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There is nothing more infectious than a fit of the giggles, and they're impossible to suppress once you’ve started. Simon Mayo and his team had a spot of bother getting through a confession from a listener, concerning a moment of misunderstanding in a Turkish massage parlour. Simon manfully struggles through an innuendo-laden encounter until he reaches the sentence: “First he buffed and washed my husband thoroughly." After that, chaos ensues.

It’s important to be gracious and welcoming to your guests, especially when they are world famous rap stars with a habit of mouthing off in song about people who have annoyed them. That said, Jonathan Ross’s offer to show around his house did take an unexpected turn, quite literally.

Gwyneth Paltrow is often noted for her unorthodox dietary habits and beauty treatments. This news report, read by Chris Evans, concerning a new procedure that involves being stung by bees in the name of vanity, proved to be too much for Vassos Alexander.

This is a simply glorious moment, one that thoroughly justifies the decision of the Chris Evans Show team to have all their guests on at the same time. As Chris reads out a text from his wife, jokingly upbraiding him for spending his anniversary with his ex-wife (studio guest Billie Piper) the realisation suddenly dawns on Jonah Hill that his host and fellow guest were once an item. "Are you serious?" asks the dumbfounded Hollywood star, to much hilarity in the studio.

Always game for a challenge, this clip shows what happened when Jeremy Vine strapped on a device aimed at curbing excessive spending habits using electric shock conditioning. If you see someone freaking out at the till in the upcoming January sales, you'll know what's just happened.

During his appearance on Michael Ball's show, TV supervet Noel Fitzpatrick revealed, from hard-won experience, a list of things not to do when meeting the Queen. Amazingly, the worst of them isn't the bit where Noel attempts to “reverse-knight her with a bionic limb”.

It’s always a risk to debut a new look in front of a lethally sharp wit such as that belonging to Graham Norton, even if your makeover consists of something as comparatively trivial as a new pair of spectacles, as Maria McErlane found out back in June. Comparisons to a certain myopic cartoon character abound, followed by some health and safety concerns and a lot of giggling.

Steve Wright went to the Edinburgh Festival in August to talk to various comedians, and got into a hilarious and illuminating discussion with Shappi Khorsandi about national identity, the correct pronunciation of Aga and the beneficial effects of Morris dancing. She’s particularly sharp on the origins of the humble cuppa too.

Actor Tom Hiddleston is renowned for playing such prestigious roles as Henry V, Coriolanus and Loki from The Avengers. But it all started for him as Toad of Toad Hall from Wind in the Willows. Will he do the song? Yes, he does the song.

Vanessa Feltz was the lucky recipient of this spectacularly embarrassing story, in which the act of putting on a jacket in a posh restaurant led to scenes of unthinkable destruction. It’s enough to bring new and terrifying meaning to the phrase “I’ll get my coat”.

Chris Evans’s breakfast show is clearly the place for sudden celebrity revelations, and this time it’s the host’s turn to be surprised as Michael Fassbender reveals they’ve actually met before. Although, to be fair, the actor was an unknown at this point, making an impromptu early morning visit to Evans’ house in the company of Johnny Vegas...

Getting Tim Vine onto any radio show is always a safe bet for hilarity, as he always has an exceptional barrage of one-liners ready to go at the drop of a hat. But did you know he can also do a very good impression of his brother Jeremy? You do now. Plus keep listening for a slew of classic daft Vine gags.

Finally we return full circle, to the wonderful moment that every presenter dreads but every listener cherishes - an accidental innuendo leading to an uncontrollable fit of giggles. If you've never heard Elaine Paige laugh before, it's quite a sound, and completely infectious. We challenge you to keep a straight face for more than a couple of seconds.