Chris Stark
Chris Stark was Scott Mills' co-host on BBC Radio 1 from 2012 to 2022. He was discovered DJing in Southampton, and became half of one of Radio 1's best-loved double acts until the pair's final show in August 2022. He now co-presents Capital Breakfast with Jordan North and Sian Welby. Here's every show and moment we've written up featuring Chris.
December began with a daily nostalgia advent calendar, while Emily and Joe confused the team with held hands, Xbox sessions and a Jack Saunders birthday message before revealing they were actually lovers. [...]
Scott turned his phone off again and again while trying to capture a Zoom photo, before the new Brother or Lover game challenged the team to decide whether Alice and James were siblings or a couple. [...]
Scott and Chris turned England's tier announcement into live radio drama, gave The Weeknd's Grammy disappointment Wrong Answers Only and made Glass Animals review their own Live Lounge. [...]
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. [...]
After discovering Naked Attraction's audio description, Scott and Chris attempted to paint verbal portraits of one another before Jordan North's I'm a Celebrity revelations received Wrong Answers Only. [...]
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. [...]