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.
Johannes’s mum Jane faced the Fresher Quiz, the Queen’s banana technique shocked Scott and Chris, Camila Cabello reviewed her Live Lounge and Scott’s boyfriend finally moved in. [...]
Chris turned the countdown to Scott’s boyfriend moving in into a proposed reality show, while Scott discovered sharing a home meant shared shopping, shared wallets and a lot more listener attention than he wanted. [...]
Scott’s boyfriend was moving into his home, Chris explained the repetitive 5:15 couples call, Johannes brought Big Fresher Energy to Loughborough and Ask Me Anything found Hans, who made high-vis jackets for chickens. [...]
Scott and Chris collected gloriously rubbish claims to fame before Fresher of the Week Macy’s mum correctly identified the leopard outfit, the toilet-seat nap and the lecture her daughter had missed. [...]
A Roman clothing expert showed Scott and Chris how to drape a toga for their Bath freshers gig, while Rex Orange County reviewed his first Live Lounge and Macy’s freshers week caught up with her. [...]
Watford’s 8–0 defeat left Chris avoiding football, Scott and Chris debated wearing bedsheets to a Bath University toga party and professional Kate Middleton lookalike Heidi Agan explained life with an entire fake royal family. [...]
The Radio 1 banana theory survived its biggest test when Jay passed on his 18th birthday, while Mark Ronson reviewed his Live Lounge and Warwick University’s Stark Guide included a notorious swan legend. [...]
Scott and Chris filled job applications with extinct occupations including sewer-searching toshers and human alarm clocks, while listeners decided how Sophie should answer her midnight university admirer. [...]
Scott returned from break with a three-hour Dubai hair-spa story, Ask Me Anything found a Butler in the Buff who had worked at a funeral and Chicago listener Katie became the first customer of the Scott Mills Travel Agency. [...]
Charli XCX took on listeners with forgotten references including Club biscuits and the horsemeat scandal, while Josh revealed he wore a full suit to his driving test because older colleagues told him it made him look responsible. [...]