Win with Absolute and British Gas - On-Air Terms and Conditions

TERMS AND CONDITIONS for British Gas x Absolute May Bank Holiday (the “Competition”).

These terms and conditions (the “Specific Terms”) for the Competition should be read alongside our general competition terms and conditions at: http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-competition-terms.html (the “General Terms”) which will also apply to this Competition. Where there is any conflict between these Specific Terms and the General Terms, the Specific Terms shall prevail.

1.ENTRY ROUTES AND COSTS

Entries are restricted to one 1 entry per person.

Entry to the Competition is available via the following routes:

Call Absolute Radio’s phone number 0330 123 1215

If your call has not dialled the valid number, it will not be entered into the draw.

Calls with be charged at your standard network rate.

Entrants must enter during the Entry Periods of the competition. Any entries received outside of the Entry Periods will not be entered but may still be charged. Bauer Media is not responsible for any latency experience or technical fault by your mobile phone network, which may delay or prevent your entry via phone.

2.COMPETITION MECHANIC AND HOW TO WIN

There will be one 1 winner of the competition on Tuesday 28th April 2026

Each week the presenters of the Absolute Radio Hometime Show will invite people to call the number specified above, if they would like to take part in the May bank holiday competition. All specific timings for this ‘call out’ to play the game will be provided by the presenters within the 16:00 – 19:00 show time window.

The competition will play out as follows:

• Bush & Richie will have 3 general knowledge questions.

• They will ask the questions; each correct answer will add a prize bundle to the pot (the contents of these bundles is detailed in section 5 ‘The Prize’).

• After each question the listener will be given the opportunity to either shout bank and leave with what they have already won or continue with another question to try and add more to their prize.

• If they chose to continue and get a question wrong they will lose the prize in its entirety. They will however get an Absolute Radio Welcome Mat as a consolation prize.

The contestant will only be deemed a winner, upon being selected and told by the presenter and the Absolute Radio production team that they are a winner.

Please note that the Absolute Radio production team reserve the right to amend the competition mechanic at any point should they deem it necessary. The judge’s decision (the judge’s being the Absolute Radio production team) is final and at any point they are free to not award a prize should they deem it necessary.

There may be points within the process that the Absolute Radio production team pre-record elements of the competition and play it out ‘as live’.

The studio call in number will be given on air and can also be found above and below in Section 1. The Competition is also subject to additional terms and conditions available here: https://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/competition-general-terms-and-conditions-20230711

There will be one winner on air on Wednesday 29th April 2026.

3. ENTRY PERIOD

Entries must be submitted on the following date:

Tuesday 28th March 2026

Entries received before the Start Time or after the End Time will be invalid.

If the winner cannot be contacted within 28 days from the date of the initial attempt to contact them, then we reserve the right to disqualify the winner and re-draw until we draw a winner that we are satisfied (in our sole discretion) fulfils all of the eligibility criteria and is in compliance with these Terms.

4. ENTRY RESTRICTIONS • Open to UK residents aged 18 years or over on date of entry.

• Our employees (and their family members) or employees of any company involved in the Competition, including any Prize Provider, are not permitted to enter.

• We reserve the right to disqualify any entrant or winner who does not comply with any of the eligibility criteria and/or is in breach of these Terms. We reserve the right to repeat the competition mechanic or any stage of it in order to draw a winner that fulfils all the eligibility criteria and is in compliance with these Terms.

5. THE PRIZE 1 winner will receive the following prize (the “Prize”):

Please note there is a choice of two prizes: Prize a an ‘out door prize’ or prize B an ‘indoor prize’. Absolute Radio will choose prior to the competition which prize they are going to award according to the weather forecast. It will be one or other of the prizes that the winner will be awarded with. It will not be both prizes.

Prize A: The ‘Outdoor’ Prize

Prize package includes:

• BBQ (Question 1)

o 1 x Outdoor Electric BBQ Grill & Smoker

o 1 x BBQ Cover

o 1 x Heat-Resistant Leather BBQ Gloves

• Furniture and Games (Question 2)

o 2 x Outdoor Lounger Bean Bags

o 1 x Swingball Set

o 1 x Chrome Boules Set

o 1 x Pop-Up Badminton Set

• Drinks (Question 3)

o 1 x Mini Cooler Fridge

o 1 x Cocktail Bar Set

o 1 x Ice Cube Maker

• Secure Delivery Within UK Mainland

• Winner Management

Prize B: The ‘Indoor’ Prize

Prize package includes:

• TV Set Up and Audio (Question 1)

o 1 x Samsung 55-inch QLED 4K Smart TV

o 1 x Samsung Sound Bar

o 1 x Smart Streaming Stick

• Food (Question 2)

o 1 x Dual Air Fryer 10.4L

• Gaming (Question 3)

o 1 x Nintendo Switch 2

o 1 x Nintendo Switch 2 Game

o 1 x Gaming Accessories Kit

o 1 x Board Game

• Secure Delivery Within UK Mainland

• Winner Management

Items to be delivered to one address within mainland UK only; Prize is non-transferable and non-refundable; No cash alternative is available; All prizes are subject to availability, and exact brand names/models may vary. In the event that any of the products listed above are unavailable, alternative products of equal value will be provided; Prize may need to be signed for on delivery and it is the recipient’s responsibility to ensure that all items are present, correct and undamaged; Winner is responsible for ensuring that any delivery notes are checked on receipt; Prize excludes anything not expressly listed above; Winner must respond to the Prize Provider, Element London, with confirmation of delivery address before items can be shipped; Where possible items will be shipped with the fastest delivery option available; Due to industry-wide supply chain issues, there may be unforeseen delays to deliveries of physical prizes. We will endeavour to get products delivered to winners as quickly as possible; The Prize Provider is Element London. Any personal data submitted by the winner to the Prize Provider will be treated in accordance with Prize Provider’s privacy policy, which is accessible here: https://element-london.com/element-london-privacy-policy-non-travel/

Prizes are non-transferable, non-refundable and no cash alternative will be offered.

OTHER CONDITIONS

1. DATA PROTECTION. Names, email addresses, and /or telephone numbers (which, for all SMS competitions, will be shared with our SMS provider) will be collected and used to process entries. Winner’s details may be given to a Prize Provider to arrange delivery of the prize. Your details may remain stored after the End Date but will not be used for marketing unless you have ticked an opt-in box on entry. For SMS entries you automatically consent to receive marketing. You may opt out at any time by texting the word STOP to the relevant text shortcode number. If you have opted in to receive marketing communications, then your details will be used in accordance with the information given when you ticked the opt-in box and gave your consent. For more details, see: http://www.bauerdatapromise.co.uk/.

2. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONSENTS. By entering this Competition, you are consenting to our use of your entry both to publicise this Competition, our radio station or any other radio station which we own or control. This means that we may use all names, images, descriptions, photographs video footage, and other information, which you have submitted on entry, in any media, without paying you any remuneration therefore and without any time restriction. You also agree that we may film, record or photograph you in connection with the competition and /or the Prize if applicable. We will own these films, recordings or photographs and we may use them publicly, including on the internet, for our radio broadcasts and/or for any promotional purposes. You will also have waived any moral rights or right to payment that you may have had.

3. MISCELLANEOUS.

• Entries which do not comply with these Terms or the General Competition Terms and Conditions will not be accepted and any entries may be disqualified if we have any reason to suspect that there is a breach of, or non-compliance with, these Terms.

• Where a competition mechanic involves the answering of questions, the correct answers to questions must match our answers to win (or be sufficiently close in our sole reasonable opinion) to be acceptable. In the event of any dispute about any answers given and whether they are correct, we reserve the right to amend what we deem a correct answer, however we are not obliged to, and our decision in either case is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

• We are not responsible if you fail to get through when you call / text to enter, or if you lose signal during a call.

• You are responsible for all costs of entry and where necessary, obtaining the bill payer’s permission. Please refer to your tariff with your network provider for information about charges you may incur for entry into our competitions via any SMS or phone call entry route.

• We accept no liability for network, technical or signal errors, issues or failures experienced by entrants when entering the competition or at any stage during the mechanic of the competition.

• Whilst on-air, you must not make any inappropriate, profane, indecent, harmful or offensive statements. If you do so we reserve the right to take you off-air immediately and disqualify you from the competition. You may be also disqualified from the competition at any time if you are incomprehensible, inaudible or if you appear to be driving, intoxicated or likely to offend listeners. Any prize already won may be withdrawn and re-awarded to another entrant.

• As far as it is lawful to do so we exclude our liability for any losses suffered in connection with the Competition or any element of the Prize.

We may cancel, end or suspend the Competition where we are required to do so in circumstances outside our control. We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any stage during the Competition if such amendment is necessary to facilitate the administration of the Competition.

4. CONTACT DETAILS. Any concerns? Please email: [email protected]. Correspondence will not be entered into regarding any competition which has closed more than 14 days prior to correspondence being received.

Bauer Radio Limited is the promoter of this Competition, see: http://www.bauerlegal.co.uk/radio-website-terms.html for details of our registered office and company number.