Category: News
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. [...]
Actor Jesse Metcalf, best known as John the gardener from Desperate Housewives and star of the new film John Tucker Must Die, visits the show—and Scott persuades him to call up and apply for an actual gardening job. [...]