Category: Show Diary
Louis Walsh drops by to discuss his shock sacking from and swift reinstatement as a judge on The X Factor, reveals details about the new series and line-up, and delivers his blunt opinions on current pop stars from Britney Spears to Amy Winehouse. [...]
Laura attempts to secure a celebrity to read out Flirt Divert text messages but spectacularly fails, first trying to trick Scott with fake Brad Pitt clips before eventually resorting to using a voice-changing machine on her own voice. [...]
Scott investigates a supposedly science-backed "jiggy noise" that's claimed to make women swoon, and hears from listeners about the most dangerous concerts they've attended — including one memorable Travis gig involving projectile vomiting. [...]
Scott discovers a real property advertisement from Los Angeles that explicitly markets homes as an escape from Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, and Britney Spears — proof that the young actress's celebrity status is literally affecting the housing market. [...]
Scott and the team call up real bookshops asking for made-up books with ridiculous titles and author names, catching the booksellers' increasingly baffled responses. [...]
Scott and the team play a selection of hilarious messages left on the show's float divert answerphone — a feature where listeners give out a fake number when they want to dodge someone asking for their contact details — and somehow Mis-Teeq appears to be among the callers. [...]
Scott tries to make amends for his past misdeeds by playing a quiz game where Joe destroys his beloved Nissan Micra with a sledgehammer and eventually a tank — all to settle scores over pranks involving fake "Casualty" calls to other Radio 1 DJs. [...]
Scott's afternoon team launches "Treadmill Trivia," a quiz where contestants run on a treadmill that speeds up with every wrong answer — with predictably chaotic results when both Chopper and Laura take it on. [...]
Laura takes on the Electric Shock Test, a trivia challenge where each wrong answer results in an increasingly painful electric shock — and she's not happy about it from the start. [...]
Scott and the team play an elaborate prank on listeners by having someone read out a fake ending to the final Harry Potter book, causing genuine distress to callers who believe the series has been ruined for them. [...]