Funny Business
Funny Business was a feature on Scott Mills and Chris Stark's Radio 1 show. These articles collect write-ups of the feature from the archive.
Lydia and her friend pretended to be French in Leeds, Emma claimed to be Tom Jones’s granddaughter and AJ Tracey joined Scott for Funny Business after performing Ladbroke Grove. [...]
Chris returned with a deep rasp, listeners nominated more rats, plane-licker Alan proved he was still at it and old holiday T-shirts produced names including Roger Big and the Demon Cuddler. [...]
Sherif’s unexplained departure sent Scott and Chris into wild speculation, Mambo Twister revealed he listened to the show and listeners confessed the strangest places their tongues had been. [...]
Scott and Chris returned from Middlesbrough with lost voices, Jax Jones disguised himself as “Jake from Newsbeat” to ask festivalgoers about his own set and Huw Edwards joined for a post-Big Weekend interview. [...]
Pet psychic Jackie tried to explain why Natasha’s cat Clive stared at her through the shower glass, while old polyphonic ringtones returned and Sam’s fake-girlfriend plan was secretly turned against him. [...]
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. [...]
Listeners hunted David Morgan’s dream cone, hot points included rescuing a pigeon from a chimney and the show accidentally became entangled in another bird identity crisis. [...]
With Chris unavailable, Scott assembled a Friday montage of the week’s best moments, including the publicity-photo crisis, Cockermouth confusion, hot points and the blue-carpet conception. [...]
One of the show’s favourite New Zealand quiz clips became a real tattoo, listeners revealed the small “hot points” which made their partners more attractive and Chris delivered a Stark Guide to Manchester. [...]
Nicole from Pontypridd met her second-favourite celebrity, asked Deborah Meaden which Dragon annoyed her most and learned how many people worked behind the cameras on Dragons’ Den. [...]