Tag: Christmas
Madonna’s divorce settlement inspired a brutally practical street question about marrying her for £60 million, while one commuter arrived in a suit and full reindeer antlers. [...]
Listeners admitted buying jumpers, collars and even fish-tank treasure for pets, while Scott questioned whether animals understood any part of the Christmas gift ritual. [...]
A colleague was charged an extra 50p after squeezy cheese appeared on chips without being requested, leading Scott to discover that many listeners did not even know the product existed. [...]
A BBC department looked for a celebrity to switch on its Christmas lights, while Scott tried laser-guided scissors designed to keep wrapping-paper cuts straight. [...]
Feeling unwell and swollen, a member of the team remembered the myth that smelling toast could signal spontaneous combustion and briefly turned an ordinary symptom into a crisis. [...]
Ill at home, Beccy still joined the programme and selected a huge lighthouse beacon from the classifieds after Scott had promised to buy her an item. [...]
The Sugababes joined a show which had become fascinated by impressive laughs and elephant noises, while Beccy found an enormous classified Christmas present. [...]
Lily Allen visited with new music while David Van Day’s birthday appearance prompted the team to count how often he reminded everyone it was his birthday. [...]
A leaving card went badly wrong when Scott’s flatmate learned a colleague had been dismissed and tried to alter “sorry you got fired” with the word “chicken”. [...]
The programme argued that “plump” was a kinder, more useful word than many modern alternatives and even found music to support the campaign. [...]