Tag: 2008
Scott explores the ethics of buying someone's kids deliberately annoying presents as revenge, hears some genuinely ear-splitting examples, and discusses whether strip poker ever ends well — while Chappers and Dave continue their Sport Relief challenge with a three-legged run at Middlesbrough's Riverside Stadium. [...]
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. [...]
Chappers kicks off his ambitious Sport Relief challenge, visiting every English and Scottish Premiership ground to run a mile at each venue, while Scott marks the occasion with a specially written song — performed in Chappers' own distinctive style. [...]
Scott's long-awaited Hawaii chair arrives at Radio 1, but a dramatic malfunction nearly sends him flying across the studio—and then the team hunt for the most creative excuses people have used to avoid admitting to their mates they've been dumped. [...]
Scott explores the world's worst criminal nicknames (the Crutch Bandit tops the list for sheer embarrassment), then introduces a brand new game that asks listeners to guess whether celebrities have more love or hate websites online. [...]
Lucy came home from hockey practice to find her mum in a compromising clinch with her geography teacher — and the show explores what might be even worse situations involving a parent's romantic choices, plus some genuinely filthy lyrics from songs your grandparents used to listen to. [...]
Scott discusses who he'd want to wee on his jellyfish sting (Colin Murray wins for being a good distraction), cringes through clips from the American lie-detector gameshow Moment of Truth, and points out that parents complaining about modern lyrics should remember some of the genuinely filthy songs from the 60s and 70s. [...]
On Leap Day (29 February), Laura decides to use the tradition that allows women to propose to men — and Scott and the team spend the entire show dreaming up increasingly elaborate schemes to coerce her reluctant boyfriend James into popping the question. [...]
Scott's mice are back and bolder than ever, Loose Lips returns in full dramatic teen-soap style, and there's an unexpected engagement announcement that leaves Laura decidedly unenthused. [...]
A blocked toilet disaster has made the BBC Radio 1 basement smell like a sewer, Scott's convinced he knows who did it, and a bizarre new dating craze called "eye gazing" is sweeping New York City—but the episode's real revelation is that Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" inexplicably stops babies from crying. [...]