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.
Katy Perry talked Tiger King, Carol Baskin and lockdown performances while Scott accidentally used the wrong questions after crashing a listener's Zoom quiz. [...]
Sean Paul chose tracks from Jamaica while Scott invaded listeners' Zoom quizzes and replayed his gloriously patronising vocal-coaching session with Freya Ridings. [...]
Matt, Charlie and James reunited from three different locations while listener Charlotte confessed lockdown had somehow left her attracted to Chris. [...]
Chris finally spoke to Dorset smoker Adam about going low and slow, estate agents confessed what really happens in empty properties and Joel Dommett broadcast from a loft full of props before explaining how Radio 4 had helped with a fox problem. [...]
Tom Grennan climbed onto his parents' roof for a lockdown mix and spoke candidly about ego and a past relationship, while one listener revealed that drinking leftover chip vinegar had helped start a romance. [...]
A second distinct 27 May podcast brought Alison Hammond to the home-DJ slot, Chris's American barbecue obsession and Grace's extraordinary story of being required to sign a multi-page relationship agreement with a colleague. [...]
A heatwave archive edition revived Scott's home cooling tip, but one successful ice cube under his shorts became a whole cup in the studio and left both him and Chris worrying more about numbness than temperature. [...]
Convinced restaurant musicians must make a fortune, Chris put on a sombrero, a yellow Hulk Hogan moustache and blue sunglasses, sang pop songs at unsuspecting diners and discovered the business model produced precisely no money. [...]
Chris became the emergency third pilot at British Airways' Heathrow training centre, wore Top Gun sunglasses, made an uncertain cabin announcement and eventually put a 747 simulator down with a landing nobody would have applauded. [...]
Another archive week opened with Chris deciding chick-lit looked easy, adopting Joe Jonas as a pen name and producing The Demon Head Mistress before his overheated prose was turned into a track by The Streets. [...]