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.
Scott discovers "The Baby Mindreader," a genuinely baffling TV show in which a camp psychic called Derek claims to read the minds of babies to diagnose their emotional and behavioural problems — and the results are hilariously dubious. [...]
Nikki from Big Brother 7 visited the studio for an interview with Scott, and the show played her a prank call featuring clips from her Big Brother diary room entries. [...]
Paris Hilton visited the Radio 1 studio to discuss her music career and endured the chaos of unprecedented paparazzi attention outside Broadcasting House — but the real highlight was Scott revealing Laura's successful street impersonation of the heiress to Paris herself. [...]
Chappers calls Scott's famously gullible mum Sandra with an elaborate hoax: she's been selected to appear on Celebrity X Factor and perform "I've Got You Babe" with Scott, who's supposedly standing in for an ill Chris Moyles. [...]
A painter and decorator called Mike is invited to secretly snoop around a celebrity's house and report back on-air — but the celebrity is actually listening the whole time, and things escalate in wildly uncomfortable directions. [...]
Danny Howard stands in for JK and Joel on the chart chat podcast while the boys are on a stag do in Latvia, and Russell the Chart Geek returns to test Scott's music knowledge ahead of a planned Chart Show Pub Quiz. [...]
Two massive Hilary Duff fans – Sophie and Laura, who works on the show – go to a Hilary Duff concert together, and Laura secures a backstage interview that becomes increasingly uncomfortable as her questions veer from flattery into invitation-to-stay-at-my-house territory. [...]
Another edition of the Flirt Divert feature, where unsuspecting callers leave messages for people they think they've dated — only to discover they've rung the Scott Mills Show instead. This time around, there are large snakes involved, Big Barry gets a mention, someone's desperately trying to shift a van full of hoodies, and Scott reminds listeners once again: please stop giving this number to your mums. [...]
Jordan, the beneficiary of a random act of kindness back in December, visits Radio 1 for the day — and Scott springs a surprise on him. Plus, Scott finally reveals what really happened between Laura, Gareth, and James from One Night with Laura. [...]
Ben, one of the three finalists in the "One Night with Laura" competition, is grilled about his surprising secrets — including an accordion-playing skill, a tendency to stand at attention during the national anthem, and a memorable drunken incident that led to an accidental burglary charge. [...]