Big Weekend
Radio 1's Big Weekend is the station's free music festival, held in a different part of the UK each year. Here's our coverage of Scott Mills and the team at Big Weekend over the years.
Nanny Pat pressed play on listeners’ requests, brought in her famous sausage plait and turned her first DJ set into an unforgettable half-hour of breakfast radio. [...]
Radio 1 seems to have well and truly ditched the old rules for Radio 1's Big Weekend as it aims for something even bigger this year - returning to Derry in Londonderry for three days from May 24th 2013. [...]
For months social media has been busily suggesting possible locations for BBC Radio 1's Weekend 2013 - with Derry in Northern Ireland being one of the most likely venues. [...]
Community leaders in Coventry have branded the decision to turn down Radio 1's Big Weekend in 2011 as "unforgivable". [...]
Olympic boxing champion Luke Campbell punched Chris’s arm on request and left an immediate red mark that became a substantial bruise. [...]
Film critic Rhianna awarded Scott’s Radio 1 Movie five stars, describing the Carlisle premiere as a surprisingly convincing Hollywood-style event. [...]
Scott’s invented Carlisle International Film Festival awarded every prize, including Best Picture and Lifetime Achievement, to the Radio 1 Movie. [...]
Noel Clarke was the guest for the show’s Friday feature as Scott’s Radio 1 Movie premiere campaign entered its final two days. [...]
Scott handed back a Lady Gaga all-access pass rather than using it to get anywhere near her dressing room at Children in Need Rocks. [...]
Beccy immediately told Chris that Scott’s supposedly ill voice sounded ridiculous, despite initially sounding sympathetic on the phone. [...]