Danny Howard stands in for Grimly as the team discusses whether Laura might be pregnant, leading to an on-air pregnancy test, while also debating whether to burn S Club 7 records in protest over Jade Goody’s Big Brother controversy.
The show opens with a caller named Sarah who texts in about accidentally leaving expressed breast milk in the fridge, suspecting her partner John may have drunk it by mistake. This sparks a lengthy debate between Danny Howard and the team about whether breast milk is safe to drink, with Chris Martin of Coldplay phoning in to agree it’s perfectly fine. The conversation leads to an idea for a new game called “Mum Milk or Mum Milk” where listeners would guess whether a sample came from a mother or a cow—the team even invites listeners to volunteer breast milk donations.
The episode’s main storyline concerns Laura, a team member, who has been showing signs of pregnancy: she’s stopped smoking, started knitting, been reading baby name books, and cries at adverts (particularly one about a girl who wants a penguin). Producer Chopper buys a pregnancy test to settle the matter once and for all. Before the results, the team gets sidetracked debating which surface is the “most sophisticated piece of technology” people have ever peed on, with callers and the team sharing increasingly outlandish stories—including mention of an incident on the London Underground involving diarrhea.
Finally, Nats reads the pregnancy test result: Laura is not pregnant. The episode also features sustained discussion about burning S Club 7 records as a protest following Carphone Warehouse dropping Big Brother sponsorship over Jade Goody’s behaviour, with callers phoning in with various opinions on the matter.
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