Scott directs listeners to the Unofficial Mills fan site’s version of Banzai, a poll asking what will happen next on the show — with options ranging from Scott moving to Radio 2 to Chapman getting struck by lightning.
Scott spends much of the show promoting a poll on the Unofficial Mills website (linked from his Radio 1 pages), describing it as their take on the show’s Banzai feature. The poll options capture the show’s comedic chaos: Scott moving to Radio 2, Chapman swearing on air again, Scott turning up drunk, Laura getting pregnant, Lloyd’s voice breaking, and various other unlikely scenarios.
The team discusses several poll options in detail. Scott defends his flatmate against claims of being gay, insisting he’s a “lady magnet” — so much so that one girl allegedly had to be hypnotized to stop thinking about him. There’s banter about Eric Mound, whom they’d had on the show weeks earlier and promised success to, with Scott noting they’ve now forgotten about him twice.
The existing description mentions The Hoff sending flowers, killing popstars, lightning strikes, and worst Radio 1 quizzes, though these elements don’t clearly emerge in the transcript excerpt provided. At the time of broadcast, the show was building anticipation around the Unofficial Mills site and encouraging listener participation in their fan-created poll — a nice early example of radio engagement with online fan communities.
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