Category: Show Diary
Dustin Diamond, best known as Samuel "Screech" Powers from the 1990s American teen sitcom Saved by the Bell, visits the show for his first trip to the UK — and the conversation quickly turns to an adult sex tape that's emerged online featuring the actor and his friends. [...]
Stuart recounts taking his American friend from Houston to an Apple Day festival on a tandem bike, where she mistook it for a concert by singer Fiona Apple; later, Radio 1's poshest listeners Hattie and Tatsi call in to discuss the alarming discovery of a fork being used to fish hair out of the bath. [...]
Scott is confronted on air about kissing Michelle from The Apprentice at a karaoke night, leading to the introduction of a new listener feature called Flirt Divert—a wind-up phone number disguised as a way to avoid unwanted flirts. [...]
A chaotic mix of Scottish drinking culture, obsessive sun-seekers, and a frank debate about bridesmaids' body shapes — all prompted by a hilariously incomprehensible drunk Scotsman phoning an American hotel. [...]
A Cheshire lapdancing club's broken CD player forces the dancers to endure Radio 1's conversation instead of music, while Stuart shares disastrous relationship stories and Scott weighs up Kevin Federline's chances as a rapper. [...]
A caller reveals he dumped his girlfriend at a trick-shot snooker tournament because she refused to clap enthusiastically enough for his favourite player Alan Robby – and Scott and the team help him unpick the logic of his decision. [...]
Halloween 2006 brought voicemail games, celebrity gossip, and an Amy Winehouse interview fresh from the MOBO Awards, where she heckled Bono alongside her dad. [...]
The final episode of Laura's Diary sees the heartbroken teenager finally meet her hero Mel C from the Spice Girls, delivering an emotional and triumphant conclusion to the year-long feature that gripped Radio 1 listeners. [...]
The final instalment of Laura's diary sees her scheming to sabotage her friend's relationship, plus Scott pulls off a wind-up on McFly's Harry Judd, and there's an ongoing mystery about what's lurking in Scott's bottom drawer. [...]
Laura's emotional diary continues as she deals with her boyfriend Ben saying another girl's name in his sleep, leading to a deeply felt (if occasionally clumsy) poem about jealousy, heartbreak, and the fear of losing him. [...]