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.
Troy Hawke revealed that a cyclist he greeted outside the BBC had also appeared in his original Wilko video years earlier, before the show revisited Chris posing as Andy Murray superfan Steve. [...]
Scott decided to wait three days before reacting to criticism after hearing advice from Drake's mum, before producer Amy revealed the bizarre noises he made while rehearsing the Official Chart. [...]
A Wheel of Replacements produced increasingly ridiculous combinations before Dean McCullough and Vicky Hawkesworth were unveiled as the new Radio 1 afternoon hosts. [...]
Scott confirmed he was moving to Radio 2 while Chris prepared for new projects, with the pair insisting they had not been fired and promising to make their final weeks together count. [...]
Troy Hawke brought his velvet-jacketed Greeters Guild to Broadcasting House, Scott discovered LF SYSTEM was almost impossible to eat along to and a classic Becky Hill and Arielle Free canteen stunt returned. [...]
Rich challenged the show to identify his mystery motorway stop before revealing Rownhams services, while Troy Hawke’s Greeters Guild inspired Scott and Chris and a cancelled hot-tub party created a birthday crisis. [...]
Scott and Chris compared the meals people dare to cook on a first date, investigated jobs that make people look hotter and watched Brother or Lover pair James and Abbey fool the majority before revealing they were siblings. [...]
Listeners tried to beat one another’s Glastonbury stories with Louis Tomlinson and Sam Fender encounters, while The Who Game resurrected the Ice Bucket Challenge and Amy faced an Instagram snub from her grandmother. [...]
The show embraced the “they’re a ten but…” trend, checked in with listeners stuck in Glastonbury traffic and replayed Will Smith and Margot Robbie trying to insult each other without laughing. [...]
Two students risked the wrath of everyone trying to study as Library Tennis returned after its pandemic break, while the quiz asked whether lines belonged to Aitch or Shakespeare. [...]