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.
Dev Griffin was announced for Strictly Come Dancing, Chris accused Scott of becoming secretly crabby about another Radio 1 DJ entering his old territory and an ancient locker clear-out exposed years of forgotten show debris. [...]
Cheryl tried to remain polite while fake superfan Steve knew her childhood advert, first concert and favourite chocolate, before Radio 1 revealed the unsettling caller was really Chris in the next studio. [...]
Scott and Chris handed Anne-Marie’s interview to Lewis Capaldi, who asked whether she sweated when putting clothes on and proved he could be as entertaining interviewing a pop star as being interviewed himself. [...]
Listeners relived the days of paying several pounds for tiny phone versions of pop hits, Bamboleo received a polyphonic makeover and one employee discovered his boss was sending dirty messages from the company Instagram. [...]
Scott and Chris celebrated old low-budget TV, took Bamboleo Wednesday into the Royal Albert Hall and welcomed Line of Duty’s Stephen Graham while trying desperately not to spoil the series. [...]
More innocent injuries produced suspicious partners, a private phone moment suddenly blasted through a household Bluetooth speaker and the show teased a major Bamboleo announcement. [...]
Scott asked listeners what kind of dog would suit him, while one flatmate revealed two housemates had secretly been a couple for eight months and Scott and Chris concluded showering together was mostly cold and inconvenient. [...]
Maria positioned the man with his back to the door, Charlotte walked into the bar, poured red wine over his suit and announced to the room that he had been cheating. [...]
Voice-disguised serial returner Lauren spent £3,410 ordering 120 dresses for one Christmas party and returned all but one, before Radio 1 confirmed Davina McCall as the first guest of the new Innuendo Bingo. [...]
Scott and Chris filled their accidentally advertised “big announcement” with listener news until Emily Atack rang to reveal that Innuendo Bingo was returning for 2019. [...]