Stories involving Instagram turning up across the site's coverage, from confessions and celebrity encounters in the Radio 1 years to social-media mishaps and mix-ups in more recent Radio 2 era shows.
Zara Larsson competed with fake superfan Steve, corrected the quiz when it claimed she was five foot six and revealed her first email address while Scott investigated a friend gradually stealing his wardrobe. [...]
With Chris 24 hours into his Instagram break, listener Helen offered to help turn the show’s perfume idea into a real fragrance and introduced the possibility of working with a professional “nose”. [...]
Listener Danni wanted to know whether men wiped after going for a wee, so Scott and Chris eventually put the question directly to Strictly’s AJ Pritchard. [...]
Maya Jama denied doing Strictly in 2018, rejected claims that her snoring made Stormzy sleep in another room and confirmed that being half-Swedish did not earn her 50% off at IKEA. [...]
James introduced fellow investigator “Jane”, who posed as his partner to bluff their way into a supposedly charitable masquerade ball and secretly gather evidence for a suspicious wife. [...]
After Liam defended his friend on Ghostbusters, Brogan revealed that she and Liam had started messaging on Instagram and she was interested in where the strange situation might go. [...]
An anonymous listener revealed remarkably successful celebrity encounters through Twitter and Tinder, while Harry reinstalled Instagram to send Stephanie Pratt another message and Greg James reached a snow-covered Scafell Pike. [...]