Scott ventures into the spooky basement of Radio 1 dressed as a Ghostbuster to hunt for the station’s resident ghost, with predictably terrifying results when a hidden colleague in a sinister clown mask jumps out at him.
The show opens with Scott discussing a BBC Two documentary about working clowns that aired the previous night. He describes three struggling clowns, including one memorably called “the Great Velcro” who performs magic tricks with rabbits and admits he no longer works due to changing attitudes towards magicians. Another clown does an unfortunate backwards Macabre routine at children’s parties and admits to having a terrible temper. Scott finds the whole profession grimly fascinating.
The main event is Scott’s early-morning ghost hunt in the basement “den” area near the Radio 1 boiler room, conducted with expert ghost-hunter Eve (who arrives in a full Ghostbuster outfit, complete with an inflatable proton pack she’d blown up at 4 a.m.). They attempt to contact spirits using night vision cameras, make horse noises to encourage a “horse ghost,” and tell jokes to seem non-threatening. The hunt yields nothing until Eve reveals that Beccy from the show team has been hiding behind a sofa wearing a clown mask and fake blood—and successfully terrifies Scott out of his skin.
This inspires a new paranormal TV show concept: hiding Beccy in various scary locations around the country. Callers suggest names including “Beccy Boo,” “Where’s Beccy?,” and “The Beccy Assist.”
The show also features a popular returning segment with elderly women guessing which radio personalities are being described, including Sir Alan Sugar, Colin Murray, and Katie Price and Andre.
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