A chaotic Tuesday of Flirt Divert messages, existential chat about how people want to be buried (Chappers surprisingly reveals he’d like to be frozen), and an oddly panicked segment where no one at Radio 1 can confirm whether Wendy Richards is still alive.
The show opens with Scott reviewing the Flirt Divert answerphone messages from the weekend. Highlights include a drunk caller attempting to apologize to “Cindy” for a forgotten drunken conversation, someone giving out the Flirt Divert number by mistake as a voting line to support someone called Neil (who turns out to be stylist Neil Cunningham), a man planning to dress as a prostitute for his birthday party, and a touching final segment where Rodney, a persistent caller, finally wins over Michelle after initially calling Flirt Divert thinking it was her real number. He leaves increasingly desperate voicemails asking her to put the kettle on, before eventually calling back and reaching her — only to discover she’s met someone else and is no longer interested.
The team then discusses a “Real or No Real” story about a Serbian man buried with his mobile phone whose family had to dig him up because his grandson had removed the SIM card before the funeral. This leads Chappers to reveal he’d like to be cryogenically frozen when he dies — not cremated or buried. The conversation spirals into a bizarre discussion about who else wants to be frozen (apparently Paris Hilton and Dave Pearce), and someone from the audience suggests Wendy Richards wants to be cryogenically frozen. This triggers a panic: nobody is sure if Wendy Richards is actually dead or alive. George attempts to fact-check live on air, eventually confirming she’s alive after finding evidence she appears in a post office advert.
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