Scott watches a reading from psychic Sally Morgan that accurately predicts his new BBC3 show Upstaged before it’s publicly announced, plus listeners share stories of girlfriends with unusual practice habits — from TV presenter aspirations to beautician training.
The show opens with listener Chris, whose girlfriend desperately wants to be a TV presenter. He’s become an unwilling cameraman, forced to film her mock TV shows constantly — even during their Florida holiday before Christmas, where he spent the entire trip recording instead of relaxing. Scott then plays footage of what might be Chris’s girlfriend practicing a holiday presenter role in Spain, complete with mock shopping, dining, and yacht segments, all filmed at her boyfriend’s expense.
Next, listener David calls in to report that his beautician-training girlfriend practices makeup on him constantly, including while he’s asleep. He’s woken up looking like a clown with full makeup applied without consent. This leads to a broader survey of listeners with girlfriends in various professions: air stewardesses (whose boyfriends say they’re grumpy when not working), student nurses, and medical students (who, a caller confirms, genuinely do smell of formaldehyde).
The episode’s centrepiece is a segment about Scott’s new show, Upstaged, which launches on BBC3. People can upload videos of their talent to bbc.co.uk/upstaged, and the best performers compete in glass boxes in Bristol for six hours while online voters watch. Scott has already visited the boxes and discusses potential performers, including a group called the Mandibles, the Caravix Sisters (whose violin playing is so bad Scott considers voting them in just to watch people suffer), and Chris Cohen, who became internet-famous for a song about Steve McLaren and has now written one about Coronation Street actor Cary Kennedy.
The psychic Sally segment is memorable because she apparently predicted Upstaged’s existence and Scott’s involvement before it was publicly announced — though Scott himself is skeptical, suggesting her agent may have simply briefed her beforehand.
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