BBC Radio 1
Coverage of Scott Mills's BBC Radio 1 years, from classic features and pranks like Flirt Divert to the daily afternoon show with Chris Stark, plus other Radio 1 presenters and shows through to more recent years.
Scott and Chris found even more extraordinary Naked Attraction narration, Granny Tinder returned and Don't Look It Up turned Christmas songs into death metal. [...]
Boris Johnson's fondness for the word “alas” infected the whole show, listeners rewrote Christmas songs for coronavirus and non-romantic breakup stories became even more awkward. [...]
A driving instructor dumping a pupil for dangerous driving inspired stories of awkward breakups with personal trainers, housemates and barbers, while one boyfriend somehow belonged to dozens of WhatsApp groups. [...]
Scott and Chris discovered how audio description transformed Naked Attraction before Granny Tinder judged another batch of men and René LaVice turned Don't Look It Up into a drum-and-bass quiz. [...]
Clara Amfo's breakthrough Strictly scores triggered a search for the one thing Chris could genuinely claim to be 10-out-of-10 at, before an accidental honeymoon photo left one listener unable to look at Disney characters the same way. [...]
Inspired by Naked Attraction's Brian, Scott volunteered to see female genitalia for the first time on air, prompting an increasingly doomed search for somebody willing to take part. [...]
Scott and Chris said goodbye to their longest-running feature with listener memories, classic moments and one last pre-COVID game recorded with Jason Mraz. [...]
Chris inspected Scott's Instagram Explore page and found it full of shirtless men, before the show tested armpit-fart ability and met young listeners burdened with unexpectedly old-fashioned names. [...]
Listener Jo wanted help finding a husband, inspiring a new dating idea, while Scott and Chris tested whether flicking a nipple really takes seven seconds to make it hard. [...]
A normally 40-minute journey turned into nine hours of gridlock on the eve of lockdown, forcing Chris to improvise with his personalised Love Island bottle just as passers-by recognised him. [...]