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.
Zara Larsson chose Megan Thee Stallion, Rosalía, Britney and Dua Lipa while Scott realised a personalised baby blanket bearing the wrong name was already on its way to Chris. [...]
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. [...]
Niall Horan broadcast from his immaculate bathroom alongside robot vacuum Robert, while listeners claimed lockdown glow-ups and Chris reopened his very unofficial guide to the Isle of Man. [...]
Scott ranked former boyfriends with anonymous pros and cons, replayed Jennifer Aniston deliberately destroying Chris in an interview and watched Little Mix’s Jade Thirlwall turn disinfectant spray into a kitchen CO2 cannon. [...]
Alex Gaskarth joined from his Maryland farm with three baby goats, Bella thanked housemate Pavel for caring for her while she isolated and Tap End returned to Chris’s legendary university toga story. [...]
Scott and Chris ran Bangers three times to lift people working at home, interrogated couples who could not explain one another’s jobs and received an unexpected call involving Gareth Malone. [...]
Scott and Chris asked listeners for the pet names they could no longer bear to hear, while hand-sanitiser shortages produced mistaken purchases and the Who Game returned. [...]
Moving Bangers by one hour caused enough complaints for Scott and Chris to run it twice, while Lauv reviewed his debut Live Lounge and an actual handwritten listener letter became a major event. [...]
Chris celebrated Watford ending Liverpool’s unbeaten league run, world-class whistler David Morris took on Darude’s Sandstorm and Ask Me Anything drifted into whether Scott could survive the end of the world. [...]
Scott and Chris secretly recycled Annie Mac’s intelligent interview questions for Sam Fender, who revealed how Elton John had become a mentor, invited him to his Oscars party and supported him through voice problems. [...]