Category: Show Diary
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. [...]
A classic Mills prank catches someone claiming to be Vernon Kay's brother, while a rejected date story spawns a full song about demanding reimbursement for dinner. [...]
Chappers conducts a cheeky interview with R 'n' B singer Lola about her track "No Strings," which is being played heavily on Radio 1 — and things get increasingly flirty and flustered as the questioning progresses. [...]
Scott and the team dissect an outrageous American dating story about a man named Darren who demands $50 from his date Joanne after she doesn't call him back — complete with voicemails, threats of legal action, and a restaurant manager getting involved. [...]
Scott orchestrates chaos by getting two rival takeaway shops to take orders from each other, resulting in mounting confusion and a brilliantly tangled phone exchange. [...]
With Scott Mills away, Chappers takes over and revisits some of the show's most memorable moments, including the legendary Glasgow University names call and the infamous Pizza Guy prank calls. [...]
Scott discovers "The Baby Mindreader," a genuinely baffling TV show in which a camp psychic called Derek claims to read the minds of babies to diagnose their emotional and behavioural problems — and the results are hilariously dubious. [...]