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BBC Radio 1 Radio 1's All Day Breakfast with Greg James Hello and welcome to Monday's Radio 1 All Day Breakfast podcast. This is Greg James and it was very nice to be back on. Today we had mega massive Monday to deal with. It was Nat O'Leary's turn to cause some treachery on The Breakfast Show. We tried to do the rest of the show but I kept saying the words so it was kind of a nightmare. We did get half an Ask the Nation out.
Which actually did lead to a sort of weird foot moment on the breakfast show. I was going to say foot fetish moment on the breakfast show. I'm sure there will be some people who enjoy that, that will enjoy the podcast and the visuals that will undoubtedly accompany it. Did I just say no doubtedly? No doubtedly. It's been a stressful morning. No diggity, no doubtedly.
Yeah. So what else did we do? We did all the latest things. We did a big Grammys catch-up as well. We had a new person on yesterday's quiz, a really nice man called Jordan, a PE teacher. And yeah, should we crack on? Yeah. Let's crack on with the best bits of this morning's breakfast show. So where do you want to start? I think maybe start with the start. Start with the start then. Oh, good morning! Good morning!
This is why I'm not a motivational speaker, obviously.
That's why you're doing that job and I'm doing this job. But good morning to you. And sorry about Friday, but Matt and Jerry are fantastic anyway. So I'm sure you had a laugh. And I had the greatest weekend of my life. I want to be a red arrow.
Oh no, you're still there. It's too late. Yeah. It's too late for me. Maybe one or two years past. Oh no. There's the training in it. But do you know what? You've got to sit in one. I just get to sit in one. It's more than most people can say, isn't it? I think, I still think that that's the best reason I've ever taken a day off. I think so. I've taken a day off because I'm going to go and hang out with the Red Arrows. It's pretty good. So welcome to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. It is Monday morning. We've got so much to get through. We're going to get you up to date with all the latest things.
It's... Oh, you know, because it's February, we've got... We've seen off JanSlam, but in February on Mondays, to pass February, we do Mega Massive Monday! Yay!
And today, Nat O'Leary is going to be here after 8 o'clock and we're going to do Nat's naughtiest words or Nat's naughty words. That was a good laugh, this. So she sets us words that I'm not allowed to say. If I do say those words, she plays naughty's bangers and takes over control of the breakfast show. So we'll get her on after 8 o'clock today. Looking forward to that. Also, we'll get you up to date with all the latest Grammys things. Loads of huge Grammys stories from last night in America.
Beyonce was one of the big winners. Chapel Roan as well, as we just heard in your Newsbeat. And Charli XCX got a couple of Grammys for Best Dance Album and Best Pop Album for Brat. And let's start with her.
I felt sort of weirdly, weirdly proud of Charli XCX because she's sort of, she went to school near me. Oh, you kind of feel like you're shading in the glow. Well, no, it was like, this is it. You claim these people now. You know when Olivia Colman won an Oscar? Mm-hmm. We can claim that now. Yeah, okay. We've been listening to her. We've been watching her for years. So yeah, congrats, Charli.
Oh yeah, the Red Arrow stuff was in the beginning. We could maybe do a Q&A. If you've got any questions for me, I can give you some answers about the Red Arrows, maybe later on in the podcast today. I've got so many facts in my head. My favourite fact is that they fly over, if they fly over a wedding or something, on the way to another show, they will put the smoke on for the wedding.
they will see a village fate and they'll go smoke that's so cute amazing isn't it nice I love pilots it's a nice thing to do in another life I'd be a pilot I think you still can be a pilot there's
There's still time. Probably not a red arrow because it's like military service, got to do a tour, then you might get selected. That's difficult. But I reckon, you know. Would you get in my plane? I'd get in your plane. Really? Yeah, get in your plane. I actually don't think I would, I'm sorry. Oh! No, I'd expected that, Tom. I'd get in the plane. Susanna? Yeah, I'd get in your plane. I'd get in the plane. I'd fly you guys. I'm not flying for Nuri anymore. Where are you flying to? What do we do, Long Haul Short? Barbados. You do Long Haul? Yeah. Okay.
Actually, a lot of the Red Arrows, when they finish, because for a lot of people it's the top of the tree, they go off and become commercial airliners. Not airliners, airline pilots. They go and become planes. I have so many red airlines. I'm going to start my new life as a Boeing 737. So yeah, that's good. But it's a nice example, the Red Arrows, of if you can make someone's day easily, you should. Imagine that. Good for a funeral as well, I think.
See a funeral. What colour smoke? I was going to say black. Controversial, that. Black smoke. People might think there's a new Pope. There's a new Pope. No, but I think it would be nice and celebratory to have the red arrows flying over whatever event you're doing. Do we put that on the right promises list? Red smoke is a bit... Yeah, it's a bit like you're implying. But I think the red mixed with the blue and the white is nice, isn't it? It's patriotic, I guess. Red and blue make purple. They can't mix the smokes. OK, fine. Why? Why?
different canisters. I think it's very complicated. Why? It sounds easy. I feel like I could do it. Why can't they mix it in a canister? Well, I guess you could, but it would just turn... Yeah, it would turn purple. I feel like a jet is more complicated than that. I feel like if you've already done the... You've done the most complicated bit by making something fly. They could make it work. Yeah. Yeah. That might quit quiet. Yeah. Also, so to make the smoke a bit... To make the smoke pop a bit more...
They give it the beans on the old throttle because then it goes through the... It really powers through. You know what I mean? Like the jet, the exhaust fumes and stuff really makes it pop. Do you want me to buy you a little can of red spray paint that you can spray behind your bum as you walk around your life? I would love that. I would love that. Well, that's how the whole thing started. That's how this whole...
this whole sort of love affair with them began was because on the first ever breakfast show we couldn't get the red arrows to fly over because expensive but we did get them on bikes and we put canisters on the bikes. So you have to pay for the red arrows? You pay £16,000 for each display. I thought it was free! No. I thought it would be more expensive than £16,000. I said that to them. I said it, I thought it would be more expensive. I said you're underselling yourselves. Yeah. It's all part of the service though because, you know, we sort of pay for the military, don't we? But if you want to book them for a display...
then you have to pay for them i think i could get sixteen hundred quid sixteen thousand thousand they don't they don't do private shows they just do they don't do like they wouldn't do to do one for your garden so they wouldn't do a funeral i think they're planes for every occasion depends on who's dead yeah that's true do you think you'll have a state funeral no i'd love one but i don't think that's going to happen i've just had the happiest weekend of my life i was actually sad yesterday to the point where i had to have a sleep
And Bella took the mick out of me later in the day. She was like, did you have to have a little sleep because you were sad that you missed the red arrows? It's true. I had a headache and went and took to my bed. Because I was looking through the photos and being like, oh, the lads. Anyway. Any other questions about the red arrows? Actually, you've just prompted me to ask, can women be red arrows? Yes, and they have been. Good. Yeah. Fine. Because if you're in the military and you're a fighter pilot, you are eligible. Great. Yeah. So you have to apply.
and then you get selected the team selects the next Red Arrows so it's quite a strange process so the more experienced ones all get together and they pick the next lot of Red Arrows and Red One always gets you get a three year tour as Red One and you design the whole show on paper
Not to extend this conversation, but maybe we can do that with breakfast presenters. Yes. Like you, Grimmy, whoever else was before that, you all get together and pick the next one. It's like Conclave. It's like when they pick the next Pope. Yeah. And they all vote. And then we're back to the smoke. Yeah. And then the red arrows come in and say... The purple smoke. They go, congratulations, it's you. So there you go. Their debrief's good. I thought about this for our breakfast show. When they debrief after their training missions...
They don't refer to each other as their names so as not to cause offence. So they say the number and they go, five, you were a bit baggy on that manoeuvre.
Tighten that up for the next time. Three, pretty good. Your roll wasn't tight enough. Yeah. That's horrible. Yeah, I hate that. Sorry. That feels really dehumanising. Imagine, like, after the show, I was like, oh, Amy, that sounded bad. I was like, oi, producer, sort it out. Yeah, but this is what we're saying, is that that is useful to them because they get better. So there's a... It doesn't work exactly right in this workplace, but we are a load of softies who can't take criticism. Hmm.
So there are 15 jets that they can use. There are nine that do the display. The red 10 is the guy that does all the stuff on the ground, like the commentary and chatting to the people on the seafront or whatever, but he's also a pilot. And then there's about 140 engineers. You've got a good memory for numbers. Yeah. I feel like number 10 one, that's a bit of a... You're still a trained fighter pilot, but...
You've just got to go and just chat to people at a feint. Yeah, but that's the thing. That's your job. No, but Red 10 is... But they've also been in the Red Arrows as well. So if they want to stick around and do other stuff, then they sort of become... That's them elevated up to the next level. Okay. Is number one the best one? It's interesting. The most experienced one is one of the synchro pair. So do you know how it lines up? I've memorised it. This just went into my brain and I loved it, as you can tell. So one to five...
They're known as Enid, because of the famous five. Enid Blyton. And then you've got the diamond formation, which is called Hannah, which is after an old pilot. And then six and seven are the synchro pair. So those two have got a little thing going on. They're the ones that do the close, like... Not literally, I don't think they're having an affair. They've got a thing going on. But they do the thing where they do close, like... The close pass, you know, the famous thing where it looks like they're about to crash into each other. It's quite hot. So they...
Sorry, there is though, isn't it? You know, the coolest move, my favourite move is when they're all bombing towards you and then six and seven are barrelling round the smoke around the outside. You know that? They're sort of circling it. That's what they do. They're technically the most experienced. And then two and three, they're the newest and they sit right behind the boss just to ease themselves into the new season.
It's like early breakfast. It's like a radio schedule. That makes me Red One. And I've been doing it for more than three years. I've extended my tour of duty. Anyway, enough plain stuff. Although if you like that, we can do more plain stuff. But for now, let's welcome Nat O'Leary and talk about Nat's naughty words. Mega massive Mondays. Oh, OK. Nausea words.
Worried about this. Really worried about this. It's time to bring back our first Mega Massive Monday. Actually, I need to do this properly. One second. Sorry. Sorry, Nat. Let me just do this properly. One second. Mega Massive Monday! Okay. I can see Nat O'Leary. And I like seeing Nat O'Leary, usually.
But not today, because something is afoot, isn't it, Nat? Good morning. Hello, Greg. Good morning. Hi. I'm feeling sneaky. How are you feeling? I know you're feeling sneaky. I know you're feeling sneaky, because as soon as the show started, I was inundated with texts from people saying, look at your stupid photo on stupid BBC Sounds. Yeah, so you've hacked into the BBC's system and you found a photo from... I mean, embarrassingly, that wasn't even...
I was like, I was definitely at least 21. Greg, I'm sure there's loads of people that are loving that photo right now. Yeah, so we're doing that because you're celebrating the noughties and noughties and throwbacks and stuff. So today something is happening, isn't it? Yeah, so you know me and Vicky love the noughties. So every weekend we have the noughties show where we throw it back to all of the biggest tunes. That's why we are bringing it back for Mega Massive Mondays for the 30th.
Oh, my God.
So as always, Greg, are you ready to play Nat and Vicky's Naughty Words? I think I am. Because the thing is, even if I do, it's funny for the listeners when we all mess it up and we say the words we're not supposed to. But also it's a treat for them because they get to hear big old bangers anyway. Well, this is the thing. And I've got all the bangers in front of me right now. And I'm not going to tease anything because, you know, I don't want to ruin it. But they are so, so good. But Greg, do you remember the rules from last year? I guess so.
Do you want me to just run through them one more time? Yeah, I think that would be nice. Just so you know exactly what you're doing today. Okay, so today and until the end of your show, you and only you must avoid saying two naughty words. Two? Yeah, come on. I don't remember it being two. I don't like to make it easy. Yeah, I think last year you had radio and one. Oh yeah, cheers. Do you remember? I remember now. I think what's happened here is that I blocked this out because it was traumatic. Yeah.
I feel like people do that when they're around me. It's a lot of chaos. So if you do say any of those alarms, any of those words, I'm going to interrupt you and play this alarm. Yeah, I can hear that. She's iconic. Wait, you've got to hear it all. Do you know what to say? This is my heart.
Slay. Don't you think that is the biggest slay of 2025? I think it is the biggest. I was about to say it's the biggest slay of 2025. So after I play that, I'm going to gain control of your show for 10 whole minutes and we'll play as many naughties bangers as possible. See, that's good. Yeah. And that gives me a break. Yeah, it does give you a break, but don't get too comfortable with it, Greg, because do you know what will happen if you do mess up twice? Get gunged. I mean, I wish I could get gunged. Get my head shaved. No, but there isn't... Get sacked.
That might... No, we don't want that. We don't want that. But there is a naughty's corner, okay? Sure. Do you remember the naughty corner from last year? You went to it a few times. I think people liked that a lot. I did. I was rubbish. I was really rubbish at this because saying radio and one is... That's muscle memory. Wait till you hear your words for today, hon. Okay. So I'm going to have to sit in this... What is it? Is it out in the live lounge? Yeah, so there's a little naughty corner in the live lounge. If you take a look now, they're actually building it. Yeah.
It's really fancy, actually. It's not. It looks pathetic. Can you see the white tape? Yeah, it's lame. It's lame. So if you do... But for theatre of the mind, for the listeners, my God, that naughty corner's amazing. Doesn't it look... It looks scary. No, you shouldn't think it's amazing. It's scary. It looks like something from Alice in Wonderland. You should be quivering in your boots right now. I am. So I'm not just going to make you stand in the naughty corner if you do go there, Greg. You will have to listen to something you really don't like. And this year, I'm just going to say, we have hammed it up.
Okay. Last year you had Baby Shark, do you remember? Oh yeah, on repeat. But look, I love everything. Well, you say you love everything, but I've heard there's a certain... We're not going to say what it is, but there's a certain podcast...
that you might not be a fan of. And let's just say you will be listening to that back to back, on loop, high volume, everything in your ears. You will feel part of that podcast by the time I'm done with you. I actually might have to leave. I might have to leave Radio 1 today. No, I'm not sure about that. Am I going to be the end of Greg James? Yeah, that might be. I'm not sure I can manage that.
Okay, I told you you won't like it. So basically, you've just got to not say your naughty words. Oh, no. Do you want to hear them? Is it active from now? It's going to be active from when I say it is. So in about 10, 15 seconds when I wrap this up, we're going to kick it off, yeah? So your words for this year are, you might want to write this down so you don't forget. Okay. Your first word is Greg. Oh, come on. As in your name.
And can I just, there's no variations. Can't say Gregory or any form of Greg. Just Greg, yeah? Any form of Greg. Yeah, any form of Greg. You cannot say Greg. Would you like to know your second word? Mm-hmm. Breakfast.
Right, so from now. Okay, yeah. You literally cannot say Greg or Breakfast for the rest of your show. So no BBC Radio 1 Breakfast show. No, this is Greg James. I do have to state though, Newsbeat and your producers are exempt. So, you know, this is just Greg that has to do this. But if you do say Greg or Breakfast, you'll lose control of your show. What about Greg-fest?
Breakfast shouldn't be allowed. No. Yeah, no. Strike that one. Okay. Yeah, if you do say any of those words, I'm going to gain control of your show, play my naughty's alarm and play all my naughty's bangers. So I'm going to give you like five seconds, get it out of your system, say Greg, say breakfast, and then we're going to start the timer.
I don't think I say Greg that much. I mean, I do. Yeah, OK. Right, I'm going to really, really try hard today because I really don't want to listen to that podcast. OK? OK, Greg, the game starts now. Appropriate one. Doing In Me Head by Amal and the Sniffers. So with that in mind, I tried my very best to do an Ask the Nation. OK.
and get a great caller on and just have a nice time. Ask the nation. If I do slip up and say those words, then Nat will take over and play naughty's bangers. For now, got through that first bit. Jared, good morning. Hello there, G-Fast Greg James. How are you?
I thought you were. Yes. And welcome to Radio 1. Lovely to have you here, Jared. Have you got a dilemma for us? What would you like to put to the test on today's Ask the Nation?
So my ask the nation is, when you're working in the office, are you working barefooted, socks preferable but not essential, or are you working shoe-footed, i.e. you're wearing your shoes? Yeah, interesting way of describing these things, Joe. Are you barefooted or are you shoe-footed? I am currently shoe-footed, just so you know. Yeah, I do...
I do take exception a bit to people wearing no shoes in the office. And this was to do with Susanna, who works on the show. Last week, you were... You had a... I think I called it a fat foot. But I don't think it was a fat foot. And then the listeners thought it might be gout. It could still have been gout. We don't know. Not laughing at gout, by the way. My dad had it once. So serious, gout. Just my dad and Henry VIII, the only people I know that have had gout. It's due to red wine and ham.
But what have you... What's wrong with your foot? No, nothing anymore. My shoes are back on now. But it was just a bad... It was an unfortunate morning where my foot was really hurting and I couldn't walk around in my shoes because I was in pain. I was in pain. So I had to take them off and walk into my socks in the office and I was embarrassed. So where do you sit on this, Jared? What are your preferences?
Well, I would say that I'm 90% barefoot in the office. Socks. Bare? No, no, no, not bare. No, sorry, not bare. Socks. Never naked foot. You're socked. Yeah, I'm socked. Why? Why do you do this?
It's just, it's comfortable. Like, we spend a lot of time, you know, on site in work boots or in wellies and it's just nice to come to the office and break the dogs out underneath the, you know, the office, you know, underneath your desk. You just call them the dogs? You call them the dogs? Break the dogs out, yeah.
I want to bring in Nat O'Leary here. I just want to get your thoughts on this. I'm feeling slightly repulsed, I'll be honest. Listen, I don't mean to judge, but I assume after a long day in work boots, your feet aren't going to be the nicest smelling things in the world. Yeah, they're honking, aren't they? Well, I mean, I suppose nobody would ever say if they smell or not, but I don't suppose they've ever smelled revolting enough. Are you a popular man in the office, Chad? No.
I sit right in the corner so nobody can smell my feet. A well-ventilated area. Okay, let's put it out to everybody. 03700100100. It is today's Ask the Nation. So the question again is, I guess, is it okay to wear, to take your shoes off in the office?
Yeah, I guess. How do people feel about going barefooted in the office as opposed to having to wear your shoes all the time? I just think imagine if everyone did it. It would just be carnage. It would be like primary school PE. It's just everyone walking around.
Primary school PE was plintholes. That's true. Well, that's true unless you forgot them and then you would have to do it. I remember barefoot PE was definitely a thing. Definitely walking around on a cold gym floor. Definitely remember that. Let's get some callers. Can you say hello to the caller on line one, please, Jared? Hello, caller on line one. Is your name Greg Breakfast? Hi, Greg. It's Greg. Oh, yeah. Hi. Hi.
By the way, if you just switched on, I can't say the word... Greg or breakfast. Right. If I do, then the show gets taken away from me. So, hello, caller. What would you like to add to this discussion?
So I would like to add that we are actually in our office slipper-footed. So we all have our slippers lined up by the door, coming in the morning. I'm wearing mine right now. So the shoes are off, slippers are on. Don't mind that. Don't mind that at all. I like that. I think that's really nice. If everyone had... Basically, if everyone had house shoes. That's what we're saying. We have a little thing as we walk into the building, the little storage area where we put a... Like you're going bowling.
Oh, 100%. Yeah, it's where we put our coats as well. It's like back in kind of primary school. Yeah, that is primary school. Yeah, you've all got a peg each. Exactly that. We don't have our names on them just yet, but watch this space. Great idea. Thank you, caller. Another caller. Hello, line two. Hello. Hi. You're live. What's your name? It's Greg. Greg Gregory Brexit. What's that?
Great name, to be fair. Thanks. Go on then, what would you like to add to this discussion? Yeah, we're all stock-futted in the office. Love it. What do you do? What's the office?
I'm an editor, so we work at the plain English campaign in New Mills, Derbyshire. And everyone's okay with it, are they? Yeah, we love it. It's just comfier. You can sit cross-legged. It's much better. Yeah, okay. Maybe it's a public thing I don't like. I don't like it. If I see someone's foot on a plane, I get really freaked out by it. I don't like it. And same on a train. People with their little toes out on a train. I think that's not appropriate. Do you agree? Yeah.
I do, yeah, I get that. But if you're only, your own desk, you've got your own space, yeah, go for it. You've got to be careful though because there could be a pong. You have to be careful, don't you? You've got to have queen socks on. But you would never go barefoot? No, I don't think so. Okay.
Jared, there's a lot of support for you here. Yeah, I'm surprised because when it was initially discussed on Thursday, I thought you might have subconsciously clouded listeners' judgments, but I think it's going well so far. Well, this just proves that I have very little influence. Can you introduce the other caller that's waiting around, please?
Hello, Carla3. Are you Gregory Breakfast as well? Hello. Hello. Hi, yeah, you're live. What's your name? Gregory Breakfast. And what would you like to say on Ask the Nation?
So I've only been in my office for three months and in the first week I was fully shoes off. Me and my colleagues sit opposite each other. She's my team leader and often on the phone call or something we'll have a little toe touch. Then we'll make eye contact and we'll be like, yep, that's each other's toes, isn't it? And then we'll just carry on with our day. Greg Breakfast, take the show away from me. Greg Breakfast, I don't want to do it anymore. I don't want to do it anymore. The alarm's going off. I don't want to listen to Bartlett than that. Y'all.
Mega Massive Mondays.
Nat and Vicky, Naughty Words. I'm out. Oh, you've finally done it, Greg. I'm out, I'm out. Don't leave just yet. I don't want you to go. Too stressful. I am so happy. So it was the toe touching for you. Yeah. Can I say bye to Jared? Bye. Please say bye. Bye, Greg. Bye. Thanks for that. Cheers. Thank you. Before I play my naughtiest bangers, can I just ask you, Greg, if I had to come in this morning barefooted and try to touch toes with you, how would you have felt? I don't know. I actually have no answer for that. So we would have to do like...
Perform a ritual where you'd come in and say, take your shoe off, I want to give you a present. Just want to touch your toe before I start. I mean, we could have done. I would have wanted other people to have been around, though. Because those are the sorts of things that can escalate. They can definitely escalate. And with that, let's get the naughtiest bangers on, baby. It is Natalie Leary. Now, Greg, take your show back. No, it's good. It's really good.
Your 10 minutes is done now. Okay. So your words are back in place. If you say Greg or breakfast and I take over again, got it? Got it. Let's do the 10 minute takeover. 03 700 100 100. Your songs could be on the show.
This radio show next. Can you remind everyone the words I'm not allowed to say? The words you aren't allowed to say are Greg and breakfast. Okay, here we go. The commitment from the listeners is extraordinary.
So many requests for this next song because they just want me to say the title of it. Oh, go on. What is it? It's so old. It's a song that we would never normally play. But everyone's been racking their brains and been like, oh, what's the song that's got the word in that we can't... Oh my God, I love this song. Yeah, but I can't even announce it. No, but you can. You just know what'll happen. I don't know. Do we play it?
I mean, do we think the listeners are asking for this song because they really want it or they just want to slip you up? Obviously they want me to slip up. I don't think I've ever played this song. When is this from? Is this mid-90s? I don't think I've ever heard this on Radio 1. This is not noughties. It's not noughties. It's 90s. Just think if you do say this song, Greg, I'm just going to warn you, you will end up in the naughty corner listening to your good friend...
Okay. I'm going for it. This is the 10-minute takeover. It's a good choice. It's by the band Deep Blue Something, where they're all enjoying a nice meal at Tiffany's. Nat O'Leary.
I was kind of hoping we could sing it together there, you know. Would you? It's What At Tiffany's. Would you like to announce the song title? It was, of course, Breakfast At Tiffany's. I see what you did there, you clever, clever girls and boys. Now, I can't say that word or... Greg. That word. The next and final choice on this morning's 10-minute takeover is by a very talented man with a lovely first name.
He goes sometimes by the name, if the bank is calling him, of Mr. Porter. Ah, I see what you've done here. You're being clever. Final choice today on the 10-minute takeover. Nat O'Leary. Hello. The songs have been renamed. To what? In my system here. I can't see your system, so you're going to have to read it out to me and tell me what they say, Greg. Okay. Well, that's one of the words I can't say. Oh, so there's Greg in there? Yes. So, instead of...
Olivia Rodrigo it's Olivia Rod-ree and then B and then instead of good for you it's Greg for you yes I like it see I like that everyone you know the producers are getting involved everyone really wants to help me out in this occasion would you like to guess what the Lady Gaga song's been renamed to
Greg on me. Well, it's actually... I've gone a bit hot. Those intrusive thoughts again. It's actually the other way around, so to speak. On me, Greg? No, rain on... Rain on Greg? Ooh, yeah. I can imagine lots of other people are feeling hot right now. Right. Sounding great, this. Rizzle Kiggs and Vice on The Breakfast Show! Yes! No! No!
Do you know what you've done? Do you know what you've done?
Oh, it's always when we're least expecting it, Greg. I was so into the Rizzle Kick song and I just, I relaxed too much. You loved it so much. Sorry for being relaxed at work. You shouldn't be relaxed. This is Mega Massive Mondays. It's Nat and Vicky's Naughty Words and I am here to trip you up. And you have just said your naughty word for the second time, so you know what that means, Greg. In a moment... I've been so careful. Well...
In a moment, you're going to need to leave the studio and walk on over to that naughty corner that is waiting. Let me just have a quick look. Yeah, there's some people still kind of setting up in there, but they are going to be waiting for you with a lovely pair of, is it going to be headphones, I imagine?
for Greg Ziers for this lovely podcast. You have headphones that you are going to listen to one of your favourite podcasts. I've heard you're a big fan. You know, top streamer, I would say. On continuous loop for the 10 minutes. I was just about to read out some nice message about Rizzle Kicks. That's all I wanted to do. Do you want to do one really quickly? Vice is my favourite song so far from their new album. Can't wait to hear Jordan tomorrow. So someone. Very nice. Well, we look forward to hearing Jordan. But Greg, go on, get up. Get over there. Oh,
All right. Well done, Nat. Well done. You can have your prize. And I'm going to carry on with the noughties music now. We've got some very good indie anthems for you. We've got My Chemical Romance on the way. Red Hot Chili Peppers. But this is The Kooks and Naive. What?
Tough. Very tough. And then by that point, the wheels were off. And now we're going to take it up a notch. The next punishment actually is better than that one I just had. We're going to touch naked toes. Yeah, that's way better than listening to that. Now, I don't really know why I agreed to this because I haven't had a pedicure in a while. Okay, right. So we're going to take it up a notch. Yeah. As well as not being able to say your words, Greg and breakfast, we have another word for you. A third word. Go on. From now on,
Your three words are Greg, breakfast and it. Okay. Yeah. So if you say any of those naughty words, my klaxon's going to go off. I'm going to take over for 10 minutes. You will go to the naughty corner and listen to your favourite podcast whilst touching my naked toes. You're welcome. I think get those toes ready. Ali is sad.
Ali says, I was not happy with that. You were on the brink of playing Bug by Fontaine's DC and you slipped up then. That's true. That is true. Hang on, let me play. Let's play it now, shall we? That was Jamie XX. And let's do... Oh. Oh.
I'm not going to lie. I did actually need a little bit of help from the producer because you actually just said... We've said this before. If you miss it, you're not allowed to do it. No, I've said it. We've said this before in the game. If you're not going to play your game by your own rules and you miss it, then you shouldn't do it. Greg, Greg, Greg, Greg, Greg, listen. Sometimes... I was a little bit preoccupied because I had to go to the bathroom and get ready for our toe touching, which now I'm glad we did. The one for...
The one thing you've got to listen out for is me saying it. And if you're not listening, then it should be void. You've said your naughty word now three times. That means you need to go back to that naughty corner. You need to get your favourite podcast on. No, we're doing Toes, aren't we? Yeah, and Naked Toe Touch. And the podcast. Oh, yeah, honey. Not and the podcast. Yeah, we're not messing around. I can't do more of it. No. I can't. We're not messing around. I can't do any more. I've just shaved my legs in the toilet for you. What are you talking about? What is happening? Are we even on anymore? Yeah.
Is anyone listening to this? This is Radio 1. You are listening to Radio 1, their breakfast show with Greg James and me, Natalie. I'm now taking over with Naughty's Bangers for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, myself and Greg are going to go and touch naked toes. Poor old Ali's still not going to get Fontaine's DC on. Sorry, Ali. We're about to do something very silly. Actually, this is fine for me. I feel like you're more worried than I am about this. I am quite nervous. Right, so I just want to set the scene. I'm sat very in close proximity to Mr. Greg James. I can see his face.
on five toes. But this is entirely your doing. You're curling your toes over. Let me have a look at them. That was because I was listening to that. Bring them back. Okay. For your information, they are quite nice. They need, they could do with a little pedicure. They could do with a little trim. I feel like they're in good condition. So my sock is on. I'm going to reveal. This makes me feel ill. I will reveal my foot. This is way more of a punishment for you. I know. I don't actually know why. Stop looking at my feet, you
I can't look at it. It's just a foot. Okay, here is my little foot. Now, what I'm... It's very pink. Yeah, thanks. I've just shaved my legs in the bathroom for you. There is a razor. If anyone goes into the toilets at Radio 1, there is a razor in the bin. That's probably... Actually, you shouldn't do that, should I? No, put it in the sharps bin. I'll go and get that in the sharps after this. But I did just have to shave my legs in a sink and I never thought I'd be doing that for you. Honestly, you don't need to. You didn't need to. Well, they're nice and smooth now. I even put a bit of oil on for you. Oh, my God. It's not a date. Yeah, but I didn't want...
I didn't want dry feet when I touched Greg's toes. There's a lot of jealous people in the world right now. Now, what are we going to do? Are we going to do foot to foot? What is the requirement here, producers? Amy, Suzanne? First time.
No, we can't interlock toes. Not interlock. You want to interlock toes. Do we want to hold spit? Please don't worry. I'm sweating. She's drying them with her sock now. It's so hot. If you don't want to do this, you don't have to. I want to do this. Foot up. We can just touch. Let's just do a little touch. There you go. Oh my God, look. It's like a child and her father.
You are my father. That's nice. Okay, I'm just going to curl the toes over the toes. How about that? Feel good? It feels a bit like yoga. Now my toes are bending a weird way. That was nice, though. Can we just do one toe boot? Wait. No, you've got to curl them ones down. What do you mean? The other way. So curl that big one up. Yeah, big one up. Curl the little ones down. Yeah. That was nice, wasn't it?
Never in my life did I think I'd be sat with Greg James touching his toes. And on that note, let's carry on with the naughty music. You get your headphones back on. Go back to your podcast. With pleasure. Oh, I'm all hot and bothered. Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye. I actually think Nat found that more harrowing than I did. I don't mind a bit of skin on skin. And that isn't the end of the Breakfast Show podcast. In fact, let's rewind to calmer times. And it was yesterday's quiz. One night.
Jordan, good morning. Morning, Greg. Morning, morning. Welcome, welcome to the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. You are a team of PE teachers this week.
Yes, we are. Yes, we are indeed. Very, very competitive. Yeah, I bet you are. I still feel slightly intimidated by PE teachers, even though I haven't been at school for ages. I think that sort of never leaves you that trauma sometimes. So, Jordan, you've got to be careful with those young minds because I still have flashbacks to cross-country, being forced to play rugby, all sorts. But are you a nice PE teacher?
I'm not sure. A bit of a bit of hot and cold, I think. Just just wait until you see Greg on on Thursday. Just wait until you meet him. Yeah, but Greg's all get on. So there's no there's going to be there's going to be no beef there. Greg on Greg action. So, Jordan, tell me about tell me about your your career. How long you been teaching for?
Yeah, so I started training about six years ago, really. And then during my training year, it was the big COVID kickoff. So it sort of derailed that one a little bit and then basically got going from there. So five years now, fully qualified and here we are. What's your number one sport? Rugby by a country mile. So you're happy that the Six Nations is back on?
Yes, plenty of entertainment. A bit disappointed with the game at the weekend, but a better team won by a country mile, didn't they? And do you play or do you coach? Yeah, so I'm a coach, actually. What's the club? Over at Burton Rugby Club, I run their Colts, which is like a 16 to 18-year-old team. Nice. How are they getting on?
Yeah, really good, actually. We've got a big semi-final this weekend coming. Oh. Massive semi-final away at Lincoln, so a bit of a nervous week, this one. Yeah, that's a huge game for them. Oh, my God. Well, I hope it all goes well. And is it all looking good? Do you reckon you can get to that final? Yeah. No, yeah, really, really confident. They're a great bunch of lads, the...
They really come together when it matters. So, no, I'm really proud of them. They've worked really hard. Right, well, I'm supporting them. We've just got to go to two hours all the way to Lincoln. I'm going to be supporting them this weekend. Burton Rugby Club have my full support. And we need to catch up on Monday to work out what's happened, right? Is that okay? Oh, thank you. Yeah, yeah.
All right, let's do the dingers. Let's see if we've got any quiz questions. We have got some quiz questions. That's good, because we're about to do a quiz. And all you've got to do today, Jordan, is set the total for the rest of the week. Here we go with question number one. The Grammys took place last night. Who accepted her Grammy for Cowboy Carter in the Album of the Year category? Beyonce. Yes! In America...
Oh, what the hell is that? Puxatawney Phil saw his shadow predicting six more weeks of winter. What animal is Puxatawney Phil? He's a groundhog. He is a groundhog. Jade Thirlwall posted a picture on a safari. Make a noise like Jade excitingly spotting an elephant on safari. Oh, elephant.
Two points for that. Lady Gaga released her new album Abracadabra. What type of performer might shout Abracadabra? A magician. Yeah. Aston Villa completed a loan signing of Marcus Rashford. But who did he play for before? Manchester United. Yes. Which Irish actor, known for Gladiator 2 and Normal People, celebrated his birthday yesterday? Paul Muskell. Correct. Yesterday was Sunday. But what do you usually see in the sky when the sun isn't out?
Moon. Yes. England faced India in their T20 match at the Wanker Day Stadium in Mumbai. Which team was all out for 97 runs? England. Yes. Which rapper joined Cardi B and Lauryn Hill as the only woman in Grammys history to win Best Rap Album? No idea. Lady Gaga. No, it's Doce. Shakira celebrated her birthday. According to her song, which part of her body does not lie?
Pips. Yes. Who did Arsenal beat 5-1 in the Premier League? Manchester City. Yes, they did. Saoirse Ronan revealed that she thought Espresso was called Nespresso until recently, but who sings that song? Sabrina Carpenter. Correct. It was National Hedgehog Day, but what are hedgehogs covered in, spikes or curly pigtails? Spikes. Yes. Cynthia Erivo was seen holding space with Taylor Swift yesterday, but which Wicked cast member did she originally do that with? Um...
Ariana Grande. Correct. In the winning Super League, Liverpool faced West Ham, but who won? Liverpool. They did, and that is your time up, Jordan. Very good performance, that. Yeah, the rapper one, I'd looked it on BBC this morning and I can't believe I'd forgotten it. I think you prepared well for that quiz and it's paid off and you got 15 points on a Monday morning. Well done.
I'll take that. Yeah, that's really strong. That's going to be hard to beat, I think, for the rest of the week. Jordan, thanks for being on. Lovely. Thank you very much, Greg. And we'll catch up as the week goes on. And yeah, hope the final week of training and stuff goes well for the Burton Rugby boys. And we'll look forward to catching up next Monday on that. But yeah, so quiz this week. Looking good. I reckon we'll get you in the final again, you know, Jordan. Come on. Lovely. Thanks, Greg. Also today, it was the morning after the Grammys, so we got you up to date with all the Grammys things. Oh, my God.
Big Grammys night. Huge Grammys night. Loads to talk about with that. It seems like it was back on top form. Been a couple of ropey years. I mean, ropey as in, like, sort of not that... Sort of exciting things didn't really happen, but...
Taylor Swift was there, front and center, and she was, it seemed like she had a list of side quests to do. I think she basically had a list, she'd written up like a meme list of things. It was like, okay, I want to go and hold space with Cynthia Erivo because I've seen that on TikTok.
Then she recreated the Wicked poster with Chapel Roan. She then grabbed a champagne bottle for Charli XCX's performance. She caught and wore Janelle Monáe's jacket and danced along to Kendrick Lamar. I think she was just ticking off things. She was like, well, one of these things is going to go viral. And I think all of them have done.
Speaking of Kendrick, he took home Record of the Year and Song of the Year. And the strange thing, well, not strange thing, but I think the strange thing for Drake to wake up and look at his phone and realise is that it seemed like the entire pop world took side with Kendrick over the Kendrick and Drake beef. Now, just imagining him this morning waking up post-Grammys, we imagine that Drake's alarm on his phone is his own song, obviously.
He's like, oh, great night. Let's see some of the videos. Oh, that's Taylor Swift singing along to that line in the Kendrick Lamar rap. Oh, that's weird. That's Jay-Z singing along to that line, that famous line in the Kendrick Lamar rap. Oh, that's literally everybody was singing along to that famous line. So he's having a bad hangover this morning, I imagine.
Super Bowl next weekend, of course. Looking forward to that. Oh, look, everyone's singing along to that line. Some great performances. Benson Boone was there doing his thing. And by doing his thing, I mean screeching and doing his backflips. But sounding great doing it. Another very tight outfit from Benson Boone. Not only could you see his Benson, his Boones were quite prominent as well.
Charlie XCX performed Von Dutch and Guess, and sadly no Billie Eilish, but she was watching on and having a great time. Great night for Charlie XCX. Three awards, including Best Dance and Electronic Album. Very, very well deserved. And Chapel Rome was there. An amazing performance of Pink Pony Club happened...
She gave an amazing speech afterwards as well. She won Best New Artist and that is a huge, huge award. I told myself if I ever won a Grammy and I got to stand up here in front of the most powerful people in music, I would demand that labels and the industry profiting millions of dollars off of artists would offer a livable wage and healthcare especially to developing artists.
Yeah, good. Ballsy to stand up and say that in front of a room full of actual, you know, big bosses of labels. But she's got the power. And so has Lady Gaga. She did a great speech. She won Best Pop Duo Performance with Bruno Mars for their track Die With A Smile. Trans people are not invisible. Trans people deserve love. The queer community deserves to be lifted up. Music is love. Thank you.
Big, big speech. Lovely words from Lady Gaga. And a historic win for Beyonce. She finally won for Album of the Year, Cowboy Carter. That was only about 10 years overdue. Imagine the Beyonce albums that, just remember the albums that didn't win a Grammy, but that one did, and finally she did it. She now becomes the most awarded artist in Grammys history. 35 wins. This was her reaction. Congratulations, B-Album of the Year, finally. How do you feel? Awesome.
And we'll finish with all the latest things. Ali Plum caught up with Ariana Grande recently. This is a brilliant interview. So he sat down with Ariana Grande, talked about Wicked.
And everything else she's been up to. During the conversation, Ali was very British about the whole thing because Ali Plum is very British. And he felt the need to apologise for the weather. Well, I just want to say apologies for the British weather. That's the UK. My favourite. I miss it here so much. I loved it here. I was in Hampstead when I was here.
And I loved my walks in the Heath and visiting different shops and places and pubs. And I didn't know what a Sunday roast was, but I know that that's a thing now. That is a thing now. So yeah, she was over in the UK for ages because she was filming Wicked over here. And this bit I loved. And there are so many dogs in the Heath that I loved seeing them. That's where I walk Barney. That's where I walk my dog. There is a strong chance that over the last couple of years when she was filming Wicked...
Ariana Grande and Barney will have locked eyes. Now, she would have been heavily disguised, so I wouldn't... I'm in my own little world when I'm walking around anyway. But Barney would have absolutely... I'm sure that they would have had a moment. Next up, this is great.
I watched it over the weekend and watched it again and then watched it again and again. So the brilliant actor, comedian and voice artist, Hank Azaria, who is very, very famous for... Actually, you know what? He was very famous visually for being in Friends. He was David from Minsk in Friends. But he's also the voice of many Simpsons characters. He's the voice of Chief Wiggum and Moe and Superintendent Chalmers or... Super Nintendo Chalmers.
but he does a version of Sabrina Carpenter's espresso, but in Simpsons characters. First up, Moe. You see?
Then Chief Wiggum. And one of my favourites, comic book guy. Best rendition ever.
More Lady Gaga news now. She had a big night at the Grammys, which we mentioned earlier, nominated for Song of the Year with Bruno Mars and Die With a Smile, and they won that actually for Best Pop and Duo Performance. As well as that, and giving a great speech, she debuted a brand new song called Abracadabra. There you go. That is the end of today's Breakfast Show podcast. If you've got any questions for me, red arrows or otherwise, then you can email greg.james at bbc.co.uk and we'll answer them tomorrow. Yes, Susannah? Can I do the grievance that I didn't get to do on Friday because you weren't here?
Oh boy. What have I done now? No, it wasn't even you. Oh, okay. It was me. It was Tom. And it's really, really bad. So everyone get ready. Oh, I know this. Everyone get ready for your perspective on him to be changed forever. Yeah. He messaged our group chat. What was it? Two weekends ago. I can't remember. And said, oh, happy Welsh Day, everyone. I don't know what that was. St. Dwyn Wednesday. Whatever. And then he said, happy Burns Night, Callum.
Like I wasn't even there. I do not have an answer. That is a very fair grievance. It's just cruel. And I apologise. Okay, well, I don't forgive you. The grievance has been upheld and he has apologised. Are you okay with that? Nope. Okay, that's fine.
Oh, what can you do to save real time? No, there's nothing. I'm going to hang on to it for a while and I'll bring it back out. Do you want to get your feet out? That's all right. No. No? Okay. That won't help me. No. I'll just keep that one in my back pocket until I need it. Amy's got one. Look, we can cut it if we need to. Is it me? Yeah, this one is you and I have told you about it. I was really excited to get my nails done last week and I know I've said it, but I want to bring it up with you. I didn't see them. No, it's not even that. Tom walks in and the first thing Tom says to me that morning is, oh, let me see.
your nails and I was like you know that's a good man that's a man that understands how to man and that O'Leary walks in today and she goes Amy Amy I think that's a man in crisis you leave him alone he's precious I mean yes but not that I'm sorry I'm on hyper alert for the hair and the nails what else am I supposed to be looking at here whether I've got a moustache or not just let me know we've always got one of them true
I'm sorry, Amy. I'm sorry. Let me see them. Thank you. They're really pretty. Nat noticed them today. Ian Chaloner, who used to work here, now on Interradio 2, he noticed. Oh, dear. Just you. But just to bring it back to the Red Arrows, they did bring him a special gift set, which I'm going to send off now using the internal BBC post. OK? All right. All right. See you later, everyone. Jordan from Rizzle Kicks on The Breakfast Show tomorrow. Goodbye. Radio One's All Day Breakfast. With Greg James.
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