A vintage episode built around two brilliant running features: Molly Mae reads out the filthiest flirt-text messages ever broadcast, and the team discovers what happens when celebrity phone numbers get recycled and end up with unsuspecting members of the public.
The episode opens with Molly Mae (from MTV’s “Totally Molly Mae,” a show where she’s searching for a husband to marry in September) taking on the “Flight Divert” text-reading slot previously occupied by Fiona Bruce. Unlike Bruce, Molly Mae is willing to read absolutely anything, making her perfect for the job. Scott and the team had tried the feature with Fiona the previous week, but her reputation meant she wouldn’t read the filthiest messages.
The main event is an extended Innuendo Bingo segment featuring some genuinely brilliant double-entendre texts. A standout is one supposedly read by Anton Du Beke: “I’ve just woken up and rung the number on my forehead” — leading to a hilarious conversation about backwards writing on police cars (which spell “POLICE” backwards). Other gems include Kelly from the chip shop asking “Fancy another battered sausage?” and a lengthy philosophical text: “A wise man once said, love can touch us one time and last for a lifetime. Do you believe that?”
The second half pivots to a feature about recycled mobile numbers. The team discovers that when celebrities change numbers, their old ones get reassigned to new people who then receive endless misdirected texts and calls. They call Danny Howard, who now has Charlotte Church’s old number and received pregnancy congratulations texts on her behalf. They also track down callers with Paul Potter’s old number (Britain’s Got Talent winner) and Dale Winton’s former number — Mark, who’s been asked via text to introduce Nelly Furtado at the Diana Concert and to comment on Eurovision, all because people still think the number belongs to Dale.
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