Brother or Lover
Brother or Lover was a feature on Scott Mills and Chris Stark's Radio 1 show. These articles collect write-ups of the feature from the archive.
Snoring, holidays, ukulele serenades and socially distanced gigs convinced almost the whole team Alex and Christina were a couple — but they were identical twin sisters. [...]
Shared baths, pyjama knowledge and years of familiarity convinced nearly the whole team Taylor and Jack were siblings — but they were actually lovers. [...]
Scott celebrated his jab by shopping in Iceland, bought a £1.99 rubber cover which could not replace Chris's missing charging case and then completely misread lovers Ben and Matt as brothers. [...]
Chris recreated the childhood toe-wiggling rhyme Scott had somehow missed, using a socially distanced litter picker before Jura and Aaron fooled almost everyone on Brother or Lover. [...]
Matthew and Simon's shared-wedding memories, scrambled-egg knowledge and vague history of shared underwear convinced most listeners they were brothers — but they were actually lovers. [...]
Scott and Chris announced another Comic Relief Lolathon before “It Was All Going Well Until…” produced a woman who separately dated two brothers and Jo discovered a mysterious loop in her van. [...]
Young listener Leonie broke down the Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter and Joshua Bassett drama, before Amelia and Louis fooled almost the entire team on Brother or Lover. [...]
Dominic and Niamh deliberately blurred the clues to their relationship, while Scott and Chris had to decide whether dramatic quotations came from Mr Worldwide or William Shakespeare. [...]
Brother or Lover received its first all-female twist with Fay and Lydia, while Scott and Chris admitted their latest Pointless appearance had gone nowhere near as well as the last one. [...]
Wrap Myself in Paper received its annual Radio 1 outing, Hannah and Joe were revealed as lovers, and Danny Howard remixed former Christmas number ones for the quiz. [...]