Birthday Game
The Birthday Game is a music-based feature from Scott Mills's BBC Radio 2 shows, where listeners celebrating their birthdays face a choice: stick with their selected song or gamble on a different track. The archive follows the game's memorable decisions, unexpected swaps and on-air reactions.
Paddy McGuinness joins Scott, Trisha delays an entire Pilates class for the Easiest Quiz and Jan prepares to celebrate her 55th birthday at Popworld. [...]
Stacey Dooley joins Scott, while Kay from Hull reaches 19 in the Easiest Quiz after being transported to her local pub through radio sound effects. [...]
Gethin Jones joins Scott as the programme uncovers his connection with country music ahead of the week’s Belfast broadcast. [...]
Sara Cox sits in for Scott and welcomes Si King for a morning of food, friendship and listener stories. [...]
Jacqueline Wilson joins Scott for World Book Day as Ellie dresses as a dinosaur and listeners explain how her books changed their relationship with reading. [...]
Sue Perkins discusses her new chess competition, while Ashley celebrates turning 50 with a Eurovision-themed Birthday Game. [...]
Scott meets a record-breaking Cornish pasty crimper, while dentist Steve is stopped by the difference between herbs and spices. [...]
Clive Myrie joins the show, listeners remember Skype and Becky reaches 28 in the Easiest Quiz before a bad phone line turns “sport” into “fork”. [...]
The Singing Grandad returns to the programme, 5ive discuss their comeback and Thursday’s features build towards the end of the week. [...]
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is revealed as Scott’s mystery guest, while the show investigates a baffling card sent to Ellie and another contestant challenges the quiz. [...]