Parent WhatsApp disasters
Scott asked for gossip from school-parent WhatsApp groups.
One listener had complained about other parents and accidentally sent the message to the group she was criticising.
She deleted it quickly but did not know who had already read it, making every school run uncomfortable.
Several fathers said their groups were mainly used to arrange visits to the pub, while others admitted muting the chats and checking only when they wanted entertainment.
The Birthday Game: Angela
Angela from Skipton turned 45.
She once met Charlie Brooks, who plays Janine in EastEnders, in the cramped toilet of a Greek restaurant in Chiswick.
Angela asked for an autograph in her work diary and showed it to people for the rest of that year.
She shared her birthday with Muhammad Ali, Michelle Obama, Jim Carrey and Benjamin Franklin.
Her first Birthday Game song was Rosemary Clooney’s Mambo Italiano, number one in 1955. Angela rejected it.
The second was David Soul’s Don’t Give Up on Us. Scott explained that Soul had moved into music after appearing in Starsky & Hutch, but Angela rejected that too.
Her compulsory final spin was Jessie J’s Domino, which had been number one in 2012.
Angela was pleased with the result, and Scott noted the song’s similarity to Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance with Somebody.
Ken Bruce announces his departure
Scott replayed Ken Bruce’s announcement that he would leave Radio 2 after 45 years of BBC broadcasting.
He described Ken as a Radio 2 legend and stressed that he would remain on air until March.
The announcement dominated conversation around Wogan House during the afternoon.
Forty years of BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast celebrated its 40th birthday by restoring the old-style analogue clock to the screen.
Scott spoke to television director Chris, who had worked on the programme and owned part of its old red sofa.
When the show moved studios, the sofa was destined for a skip. Chris and Ben Thompson hired a van and rescued it.
Ben took one section to his flat, while Chris kept two sections in his garden because they would not fit inside his home.
Guests at summer parties enjoyed sitting where presenters including Dermot Murnaghan and Natasha Kaplinsky had once sat. Chris’s cat also adopted Dermot’s former seat.
Scott compared the story with his unsuccessful attempt to acquire a retiring National Lottery machine.
Unusual celebrity memorabilia
Listeners revealed other items they had collected.
Mark owned the original artwork and print for the famous Athena tennis-player poster.
Tanya had kept a bar of soap Andrew Ridgeley left in a hotel bathroom while she worked as a chambermaid in the 1980s.
Craig claimed to own some of Elvis Presley’s hair, although Scott asked him to send a voice note explaining how he had obtained it.
Handover
Scott handed over to Sara Cox after asking whether any other listener could beat Elvis’s hair or the BBC Breakfast sofa.
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