Category: News
Scott's long-awaited Hawaii chair arrives at Radio 1, but a dramatic malfunction nearly sends him flying across the studio—and then the team hunt for the most creative excuses people have used to avoid admitting to their mates they've been dumped. [...]
Scott explores the world's worst criminal nicknames (the Crutch Bandit tops the list for sheer embarrassment), then introduces a brand new game that asks listeners to guess whether celebrities have more love or hate websites online. [...]
Lucy came home from hockey practice to find her mum in a compromising clinch with her geography teacher — and the show explores what might be even worse situations involving a parent's romantic choices, plus some genuinely filthy lyrics from songs your grandparents used to listen to. [...]
Scott discusses who he'd want to wee on his jellyfish sting (Colin Murray wins for being a good distraction), cringes through clips from the American lie-detector gameshow Moment of Truth, and points out that parents complaining about modern lyrics should remember some of the genuinely filthy songs from the 60s and 70s. [...]
On Leap Day (29 February), Laura decides to use the tradition that allows women to propose to men — and Scott and the team spend the entire show dreaming up increasingly elaborate schemes to coerce her reluctant boyfriend James into popping the question. [...]
Scott's mice are back and bolder than ever, Loose Lips returns in full dramatic teen-soap style, and there's an unexpected engagement announcement that leaves Laura decidedly unenthused. [...]
A blocked toilet disaster has made the BBC Radio 1 basement smell like a sewer, Scott's convinced he knows who did it, and a bizarre new dating craze called "eye gazing" is sweeping New York City—but the episode's real revelation is that Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" inexplicably stops babies from crying. [...]
Scott and Laura debut their romantic fiction project under the pen name 'Stephanie Black', with the team dramatising excerpts from their novel 'A Long Hot Summer' — complete with Chopper's distinctive accents bringing the steamy scenes to life. [...]
A Monday edition packed with Flirt Divert messages, including potential calls from Big Brother alumni and the question of whether Perez Hilton actually left a voicemail, plus more tales from Scott's cleaner and whether she was flirting with him. [...]
Scott is baffled by his cleaner's behaviour and enlists the team's help to decode what her body language might mean — a conversation that quickly spirals into increasingly absurd analysis of where her legs were pointing. [...]