Scott opened the midweek show full of energy, joking about Bake Off disasters and teasing that “anything can happen as our feature mystery guest is back.”
“Strap in!” – guessing the mystery guest 🎭
Scott opened the midweek show full of energy, joking about Bake Off disasters and teasing that “anything can happen as our feature mystery guest is back.” He told listeners: “I genuinely have no idea who’s coming in. Strap in — that’s eight o’clock.”
When he arrived at the BBC, fans were already gathering outside. “Obviously, you would have seen the same — loads of fans waiting. So I think they’ve booked someone famous; I think it could be 1D,” he guessed. Tina Daheley agreed: “They’ve been there since four — it’s obviously a huge star.”
Listeners started sending theories. Scott laughed, “Well, it’s a certain type of person who gets a crowd outside here… I, for instance, am not a crowd pleaser.”
Nostalgia and school lunchboxes 🥪
Before the big reveal, the show detoured into 1980s nostalgia. Scott and Tina debated banned packed-lunch items. “Jam sandwiches — are they off?” Scott asked. Tina confirmed, “They are off. I’ve been to one birthday party where they served them and everyone was outraged.”
Listeners chimed in with their retro favourites: “Billy Bear Ham,” “fish paste,” “Sunny D,” and “choc dippers.” Scott joked, “Let me know what was in your school lunchbox that today would absolutely horrify the school.” The texts came flooding in, with one listener simply writing “sandwich spread” — which Scott said “triggered me slightly.”
Quiz chaos and Ellie’s recorder confession 🎶
The Easiest Quiz on the Radio featured Janice from Norfolk, who revealed she was a Take That superfan. Asked how many letters were in “dog,” she hesitated for a moment and lost points, prompting Scott to protest: “The whole of Norfolk is planning to revolt after the quiz today!”
Midway through, Ellie Brennan joined in to confirm that she was once “head of the assembly recorder players.” Scott laughed, “Big recorder energy.”
To make up for Janice’s quiz misfortune, he played “Rule the World” by Take That — her favourite.
The mystery guest revealed 🎤
At 8:37, the glittery curtain was pulled back and the mystery was solved: “It’s legend Stefan Dennis!” Scott exclaimed. The crowd outside had been right — the Neighbours and Strictly Come Dancing star was in the studio.
Stefan laughed: “I’m just glad it’s you I am, because they don’t tell me. I nearly called you Paul!” Scott replied, “You are a legend, Stefan Dennis is here!”
Asked how he was, Stefan joked, “So far, I’m pretty good. I’m going back home to Australia on Monday because, sadly, I’m not on Strictly anymore.”
Scott said fans had missed him on the show. Stefan admitted, “I’m so sorely disappointed — not that I thought I’d win, but I’d finally got it. I thought, right, I’ve got this now.” He revealed his exit was due to a serious injury: “I’ve got a gaping hole in my lower calf… The doctors booted me off, not the judges.”
Paul Robinson memories and Neighbours mayhem 📺
Scott, a self-confessed Neighbours superfan, couldn’t resist diving into soap nostalgia. He declared, “You’ve got no morals, Paul — you’ve got no morals!” Stefan laughed, “Yeah, I had to limp for 18 years. Excuse the pun.”
They reminisced about wild storylines — Harold Bishop’s strangling attempt, the bombing of a plane, and Paul’s endless scandals. Stefan admitted: “I polluted the wetlands, set fire to the coffee shop, and always got someone else to do the dirty work.”
Scott asked about the infamous “Susan and the spilled milk” plot. Stefan retold it dramatically: “Susan slips on spilt milk, hits her head, and believes she’s 16 again. She forgets Karl and her children. It’s the moral of the story — Ellie, if you ever see spilt milk, don’t slip on it.”
The studio erupted in laughter as Stefan signed off with “Rack off!” — to which Scott replied, “You rack off.”
Closing chaos – nostalgia, laughter, and pure Radio 2 joy 💫
Listeners texted in love for Stefan, one writing, “I was so upset when he left Strictly — he was my favourite to win.” Scott played Stefan’s 1989 hit “Don’t Make You Feel Good,” joking, “We even did a remix with Lady Gaga — her team still hasn’t approved it.”
By the end of the show, everyone agreed the chaos had been worth it. Scott summed it up perfectly: “What a lovely man Stefan Dennis is.”
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