Dating after 40
Scott asked listeners about using dating apps later in life.
Messages included couples who had met in their late forties and fifties, people preparing to marry after meeting online and users admitting that the available pool felt smaller as they became older.
Stefan-Pierre Tomlin
Stefan-Pierre Tomlin joined Scott after being described as the most-swiped-right man on Tinder.
He said he had accumulated around 14,000 matches.
His modelling campaigns and appearances on programmes including First Dates and Dinner Date had given him a recognisable face, but he also offered practical advice for ordinary users.
Stefan recommended using a clear solo photograph rather than a group picture, animal photograph or anything that turned the profile into a game of “Where’s Wally?”
He suggested opening with a joke instead of a generic greeting.
According to Stefan, Sunday afternoon around 2pm and weekday evenings between 7pm and 10pm were particularly active times.
He was no longer using dating apps because he had begun seeing somebody and now helped other people improve their profiles.
The Birthday Game: Sarah
Sarah from Peterborough turned 42 and worked for herself.
She asked her own permission to leave work for a birthday glass of white wine and approved the request.
Sarah described her newer interests as gardening and “mature travel”: proper sightseeing rather than simply drinking abroad.
She liked late-1980s and early-1990s music but had also experienced a strong early-2000s R&B phase.
Her first spin was One Direction’s Drag Me Down. Despite being a One Direction fan, Sarah rejected it.
The second was the Commodores’ Three Times a Lady. She gambled again.
Her compulsory final song was Melanie C’s I Turn to You, number one in 2000.
Sarah said she could work with the result and received the birthday balloon.
Radio 2 superfan Laura
Laura explained that she talked back to presenters, saved screen recordings of every Radio 2 mention and had a dedicated album on her phone containing 88 appearances and shout-outs.
She described the station’s appeal as the feeling of contacting a friend when she needed company.
Handover
Scott handed over to Sara Cox after directing listeners to the full Stefan-Pierre Tomlin interview on BBC Sounds.
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