relationships
Love lives, dating dilemmas and relationship mishaps crop up across the site's history, from phone-in confessions and dating-based games in the Radio 1 years to candid chats with guests on Radio 2.
Scott considers changing his name to Malcolm Bonkers after meeting a listener with that actual surname, while the team investigates a viral clip of a reporter who swallows a fly live on air and has a complete breakdown. [...]
Scott insists Sara Bareilles is being unreasonably "mardy" for refusing to write a love song for her boyfriend, while Lloyd the 12-year-old football correspondent demands his own theme tune — and the team sound progressively drunker as the show goes on. [...]
Scott and Chappers compete for a part in The Bill with Barry Chuckle as judge, while the show also features a bizarre documentary about a woman married to the Eiffel Tower, plus Mr Wet Y-Fronts 1997 and Beccy's Classifieds. [...]
Scott explores whether relationships can work when neither person speaks the other's language, hears from listeners with wildly mixed results (including one involving Meatloaf lyrics), and gets distracted by Radio 1's increasingly famous toilets and a man in a badger suit called Barry. [...]
The long-awaited return of "My Name is Scott" sees Jo Whiley get her own back on Scott in spectacular fashion, armed with a paintball gun and a warehouse full of quiz questions designed to humiliate him. [...]
Hypnotist Paul McKenna visits the studio to offer advice on everything from helping Laura con her boyfriend into marriage to overcoming fear of flying, while Scott's investigation into Craig David's romantic methods reveals the star uses singing oompa loompa telegrams to woo women. [...]
Scott finally gets his moment at the World Darts Championship at Lakeside, playing a leg against Peter Crouch with Ray Stubbs commentating—and the experience is delightfully surreal. Meanwhile, listeners decode what "complicated" actually means on Facebook relationship statuses, and kids hilariously attempt to remake classic horror films. [...]
Scott and the team explore a dating website designed for cat lovers to find romantic matches, fielding caller Mrs. X who admits her cats have sabotaged previous relationships, while also running their signature "Pointless Survey" asking the public which celebrity they'd eat on a desert island. [...]