24 Years at the Tap End
Chris Stark's mock autobiography, 24 Years at the Tap End, became one of the Scott Mills show's best-loved recurring features. Each instalment revealed another unlikely chapter from Chris's life, combining childhood memories, embarrassing stories and absurd anecdotes.
Chris unearthed a poem he had written after a school football defeat and arranged for Des Lynam to give it a full sporting-broadcast treatment. [...]
Chris bought hot chocolate for 21 people in a coffee-shop queue after buying drinks for All Time Low fans waiting in the cold. [...]
The team’s Australia Day party was so poorly organised that Chris returned with a pineapple burger and vegetables instead of the promised kangaroo and Tim Tams. [...]
Chris became so taken with Les Misérables that he set himself the unlikely goal of landing a West End role within six months. [...]
Chris’s idea of a Pixie Lott birthday present somehow progressed from kitchen vouchers to a calendar of himself. [...]
Scott decided that saying “I do taxidermy” might finally give him a better answer than “wine and television” when asked about his hobbies. [...]
Chris’s festive night ended with police taking one of his friends away, but the group still made it to Regal Kebabs for their annual Christmas Eve meal. [...]
Scott revisited Nicki Minaj’s theme tune, One Direction callers and Chris’s schemes as the show began its end-of-year round-up. [...]
Chris admitted that his first attempt at cooking pasta involved putting it in a kettle, which promptly shook, made a horrible noise and blew up. [...]
Chris gave *The Hangover* four stars and called it “fun for all the family”, despite never having seen several of the films he reviewed. [...]