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.
Scott discovers his unusually large wedding-ring size, while wellbeing coach Jenny rejects Elvis and Céline Dion for A-ha. [...]
A stable full of supposedly musical horses refuses to perform on demand, while Bev rejects Edison Lighthouse and Usher for Jessie J. [...]
Beverley Knight prepares for the Piano Room and corrects Scott’s vocal technique, while bowls official Neil lands on Tiffany. [...]
Daniel Bedingfield discusses his return to live performance, while dressage coach Vicky gambles her way to *We Don’t Talk About Bruno*. [...]
Scott follows the disruption caused by Storm Isha, while Rachel rejects the Monkees and keeps Mika’s *Grace Kelly*. [...]
A viewer’s enthusiastic reaction to *The Traitors* triggers an emergency alert, while Julie keeps the Pretenders on spin two. [...]
Bananarama premiere *Supernova*, while Nick rejects Status Quo and keeps Oasis before a fresh Music Police case. [...]
Layton reflects on reaching the *Strictly* final, his friendship with Nikita and returning to Abbey Grove in *Bad Education*. [...]
Teddy Swims discusses his breakthrough and joins Scott in creating a chant for Southampton striker Adam Armstrong. [...]
Scott celebrates the BBC revival of *Gladiators*, while Donna rejects Gayle and the Beatles before landing on Fatboy Slim. [...]