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Ten to the Top

Will you rise like a phoenix or draw on your inner queen?

Ten to the Top

BBC

Music

4.6557 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Sophie in Northampton & Nottingham’s Natalie give it a shot, It's all to play for!

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:07.0

An early start here. It's time to kick off.

0:10.0

Your day. Morning!

0:11.9

What a line-up.

0:13.3

Oh, thanks very much. We do get some great guests on the show.

0:16.1

The crowd is loving this.

0:18.3

Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind.

0:20.2

From morning chaos to match day commentary.

0:23.6

And everything in between.

0:25.0

BBC sounds packed with personality.

0:29.1

BBC Radio 2, 10 to the top.

0:33.2

Sophie Ogleson in Northampton is our first contestant.

0:36.9

Now Sophie, it says that you love live action roleplay,

0:40.6

and you spend the weekends pretending to be different people.

0:42.7

Who's your favourite person to pretend to be?

0:44.6

Well, currently I have been, and it sounds a bit highfaluting,

0:48.6

but Queen of Caledonia, it is so much fun.

0:51.8

You should try it sometime.

0:53.6

Where, when, how and why?

1:13.8

I go to it. It's an organisation called Curious Pastimes. They run events in different parts of the country, usually during the summer because we're all intense. So you don't want to be rained on. Are there sets? Are there scenarios of which are created? How does it were you? I mean, because surely you can't just turn up as the Queen of Caledonia and sit for tea.

1:30.7

No, you can't know. You can have your costume planned beforehand. So, I mean, it is a good bit of escapism, you're right. I mean, I don't look at my phone once during an entire weekend. I love that. I love the idea of that. You would love to go to Japan one day to immerse yourself in the culture and the food. That's right. I can. What is it about Japan that you like? It's so different to British culture, I feel. A sense of mystery. I really like the food. I really like sushi and things like that. And just that it's so far away and, and you know that I just want to experience it.

1:46.9

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