Tag: 2006
Steve Strange pays a farewell visit to clarify his sensitive nature, while Scott arranges a surprise trip to meet Sugababes for Jay, a 13-year-old grieving the recent loss of her mother to cancer. [...]
Danny Howard's appearance on Celebrity Scissorhands for Children in Need goes badly wrong when a colonic irrigation machine malfunctions during live filming, leaving him shaken enough to need a cup of tea and a half-hour sit-down to recover. [...]
Lloyd is devastated to discover he's been cast as a non-speaking king holding a mirror in his school nativity play, while Chopper heads off to film Celebrity Weakest Link with Dave against the Chuckle Brothers—and calls in with updates from the green room. [...]
Scott attempts to cut hair for Children in Need but annoys the trainee hairdresser, while Coxy conducts video interviews with major stars including Beyoncé—and accidentally offends her by asking about Jay-Z's music videos. [...]
Nelly Furtado joins Scott to talk about her upcoming appearance at Chart Show Live, but the conversation quickly turns to the rock-and-roll lifestyle — including her admitted habit of trashing hotel rooms with her toddler in tow. [...]
Jay Kay from Jamiroquai drops in to critique Scott's notoriously terrible Nissan Micra, and the conversation ranges from his impressive car collection and rejected Toyota Yaris advert to observations about celebrity photographers, lingerie, and kneeboots. [...]
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. [...]