E24 | The Eclipse

Jamie Theakston has the navy on standby, Philippa Forrester's owl may or may not do something and Patrick Moore is ready to go full Crash Bandicoot if this darn cloud cover doesn't clear.

It’s all about to kick off as Tom and Tom revisit the high-octane celestial phenomenon that was the total solar eclipse of 1999. But was it really that impressive - or did the teacher from the Jaffa Cakes advert do it better?

There’s no need to call the South West National Farmers' Union Eclipse Helpline to find out, because Encarta and Chill has all the sound scientific reasoning you need. One thing’s for sure: it was certainly intriguing enough to get two characters from Coronation Street down to... LONDON!