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.
Beth revealed she had been thrown out of two all-you-can-eat venues, Davina McCall said she would consider hosting Big Brother again and Tap End remembered Chris's mum's red Corsa, Caroline. [...]
Anne-Marie chose Doja Cat, Lauryn Hill and Tion Wayne while revealing her lockdown vegetable patch, before Scott discovered that asking listeners to rank Radio 1 presenters could go badly wrong. [...]
Mike Skinner took Chris through records from Roger Sanchez to The Streets before Tap End revealed how a nervous fresher invented a Sugababes romance and phoned Rachel Stevens. [...]
Matt, Charlie and James reunited from three different locations while listener Charlotte confessed lockdown had somehow left her attracted to Chris. [...]
Eddie Hearn finally became the DJ he always wanted to be, Radio 1 tested lockdown dating-app video calls live and weather presenter Owain Wyn Evans drummed the BBC News theme. [...]
Mark Labbett supplied a monster-themed mix from home, the Beyoncé challenge kept climbing and Tap End returned to Chris’s year-eight school disco and a painfully awkward slow dance. [...]
Britain’s fastest woman selected lockdown bangers from home, Scott sent his mum a personalised jigsaw and the show moved from Mariah Carey’s impossible note to Beyoncé’s four rising key changes. [...]
Peter Crouch squeezed into a tiny garden playhouse for his Radio 1 mix, Jordan North and Chris attempted BTS in Korean and comedian Jayde Adams finally conquered the Mariah Carey high note. [...]
Scott used mouldable beads as emergency lockdown dentistry, a listener discovered the ultimate lock-in by living above a pub and Calum and Luke from 5SOS took over Radio 1 from their kitchens in Los Angeles. [...]
Tom Ogden wrote new Blossoms songs from his back room, lockdown supermarket slots became harder to get than Glastonbury tickets and Chris revisited the German exchange built almost entirely around a shared love of sausage and mash. [...]