Where Do You Think They Were
A birthday-week staple from Scott Mills' Radio 1 afternoon show, where listeners' parents are grilled live on air to reveal exactly where and how they were conceived, with results ranging from romantic to downright awkward.
Scott mixed genuine underwear terminology with descriptions stolen from vacuum cleaners and garden equipment, before Abbey discovered her parents had conceived her in an orchestra pit. [...]
Producer Will left the show after nearly three years, while listener Joe endured his dad Giles describing champagne, choral music and a carpeted bathroom floor in Where Do You Think They Were? [...]
Rachel's lost Rome holiday was recreated with horns, terrible Italian accents and imaginary landmarks, before Jack Whitehall's dad revisited the story of where Jack was conceived. [...]
Scott and Chris discovered the secret language of the butcher's counter before Sam's mum Serena supplied far more detail than her son wanted about his conception in 1993. [...]
Listeners reviewed famous attractions as though they were disappointing businesses, while Scott put “virtual” in the bin and imagined turning One Direction's melted waxworks into candles. [...]
Love Island’s music choices impressed Scott, a Stark Guide tried to relaunch Weston-super-Mare and James’s mum Sam revealed that a fancy-dress party ended with his parents camping on a bouncy castle. [...]
Radio 1 DJ Arielle Free became the first station presenter to face Where Do You Think They Were?, as mum Jackie reconstructed a freezing, rain-soaked Glastonbury night spent inside a very warm tent. [...]
Brad’s mum Shona revealed that a party in northern Australia led to an interval in a half-roofed shack surrounded by snakes and creepy crawlies before they returned to the celebrations. [...]
Simon’s dad Tony turned a family birthday party, a new bed and tingling toes into one of Where Do You Think They Were’s most enthusiastic stories. [...]
Emma’s mum Gaynor revealed a rain soaked camping trip, a missing earring and neighbours only seven feet away from the tent where Emma was conceived. [...]