An insult to science
James O'Brien's Mystery Hour
Global
4.5 • 986 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's Mystery Hour. To join the game, call 0345 60 60 973, Thursdays at 12pm.
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| 0:00.0 | If I had to picture a moment of calmfulness, it would have to be at the beach. |
| 0:05.0 | On the edge of the sand, with the waves at my toes, what's yours? |
| 0:10.2 | Calm's Herbal Remedies. |
| 0:12.2 | Calm's days, a traditional herbal medicine used for stress, exclusively based on traditional use only, contains Valerian Root. Always read the label. |
| 0:21.9 | This is LBC from Global, leading Britain's conversation. Mystery Hour with James O'Brien. |
| 0:30.6 | Four minutes after 12 is the time. It is. Flipping heck. Who forgot? Hands up. Hands up if you forgot |
| 0:35.2 | briefly. I know I mentioned it half an hour ago, but half an hour is a long time in politics. Hands up if you forgot that Mr. Strave is coming up next. And you were wondering how on earth we're going to be able to continue talking about Donald Trump while simultaneously reflecting that we shouldn't be talking about the thing that we're talking about. We should be talking about the thing that we should be talking about. But we're not talking about because we're talking about the thing that we shouldn't be talking about. |
| 0:55.0 | All of which adds up to one very large reason to be the huge sigh of relief at the fact that it is that time of week again. If you're new to this, you're in for a treat. If you've got a question, remember, you get a better chance of getting it on the board. If I have forgotten to give you a heads up at one minute to 12, then you do when I remember to give you a heads up at one minute to 12. And if you are new to it, |
| 1:16.9 | then you should probably know that this is the only hour of the week in which I guarantee laughter. |
| 1:24.2 | I was going to say smiles then, but that would be deflation. It's laughter that I guarantee. |
| 1:29.5 | What happens is this. People ring in with a question. Any old question. A mystery, a riddle, a conundrum. |
| 1:34.8 | An enigma. Something that must have an answer, but you're dashed if you know what it is and the number you read and ring. |
| 1:40.3 | And be quick, because if you do it now, you'll get a phone line. 034-6-609-7-3. |
| 1:48.3 | And then you ask the question, and then somebody else rings in and provides the answer. |
| 1:52.6 | And it's that simple. |
| 1:53.8 | If you provide the answer, or the question, actually, |
| 1:56.8 | whoever makes my favourite contribution of the week runs a chance of, |
| 2:00.6 | has a chance of winning a mystery hour game |
| 2:02.8 | either a mystery hour board game or the mystery hour travel edition which is not technically a board game |
| 2:07.5 | because it fits in your pocket but which is guaranteed to provide hours of fun um my decision is final |
| 2:14.4 | i pick that you can find out the full terms and conditions at lbc.gov.uk. |
| 2:19.2 | And you can find out more about the game itself by going to mystery hour. |
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