Category: Show Diary
The bridge survives the fire
Scott wakes to thousands of messages after a serious overnight fire at Fleet Services on the M3. Nobody is injured and firefighters control the blaze, but the services and the pedestrian bridge joining the northbound and southbound sites suffer smoke damage.
Reporter Joe Palmer visits the scene and confirms that the Scott Mills Bridge is standing and at least one commemorative plaque is intact. The windows are blackened and crossing is temporarily restricted, yet the [...]
A completely unexpected ex appears
One of Scott's former partners appears in an advert for a major phone, television and broadband company. There is no hostility between them, but seeing an ex unexpectedly on television and Facebook feels stranger than meeting them in a shopping centre.
Listeners immediately try to identify the man, forcing Scott to rule out several advertising faces without narrowing the answer too far. He is more interested in other curveball sightings: exes appearing on Take [...]
Josh and Dan enter the wet area
Josh Franceschi and Dan Flint from You Me at Six play Innuendo Bingo together, giving Chris the unusual job of facing two band members at once. Their pop-star conversation includes touring, food and Josh's unexpected afternoon appointment at the vet.
The clips travel through cooking, farming and Countryfile, with Dan and Josh sometimes directing their water at each other rather than Chris. Their shared history makes it easy to anticipate which line will break the [...]
One listener saves her best-of-year buzzer
Gemma has spent 2016 waiting for something worthy of her imaginary “best thing of the year” buzzer. December has arrived and she still cannot decide whether any moment has justified pressing it, creating the danger that a carefully rationed reaction will go unused.
Scott understands the problem because social media describes several things every day as the best ever. He advises Gemma to stop preserving the moment indefinitely, and the arrival of the new [...]
The secret Hollywood recording is revealed
Scott and Chris can finally explain why Clara Amfo had to begin the 1 December programme. They were recording the fourth Playground Insults with Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt, who were promoting Passengers and had agreed to sit opposite each other trading personal attacks.
Jennifer had seen earlier rounds and specifically requested the game. The short preview shows her driving the contest forward whenever Chris threatens to stop, while the full film [...]
A favour becomes a soaking
After weeks of support during Strictly Come Dancing, Judge Rinder agrees by text to play Innuendo Bingo for Scott. No publicist appears to have explained the format, and his repeated question about why he must get wet suggests the commitment was made before he understood it.
Rinder arrives openly reluctant and briefly looks capable of walking out. He nevertheless fills his mouth with water, faces Chris and completes the clips, protesting at both the material and the st [...]
Unlucky Gary sends the wrong cards
Unlucky Gary writes all his Christmas cards before finally reading the message on the front. The pudding design declares that calories do not count at Christmas, meaning he may have sent a tactless message to colleagues and relatives for whom it is completely unsuitable.
Scott and Chris wonder whether anybody still posts a full set of cards and advise Gary to inspect the recipients before delivery. It is another low-level disaster for a man whose ordinary erran [...]
Chris is replaced for medical reasons
Chris insists he is well enough to work but refuses to risk passing his cold to Gabrielle Aplin, whose voice is her livelihood. Radio 1 film critic Ali Plumb therefore becomes his Innuendo Bingo stunt double while Chris watches from the corner in a protective mask.
Before playing, Gabrielle brings mince pies despite never having eaten one herself. Her first bite confirms that she dislikes the dried fruit, and she nearly gags before the game has begun. Ali th [...]
Robot Wars requires an apology
Scott and Chris return from Glasgow unable to reveal whether they won their Robot Wars battle, but able to admit that filming ended with a formal apology. Scott controlled the weapon, Chris helped drive and Dangerous Dave handled the machinery until an incident left something so badly damaged that a JCB had to remove it.
They stress that the damage was not intended and apologise to the engineers and production staff whose carefully built machines still had weeks of [...]
Hollywood makes the show late
Clara Amfo begins the programme because Scott and Chris are trapped in a nearby room recording something they are not yet allowed to identify. They can only say that two of the world's biggest film stars were involved and that an unseen representative of Hollywood has forbidden them from revealing more.
Both insist the interruption was worthwhile. The guests were friendly, the video is enormous and the finished result will explain why Chris had to buy a smarter shir [...]