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I am on air on the Nations Favourite early show.  The travel news is being read at breakneck speed.  The M25 in trouble again. A little voice comes on the talkback.

“Did she say ‘cockwise’?”

It is the voice of Jerry Wobegon.

The cleaning staff at East House (before it was renamed Wobegon House) are lovely.  Many of them go about their merry way totally oblivious of what is going on. They regularly try to get into studios to empty the bins while faced with an amber In Network light, and sometimes a red Mic Live too.

Since the studios were refurbished, some live areas have entrances leading directly off the corridor.  Making it entirely possible for somebody with their own agenda to barge in without having had to pass through the cubicle for permission. Like Chardonnay Rose for example. Not ideal. Apparently Catering wheeled a tea trolley straight into the middle of a live panel discussion on ABC1 one afternoon.

Jack Daniel decides to capitalise on the comic value of this by attempting to bring a cleaner who speaks very little English into the studio to hoover while the Nations Favourite is on air. The poor guy looks bewildered and tries to leave.  He knows he is not supposed to be in the live studio.  But Jack charms him into staying and hoovering with the mics open. After initial confusion, he goes with the flow, and takes it all in good faith.  Welcome to zoo radio.