calendars. Vinuri, put your case...

To the public, please. What should we be doing once we've opened an Advent calendar door? I think you should close the door. I think it looks nicer, it's neater, and it's more of a game. More of a game. Don't bring games into it because you know that could sway me. It should. Amy? I think we should leave the doors open. That's just how Advent calendars have always been. Yeah. I'm with you. So will you. I've just spent the last...

few minutes opening this properly each door just to make sure just to make my point it looks so much nicer how many have you eaten well we're up to where are we up to we've already hang on we're at 19 I think someone's has someone eaten 20 no no we're good we're on course we're on course I just had my birthday one which someone left for me which is very kind but 20 is the next one and we're and we're good we're good to go

What are the listeners saying on Ask the Nation? I'm divided in my own being, so I can't bear the messiness of leaving the doors open. It really irks me.

But equally, how are you knowing where your next number is? Exactly. Lee? It's definitely a door closed kind of thing, Greg. Yes, of course it is. Claire? Greg, you always leave the door open of an advent calendar so you know that you have opened that door and it's easier to find the door that you're looking for the next day. Right, so, so far it's going with us, Amy. We're good. Liam, good morning.

Good morning. I'm going to watch City now, Greg. Don't do this to me, Liam. It's Christmas. Come on. I'm team close the door. What's wrong with you? Were you born in a barn? What's all that about? And then you get the extra excitement of closing the door after you.

I wonder if it's something to do with what Safina's saying. Listen to this. Greg, it very much depends on what the picture on the Android calendar is. If it's an actual picture of something, the door should always stay closed. Sometimes you can have little individual pictures.

on the doors. And in that case, it's acceptable for it to leave open. Otherwise, always close the doors. Yeah, but this one, a chocolate advent calendar doesn't tend to be that deep, does it? It's a Christmas tree. It's Father Christmas' face. It's a triangle Christmas tree like the Toberman one. It doesn't tend to be a nativity scene. I can sort of understand, I guess, if you're opening a door and it's Mary's face. You might want to put Mary's face back in place. But apart from that, I don't see...

Well, what's the... I just don't get it, Liam. You need to see the progress, no?

We haven't got time for this. We're all knackered, Liam. All I want is to wake up. I want to wake up. I'm clattering around the kitchen at five o'clock in the morning. I want to know that there's a bit of chocolate behind a bit of cardboard and I want to just get in there quickly. That's all I want.

You don't want it enough, Greg. That's what it is. I don't want you enough. Fade him down. Merry Christmas, you filthy animal. Have a good one. More voice notes. We go with this one. Opening it, then closing it. Nah. Thank you. God, I don't know where we are on this. It's pretty divided, isn't it? Sarah, morning. Morning. What would you like to add here?

I'm going to throw in a new one here. So we open the door and then we carefully tear the door off using the perforations. And then it's neat. It's neat, but you can see progress as well. No. No, no, no. You've just got gaping holes. The perforations are there for that purpose. You get to see the little picture behind the chocolate. You've got your progress, but it's neat. There's no flappy doors. It's perfect. Perfect.

Guys, huddle up, huddle up. Can we all round on her? Can we all agree that that's wrong? Yeah. I'm a hater. You hate that? Okay. I'm sorry, you're wrong, Sarah. I'll take it. We're happy with that in my house, so we'll stick to that. But this is good because you're unifying us through a mutual hatred of you. Absolutely. So Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to you. So we're not saying rip it off at all. Kirsty, hi. Hi.

Hi, morning. Go on, what's your thoughts? Definitely, you've got to leave the doors open. They look so wrong if you close the doors. Yes. If you're really a neat freak, sorry, Sarah's idea worked, but we never do that. We just leave the doors open. You ruin the excitement of looking at how few doors you've got left otherwise. Yeah, thank you. Thank you. I don't know what... Merry Christmas. I don't know where we are now. I feel... I actually feel more angry. More angry.

If I'm riled up, it's like listening to LBC. You start caring about something you don't really care about. I care. Okay, I'm not saying I don't care. The resolution is that everyone's Christmas is weird to someone else. Do what you want. Maybe next year we should get individual advent calendars. Because on my watch, I'm keeping the doors open. But I understand, and this is growth.

I understand that what I like isn't necessarily what everyone else likes. And can we agree on that? No. No, they're wrong. They were wrong. I like it my way. I tried. Can we agree that Brenda Lee's amazing? Yeah. Okay, well, let's listen to Brenda. I've never seen so many messages from Ask the Nation.

Ants in Canesham and says, Greg, here's a solution. Open the door, tear the door off, eat the door. As you look at the others in the eye. All right, I'll do that. I'll eat the door. I'll eat the door. Susanna, come here. Already says, I'm going to rip off. What door should I rip off? Your birthday. Birthday, 17. Happy now? Oh, God, he did it. Oh, no. Did he actually do it? No.

Oh, no. It sounds dry. Clammy. Oh, it's so dry. You all right? No. Are you happy with yourself? You probably should have done a risk assessment for this. I didn't think you'd actually do it. It's not going down. Don't swallow. No? No. No, go on, finish it. We'll get you a tissue. Like Barney eating a chew. Go in. Okay. It's not going down. It's not going down. No. What maniac suggested this again? Ant. Ant. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant, you're crazy. Ant

I'm going to play some music over this. Oh, it's really not going down. I couldn't do 24 of these. You don't need to swallow it. I'll do a 10-minute takeover. Do I do a 10-minute takeover now? Play one. Yeah. And now, it's time for yesterday's quiz. Here's Beth. Beth, good morning. Morning, Greg. Good morning.

You OK? I'm all right. I'm good now. I've got rid of my cold. How are you? Yeah, not bad. Thanks. A bit tired, but... Well, it's that time of year, isn't it? Everyone's a little bit of a mess at this time of year. So what are you... Tell us about you, Beth. You're in Newcastle. That's all I know. I am, yeah. Yes, I'm an event organiser. You're an event organiser. Have you got many busy Christmas events or are you sort of done?

No, we've just done the last one for the year. I do corporate events, but I used to do weddings, so that was a bit busy and a bit more exciting. You quite like the idea of a Christmas wedding. I've always thought that's a decent idea.

Yeah, I've seen it all. I have seen it all. So Beth, you normally listen to Radio 1 and you normally listen to the quiz, but you can't get enough people together, which I understand, to go and do yesterday's quiz. So Singles Week is perfect for you. Yeah, it's perfect. Yeah, I can't get normally anyone. I can't even get my friends together on weekends sometimes. Never mind. Everyone's busy, aren't they? So what are your plans? What are you doing the next few days? What's Christmas looking like?

Christmas is like, I just need to finish off the next two days and I've got a bit of shopping to do. Actually, I say a bit of shopping. I haven't really started, so it's going to be a busy weekend. I also think that's fine. I don't subscribe to the, get everything sorted. Yeah, you should be normalised. Just get it all. An exciting final weekend, Saturday, Sunday. That's all the presents we sorted out then. I think that's nice. Yeah, definitely. We have a quiz to do and Bradley did very well yesterday. Did you hear him?

I did, yeah. And I don't have a dog to get an extra point, so that won't be happening. I feel sad about that. But yeah, he smashed it. Would you ever consider getting a dog? I would, yeah. I'd love a little sausage dog. I'll give you a point for your future dog. Yes, thank you. Your future sausage. So what are you going to call your sausage dog?

I think I would probably call it Coco. I get like a little chocolate one, so yeah. Give you an extra point for Coco. I'm imagining this guy now. There you go. You got two points for an imaginary dog because it's Christmas. Thank you. 90 seconds on the clock. Here we go with your questions on yesterday's quiz. Question number one. Who was officially granted permission to enter UK airspace this Christmas with his sleigh?

Zendaya. Yes. Which TV show created by James Corden and Ruth Jones is returning this year for a Christmas special? Yes, it was on BBC Three last night. Which singer of Bad Guy and Lunch turned 23 yesterday? Billie Eilish. Yes. Tom Holland said having the opportunity to work with Zendaya is a saving grace. Which superhero movie do they star in together? Spiderman.

Yes. Christian Kist hit a nine darter at the World Championships yesterday, but can you finish the famous darts chant? Oi, oi, oi. Lovely. Two points for that, I think. Dua Lipa said Adele messaged her with advice ahead of her headline slot at which festival held at Worthy Farm?

Yes, Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh were on the show yesterday. What retro item did they buy for me off my phone? A lava lamp. Yeah, it was a lava lamp. Alessia Russo helped scored to help Arsenal beat Bayern Munich in the UEFA Women's Champions League. But what country is Munich in?

Spain. No, it's a gel! Oh my God, it's a disaster! Olivia Rodrigo, Beyonce and Adele are all names amongst the rumours to be singing the theme tune for which fictional spy movie? Oh my God, sorry, my head is completely gone. I'm going to stop the clock. Because it's Christmas, everyone's heads are busy. You said Munich was in Spain, that's okay, we'll move on. All you've got to do now is tell me the most famous spy ever.

Come on, who is it? It's a very famous film franchise. It was played by Daniel Craig recently. Oh, Bond. Good. Oh, blimey. Oh, my God. Point for that. It was... Good job we got some points for the fake dog. It was Christina Aguilera's birthday, but was one of her hit songs called Lady Jam or Lady Marmalade. Lady Marmalade. Yes, and in Yule Things yesterday, we talked about the things that families do during which holiday season.

Period. Christmas. And that is the end of a chaotic but fun quiz. Greg, I'm not going to live that down. It's okay.

It's a last minute gift that your friends and family can get you is a Spanish or German phrase book. Yeah, I mean, genuinely, I don't even know why that spin came out of my head. I would buy you a sort of a travel guide to Munich. Yeah. I think that's what I'd get you for Christmas. Yeah. I've never been before, but yeah, I do know it's in Germany. I really do. Just anyone out there. It was a fun quiz. Yeah. Including the fake dog, we got 13 points.

Oh, amazing. Yeah, that's great. Thank you. Thank you for being on. Have a very Merry Christmas. Yeah, thank you. We'll catch up in the new year and maybe you should book a little trip to Munich. Yeah, I think I should. Where were you getting confused? What were you getting confused with there? Pardon? I'm trying to think what the confusion was there. Munich, Madrid maybe? Yeah, possibly. I think I was going off that, I would say.

It's been a long year, hasn't it? It has, it really has. I need like two weeks off. Beth, have a great Christmas. Yeah, you too. Merry Christmas. More quiz tomorrow. Bye.

It's the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, 7.40. This is Greg James and we're doing Yule things. We love to celebrate families. We do mum things, dad things, nan things. Christmassy things with the family. So many we got yesterday. A ridiculous amount of messages. So we had so many to roll over to today. We thought it would be a shame not to. Zoe, good morning. Good morning.

Welcome to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show and Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. So what's going on then? What's your Yule thing with your family?

So our thing is if we get new clothes, we tend to get changed into them straight away. So we can go from our pyjamas into our best dinnerware straight away. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. It started with me and my sister and it has rapidly rolled down to my nieces and nephews.

So, yeah, we'll be sat around in our pyjamas and then all of a sudden we'll be in our best new gear. It's great. Actually, a similar thing happened yesterday.

at my birthday a couple of days ago so I went I saw mum and dad we went for dinner and mum got me a couple of she was like I'll get you a couple of little bits I don't need anything she was like I'll get you a couple of little bits what do you need and I'd said that I wanted some new gloves for cycling in the winter and so she got me cycling gloves so at the dinner table in the restaurant I put the big gloves on because you just get excited you get excited getting new things isn't it

I'm 34 now and you can guarantee if I get clothes in the morning when I go around and see my parents I will be in those new clothes. Yeah, of course. And then obviously because I'm annoying I did a bit where I was trying to pick up things on the table with my big gloves and I couldn't do it and the knife and fork. So this is good. You should get into the Christmas spirit with that. Well, have a good one.

Steve, good morning. Morning. Where are you, Steve? What's going on? Are you stuck in the storms? Well, I'm in Devon at the moment. I was supposed to get to Bristol last night, but never mind. Oh, no. Is it all stormy? Is it your way? Well, it was last night. Yeah, it was quite horrendous. Yeah. Nice excuse, though, just to stay at home, isn't it? Well, I'm a manager and I sound all right. Yeah. Steve, what's going on?

Steve, what's your family-based Christmas Yule thing? Oh, well, my dad, it's very annoying when it's Christmas films, but what he does is he sort of puts a film on and then falls asleep and then probably wakes up about a minute into the credits and then starts whinging about it. And then another one is when you're watching a Christmas film, he is asleep and then he'll wake up five minutes before the end of the film, get the remote control and then turn the channel over. LAUGHTER

There's a lot of problems with communal viewing, isn't there? There's a lot of issues with this. The one that I mention every now and then, it's when you're sitting with your family and you've got... There's always somebody in your family who does the... Oh, what's he been in? Who's that? Oh, that's... He was in... That's it. That's what's her face from Happy Valley. What's she... I'm like, mum, they're actors. They're actors.

They don't just do one role and that's it. Unless you're Adam Wood, yeah, and you're Ian Beale. You don't just do one role and that's it. Exactly that, yes, yes. I'm looking forward to all the Christmas specials and they go, oh, what's she been in? Who's that? I recognise her. It's when he tries to ask what the plot is when you've never seen the film before.

What's going on there? What's he doing? What's exactly... What's he doing so good? And they go, well, why did he say that? I don't know. Maybe we should all watch the end of the episode to work it. I'm sure someone's thought about it. I'm sure someone who wrote the show has thought about maybe explaining all these weird things and that's why it's a good drama. And at that point, that's when he changed his channel. Yeah.

I don't understand this. I don't understand this. Who's this? Who's that now? Who's this now? Anyway, all right. Well, enjoy your Christmas, Steve. It's going to be very stressful for all of us, isn't it? I know. Yeah, Merry Christmas. And regards to your reindeer. And mine to yours as well. Do we have all shaky?

Danny's in Cardiff and says, here we go, Greg, my annual message to you to tell you that my nan used to date Shakin' Stevens. I've been looking forward to this one. Thank you, Danny. Give my regards to your nan. Why is it funny? It isn't funny. It's just a man, isn't it? Shakin' Stevens is just a man. Nan's just a lady. But why is it funny? Why is it funny that you used to date Shakin' Stevens?

What was the little groan for? Young Shaken Stevens is hot. He's fit. Young Shaken Stevens is fit. Yeah, he is fit. Of course he's fit. Of course Shaken Stevens is fit. He's got a wacky name, but he's still hot. He's so fit. I hate when you say he's so fit. He is. Yeah, everyone's Googling him now. Hey, your nan's done well there. Well, depending on what age they both... Anyway, let's not get into that. Hmm.

Stop. Stop searching photos of Shaking Stevens now. How many have we got? Give us another good one. No Instagram. Oh, yeah, that is good, yeah. It looks moody in the lights. Sinead's in Crystal Palace. Morning to you. My mum makes us sing Happy Birthday to Jesus as we put him in the nativity scene on Christmas morning. It's very cringe, but we secretly love it. That's the thing, though, isn't it? All these traditions, they're weirdly comforting. You'd sort of be lost without them.

I'm still thinking about Danny's nan. I can't lie. And also everyone texting in saying, is it just me that's singing the Mike the Merry Christmas Magpie version of this? I'm so sorry for infecting this song. And also infecting your phones and your cars and your TVs with the BBC Sounds photo today.

Gab in Newcastle says my Apple CarPlay screen is zoomed in with a massive picture of your face. It's so large, it's like I am driving home for Christmas with you. Well, in a way, I guess a lot of you are. Tom Grenham was my special guest today and we thought we'd put him to work and get him to do Thursday. But before that...

a chat. It's Tom Grennan. Hello. Morning. Morning, how are you? I'm good. Nice little free Christmas treat this. Yeah, man. It's nice to see you just before Christmas and getting in that spirit. Very nice to see you. We're going to play your live lounge from earlier in the week. Very, very good, by the way. Thank you. Very good. Thank you. And you could be, you're in the running for Christmas number one.

I am in the running for Christmas number one. It's crazy. We followed the tattoo storyline this week. Yeah. Which we like. Whereabouts? Can you show me whereabouts? A lot of people think it's fake. On my life, it's real. I believe you. It's on my leg. I don't know why anyone would think it's fake. If people know you, Tom, they know that you are... Oh, yeah, it's on your thigh. It's on my thigh. Yeah. Yeah.

If people know you, we've known each other for a long time. I know you're committed to the bit. Committed, man. Has to be. There's no way that it would be a lie. No. A showbiz lie. So if you get number one, then you'll tattoo, what, your own face? I'd just get me. But obviously if Wham, for example, win it, which they probably will, I'm going to get a picture of George Michael on my leg, I think.

Yeah. I think it's win-win. I think that's pretty cool. It's win-win. It is win-win. So you'll put your own name or your own face on yours? No, I'm going to just put me. It's got to be your face.

It'd be good if it was. So will it be George Michael's face on your leg? Yeah. I think that's great. I actually want George Michael's face on my leg anyway. So this is quite nice then. So this is kind of like an unexpected big hit, this song. Yeah. You're just like, oh, just on a Christmas song, end of the year, you've had an amazing year anyway. Yeah. This is like a little cherry on the top. Definitely a cherry on the top. And it just really like makes me excited for 2025, but just tops this year.

really, really well. So yeah, I'm buzzing. Official chart tomorrow. That is the Christmas chart. That is the Christmas chart, yeah. Official Christmas chart tomorrow from four o'clock. Make sure you're listening. Jack Saunders will be counting down to the Christmas number one. So Wham, Mariah, and you. Yeah. Pretty nuts. Big. I never thought I'd ever have a Christmas sandwich with...

Wham! And Mariah. But I'm in it. And I'm the filling. Shall we play it? So let's talk about how this song came about then. So It Can't Be Christmas is the name of it. It Can't Be Christmas, yeah. Obviously, I've done it with Amazon Music, so it's exclusively on Amazon. And they asked me to write a Christmas song. So I was like, cool. I'm in LA, left home,

let's write a Christmas song in the heat. Got in the spirit really early. But we ended up writing like three or four Christmas songs and had to pick which was my favourite out of the four. And this one just felt really classic. It felt just very, very like me. And I thought if this song is as good as I think it is, it could not only do well this year, but hopefully...

it can live it can live around for a very long time so if you've got three or four i've got a christmas album in christmas the new buble you're looking at him christmas comes around every year this is the greatest trick isn't it yeah if you've got a christmas album oh mate you've got golden oh you're flying mariah i know she only comes out it's time you know right now we're going to do a thing called thursday i think you'll like this well were you were you out last night what were you doing

I had a show in Birmingham. Okay. It was like we're doing pop-up shows around different cities. Nice. And then we stopped off in Coventry. Oh.

You like Coventry. We do like Coventry. We know that. So I saw a few friends in Coventry, went into an Irish pub and had a few Guinnesses. That's nice. Which was lovely. That's actually one of my favourite big weekend memories was you in Coventry in the Coventry shirt. Yeah, man. That was a real amazing moment. That was an unbelievable show. Because that big weekend in Coventry was the first one back after the pandemic as well and everyone was very excited. We came out on a horse. It was amazing. It was a big one. So...

I think you're in the mood for Thursday. Definitely. It's Christmas. We're letting our hair down. Definitely. And we are going to play... Normally what we do is we play a big...

And then we've got a load of voice notes from people that are excited about the weekend or Christmas and they're going to just say their thing and then go. So it's our job to join in on the ways. I'm ready. I love a way. The song. I'm worried about this. Why? Because it's Bass Hunter. I like Bass Hunter. Yeah, I do. But. Are we ready? Yeah.

OK, here we go. Less than a week till I'll be scoffing pigs in blankets. Whey! Joe! Greg, I've just labelled my last batch of bottles for the year. Whey! Successfully shooed two sheep out of my garden this morning. Whey!

Going to Adi Pali to watch the dance. See you there. Daisy! I'm on the way to Sheffield to see my twin niece and nephew. Last day of work tomorrow until the 6th of Jan. Christmas holidays have started and we're driving home for Christmas. Woo!

Let's go again. Day off work, prepping to go shopping at Lakeside tomorrow with my best mate. Woo-hoo! I like a slow build one. Yeah, me too. Woo-hoo!

I'm Grace and today's my last day in the office before I break up for Christmas. Whey! Finishing the year with two half days. Ten o'clock finish. Ah, fantastic. It's my last day at uni before Christmas. Whey!

Oh, Bass Hunter. How do we feel after hearing Bass Hunter? I'm in the mood now, man. I'm ready for Christmas. He's bold, isn't he, Bass Hunter? Because he's sort of changed. He's changed the classic. Yeah. Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells. I've never heard that version of Jingle Bells, by the way. Have you not? No. Wow. I'm into it. Of course, I'm a Bass Hunter fan. Yeah. This is my last year of the work before Christmas. Woo! Woo!

Wahey! Nice one, Will, from Warsaw Beth. I have one of two staff dues tonight. Can't wait to get absolutely on it. Wahey!

Mine and my wife's first Christmas married. Oh, yes. It's your first Christmas married. Yeah, buzzing. Oh, my God. I made a mistake earlier this week. I called your wife, your girlfriend. The amount of text messages are like, oh, really? It's his wife. It's his wife. It's his wife. It's his wife. It's his wife. You idiot. I'm sorry. I forgot temporarily. All good. She won't mind.

But she's your girlfriend as well as your wife. Yeah, man. It's the same thing. Kids were sick all week and now they're back in school and I'm free. And today is my last day in work until April. Let's have one more. My friends with benefits is now going to become my girlfriend. Woohoo! Woohoo!

Wow, wow, wow. Go on, boy. Oh, that is nice. Who's this? This is Adam. Let's dig into that. My friend with benefits is now going to become my girlfriend. Wahey! It's a Christmas miracle. It's a miracle. Oh, that's so nice. Fair play, Adam. Tom, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Love you, mate. And you. And have the best time. Thank you very much. Enjoy your first Christmas with your wife. Wife. Your wife. Wife. And...

And good luck tomorrow. Thank you very much. And more than anything, you're going to have an amazing 2025. So that's what you're going for. Thank you very much. Thank you for all the support this year, man. It's been amazing. A pleasure. And thanks for weighing with us. Weigh! And Merry Christmas! Weigh!

And the final bit of today's podcast is lovely Justine, who's back. Justine, good morning. Good morning. Oh, sorry, I don't mean Justine. I mean, everyone, did somebody say Justine? How are you? I'm good. How are you? Are you well?

I thought you were. Yes, pretty good, actually. Nice to have you back on. We haven't spoken for a while. Everything all right in your world? We haven't. It's been all year. Has it been a whole year? It's been a whole year, Greg. You've been weirdly quiet this year then, Justine. You usually come to us with some sort of nonsense. Yeah, not had much nonsense. That's okay. Although, I did text in about you doing some jelly shots.

He didn't reply. Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Sorry, I didn't reply to every single message. But Justine, well, I'll do some jelly shots over the Christmas break. How about that? Yeah. Paired with some custard. Great idea. Oh, great idea. Be the loafer. Yeah. Now, you hit fame. High, big levels of fame when you were on the show. Was this last Christmas or the Christmas before? I think it was the Christmas before. So tell us about your, it was your Is It Just Us, wasn't it?

Yes. So our Is It Just Us is that we wrap the door frame with wrapping paper, play Elton John's Step Into Christmas and then step into Christmas to get our presents. Really, really good. We've got James Corden and Ruth Jones on tomorrow, so we're going to surely have to do a... Hold on, are you asking me to step in? What? Are you asking me to step into Christmas? Step into Christmas. Step into Christmas.

So yeah, and that's a new, it's a Christmas Day tradition, isn't it? And do you remember when we talked about it? There were so many people posting videos of doing a Justine. Yeah. It was nice. I love it. And so what's the preparations like? How's it going? Good. I've just used all of my wrapping paper, so no one will be getting any wrapped presents this year because I've used it all to wrap the door. Right. So are you willing to do this now? Of course.

I'm asking you to step in. Are you asking me to step in? I think I am, actually, yeah. I'm asking you to... I'll step in! Right, let's do it, then. I want you to burst through the paper. Go for it. OK. OK. Tell me when to go. Yeah, just wait for the song just to... OK, yeah. Wait for Elton to start, and then we'll get you nice and loud. Here we go. OK. Just hold your horses. Yep. Wait, wait. Hold it. Wait. Wait.

I can hear her rustling. Here's the paper. Nearly there. Getting exciting now. I'm so excited. Ready, Justine? Ready. Go! Yay! Yay!

Step into Christmas, step into Christmas. That's the only words that we know about the song. Step into Christmas at Christmas time. Hold on, are you asking me to step in? What? Are you asking me...

to step into Christmas. Step into Christmas. It's done the trick for a lot of people, that Justine. A lot of people feel very Christmassy now. Oh, I'm so glad. Really, really nice. So Alex in Liverpool says, Greg, we do step into Christmas. This year we're going to do it with our dogs. Amazing. Oh.

Barney would love that. I think he probably would. He might need a little opening in the paper just to see that it's safe to go through. Oh, that's fine. We do that for the kids. He's an anxious boy. But I think we can get him through. I think I'll just hide some sausages on the other side.

Greg, why am I waiting in the car for Justine to step into Christmas? Because it's important. This is important stuff, isn't it, Justine? It's an annual Radio 1 tradition now. Yes. Poppy says, we do step into Christmas as well. I love it. Ben and Ash are listening in Bali and they say we need to feel more festive. Well, if that hasn't done the trick, I'm sort of out of ideas, you know.

So how did it feel going through the first step into Christmas of the year? It was joyous. Yeah, feel good. I'm very excited for Christmas now. Is the paper reusable for actual Christmas Day? I guess we'll find out. Yeah.

Justine, thanks for being on. Thanks for having me. Hey, don't be a stranger next year. I won't. Okay. I'll come in next year and we'll do Step Into Christmas all together. All right, well, don't push it. I'm joking, I'm joking. No, come on. Okay, well, let's make a deal. That could be a Christmas present to me. Let's make a deal. This time next year, we'll get you in to do Step Into Christmas in the live lounge. How about that? Oh, yeah.

You know what? I'm not singing. I don't mean you were singing. Obviously, I don't want to sing. I'm no Sprouty Claus. Thank you. But there are some good big doors in the live lounge that you can step into. You know what? That would be a dream come true. Okay, great. Well, that's the deal. So let's get it on the Rogue Promises spreadsheet now. Fabulous. Tom's already put it on there. So this time next year, you'll be stepping into Christmas through the wrapping paper into the live lounge. There you go.

Oh my God, I can't wait. Justine, thank you. Thank you. Merry Christmas. Did somebody say Justine? Merry Christmas. That's that. We're done. I've got to go and get my teeth checked and I'll be back with you tomorrow morning, seven o'clock.

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Actual Smithy and actual Nessa. James Corden and Ruth Jones on The Breakfast Show talking all things Gavin and Stacey, plus doing sit-down stand-up. It's going to be fun. Don't miss it. And I'll chat to you tomorrow. Bye. 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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