Arielle Free’s Missing Ring!
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BBC Radio 1 Radio 1's All Day Breakfast with Greg James. Hello and welcome to Wednesday's Radio 1 All Day Breakfast podcast. It's the 5th of February. Remember, remember, the 5th of February. And today's show, we talk bananas, we talk telescopes, we talk rings, we do all the latest things, we have a quiz with a man called Alex who likes cricket and...

That's it. We've got news about a hunk. And news about a hunk. Well, I can just tell everyone the news. I'm really...

Unruly pigs as well. And unruly pigs to start the show. Yeah, so the hunk news is that tomorrow we're going to have actor Leo Woodall on The Breakfast Show talking about Bridget Jones and doing unpopular opinion. So that'll be really fun. And we started the show, yes, with pigs. You ever had a pig in your garden? I have not ever had a pig in my garden, no. That's because you don't live in Norfolk. Residents in a mid-Norfolk village have had their lawns ruined by escaped pigs.

The Little Porkers, excellent work, there it is again, have been tearing up front gardens in Garberston, just south of Deerham. Big up BBC Radio Norfolk, which is where I did my first load of work experience. There you go. I love how specific that was. It was almost the specific street. I like it. Well, that's why BBC Radio, that's why BBC Local Radio is so good. Disorderly swines...

Run riot. Ripping up the turf. Yeah, they rip up the turf on the gardens and all the locals are up in arms. We couldn't believe our eyes when we opened the curtains last Monday morning to this. It's just completely destroyed our front lawn. I love the Norfolk accent. Do you hear the way she says open? Yeah. Open. We couldn't believe our eyes when we opened the curtains last Monday morning to this. It's just completely...

Our front lawn. Why has Newsbit not doing this? It's a good question. I know we need to be talking about the pigs in Norfolk. Yeah, because they've gone there and they've miked them up. I reckon I found the source of the problem in Garverston. Here are some of those little piggies that have been digging up those front lawns. We're being schooled. Do you know, they don't sound that little. Little piggies. Little piggies.

Well, we are being schooled by Radio Norfolk here. When's the last time you had a pig on your news?

I had a cow on not long ago. When did you have a cow? When did you have a cow? That was a couple of years ago, probably. A couple of years ago? Yeah, I know. They had a pig yesterday. Well, I was in a field trying to get a cow to moo with a microphone. And it's quite hard to make a cow moo because it doesn't talk back to you or anything. So, you know, it's a tough thing to do. I was mooing at a cow trying to get it to moo back. Can you try and get me some livestock on Newsbeat by the end of the week? OK. Right.

I'm making a note on my phone. Hold on. Livestock. Any livestock. Work to do. Livestock.

Just as I want, you know, I want Newsbeat to keep pushing themselves. Yeah, OK, livestock and news. I reckon I've found the source of the problem in Garverston. Here are some of those little piggies that have been digging up those front lawns. That pig is the size of a horse. Oh, yeah, someone's tipped us off about Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 talking to a man called Dick.

About the pigs. Dick in North Sparningham, Norfolk, maybe you're nearby, this, these marauding pigs, Dick. Oh, come on. He knows what he's doing. Does he know what he's doing? He knows what he's doing. Dick in North Sparningham, Norfolk, maybe you're nearby, this, these marauding pigs, Dick. Yeah, good. And then I gave a big shout out to BBC Norfolk, which is where I did a lot of work experience when I was at university. Went and answered the phones on Canary Call.

Canary Call was what they did after the Norwich City game. You used to get really irate Norwich City fans calling up, you know, Nigel Worthington's useless, we should get him out, get him out, put me on the radio. We didn't put a lot of those people on the radio because they were sort of swearing and stuff, but we had a nice time. Those were the days. So that's that. Pigs done. We since heard that they'd given me a shout out on Radio Norfolk. Isn't that nice? That's full circle. That's the circle of life.

Next up on The Breakfast Show podcast, let's take you to Nottingham now. It's now time to revisit a mystery. Thank you to all of you for reminding me this month. But also thank you to Catherine who first brought it to my attention. Morning, Greg. Just checking you across the mystery bananas in a Nottingham village story. Someone's leaving them on a plate in the village. So it's by the side of the road, just a plate of peeled bananas. And no one knows why. Yeah, mystery bananas in Nottingham.

I needed more. The mysterious plate has appeared on the second day of every month in the same spot in Beeston for more than a year now. Neighbours have tried to investigate, but no one has been able to find out why or who is leaving the fruit. So obviously we wanted to launch an investigation. On the second of every month, a plate of bananas, mystery bananas. To help my investigation, I called on...

A very serious broadcaster from Radio Nottingham called Harry Stevens. Harry was on just a little under a month ago. So what we know is that for over a year, 16 to 22 bananas have been appearing on a street corner in Beeston. Gave us all the information he could at that point. We're not sure who's doing this. None of the residents know. People are saying it could be witchcraft. It could be a cultural offering. Is it for wildlife? No.

No idea. And we hatched a plan. I think what we need to do here is an old-fashioned stakeout. I think we need to watch. Someone needs to be watching that plate just to see. We need to get out there on the first because if this person strikes again on the second, we need to be ready with maybe, in my head, a big net to catch them. I am going to be staked out overnight whether or not I'm allowed to. I want to see this. Now, look at your calendar. It's the fifth of the month.

The second has been and gone. Did another plate of bananas appear? What were the results of Harry's stakeout? Well, Harry Bananas is back with us this morning. Harry Bananas, good morning. Good morning. Give us an update, please.

But they did appear again on the 2nd.

They did, yeah. We have photographic evidence. They were back. And actually, it looked like a few more. Normally, there's about 20. I think there was slightly more. So, yeah, maybe they're getting even bigger. 20 is a lot of bananas. It's a lot. It costs a lot of money, wouldn't it? Yeah, it's expensive. So, the stakeout then. How did that go? Did it go? Did anyone do it?

Well, not to my knowledge. Not to my knowledge. I don't think anyone was there literally the whole night. Harry, Harry, Harry. Promises haven't been kept in the investigation. Out of my control, Greg, I'm afraid. So we didn't even see who put the plate down? No, we didn't. So it's still a mystery. I've got to wait another bloody month now. Ages. We need CCTV on this. We need... What's the buzz? What's the beast and buzz? What's the beast and banana buzz?

They're just absolutely loving it, I think. Yeah, I mean, I spoke to someone who had delayed the day they normally go shopping just to get a glimpse of them. So they normally go shopping on a Friday. They decided on this particular day to go on Sunday morning to try and see the bananas. They didn't.

See them sadly. Someone I know who I saw boats who came three and a half hours to have a look at them. So yeah, people have tried their best to get a glimpse. But sadly, as I say, they weren't there. Surely somebody was watching. Surely a postie, someone delivering something. 9.30 is classic delivery time or like someone starting work on a nearby property. Surely, surely somebody saw something, Harry. Yeah.

It's a very sleepy, sleepy place. You know, I've been there quite a lot over the last month. And yeah, it's a sleepy, quiet family place. So yeah, no one was known to my knowledge was looking out. But maybe maybe someone will get in touch with me and say they were. Hey, look, perhaps, Harry, perhaps I don't even know if I believe this myself. Perhaps the joy is in not knowing who's putting the bananas down.

I kind of agree, yeah. I mean, I would like to meet them, but yeah, it is very exciting nonetheless, isn't it? Yeah. Well, look, the mystery continues and therefore so does the investigation. Harry Bananas for now. Thank you. Thank you. Scott in Glasgow is getting involved and says, Greg, we need to unpeel this mystery. Yes, we do. If we all bunch together, says somebody else, we'll get to the bottom of it.

And there is another message from someone saying, are you intrigued at the banana person because there's clearly someone else out there with the same mental age as you? Feels like an insult, but actually it's a compliment, so thank you. And yes, of course that's why. We need to find out why. If someone's leaving a plate of bananas, that person is definitely fun. But I do think maybe there's part of this which is, you know, you don't want to catch the tooth fairy. You don't want to see Father Christmas.

Maybe I don't want to see the Beeston Banana person. Maybe, I don't know, maybe I do. Dom, good morning. Good morning. How are you? I'm well, thank you. Greg, how are you? Yeah, pretty good. Where are you calling from? Good. I'm currently in Matlock as a delivery driver, but from Derbyshire. From Derbyshire, okay. So not a million miles away from Beeston. So what can you tell us? Well, just listening to what I heard then, I've got suspicions of this Mr. Banana Man. Mm. Um...

So you think that the person that I've asked to help with the investigation is actually the person that we should be looking for all along? He was. Or Bananas. He did. He was chuckling, wasn't he, a little bit today? Maybe he wasn't taking it as seriously as... It's a good...

Let me see if Harry's still there. He's not there. Could it be? It would be a great double bluff. Okay, Dom, leave that with me. You've maybe turned the whole investigation on its head. Richard the Farmer says you need to put up motion sensor wildlife cameras, Greg, then you'll spot them. Yeah, should we get Springwatch involved? Let's get a pack of them on this. They've got those sort of night-time cameras, haven't they? The infrared ones. That's what we need. Yeah, Callum in Bournemouth says I think he knows more than he's letting on.

Old Harry Bananas. Keep an eye on him. I will keep an eye on him. You've planted that seed in my head. Thank you. Ricky Manchester says, if only they were planting some clues. Lovely stuff. Thanks. Simon's in London and says, have you noticed how the location where the bananas are found at the corner of Abbey Road and Windsor Avenue is blanked out on Google Maps? What? What?

There's another working theory here. Rich on the M1 says Nottingham Trent is known as being a bit of an arty university. There's lots of art projects and things. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a student doing some sort of ironic art project. Well, we've all fallen for it in a glorious way if that is the case.

Either way, we don't know. No one knows at the moment. Well, well, well, one person knows. And now, let's welcome back Arielle Free. You just gave me chocolate for breakfast, so I'm buzzing. I miss being here at this time of the morning. Loads of, loads of, always treats, especially when Vanuri's here, the queen of snacks. Oh, I don't think I could do, what is it?

It's like a wheel of chocolate. It's a venereal speciality. It's a massive... It's like, imagine an Easter egg. Yeah. But it's a biscuit. But it's like a wagon wheel, like a zipped up... Full size. It's like a... With wee biscuit bits in it. It's like a proper wheel for a... It's slightly bigger than like a buggies wheel. Yeah. Big. Big. Big hollow... Big hollow biscuit.

Vanuri's Big Hollow Biscuit. Now, Arielle, what a treat to see you. Saw you in the office the other day. I like your old school Radio 1 t-shirt too. How do you like that? Vintage. Yeah, Bella found it for me. Is it actually real? Because she loves it. Is it from the 1950s when you first started? Yeah, it was from the era that I joined. I actually think it's from like 93. I do remember the old jingle. 97 to 99 FM. So I like... Radio 1.

Do you remember that? Yeah, of course. Of course I remember it. But I love old tat. Yeah. Especially old radio tat. And Bella loves trawling for fashion stuff. And she saw this and was like, oh, you like that? Keeper. Snog one invented that one. She's a keeper. Ah, that's what she is. I'm pleased that you brought up my wife. Yes. Because that is what I wanted to talk to you about today. So I saw you in the office the other day and I said, we need to get you on the show so we can do some fun soon because we miss you.

But you then told me a story and I was like, that has to be on the radio. That has to be on. So do you want to tell everyone? Where do we begin?

I mean, this is like the most rubbish of everyone's rubbish, rubbishing ever. So I got married nine months ago. I think I've talked about it quite a fair bit. And everything was lovely. I had the best day of our lives. Still actually really sad I don't have a big party to organise this year. Anyway, the beginning of 2025 has been an interesting one. Treated myself to a wee manicure. Wasn't trying to spend in January, but here we are. And I often take off my rings and put them on my necklace so I don't lose them.

And as I took off my wedding band, I noticed something inside. Something inside that I've been wearing for nine months that basically isn't my wedding band. And the reason I know this is because it says in capital letters, T.

T and R, 20th of the 7th, 2024, which is not my wedding day and not mine or Georgie's initials. No. So you're married to a lovely man called George. Yes. And you're called Ariel. Yes. So you are A and G. A and G. Not T and R. No. And you got married in April. Yes. Right. You happen to be a bit Sherlock Holmes this morning. First bananas, now rings. I know, but I can take another investigation on.

But I think this is twofold. We want people's, everyone's rubbish stories about rings. Oh, yeah. I think there'll be so many. The wrong ring, you forgot the ring, whatever. Do you know when I first realised it, I said to George, I was like, I think I've got the wrong wedding band on you. Well, it must be your fault. It must be when you do Pilates. You must take your rings off when you do Pilates. I was like, I'd put my rings off and pin it in a bowl to do Pilates.

It's glass. You just don't take off your wedding band, do you? No, it's not a free-for-all at the end of the session. Just take a ring. We'll see each other next week anyway. Hopefully one fits. Yeah. But that's the thing, actually. So this fits perfectly for you. Yeah, and...

And it's the band that got put on my finger on my wedding. That's the wild bit for me, is that you didn't realise in April, during your wedding, that you were wearing someone else's pad. Not that I want to palm off the blame. One responsibility that George had for the wedding, the wedding rings. So yes, let's trace it back. If he's going to start pointing the finger, then it's actually on him. Yeah. So he was adamant.

that he took the rings out of the box when he collected the wedding bands and inspected it. It's since transpired that we know the ring was actually made for someone else.

could he have gone, yeah, sort of looks like an A? He just didn't look, let's be honest. He just went, oh, they look great in the box. Brilliant. So we do know that this band was made for someone else because we phoned up the chiller and said, did you marry, did you make bands for someone called Tina? And they went, oh yeah, Trigger.

How do you know that? Right, so we've got names. We think it was Trigger. I'm sure he said Trigger, yeah. So this is the thing. We want everyone's rubbish stories to make you feel better about this because there'll be so many great ring stories. But the other thing is, I think we can find the person who's got your ring. I have Googled it. I found two weddings in July, on the 20th of July, that was T&R. But one was in Hawaii and one was in Massachusetts. I'm not quite sure that's the one I'm looking for.

20th of July, 2024. If you got married on the 20th of July, does everyone need to check their rings now? This is four months after my... Yeah, check. Everyone can check your rings. Check your rings. If you got married in July, you might have Ariel Free's wedding ring. That's mad. Yeah, A and G is you're looking for in that one. So A and G we're looking for. And... If you are, T or R. T and R.

So yours wasn't good as well. Check your wedding... Can you check your wedding band? I could. It's very hard to take off. I've got quite fat knuckles. I can't get over it. It's a bit... But no, but I know this is mine. Oh, watch. Now I feel like you're going to lose your ring. Hang on a second. Oh, it's horrible. Hang on. Okay. No, we're good. There's nothing in there. No. It just says...

lovely snooki pants. That's what we got engraved. I should have said that to everyone. Is that your nickname for Pella? We're safe with that one. Okay, let's play Teddy Swims and then we'll come back with some Everyone's Rubbishes. And look, who knows, we might find your ring. Everyone inspect your rings. That's a great one.

If you're a T and an R and you've got an A and a G, then we need to do a little swap here. More Everyone's Rubbish with Ariel Free next on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. Okay, Shannon's in Cardiff and says, I got married on the 20th of July, which is when this other ring that you've got on, T and R, but she says it's not me. Okay. But one down, she says. One down, more people to go, but it's good to tick them all off.

What else have we got? Let's get some voice notes. David, what's he saying? I checked my ring after maybe wearing it for two years and in it says King Will. My name's David. King Will? Oh, so I'm not...

only one oh no this is this short but he's managed two years but jewellers have got a difficult job because you know one gold band is that a nickname is David a nickname William no Will no Bill Bill that's it my name's William David for short yeah

Jess? I had my dead grandmother's wedding ring on when I was on holiday and I was in the sea and I wanted to see if I had a bit of a tan lately and the ring flipped off my finger and ended up at the bottom.

Oh, no. Oh, no, it's like Titanic. No. Oh, no, it wasn't a ring, was it? It was a jewel. It was a necklace. A necklace, yeah. A very fancy necklace. Lost the engagement ring on a private beach at a fancy hotel in Scotland. We had metal detectors, sieves from the kitchen, everybody out looking for it on the beach, hands and knees. The absolute disaster. Did we find it? Eventually. We were the last sieve. Big industrial sieve from the kitchen. Industrial sieve. Industrial sieve.

I like seeing those people on beaches with their metal detectors. I do wonder what they end up finding. Well, there you go. So, can I ask a question? Do you think the ring that you've got, is it of greater or lesser value than the one that you've got? I'm just interested in sort of, you know, weight of gold-wise. I don't know. I mean, it's lovely. It's nice. It hasn't been bent out of shape yet, so it feels quite sturdy. Is it as nice as the one that you were going to get? Well, I think it's...

This is the thing. It's exactly the same. I think they just engraved the wrong name on it. Oh, so you think it might be your ring, but it's just the wrong people? But then what I need to know is whoever T and R are, if they've got my wedding band, if they've got my initials and theirs, or if this was just a bit of a faulty, this was a faulty one in the line. We're going to find out. Or maybe they never got married and it was just...

Well, that would make sense, but the wedding date is four months after mine. So we would never have known that in April. He hasn't just given me... Because it says 2024, so he's not just given me one that someone gave him back the year before. She'll never notice. I mean, I didn't. Get in! Gregory. Gregory.

Good morning. You're on with me and Ariel Free. What's everyone's rubbish story? Can you make Ariel feel better? Yeah, I think I can, Ariel. My wedding ring lasted less than 48 hours. Oh, why? So I was trusted in buying my own wedding ring. I didn't want to wear jewellery. My wife was insistent. Wedding ring was a must.

Oh, no. Oh, no.

He didn't even make it to the honeymoon. No, he didn't even make it to the honeymoon hotel or the private beach or anything like that. Yeah. Have you replaced it? Twice. Twice? What happened the second time? Again, could have. I misplaced it. You can get wee nubs put on the inside if they're too big for you. They're called sleeping policemen. Oh, right. I think so.

I'm sure someone told me that. Like speed humps? Yeah, like speed humps in your wedding ring. Right. Yeah, so I've got inbuilt ones. Yeah. They're called my knuckles and a wedding ring that fits.

But yeah, I did find the second one that I lost. Oh God. I've got a backup. Whoever has though, I mean, if they got that melted down, probably got a good couple of sandwiches out of it. Yeah, that's true. Gethin, thank you for being on. We've got Rachel in Dundee. Hi, Rachel. Hello, Greg. Hi, Ariel. Hi. Go on then, Rachel. What's happening? Oh my gosh, are you Rachel as in TNR? No. No, you're not. No, I can't help you there, Ariel, but I can make you feel a bit better. Go on.

I once swallowed my wedding ring.

How does that happen? No, come on. How does that happen? There aren't actually many people in my life who know about this, so I can't quite believe I'm telling you this. I was watching the telly soon after I got married, which was many years ago now, and I was just fiddling with my ring and somehow, suddenly, it wasn't there and I realised that I'd swallowed it. What? Yeah. What? What?

Okay. Hang on a second. Hang on, hang on. Can I ask? Don't ask. Well, I need to find out. No. Did you retrieve it? Don't think about it too hard. But yeah, I did monitor things for a while. I did retrieve it. And I now have it on my hand.

Can I... Look, it would be... It's a missed opportunity to not ask. Yeah. How did you... How did you do it? Well, without going into too much detail, the guy before was talking about using a sieve on the beach. Well, I used a sieve. No! Okay! I think we've got to quit now. I don't need to do any more. You did not use a sieve. Are you joking? LAUGHTER

Are you serious? I'm serious. Yeah. I had to get it back. Just the vision, the image I have in my head right now. No, don't. Don't even. Don't even. Please tell me you do not have that sieve anymore. No, we did throw that away. Thank goodness. Wow. You've actually, for one, I don't think I've ever seen this. You've actually made Greg James speechless. Yeah.

I can't stop thinking about it. Sorry about that. It's the practicalities of it. I think that's probably peak rubbish, though. Yeah, you win.

Do you feel better about yours, don't you, Ariel, now? Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to plan to swallow my ring anytime soon. Rachel, thanks for your honesty, and I imagine you're going to get some phone calls from your friends now. I think so, yeah. You're welcome. All right, have a good day. Love you, bye. It started well, and we were happy to see her, and then it ended with the woman doing a poo into a sieve. You never know where life's going to go, do you? You never quite know. It's a real...

Practicality is a bit interesting. Can we just open it up to the rest of the gang, please? Because, um... Uh, Vanuri, you had an interesting take, didn't you, on this? What would you have done? Uh, I don't think I'd have used the sieve. I'd have got some rubber gloves. I was going to say poo in my hand, but I probably wouldn't have done that. You're leaving soon. You're fine. Poo into something and then just use... A bucket. A bucket. And then just use the gloves to fish through it, essentially. Mm.

It's like Play-Doh, really, isn't it? It's Play-Doh. Can I tell you something that might change your life? And it changed my life when I heard it. It's a plumber friend of mine called Nigel, Nitro Nigel. And I said, how do you deal with all that, you know, mess? He was like, ah, you just get used to it. And he was like, it's just me, isn't it? Oh, God.

Tom's a vegan. And I went, and I said, that's worse. You've personalised it. That's last night's mints. It's worse. My thoughts about the bucket versus sieve. Yeah, please step up. Go to the mic, it's not five live. Sorry. LAUGHTER

I did quite a big... Love Five Live, by the way. I'd also done quite a big lean back as if I was about to impart some deep wisdom. Yeah, come on, you. Just about crapping in a bucket. The crapper invented by the crapper. If it's easier to get a new sieve than it is to get a new bucket. That's true. So I think it might be easier. I think that's a great point. To go in the sieve. You can get a bucket for a pound.

Where are you getting your buckets from? I'm not trusting that bucket for a pound. The handle, that is snapping off. You do not want that handle to snap. Good. I think I'd go, I think I'd go serve. Henry, welcome back from holiday. Hello. I bet you've missed this. What would you do? I was thinking about this. It depends on consistency. I won't elaborate, obviously. You don't know before you... Tonight...

You feel that? No, no, that's true. Because obviously you can't just mash it through. That's enough of Henry. Susanna, anything to add? You don't have to add anything if you don't want to. I think I'd take it to a patch of woods.

That's interesting. Nature. Every time that you needed to go, you'd need to find the woods. I only go in the woods. LAUGHTER

I'd believe that. Yeah, if there was anyone on the team where it's like, they only put in the woods, I'd go, yes. You could have... Is it... I want this to be a compliment. I don't know if it will be. Go on. But if you were to tell me that you were raised by wolves, I'd believe it. You know that. You know I was born and raised in the woods, in the forest. I get that. I get that. So bedraggled. I get it. No, I would take it to the woods and... You say it, is that you? Oh, you're taking...

You're taking it to the woods. You're taking yourself to the woods. Do you know what? I haven't thought that part through, but what counts is that we're in the woods and it's on the ground. And then I would do a sort of, you know, watering can situation. You're going to be there for so long. To dilute it and then see if anything pops through. Yeah. That's what I would do. Okay. That's good to know. Like you would with a dog. Yeah, to wash away the remnants. Yeah. Sometimes I have to do that. I have to go back home to get a bottle of water.

To go and wash the pavement. Well, I want to wash the pavement for people. Yeah, that's nice. Can we do something more wholesome? I gave you a song to listen to while you were walking to the phone shop. Yeah, I loved it. Beautiful. I liked it. Really nice. It was a good...

I don't know how to put this, but I didn't lock into it in a big way. It was just on and it was sort of washing around me. I think that's it. So the band are called... So basically Susanna needed a song because she was taking her phone in and was worried that she didn't have any music to walk back from the phone shop. So she needed a song on a spare phone that we've got. So I put that song on and it's a song by a band called Rolling Blackout's Coastal Fever.

And it's called French Press and it's really nice. But it is quite wafty and airy and Aussie. Set an ambiance. Yeah, nice. It's about an argument between brothers. Is it? All right, that's good. I think we've rescued that just. And I think if everyone tried to listen to that song now, I think you'd have a better day. And the song's called French Press. Yeah. Maybe that's the answer to the poo situation. Oh, Tom! The bar has been lowered again. What, are we putting our cafeteria? We've just got an hour left. I mean, weirdly, it would work.

It would actually work. Yeah. All right, then. Thanks for ruining that. Next up on today's Breakfast Show podcast, it's time to talk about space. Let's float off into space. Andy. Hello, Gregory. A.K.A. Sean Moondez.

We got you on... When did we get you on? A couple of weeks ago, didn't we? What were we talking about then? Remind me. It was a big event. It was the Planetary Parade. Yes, the Planetary Parade. And we talked all about, you know, telescopes and all sorts of things. And you actually gave me an idea. Because I said, look, in all my years...

I've been obsessed with space for a very long time. A lot of people are intrigued by it, of course. At a young age, you sort of go, what's this? Maybe there is something bigger than us. And I couldn't believe that I'd never owned a telescope, not even a little tiny one. So I got you to recommend one to me. The big news is, Andy, it's arrived. Amazing. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

So you sent me a link to a... I mean, it's pretty big, I've got to say. Yeah, yeah. You said you wanted to see Mars. This is the kind of telescope you need. Yeah, so that's going to be my weekend this weekend. It arrived a couple of days ago and it arrived... It's hard to hide. You know, you might hide certain things from your partner that you might order that they might not necessarily be totally into. Very difficult to hide a telescope, it seems. Yeah.

And Bella's reaction was, well, I can't swear on this show. But she said, what the is that? And I said, my mate Andy told me to get a telescope. Blame him. So I've thrown you under the bus. That's all right. Sorry, Bella. Yeah, this is me being a filthy enabler. But this is it. I thought, you know what? I haven't got kids. I'm going to spend my money on things that make me happy.

A telescope. And have you got this one? I haven't got this one because I have a previous model. So I had a look at what you can see with this. And I think you've got an absolute belter of a telescope. So I've got an upgraded version of what you've got. And you're a stargazer. Exactly. So this weekend, what can I look at?

I think you should probably start with the moon and look at some of the craters up close. Because when you look at the moon, you'll see a couple of white dots and those are the craters. But with the telescope you've got, you can really zoom in on them and you can see something called the central peak.

If the crater's big enough, it has this little mountain in the middle of it. So you'll be able to see that from the Tycho crater and probably the Copernicus crater. Those are the two big ones you'll be able to see. I'm so excited about this. I'm so, so excited.

It's important to hold on to those things that bring you childlike joy, isn't it, Andy? Yeah, exactly. When you've got the hang of it, and I think this month is the month to do it because the skies are clear and Saturn is in the sky at about 7, 8 at night. When you're used to the telescope, you will be able to see the rings of Saturn. This is good.

So maybe we could arrange a time that we could all be looking through our telescopes. What's a good time? Maybe Saturday night. How about that? Saturday night is a good night or also towards the end of Feb because there will be another planetary parade then. Will there? Mm-hmm. And I'll be ready with my scope. Exactly. Okay. Well, Joanna, are you free on Saturday evening to stare through telescopes?

I am. I am indeed. What's a good time? What's a good time for stargazing? I think probably about eight o'clock because the sun is well behind the horizon there and the skies are clear to really increase your chances. If you can, schlep the telescope all the way out to a park or somewhere with a nice dark sky, you'll be able to see so much more. Yeah. All right. I'll do just that. So eight o'clock. I'll see you there. I'll see you in space. Yes. See you there.

So the central peak, and we're looking for the craters on the moon. Yes. Andy, thank you for enabling me. I'm really excited. And we'll catch up very soon. And I'll send you off. Off you go. Fare thee well. Speak to you on Saturday, Andy. See you then, babe. Goodbye. Bye. Bye, Sean.

Great man is Andy slash Sean Mundes. And I'm looking forward to our little telescope date at the weekend. Next up, let's get you up to date with all the latest things. Radio One Breakfast. All the latest things. And let's continue with the Grammys and talk about Kendrick Lamar, who had a huge night on Sunday. He took home Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song and Best Music Video for his Drake diss track, Not Like Us.

Now, a lot of people have had a lot to say about this, including MJ on TikTok, who...

has gained a very important life lesson off the back of this. Kendrick Lamar won the Grammy for not being the best version of himself, for being an absolute, unhinged, unhealed menace. He made one guy's life absolutely miserable. Yeah, he won a Grammy for being a menace. And therefore ending the beef, surely. I mean, that's it. If you win a Grammy for your diss track, that's the end of it, isn't it?

So what's MJ suggesting here? I want you to consider that inspiration. Think about what you can do if you are not the best version of yourself and you put that hating energy towards one of your goals. Have a great day. There you go. Be a menace. Stay toxic in the style of Claudia and Tess on Strictly Come Dancing. And keep being toxic.

So Kendrick is doing the halftime show at the Super Bowl, which takes place this Sunday with the Philadelphia Eagles facing the Kansas City Chiefs. One of the big names for the Kansas City Chiefs is Travis Kelsey, who is also the other half of Taylor Swift. In an interview ahead of the game this weekend, he was asked a very important question. What is your favorite Taylor Swift album? Torture Poets, of course. I might be a little biased. Now, I got a lot of heat earlier from...

inside the studio and also from everyone listening because I said that's no one's favourite Taylor Swift album. Producer Amy is a huge Taylor Swift fan and I'd like to ask you the question, what's your favourite Taylor Swift album then? I told you if you said that again I was going to come over there and I will go down there. Okay. Well, okay, let's park that for after the show. You can punch me then. Great. But what is your favourite Taylor Swift album? Hard to quantify. They're all my favourite. They're my children. And that's in no way creepy. No.

The interviewer also chanced her luck with this next question, and she asked about this, which actually has been on the lips of all Taylor Swift fans for a long time. I can neither confirm nor deny it. That's about Reputation TV. Now, is that happening, Amy, Reputation TV? I think it's happening in

happening in February due to the coffee cup Easter egg. There's loads more to explain there. But I can neither confirm nor deny. That means yes. When people say I can't confirm or deny, that means yes, basically. So he also got some advice to people who aren't Swifties. Who's not a Swifty? And that's the advice. Staying in America and Billie Eilish sat down with Ariana Grande for an intimate conversation about Ariana's role as Galinda in Wicked. This is a nice collaboration. Ladies and

Now Billie has proved how far back her fandom for Ariana Grande goes. Having a look at some of her old YouTube comments, they go back to 2014.

She once said, "I used to call you Ari to my brother," and he'd be like, "Don't call her Ari. You don't know her." But now they do know each other. It's very sweet and very wholesome and very LA. Someone asked if they would ever do a collaboration together. - We do need to do that though. - We do need to do that. - She has shows. She's saving. - We're vocal resting for now. - So that looks like it's gonna happen when they finish their vocal rest. And with that, you're up to date with all the latest things. And from the things to a quiz. Alex, good morning.

Morning, Greg. You all right? Very good. Thank you, Alex. Always nice to have a fellow cricket fan on to bore everyone with. Oh, absolutely. Yeah, they love it at work when I'm talking about the cricket. People nod off here as well when I do that. You've got to find that person. You've got to find that person. And luckily for me, that person is producer Tom. And he's in it so we can bore people together. Sounds good. At least you've got someone. Yeah. So you're so obsessed with it that I've heard that you try and play cricket between lessons to unwind. Mike, that's exactly what I would do if I was a teacher.

Yeah, occasionally if the students are getting changed, me and Jordan have a quick over, but it's rare. I wish it was more, to be honest. What do you bowl? Do you bowl sort of little? Usually off-spin, yeah. Usually off-spin. Usually bad batters bowl off-spin, don't they? So that's me. Lovely loopy stuff. Okay, well, that's good. So cricket credentials, you seem to have passed the test there. That is good. How are you feeling about the quiz today, Alex?

I'll tell you what, it's gone up in school and the nerves are definitely there with how well Sarah and Jordan have done.

So many people at school coming to me saying, your pressure's on, you're going to be in trouble, loads of things like that. So there's a lot to live up to, isn't there? Well, let's look at it in terms of cricket. So the openers have done well. Okay, so Jordan and Sarah have 15 points each. That's a solid base for you to build on in the middle order. And you need to go and get a big score here. So I reckon you could...

Like a 15 or a 16 would be amazing, Alex, and I believe in you. Okay, well, I'm going to let you believe. I hope so. Just play the ball. Don't play the quiz. Okay, just play every ball as it comes. Here we go with yesterday's quiz. 90 seconds on the clock. Do we have some dingers? Yes, we do. Okay, here we go with question number one. Miley Cyrus shared an Instagram post congratulating which artist on her Grammy Award win for her album Cowboy Carter?

Beyonce. Correct. We're off. Two-time Grand Slam champion and former world number one, Simona Halep, retired from which sport yesterday? Tennis. Correct. A trailer dropped for the new Fantastic Four movie. But what are the Fantastic Four? Superheroes or stressed out accountants? Superheroes. Correct. It was the birthday of which social networking app creator? Mark, sorry, who did he...

Facebook. Correct. Which member of Rizzle Kicks came on the show to do Sit Down, Stand Up with me yesterday? Jordan Stevens. It was. Research showed that foxes eating human food is keeping their population unusually high. Make a noise like a fox eating a plate of lasagna. Very good. Two points for that. Which singer announced she was releasing a remix of Please, Please, Please featuring Dolly Parton? Sabrina Carpenter. Correct. Who was on the quiz yesterday?

Sarah. Yes, Lisa from Blackpink posted a new photo for the next season of the White Lotus. But what is the White Lotus, a resort or a bakery? Resort. It is. Queen's Park Rangers faced Blackburn Rovers in the championship yesterday, but who won?

Queen's White Rangers. QPR did, yes. It was National Homemade Soup Day yesterday. Name me a favourite soup, please, Alex. Leek and potato soup. Oh! For one night, Warrington Wolves are changing their name of the stadium to honour which local hero and world darts champion? Luke Littler. Correct. The theme for the 2025 Met Gala was revealed as superfine, tailoring black style. Which city known as the Big Apple is it hosted in?

New York. Yes, it was Gigi Perez's birthday. But what is her number one single called? Sailor Song or Baller Song? Baller Song. No, it's Sailor Song. What time was it yesterday? This time. 7.19. Yes. And which Tootsie Slide rapper kicked off his tour in Australia? Drake. That is correct. And that is the end of the quiz. Good. Very good. I don't know if it's enough to get past 15, but it's good. There was one wrong.

You got 16. Oh, my God. Wow. Really good. Wow. Wow. Was there a bit of bias because you're a cricket fan? Probably yes. I appreciate that, Greg. Thank you. No, it's okay. We've got to stick together. 16 points. Really good. So, look, there you go. As we said, you've built on what the openers did the last couple of days. And in the middle order, that's what you need. You're the engine of the batting line-up.

Yeah, well, I can go into school and actually not leave my office. Well, I can leave my office today now and walk around. Yeah, you can. You can walk head held high like sort of Harry Brook or something. You've done great innings there. Yeah, that's it. Alex, thanks for being on. We'll probably catch up with you again on Friday for the final, all right? Yeah, great. Thanks, Greg. And there you go. That is the end of today's Breakfast Show podcast. Thanks for listening. Thanks for getting through it.

And I'll be back tomorrow with more. As I said, Leo Woodall on The Breakfast Show, plus loads of other fun stuff as well. So come back for more then. Bye-bye.