Bamboleo Wednesday
Every Wednesday on Scott Mills and Chris Stark's Radio 1 show, the Gipsy Kings classic Bamboleo became the soundtrack to a few minutes of gloriously pointless chat between the pair. These articles collect the nonsense, the running jokes and the moments it got out of hand.
Lynette weighed up a barman called Carl who wanted to take Zofia down under, while Bamboleo Wednesday revived classic clips and the quiz became fractious again. [...]
Lynette judged another batch of men for Zofia, including a teacher and a magician, while a Bamboleo clip brought back memories of Dickie's Dribble. [...]
Lynette judged a postman, turkey farmer, Christmas-tree salesman and ice skater for Zofia, while Scott and Chris stretched the final Bamboleo Wednesday of the year into a festive send-off. [...]
Faith told her younger self that friendship, music and writing would help her through bullying and difficult experiences, while Radio 1 listeners also fought to save the station's soon-to-be-demolished toilets. [...]
Brian explained the overwhelming moment he saw six naked women at once, before Granny Tinder rejected more potential matches and Chris attempted to help an 18-year-old with politics homework. [...]
Scott's plans to get a dog stalled at the question of poo bags, while more listeners reported underwear-eating pets and Granny Tinder continued judging Zofia's dating options. [...]
Scott and Chris reinvented nightclub toilet attendants' slogans for the pandemic, rediscovered Kidz Bop's cleaned-up lyrics and found a listener whose novelty presenter doorbell could launch Bamboleo. [...]
Maisie Peters praised Scott and Chris for finding implausible chemistry in Maybe Don't, while listener Molly admitted steaming her jumper while wearing it had badly burnt her chest. [...]
A badly hungover Chris argued that domestic rows should wait until the hangover passes, while Scott confessed he had become addicted to small Amazon deliveries arriving like miniature Christmas presents. [...]
Dev and Chris sent fresher Aaron into Oxford University to find out whether students knew Primark, wore old-money salmon trousers and really had “butlers” waiting in the toilets. [...]