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.
A train passenger falling asleep on Scott inspired an experiment in which Chris blocked a stranger into a BBC canteen booth and pretended to nod off with his face buried in baked beans. [...]
Scott and Chris replayed their tennis-versus-animal quiz in which listener Sophie had to decide whether each noise came from a player such as Maria Sharapova or from a fox, pig, gibbon or goat. [...]
Scott and Chris rang businesses near Glastonbury pretending to arrange celebrity backstage demands, culminating in “Kim Kardashian” requesting around 200 fresh fish fingers. [...]
Beth revealed she had been thrown out of two all-you-can-eat venues, Davina McCall said she would consider hosting Big Brother again and Tap End remembered Chris's mum's red Corsa, Caroline. [...]
Anne-Marie chose Doja Cat, Lauryn Hill and Tion Wayne while revealing her lockdown vegetable patch, before Scott discovered that asking listeners to rank Radio 1 presenters could go badly wrong. [...]
Mike Skinner took Chris through records from Roger Sanchez to The Streets before Tap End revealed how a nervous fresher invented a Sugababes romance and phoned Rachel Stevens. [...]
Stephen Fry recalled being taken off Radio 1 in 1982, explained how “spuffle” spread through voiceover studios and was pitched an unlikely Taylor Swift collaboration at Big Weekend. [...]
Chris returned from Bali to discover his automatic email reply had apparently committed him to a four-hour Basildon DJ set and opening a Sheffield bakery dressed as “Chris Pasty”. [...]
Sophie Ellis-Bextor talked about falling from her bike, Skepta sampling Murder on the Dancefloor and the songs getting her through lockdown, while listeners confronted boxes and wall displays full of exes. [...]
Jamie Redknapp started the family DJ set alone while Sandra helped Harry onto Zoom, before the playlist jumped from Nelly and DaBaby to Luther Vandross and Frank Sinatra. [...]