Bangers
Bangers was a popular music game on Scott Mills's BBC Radio 1 afternoon show, where Scott and Chris Stark each championed a track and listeners decided which one deserved to be played. These articles revisit the musical battles, questionable choices and arguments that made the feature a favourite.
Greg’s devoted fan called him perfect before watching him lose that composure completely in one of the week’s wettest games. [...]
Betsy discovered that Pete Mills gave customers signed photographs of his son after mentioning him during test drives. [...]
Alfie worried more about protecting his trousers than winning, but still left Chris and the studio dripping during the returning game. [...]
Shoppers accepted hurried photographs with Chris before being denied questions and told that no more meeting or greeting would take place. [...]
Chris declared the footbridge an eighth wonder of the world before Rod opened the curtains and revealed Scott’s permanent plaque. [...]
Kate completed five dates in five days, but even the man with the outdoor pizza oven did not earn a second meeting. [...]
A listener agreed to bring a bird into her house after Scott applied the logic of “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” to an unwanted spider. [...]
Joe said illness and a rejected job application followed his temporary name change, only for his luck to improve when he became Joe Murphy again. [...]
Matt produced a note from 2013 as evidence that the Auto-Complete Game belonged to him, while Chris threatened to reclaim it anyway. [...]
Hannah admitted that an attractive partner’s acting connections could matter as much as kindness, cooking and appearance. [...]