Sam And Amy on Gem 106: Recent Episodes
Sam And Amy on Gem 106
Sony Radio award winning Best UK Breakfast Show. Join Sam, Amy and Dangerous Dave every morning on Gem (http://gem106.co.uk) - 106FM, Digital radio and on mobile app
Tracey won the holiday of a lifetime to Orlando, Florida - staying at Disney World!
It's all thanks to our friends at the Nottingham Building Society.
Calling all #LCFC fans - Amy commissioned a new chant that will bring nothing but #PremierLeague winning moments to #Leicester (she promises).
Written and performed by Dangerous Dave - learn it and chant it at all #LCFC games, GO!
So Blue's Simon Webbe is starring in the panto 'Aladdin' at Nottingham's Theatre Royal and he joined Sam, Amy and Dangerous Dave to perform a very special 'Birthday Song'.
This week Sam and Amy will be starring alongside Christopher Biggins and Simon Webbe in the panto 'Aladdin' and this morning, Sam suggested Webbo comes in on the show and helps Dangerous Dave perform the 'Birthday Song'.....
All this week Santa is taking a bit of break from his Grotto at Twinlakes and joining Sam and Amy on the show. Everyday he's calling up one of our younger listeners and this morning he had a chat with 8 year old Georgia....
This morning on the show Sam had to vent about his wife putting their duvet cover on wrong!
On the show today, a wonderful discovery - Amy came across a love letter that Sam wrote to a girl called Lauren when he was just 11 years old!
This morning on the show Amy expressed a concern about her birthday, her anniversary and her boyfriends birthday which inconveniently occur in quick succession - Amy's solution - just reschedule on of them...
Shocking revelations on the show this morning - it turns out that Amy's Mum had NEVER tried Pringles, until they went on holiday together the other week...
The most popular baby names of the year have been revealed and apparently a lot of parents are getting inspired by characters from 'Game of Thrones'...
This weekend Amy ended up at a dinner with her boyfriend and her ex boyfriend - it sounded like a recipe for disaster, but was it?!
While Sam was on holiday in Norfolk he met a guy on the beach called Ben who looked a bit like Bradley Cooper. He posted a picture with Ben on his Facebook page claiming he'd bumped into a Hollywood superstar and as Amy revealed this morning, he's been stringing along all the girls in the office...
Every summer Sam and Amy take their show on tour with a staycation here in the East Midlands. Last year they spent a week on a narrowboat and this time Sam wants to travel by boat again, only with a slight twist....
This morning on the show, Sam revealed that he and his wife have made a major life decision and removed Facebook from their phones....
At the weekend Amy won a dog lead in a raffle although unfortunately, she doesn't have a dog! It seems she's not the only one to have won some random prizes...
Over the weekend Sam very reluctantly had to swap cars with his wife - unfortunately she had an incident while driving his pride and joy....
After Amy left her car door OPEN (not just unlocked) all weekend, we asked what important things you've forgotten about?
This morning on the show it turned out that Sam's 5 year old daughter Evie has been coming out with a lot of excuses for not going to bed...
So over the weekend Sam's 5 year daughter Evie was visited by the Tooth Fairy for the first time - but what happened to the money she received?
Sam's daughter Evie is 5 and her first tooth has just fallen out, so this morning on the show Sam was wondering just how much money the Tooth Fairy brings these days...
This morning Sam and Amy were very excited to hear about an alarm clock the emits smells to wake you up!
Yesterday in the office it was a bit embarrassing for Amy - she got busted in the doing something she shouldn't have...
It's the London Marathon this weekend. Sam has taken part before and had this rather bad advice...
Dangerous Dave and his wife saw Mcbusted at the Nottingham Arena this weekend - and unfortunately for them, they were caught on 'kiss-cam'!
This morning on the show Sam was telling the guys about his 5 year old daughter Evie, asking questions about his job...
Sam faced the ultimate test of his manliness when a football rolled to his feet in a park!
(In case you're wondering, he kicked it in completely the wrong direction)
In the countdown to Sam's 40th birthday, Amy asked his wife a very important question...
Everyday at 7.30 one listener gets serenaded by Dangerous Dave on 'The Birthday Song' - this morning on the show Tony was celebrating his 53rd birthday and the fact that Tony originally comes from London brought out Sam's inner cockney...
It's the question that is dividing the Internet, 'what colour is this dress'?
Some say it is white and gold, while others are adamant it is blue and black.
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Amy's been struggling to make it to work on time because of overnight roadworks on the A46, so tomorrow the guys are doing the show from her house, and they'll be sleeping over and staying for dinner tonight!
After learning that "Smart TVs" (which are connected to the Internet) may monitor your viewing habits, Amy got a bit paranoid this morning...
This week the team woke up to news of an earthquake in the East Midlands and reports of snow...it was complete chaos...
This morning on the show Sam and Amy payed another bill - Vicky Preston from Calverton requested we pay the tax for her car which she's named Betty...
Ant and Dec won Best Entertainment Presenters at the NTAs last night and this caused a bit of an argument on the show between Sam, Amy and Dangerous Dave...
So the guys have been hitting the January sales and Dangerous Dave has been attempting to change his image in a bid to become the best dressed team member....
You may have heard Sam's daughter Evie featuring on the show, but this morning her 18 month old sister Nancy made her radio debut.
This is Sam and Nancy having a conversation about... well, we're not quite sure!
2014 has been an emotional year - Jason left Take That! This morning Sam and Amy listened in on Take That's Christmas meet-up at Gary's house...
Sam and Amy have "kindly" signed Dangerous Dave up for his first Spray Tan on Friday for our Christmas Party. He also has a Best Man's Speech to do at a wedding the next day, he doesn't seem very grateful....
We've sent Dangerous Dave from Sam and Amy to Lapland!
It's with the wonderful charity When You Wish Upon A Star who make magical Christmas memories for children with life-threatening illnesses, giving them a much needed break from long hospital stays.
Track and journey and find out how you can help: http://www.gem106.co.uk/lapland/
We've sent Dangerous Dave from Sam and Amy to Lapland!
It's with the wonderful charity When You Wish Upon A Star who make magical Christmas memories for children with life-threatening illnesses, giving them a much needed break from long hospital stays.
Track and journey and find out how you can help: http://www.gem106.co.uk/lapland/
Today in the USA, it's Thanksgiving so Sam, Amy and Dangerous Dave thought it would nice to tell each other what they were grateful for......
This week Dangerous Dave is home alone while his wife is filming a TV commercial in the Maldives. Sam and Amy have taken pity on him and offered to babysit, whether he wants them to or not!
Bringing 6 dogs into the studio during a live radio show can only be a good idea... right?
This morning, Sam and Amy wanted to discover whether Dangerous Dave's wife has been picked to appear in a TV ad for a holiday company, after an audition last week.
If chosen it would involve firming in the Maldives... with an on screen husband!
This morning on the show, did you hear Sam talking about finding his 5 year old daughter Evie at the top of the stairs with his one year old daughter Nancy?
It would appear that Evie was planning an exciting ride for a little sister....
Leicester's own Sam Bailey was on with the guys this morning, discussing life after X Factor.
Our Sam attempted to find out how much money she's now got in her bank account!
Amy's boyfriend Kenny moved in a couple of weeks ago and he wants to get a microwave for the kitchen, but she isn't keen. This morning Sam had some advice for Amy on how to deal with this domestic dispute...
Today Sam, Amy and Dangerous Dave were finally all reunited after various holidays - and there was a lot of sun tan comparing...
This morning on the show Amy was telling the guys about her charity bike ride in the USA and also about the nasty shock her boyfriend got when he needed an emergency trip to the dentist...
After an argument about the difference between conkers and chestnuts the breakfast team ended up roasting chestnuts in the Gem car park during this mornings show.
The first person to try them was a paramedic on his way to work called Mike...
Trainee Astronaut Dangerous Dave experiences some Spooky Science at The National Space Centre in Leicester.
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This week with Sam and Amy it's 'Rom Com Week' on the show with the guys celebrating everything from your favourite romantic comedies.
To kick it of this morning Hugh Grant was on! Here's what he had to say about that dance routine in Love Actually...
This week the guys visited Asfordby Hill Primary School on their School Assembly Tour. Sam had a bit of a chat with Hallie and Daniel who are both 6...
Sam, Jenny and Dangerous Dave all watched the' Bake Off' final last night and feel that the X Factor should take a leaf out of it's book...
And that’s it! Mystery Voices with bmi regional has finally been won!
You correctly identified all six mystery voices and the money is yours, Fiona Lacey from Loughborough! And here they all are…
Voice 1 – Ronan Keating Voice 2 – Kirstie Allsopp Voice 3 – Guy Pearce Voice 4 – Rachel Riley Voice 5 – Christian Bale Voice 6 – Alesha Dixon
Thanks so much if you played along with Mystery Voices, fun wasn’t it?!
Keep listening to Gem for more chances to win amazing stuff.
This morning Amy had a big announcement to make, although we think Sam is more excited than she is!
This morning on the show the guys were discussing the awkward moments when you've shown up to something at the wrong time...
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This morning on the show Sam and Amy were discussing when you get injured by your kids... Sam's got two young girls and is frequently in pain!
After the sad news that Jason was leaving Take That, Sam and Amy show us how the conversation went with the rest of the band.
This morning Sam gave a BIG clue to the identity of one of the Mystery Voices. As usual, he went a bit too far, the boss is not going to be happy...
Play Mystery Voices for £10,000: http://gem106.co.uk/mysteryvoices
This morning the guys were discussing Fresher's Week - hopefully there will be students in the East Midlands that have a more successful start to their University career than Dangerous Dave...
This week Sam and Amy have been celebrating all things Scottish and today the team were embracing the very finest Scotch whisky...
This morning Sam read another another extract of Amy's teenage diary (aged 13 and a half), hopefully her mother wasn't listening!
Over the weekend, our couple Adam and Susan from Lutterworth got married at Twinlakes theme park after Sam and Amy helped their girls organise a very special wedding.
This was no ordinary wedding, Maddie aged 9 and Dottie aged 4 requested karaoke, marshmallows and a loom band dress code, they even asked Sam and Amy to conduct the wedding ceremony!
This week, Sam has been reading out extracts of Amy's teenage diary, but today he was shocked to read about some 13 year old Amy's exploits at school!
The kids are heading back to school and this morning Sam used this as an opportunity to encourage youngsters across the East Midlands to get involved with our game 'Smalltalk'.
Sam claimed that playing Smalltalk prepares you for lessons, increases brain power and can put you on the path to success...
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So yesterday Sam forced Amy and half the office to join him at his new exercise fad - Crossfit!
Now they're worried they're going to become the most annoying people they know...
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Amy went to a wedding in Kent over the weekend, she booked a hotel for the Saturday night but unfortunately it had a slight (big!) problem...
This weekend Amy was at a wedding and halfway through the day made a sneaky footwear switch from heels to flips flops - this was supposed to improve comfort and well being but actually caused quite a few problems...
It's the summer holidays, so this morning Sam and Amy had their first session of summer school - they were joined by brothers Archie and Ollie who were teaching them all about playing Minecraft.
This morning Sam and Amy were discussing weird phobias and it turns out a lot of people listening are freaked out by some pretty random things!
This morning Sam and Amy kicked off our 'Great Days Out' by sending Tracy and her family to Alton Towers, it turns out she hasn't been there for quite some time...
This week was Sam and Amy's last School Assembly of the year so they played a bunch of games with the kids from Brocklewood Primary School in Bilborough.
6 year old Ewell tried to catch Amy out in the 'Yes and No' game...
So a lot of students are currently graduating and this morning Sam decided to attempt to blag an honorary degree from one of the East Midland's universities...
Today Sam and Amy began planning their annual summer Staycation - this year the team will be hitting the canals of the East Midlands in a boat.
For Dangerous Dave however, the prospect of another week with Sam and Amy in an enclosed space is not a pleasant one...
This morning Amy revealed that she caught her boyfriend shaving his legs at the weekend. Apparently it's so he can be more streamlined when cycling.
If this wasn't odd enough, Amy then started encouraging Sam and Dangerous Dave to go down a similar route....
Today's Give It Up appeal song is for our good friends at http://www.longeatonplant.co.uk/ Long Eaton Plant Hire.
Fancy your own personalised company song, written and performed by Dangerous Dave from Sam and Amy at Breakfast?
For a £1000 donation to our Give It Up charity appeal, you'll get the song and plenty of mentions on Gem 106. Get in touch here: http://gem106.co.uk/giveitup
After Sam's daughter Evie missed her friend's birthday party, Sam offers an apology only to find out his wife has already planned it for him!
All this week because the kids are on half term, 'Smalltalk' has become 'Big Talk' with the grown ups battling it out for case of champagne.
Today, 29 year old Jamie chose to play with Dangerous Dave, a choice that didn't pay off...
Sam is currently attempting to sell his house. This morning morning he confessed to a sneaky tactic he used to discover what potential buyers really thought when they were having a look round...
So our friends at Frank Key Building and Timber Supplies are building a tree house for a lucky competition winner Hannah Lees and her kids. Sam, who see's himself as master tradesman/builder, is forcing the breakfast team to do the show in said tree house this Friday morning!
So this morning Sam and Amy called up Hannah from Gamston and let her know she's won a tree house for her kids, courtesy of Frank Key Building and Timber Supplies...now Sam wants to do a show this week, from her tree house!
Now Sam in his infinite wisdom wants to have a VIP launch party and do the show live from his tree-house on Thursday.
It all got a little emotional for Sam and his wife as Evie performed in her first School Play.
Here's what happened when we spoke to some of the hilarious kids at Sycamore Academy in Nottingham....
Here's what happened when we chatted with some of the hilarious kids from Bulwell St Mary's C of E Primary School....
If you missed the story of how Nancy Pinkham joined the world here it is... it involves a car chase, tears of joy and 4 skinheads.
Last week in the studio we had a state of the art piece of equipment to stimulate the contractions a woman feels during child birth. We of course used this to to show Sam what it feels like to be in labour.
Helen Roberts from Nottingham City Council talking to reporter Melanie Stewart-Smith as part of a feature for National Adoption Week
A new song was ordered for all our Sam & Amy Bonfire events this year & boy did Dangerous Dave deliver!
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Thanks to Chief Dinner LadyJackie, Head Mrs. Glynn-Jones all the staff & amazing kids for making us SO welcome when we visited their school in Aspley to serve up School Dinners!
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Dangerous Dave's Conkers song gets some heavyweight celebrity backing! #garybarlow #thescript #ollymurs #conkers #gem106
Its all been topsey turvey this week as Sam & Amy swapped lives on & off the air ... sadly this meant Dangerous Dave barely got a look in ... oh well! Here's all the best bits ... they clearly don't need him! ;) #gem106 #samandamy #lifeswap
Day #4: Amy found that some aspects of parenting can actually be fun whilst Sam got a little upset as he was missing his daughter!
DAY 4: So when cam to catching up with Amy's Mum over lunch, Sue Voce didn't hold back on what she thought of Amy's Ex!
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DAY 3: Sam decides to up the stakes & meet Amy's Mum for lunch just she would normally do once per week ... and of course they'll have to talk boys too!!
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DAY #3: Sam spends the night as a guest in his own house after watching John Bishop in Nottingham. BUT keeps the experiment going by making Amy do all his jobs!!
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Swapping lives with Sam meant Amy had to play squash with Dangerous Dave .... and she had to get physical with him too!
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Thanks to all the kids, staff & teachers at St. Peter's Primary in East Bridgford who made us so welcome when we came to serve up schoold dinners #samandamy #gem106 #schooldinners
OMG! What is this latest BIG idea has Sam come up with then ??!
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Thanks so much to all the wonderful children at Welbeck Primary in The Meadows in Nottingham for making us so welcome on our School Dinners Tour.
Thanks also Head Teacher to Ms. Norman and all her staff, especially Head Cook Dave who made a lovely Roast Turkey lunch – YUM!
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Thanks to Mr. Stone, Mrs Paterson, all the staff, teachers & wonderful children at Kibworth Primary we had a FAB time serving the dinners. It was made even better by Amy's Neices taking her down a peg or two as well! #samandamy #gem106 #kibworthprimary #school #dinners
Thanks to all the staff, teachers & kids who made us so welcome at St. Peter's Juniors - we had a smashing time! Harry's passion for Pizza was something to behold to!
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What a wonderful week we had going back to school across the East Midlands! Here's the best bits of the week ... and of course we HAD to include the moment when Kira from Bluebell Hill Primary WIPED the floor with Sam! #gem106 #samandamy #backtoschool
We speak to the 17-year-old swimmer from Mansfield who won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the Paralympics! He spoke to us before the homecoming party in Mansfield's Market Place.
We chat to Mansfield's Olympic legend about her success, dealing with Twitter abuse and her future. She spoke to us before appearing on stage at the London 2012 homecoming party in Mansfield.
To say we were honoured to meet local girl & Olympic Swimming Champion Becky Adlington would be a massive understatement!
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It was great to have Ronan back in Nottingham to see us & he had a lot to say about how his life has changed in the last 12 months & just how much he wants Louis Walsh & James Bond's job!
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Sam & Amy were VERY proud to have Team GB Olympic Gymnast Sam Oldham (19 from Keyworth) on the show this morning! He had LOTS to tell us about the goings on in the Olympic Village & what inspires him to such excellence
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We were honoured to meet Kim this morning, one of the dancers in the Olympic Opening Ceremony who spilled the beans on what it was like to be an actual part of history!!
Thanks to Mrs. Hardy, all the staff and kids at Queniborough Primary for making so welcome ... we had a GREAT time! :)
Thanks Deputy Head Mr. Noble + all Dinner ladies, staff & kids for making us so welcome ... we had a lovely time!
Gem 106 looks back at the best moments of the Olympic Torch visits in the East Midlands
Sam and Amy got Dangerous Dave to nab Gary "G DOG" Lineker as he ran with the Olympic Totch in Leicester!
Good Luck to Rebecca Lowther from Bigwood School near Bestwood Park, who's one of the lucky Olympic Torch carriers tomorrow morning taking the torch out of Nottinghma towards Derby
Thanks so much to Deptuy Head Miss Jackson, Head Chef Vagelis and his lovely team and of course all the lovely kids at Chetwynd Primary in Toton, Beeston for inviting us to come & serve school dinners! We had an aboslute blast!!!
Thanks to Assistant Head Mr. Williams, all the lovely staff, dinner ladies and of course the pupils for making us so welcome yesterday at Bluebell Hill Primary!
Sam's now reckons he's nalied how to communicate with the fairer sex ... of course he has?!
Sam & Amy weren’t doing their school dinners tour this week as its SAT exams happening at Primary Schools across the East Midlands Instead Sam, Amy & Dangerous Dave sat their own Maths SAT exam & got their results too! Check out more pics & videos online via www.gem106.co.uk/back-to-school/
Well Done Eva Lopez from Loughborough, she won the Gem 106 fabulous Lady Gaga in Paris! She's NEVER won a competition before & she's never even been to Paris - what an experience she's going to have!!
Thanks to Mrs. Knox, the very helpful dinner ladies and all the wonderful staff and kids at Amy’s old school Houghton on The Hill C of E Primary for making us SO welcome when we came to serve up their school dinners. We had a lovely time and Amy got a very nostalgic trip down memory lane too!
Gem 106 and myeastmidlandsjobs.co.uk has found over £5million jobs in the region in total.
Thanks to Mrs. Town & all her lovely staff & kids who invited us along to serve up school dinners at their delightful little school! We had such a lovely time & were made to feel very welcome!
Thanks to Head Teacher Mr. Howatson + all his lovely staff, dinner ladies & kids for making us all so welcome on our School Dinners Tour!