Mark Wats n's 25-H ur Interactive C medy Fundraising Extravaganza f r Red N se Day, 2 13 2 Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................. 3 CONTEXT....................................................................................................................................... 6 MARK WATSON EXPLAINS ALL .................................................................................................. 7 THURSDAY, 6-11PM ................................................................................................................... 13 IN WHICH WE SET UP... ................................................................................................................. 13 HOUR #1, 11-12PM ...................................................................................................................... 16 IN WHICH WE BEGIN ..................................................................................................................... 16 IN WHICH CHALLENGES ARE DETAILED .......................................................................................... 21 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 11-12PM ............................................................................................ 32 CLAIRE TRAVERS-SMITH: 25 DATES IN 25 HRS ............................................................................. 33 CLAIRE'S DATE # 1 - MATT (11PM) ........................................................................................... 34 HOUR #2, 12-1AM ........................................................................................................................ 35 IN WHICH TIERNAN GETS THE FIRST PIE IN THE FACE, THE TENT GOES UP, AND ADAM HILLS SETS A PLAN IN MOTION .......................................................................................................................... 35 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 12-1AM .............................................................................................. 56 CLAIRE'S DATE # 2 - OSKAR (MIDNIGHT) .................................................................................. 57 HOUR #3, 1-2AM .......................................................................................................................... 58 IN WHICH WE LEARN OF RUFUS HOUND’S SPECIAL CHALLENGE ...................................................... 58 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 1-2AM ................................................................................................ 75 CLAIRE'S DATE # 3 - SAM (1AM) .............................................................................................. 76 HOUR #4, 2-3AM .......................................................................................................................... 77 IN WHICH ADAM HILLS AUDITIONS THE AUDIENCE FOR ‘THE LAST LEG’ ............................................ 77 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 2-3AM ................................................................................................ 94 CLAIRE'S DATE # 4 - SAM (2AM) .............................................................................................. 95 HOUR #5, 3-4AM .......................................................................................................................... 96 IN WHICH WE TALK TO TAPEFACE, AND A CHIHUAHUA MAN ............................................................. 96 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 3-4AM .............................................................................................. 115 CLAIRE'S DATE # 5 - MARCO (3AM) ....................................................................................... 116 HOUR #6, 4-5AM ........................................................................................................................ 117 IN WHICH WE COMMISSION A SONG FROM AUSTRALIA .................................................................. 117 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 4-5AM .............................................................................................. 133 CLAIRE'S DATE # 6 - OLI (4AM) .............................................................................................. 134 HOUR #7, 5-6AM ........................................................................................................................ 135 IN WHICH WE HEAR ANDY MCCLELLAND’S SONG, CHRIS JONES COMMENCES LONGFORM FLIRTATION, EMMA HAS HER FIRST PUBLIC WEE AND WE DO ROUND #2 OF ‘THE LAST LEG’ AUDITIONS .............. 135 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 5-6AM .............................................................................................. 147 CLAIRE'S DATE # 7 - WILLARD (5AM) .................................................................................... 148 HOUR #8, 6-7AM ........................................................................................................................ 149 IN WHICH BEN TARGET REARRANGES FLOWERS, AND WE GO SEE THE SUN ................................... 149 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 6-7AM .............................................................................................. 163 CLAIRE'S DATE # 8 - MIKE (6AM) ........................................................................................... 164 HOUR #9, 7-8AM ........................................................................................................................ 165 3 Table of Contents IN WHICH WE VISIT THE COUNTDOWN BUNKER, AND MARK HUGS A MAN FOR AN HOUR ................... 165 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 7-8AM .............................................................................................. 179 CLAIRE'S DATE #9 - DARREN (7AM) ...................................................................................... 180 HOUR #10 8-9AM ....................................................................................................................... 181 IN WHICH ANDY RILEY DRAWS, DAVID SCHNEIDER FEEDS, AND MARK TALKS TO 6MUSIC ................ 181 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 8-9AM .............................................................................................. 196 HOUR #11 9-10AM ..................................................................................................................... 199 IN WHICH ADAM HESS RECITES PI, WE MEET RAFFERTY BASIL DANGER WILLS, DAVINA MCCALL RINGS IN, WE DO A HARLEM SHAKE AND EMMA FREUD HAS BUN FUN ...................................................... 199 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 9-10AM ............................................................................................ 213 CLAIRE'S DATE #11 - MARTIN (9AM) ..................................................................................... 214 HOUR #12 10-11AM ................................................................................................................... 215 IN WHICH JANE GARVEY INTERVIEWS MARK, PENNY SMITH MIS-PRONOUNCES ‘JAPAN’, GARY LINEKER RINGS IN AND ADAM HILLS HANDS OUT PASTRIES ......................................................................... 215 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 10-11AM .......................................................................................... 230 CLAIRE'S DATE #12 - ANDY (10AM) ....................................................................................... 231 HOUR #13 11AM-12PM ............................................................................................................. 232 IN WHICH SANDERSON AND MIKEY BREAK THE MARATHON HUGGING RECORD, RICHARD CURTIS TALKS OF GOATS, JONATHAN ROSS RINGS IN, JANET ELLIS ARRIVES, WE SEND A FLASHMOB TO KING’S CROSS, AND THE FIRST MONOPOLISTS RETURN .......................................................................... 232 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 11AM-12PM ...................................................................................... 260 CLAIRE'S DATE #13 - MARK (11AM) ....................................................................................... 261 HOUR #14 12-1PM ..................................................................................................................... 262 IN WHICH MATT SMITH AND BOB GELDOF RING IN, A BEAGLE FURRY ARRIVES, ZACH BRAFF WISHES US WELL, AND PAT MONAHAN CROWD-SURFS .................................................................................. 262 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 12-1PM ............................................................................................ 281 CLAIRE'S DATE #14 - PIERRE (MIDDAY) ................................................................................. 282 HOUR #15 1-2PM ....................................................................................................................... 283 IN WHICH NEW ART CLUB MAKE US DANCE, LENNY HENRY RINGS IN, VIKKI STONE SINGS, AND CLOWNS ARRIVE WITH AN AWFUL LOT OF CUSTARD ................................................................................... 283 COUNTDOWN CHALLENGE, 1-2PM .............................................................................................. 301 CLAIRE'S DATE #15 - CHAD (2PM) ......................................................................................... 302 HOUR #16 2-3PM ....................................................................................................................... 303 IN WHICH TIERNAN DOUIEB GETS UTTERLY CUSTARDED, LIVE COUNTDOWN HAPPENS, JOE LYCETT BRINGS DONUTS AND KNOWLEDGE OF GRINDR, AND PATRICK KIELTY READS US JOKES FROM RADIO2 LISTENERS ...............................................................................................................................