Other Special Features
- Roddy Frame of Aztec Camera appeared on the show on 27 April 2006, giving an interview and short performance.
- Al Murray once hosted a special of "Drunk vs. Stoned".
- A 'Sexpert' giving advice before Valentine's Day.
- Three exclusive podcasts for the podcast Listeners only - not on the radio. They are ruder and more risque than the usual show.
- A Dirty Book at Bedtime video podcast.
- The Head of ITV Entertainment Paul Jackson, criticizing listeners' ideas for TV programmes. It is unknown if he has bought any of the ideas.
- "Mayor of On-Air" Phillip Elliott, a listener, was chosen to be the mayor of The Geoff Show. He had the 'civic duty' of opening their new website. He also made a speech at midnight just before 6 June 2006 (06/06/06, the so-called day of the Apocalypse).
- Danny Wallace visited the show, dispensing advice concerning Geoff's Gay God, since Danny started his own cult, by accident.
- Beetroot Watch Listeners email in where they have spotted beetroots in everyday life.
- The Geoff Show Turner Prize Similar to the real life Turner Prize, except judged purely on ideas for modern art.
- Essay Writing Contest Listeners were invited to compete in an essay-writing contest, 4 listeners in the end sent in 1000-word essays dissecting the lyrics of a song Annabel had mentioned one show, entitled the Pina Colada Song. Entries were judged on-air by Zoe Williams, a journalist, and Sean E Simmons from Truro was pronounced the winner.
- Apocalypse Watch On the eve of 6 June 2006 (06/06/06), listeners were invited to call the show to describe any out-of-the-ordinary events they had seen occur.
- Mop Gear A parody of Top Gear, competitors have to register the loudest noise on the decibelmeter in the studio, to win a menial prize.
- Swedish band I'm From Barcelona appeared on the show on 24 January 2007, performing a two-song set in Virgin Radio's disabled toilet, after Geoff had pondered whether they could get into the Guinness Book of World Records by having the largest band perform in the smallest space. While it was not possible to claim the record (there is no regulation on the size of a disabled toilet), seventeen of the band's twenty nine members appeared on the show for an interview, before performing in the small space.
- Chris Addison guested throughout the entire show on 3 July 2008.
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