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.
Big Weekend producer Josh admitted introducing himself as “Selena Gomez” to someone standing with the star, while Scott and Chris watched Britain ramp up the bunting, fake corgis and Platinum Jubilee preparations. [...]
Scott tried to ban “Platty Jubes” before listeners adopted it anyway, while forgotten Radio 1 lockers were opened for a new lottery and Brother or Lover once again made the team ask questions they immediately regretted. [...]
Back from Big Weekend, Scott and Chris replayed their pantomime-horse entrance for Billie Eilish, Chris’s deliberately dubious guide to Coventry and the mystery of Scott’s missing emergency hoodie. [...]
A Coventry caller saved the Billie Eilish entrance by supplying a mismatched pantomime horse, while Alfie Templeman reviewed his own Live Lounge and a bride admitted Big Weekend was badly timed with her wedding. [...]
Billie Eilish’s Big Weekend arrival plan escalated into Scott and Chris searching for a pantomime horse costume, while Scott revealed Matt Edmondson had unexpectedly become his source of trouser advice. [...]
With Coventry fever rising, Scott and Chris began generating deliberately ridiculous Big Weekend rumours, including Calvin Harris “entertaining a lover” in Lady Herbert’s Garden, while Radio 1’s forgotten lockers faced a clear-out. [...]
Big Weekend winner Amy asked her boyfriend Joe to choose between their first anniversary in Coventry and the football team’s presentation night, only for “happy wife, happy life” to lose to curry, the Champions League and the lads. [...]
A student’s badly timed break-up inspired Scott and Chris to call for a ban on dumping people just before exams, while Taylor Swift’s honorary doctorate reopened the argument over celebrities getting degrees for free. [...]
Scott complained that Chris appeared all over his social media while barely returning the favour, prompting listeners to confess the unequal ways their partners handled Instagram, lock screens and public affection. [...]
Chris spotted the Queen on her way to open the Elizabeth line, then Ryan and Grant convinced most of the team they were a couple before revealing they were actually brothers from a set of triplets. [...]