2006
A look back at Scott Mills's BBC Radio 1 show in 2006, covering listener stories, phone-ins, celebrity interviews, pranks and the show's own competitions, auditions and charity antics from that year.
Listener Jay, who's had a difficult year after her mother's recent death, calls in to share her experience of Scott's random act of kindness — a surprise meeting with the Sugababes at their studio. [...]
Danny Howard's appearance on Celebrity Scissorhands for Children in Need goes badly wrong when a colonic irrigation machine malfunctions during live filming, leaving him shaken enough to need a cup of tea and a half-hour sit-down to recover. [...]
Lloyd is devastated to discover he's been cast as a non-speaking king holding a mirror in his school nativity play, while Chopper heads off to film Celebrity Weakest Link with Dave against the Chuckle Brothers—and calls in with updates from the green room. [...]
Scott attempts to cut hair for Children in Need but annoys the trainee hairdresser, while Coxy conducts video interviews with major stars including Beyoncé—and accidentally offends her by asking about Jay-Z's music videos. [...]
Nelly Furtado joins Scott to talk about her upcoming appearance at Chart Show Live, but the conversation quickly turns to the rock-and-roll lifestyle — including her admitted habit of trashing hotel rooms with her toddler in tow. [...]
Stuart recounts taking his American friend from Houston to an Apple Day festival on a tandem bike, where she mistook it for a concert by singer Fiona Apple; later, Radio 1's poshest listeners Hattie and Tatsi call in to discuss the alarming discovery of a fork being used to fish hair out of the bath. [...]
Chappers hosts the American Phone Book Game, calling up unfortunate souls with amusing names from US directories—this time connecting with Ben D Wanger and Harry Minge, much to everyone's delight. [...]
Scott Mills is filling in for Grimmy on Breakfast with a bumper Flirt Divert feature, complete with hilariously garbled voicemail messages — and Laura's speculative baby names cause chaos with the unofficial fan site. [...]
A caller named Simon has been receiving increasingly unhinged voicemails from his ex-girlfriend "Emma" and her father after a brief one-date relationship, culminating in a genuinely disturbing message that sounds like she's cutting up his jumper with scissors. [...]
Chappers reveals he's obtained the mobile phone number of a genuine A-list Hollywood celebrity and calls them live on air — leading to one of the show's most audacious "A-List: Who the Hell Are You?" games yet. [...]