Ask Me Anything
Ask Me Anything was a recurring feature on Scott Mills and Chris Stark's Radio 1 afternoon show, giving people the chance to answer questions about their unusual experiences, jobs or circumstances. These articles revisit the guests, questions and revelations from the feature.
Tom’s spectacular Maura mistake became the model for going from hero to zero in seconds, Scott’s mum Sandra chose celebrity matches for him and Ask Me Anything met the six-foot-nine director of the Tall Persons Club. [...]
Chris returned with a deep rasp, listeners nominated more rats, plane-licker Alan proved he was still at it and old holiday T-shirts produced names including Roger Big and the Demon Cuddler. [...]
Scott could barely speak, so Jordan North joined Chris, Ask Me Anything met Oxford English Dictionary editor Fiona McPherson and the phrase “chef’s kiss” turned out to have a much less innocent alternative meaning elsewhere online. [...]
Radio 1 launched another animal revenge-naming campaign, David Ellis explained how he set a Guinness record riding rollercoasters naked and Scott tested whether listeners really knew “Father’s Day is on Sunday”. [...]
Scott returned from a suspiciously civilised Prague weekend, Luke Kempner’s Donald Trump tried to book a presidential haircut and Ask Me Anything introduced Jenga inventor Leslie Scott. [...]
Pet psychic Jackie tried to explain why Natasha’s cat Clive stared at her through the shower glass, while old polyphonic ringtones returned and Sam’s fake-girlfriend plan was secretly turned against him. [...]
Scott and Chris returned from Eurovision week, processed Watford’s FA Cup defeat and the UK’s Eurovision result, then imagined Chris managing Middlesbrough with Scott as his suspiciously gentle assistant. [...]
Listeners hunted David Morgan’s dream cone, hot points included rescuing a pigeon from a chimney and the show accidentally became entangled in another bird identity crisis. [...]
Watford’s comeback sent Chris into celebration mode, Ask Me Anything found a Guinness World Record traffic-cone collector, BLACKPINK joined from Korea and Dani Dyer faced Superfan Steve. [...]
Scott took his dad Pete to an Austrian restaurant he hated, Chris demanded new nightclub publicity photos and Ask Me Anything introduced an equine cleaner who could wash 10 to 15 horses in a day. [...]