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.
Dua Lipa brought Break My Heart to the show as Future Nostalgia moved forward, told Scott and Chris what isolation looked like for her and gave Radio 1 a burst of uncomplicated pop excitement. [...]
Rylan’s brilliantly fooled Superfan Steve encounter came back from the archive, another handwritten letter reached the show and the team began confronting the fact nobody could get a normal haircut. [...]
Dickie’s unmistakable laugh came back for another round of listener jokes, Gemma Collins’s Superfan Steve encounter returned from the archive and Scott tried to recruit Chris into a 10am home booty blast. [...]
Scott and Chris launched a no-Googling quiz for a nation spending more time at home, an English National Opera singer performed for his street and Ask Me Anything met record-breaking window cleaner Terry Turbo. [...]
Musicians copied the window and balcony performances spreading across Europe, Tom Grennan proved again that he really was one of pop’s nicest people and home-working emails revealed staff trying to steal office chairs. [...]
Scott and Chris ran Bangers three times to lift people working at home, interrogated couples who could not explain one another’s jobs and received an unexpected call involving Gareth Malone. [...]
Radio 1 revealed the secret recording of David asking Lauren’s father for permission before proposing, Chris remembered doing the same with his own father-in-law and Funny Business supplied some much-needed silliness. [...]
Listener David used Scott and Chris to surprise girlfriend Lauren with a proposal after five years together, while a professional proposal planner revealed some clients spent hundreds of thousands creating the perfect question. [...]
Tom Grennan reviewed his Live Lounge, an old school friend supplied the character reference and Scott attempted part of Sport Relief’s Everest challenge by climbing the BT Tower staircase. [...]
DJ Bontan delivered the promised acid-house remix of No Time To Die, pupils sent Sport Relief encouragement to Phil and Jordan North’s mistake earned a place in the Bamboleo gap. [...]