Tag: 2006
Chappers hosts the American Phone Book Game, calling up unfortunate souls with amusing names from US directories—this time connecting with Ben D Wanger and Harry Minge, much to everyone's delight. [...]
Scott and the team call people with genuinely unfortunate names from the American phone book, enjoying the awkward moment when callers have to confirm their own surnames down the phone — plus proper mean Random Acts of Kindness. [...]
Scott and the team launch a bizarre new feature called "Text the Dead" with visiting spirit medium Chris, fielding questions for listeners' deceased relatives — including a granddad famous for blaming his farts on the dog, and a Scottish grandmother's cluty dumpling recipe gone wrong. [...]
Scott Mills is filling in for Grimmy on Breakfast with a bumper Flirt Divert feature, complete with hilariously garbled voicemail messages — and Laura's speculative baby names cause chaos with the unofficial fan site. [...]
A caller named Simon has been receiving increasingly unhinged voicemails from his ex-girlfriend "Emma" and her father after a brief one-date relationship, culminating in a genuinely disturbing message that sounds like she's cutting up his jumper with scissors. [...]
Chappers reveals he's obtained the mobile phone number of a genuine A-list Hollywood celebrity and calls them live on air — leading to one of the show's most audacious "A-List: Who the Hell Are You?" games yet. [...]
Scott clears down the Flirt Divert line with the weekend's best attempts to chat up potential dates, then addresses tabloid rumours about him appearing on Dancing on Ice. [...]
A best-of collection of the show's most successful wind-ups of Scott's mum, spanning several weeks of elaborate phone hoaxes — from fake arrests to broken car parts to a Celebrity X-Factor appearance. [...]
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. [...]
David Hasselhoff rings in to help Scott plan his own funeral, complete with donated teeth, electrical preservation ideas, and a custom Elton John tribute. [...]