Don’t Look It Up
A no-Googling quiz round from Scott Mills's Radio 1 afternoon show, sitting alongside the usual daily mix of listener stories and returning features from the archive during those years.
Kevin wrote movingly about sexuality, bereavement and asking for help, before Chris Kamara chose his records and Tap End returned to a Hogmanay DJ set in Glasgow. [...]
Dion Dublin explained how renovating houses led him from Premier League football to Homes Under the Hammer, while Tap End returned to Chris turning 18 and dressing for London in school shoes. [...]
Wayne Lineker chose O Beach favourites while Tap End returned to the teenage BBC talent audition where Chris played Wonderwall, got locked in a toilet and met “Mavis”. [...]
Nathan Dawe chose club records from his residency years while Tap End revisited Chris's solo fishing lesson, a mistaken car-park signal and a suspicious smell inside Churchill's War Rooms. [...]
Chris returned from paternity leave to a Roddy Ricch doormat, a delayed Prince William interview and the story of desperately hunting for a loo inside Kensington Palace. [...]
Lockdown break-ups moved onto Zoom, Joel Corry recreated the missing Ibiza summer with a club-heavy mix, and Tap End remembered Chris finally winning after 11 football defeats. [...]
Liam Payne revisited One Direction's first Radio 1 play, secret-location broadcasts, Kurt Angle wrestling and the years when he became the responsible member trying to keep everybody organised. [...]
Alex Murphy and Chris Walley talked Cork, Ed Sheeran and life after The Young Offenders while Scott discovered contestants really do borrow impressive homes for television dates. [...]
Zara Larsson chose Megan Thee Stallion, Rosalía, Britney and Dua Lipa while Scott realised a personalised baby blanket bearing the wrong name was already on its way to Chris. [...]
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. [...]