Maldon's mayor kept his cool as he took part in a live BBC Radio 1 quiz with presenters trying to guess where he was from.

Stephen Nunn was nominated to feature in the five-minute quiz, the Mayor of Where, by Maldon family Emma Green, husband Kevin and son Adam, seven.

With millions of listeners tuned in, drive time DJ Greg James and fellow news reader Chris Smith got to ask Mr Nunn five questions in their quest to work out where he was from.

These included questions about what food the area is well known for and the names of famous people from the town.

Mr Nunn said: “There was an email that went to the town council office in the morning and I was on the radio by 4.40pm in the afternoon.

“It came out of the blue."