Scott tricks Jo Whiley into recording herself saying “I can’t wait to make love to you” and then plays the clip to unsuspecting Radio 1 colleagues, while the team tests whether listeners can actually hear the infamous “Young Noise” ringtone that supposedly only young people detect.
The show opens with Scott’s elaborate prank on Jo Whiley. After receiving an anonymous text (supposedly from Danny Howard) claiming he’d written a love scene for them in a musical, Scott replies with a cheeky message designed to get Jo to say a suggestive line on air. He then calls colleagues across Radio 1 playing them the recording of Jo declaring “I can’t wait to make love to you”—catching reactions from Steve Lamacq, Westwood, and others. Most play along good-naturedly, though not all fall for it completely.
The main feature is a listener-driven test of the Young Noise, a high-frequency ringtone that teenagers claim only they can hear. A caller explains that schoolchildren are using it as a phone ringtone to avoid detection by teachers who can’t hear the frequency. Scott plays the noise to the studio and listeners call in with mixed results: some hear it clearly, others hear nothing at all. There’s scientific discussion about whether it’s age-related (supposedly only under-25s can hear it), though several callers of different ages report hearing different things—sirens, squeaks, or nothing at all. Equipment and speaker quality seem to affect whether the noise registers.
A secondary feature revisits “Mr. X,” a listener from earlier in the week with a mystery involving hidden adult magazines that disappeared from under a floorboard in his spare room. Using a voice changer to protect his identity, Mr. X reveals a surprising update: the magazines have reappeared. Someone has put them back, but he can’t ask either his girlfriend or her mother (who’s currently staying with them) who did it. Scott humorously suggests fingerprinting the magazines to solve the mystery.
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