Katie Thistleton and Emil Franchi spent much of Monday's Going Home chasing down their celebrity guessing game Who's in the Box, and the eventual reveal delighted listeners. After a clue featuring Claudia Winkleman welcoming someone to "the beautiful Traitors Castle" and a second clip of Gordon Ramsay cooking a steak with garlic, texters pitched everyone from Olivia Rodrigo to Bella Ramsay. Katie and Emil eventually plumped for Count Dracula "because it's most fun", and were proved right. The pair then revealed the clever twist behind the clue: "the original Dracula, his first name was Bella," prompting an astonished "Oh my God, it was all there" from the sofa.
Listen: Mic trouble banter
Listen: The Dracula reveal
The show opened with its own mini mishap, as Katie and Emil's headphones seemed to be playing up. "You're on, but you don't sound right, which might not be a technical issue," one teased, before joking about "which setting of the mics are you at Radio 1?" as they settled in.
Listeners also flooded the phones with stories about overstimulating parent texts, from a mum who messages "silver dolphin earrings" like a search engine, to a dad who always opens with "this is your father" just to be sure. One listener's airport-dad group chat anecdote had Katie and Emil in stitches, with Emil admitting "that's going to be me" if he's ever running late.
As trailed, the show also promised a Quick Fire face-off with Beabadoobee, while Rachel Chinouriri was teased as Wednesday's Live Lounge guest.
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