Category: Show Diary
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. [...]
A vintage episode built around two brilliant running features: Molly Mae reads out the filthiest flirt-text messages ever broadcast, and the team discovers what happens when celebrity phone numbers get recycled and end up with unsuspecting members of the public. [...]
Scott and the team create a chaotic audition video for Laura to submit as P. Diddy's personal assistant, after the rapper's MySpace profile advertises the position online. [...]
A feature all about the pitfalls of alcohol and mobile phones — Flirt Divert returns with a fresh batch of cringe-worthy voicemail messages left by people who've had a few too many drinks before deciding to call someone they fancy. [...]