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.
Ella Henderson finally identifies the song stuck in her head, while Heather rejects Sam Smith and Cher before receiving Rihanna. [...]
Scott tests whether one smart speaker can trigger another into an endless rewind loop, while Simon accepts Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber immediately. [...]
Listeners reveal the tiny office rules that drove them mad, while sculptor Andy rejects Wizzard and Duran Duran for Olive. [...]
Ella remembers only a line about laundry and bills, while former opera singer Emma rejects Wet Wet Wet and Boyzone for New Edition. [...]
Listeners nominate expressions they want retired, while Jonathan rejects Liberty X and Robson and Jerome for Gina G. [...]
The Music Police solve Nick’s sparse clue, while Jenny rejects the Ting Tings and keeps Adam and the Ants for her husband. [...]
Animal and Floyd Pepper discuss the Electric Mayhem, sing Gary Davies’ jingle and investigate Katy Perry and Paula Abdul. [...]
Vicky rejects Boyzone and Ace of Base for Despacito, while Nick offers the Music Police only the words “paints a picture”. [...]
Loreen returns after her historic Eurovision victory, while Paul keeps Madison Avenue and avoids Boney M and Wet Wet Wet. [...]
Scott broadcasts from Liverpool as Julia Sanina discusses the first semi-final, Ukraine’s message and the city’s extraordinary welcome. [...]