Few things seem more noughties than the prank call. From Chris Moyles on the radio or Trigger Happy and Fonejacker on TV, to you and your friends in your bedroom - everyone was doing them. It felt like you could while away hours pranking people from school or even just ringing random names from the phonebook.

Noughties Podcast co-host Rob Comba was no stranger to a prank call either. In fact, he was involved in one that made national news back in 2005. He and his friends got hold of the footballer Gary Neville's number and rang him incessantly. One of these calls was recorded and found its way into The Sun and onto TV show, Soccer AM, and its something of a social media sensation still today - Gary is frequently asked about it and how his number found its way into the hands of a group of school kids in the west country.

The thing is, even they never actually knew where the number came from, and so Rob has made it his mission to find out how they came to have it and apologise to Gary once and for all. Join him on his quest for clarity, as he traces the number back to its source, speaks to a journalist who has covered the story and seeks advice from the master of the noughties prank: Trigger Happy TV creator, Dom Joly (though Dom isn't quite so keen on the title 'prank').

This podcast is a 4Kicks Production and presented by Tom Pooley, Sophie Donovan and Rob Comba. Find out more: https://www.4kicksproductions.com/

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