Category: News
Scott's classic two-restaurant confusion prank, where he calls one takeaway, takes their order, then connects them to a second restaurant on the line — resulting in complete chaos over an aromatic duck that nobody wants to cook. [...]
Laura attempts to ring up people across Europe to find out about their World Cup songs — but armed only with an internet translator, the results are hilariously garbled and mortifying. [...]
Scott's mum finally got her own back after weeks of Scott winding her up with gullible pranks, enlisting help from his Radio 1 boss and Jo Whiley to construct an elaborate fake scandal designed to make Scott squirm. [...]
A listener called Natalie shares one of the most mortifying stories the show had heard in ages — involving an unfortunate bathroom situation at a new boyfriend's house, a plastic bag, and a note left on the kitchen table. [...]
Laura takes to the streets as a self-appointed social vigilante to tackle a pressing domestic injustice: a 15-year-old boy who's persistently late for his family's six o'clock dinner. [...]
Scott plays a cunning version of the I Love You Game where a caller named Tom tries to get his sister-in-law Claire to say "I love you"—but Claire's been primed in advance to flirt outrageously, leaving Tom convinced she's genuinely coming on to him until the reveal. [...]
A bumper compilation featuring one of the show's most outrageous caller stories — a man who faked his own death to escape an unwanted romantic connection — plus the hugely popular return of Lloyd, the 10-year-old football expert. [...]
Scott confronts a boyfriend who faked being gay to escape a relationship, and the phone lines light up with listeners sharing their own ridiculous breakup excuses — before things get delightfully chaotic on The Takeaway Game. [...]
Scott revisits two of the show's most popular features: a brilliantly tedious prank call to a credit card company's customer service line, and the triumphant discovery of Erick Mount, the Spanish singer behind the cult novelty song "Backdoor Love," who is tracked down live on air. [...]
Laura ventures into a run-down pub toilet to pose as a bathroom valet, armed with styling products and deodorant, to see if she can make money from unsuspecting punters in one of the least glamorous locations possible. [...]