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.
Taylor said she would happily lose the UK number one to Stormzy, Scott mistakenly told her twice that he would see her at Big Weekend and Morgan learned he was conceived during a camping trip. [...]
Scott and Chris celebrated old low-budget TV, took Bamboleo Wednesday into the Royal Albert Hall and welcomed Line of Duty’s Stephen Graham while trying desperately not to spoil the series. [...]
Scott and Chris went back to April 2014 for Real or No Real, strange archive clips and the Sack O’ Shame, where Chris controlled a Bluetooth speaker hidden in Scott’s backpack inside the BBC lifts. [...]
The Avengers: Endgame stars called each other ugly and dumb, mocked cardigans, hair-and-makeup time and Thanksgiving-turkey biceps in one of Radio 1’s biggest Playground Insults. [...]
Listener Jenny explained how Tinder conversations led to trips including Dubai, Mauritius and a yacht from Italy to Monaco, while people revealed the ridiculous substitutes they had used when they forgot proper ID. [...]
Leon discovered why his toothbrush kept moving around the bathroom, Scott lost another phone and Radio 1 reminded would-be Love Island contestants that filtered application videos meant instant rejection. [...]
The Easter Friday podcast went back to April 2013 for naked celebrity drawings, early Little Mix and the extraordinary dare which made Jade eat a chocolate button from Chris’s torso. [...]
Newsbeat interviewed climate expert Chris Smith, Scott and Chris delivered a Stark Guide to Brighton, Radio 1 visited a raw dog-food workplace and listeners revealed the strange YouTube how-to videos they relied on. [...]
More innocent injuries produced suspicious partners, a private phone moment suddenly blasted through a household Bluetooth speaker and the show teased a major Bamboleo announcement. [...]
Game of Thrones inspired “Normal For Westeros”, Scott revealed he refused to rewatch films and listener John’s Freshers Week injury sounded so suspicious even Radio 1 struggled to believe him. [...]