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.
Jordan confirmed he had seen the mysterious animal in the Live Lounge at around 3.50am and said it was so big he dropped his brew. [...]
With Chris 24 hours into his Instagram break, listener Helen offered to help turn the show’s perfume idea into a real fragrance and introduced the possibility of working with a professional “nose”. [...]
In the Friday Extra Show, Chris revealed that after emailing Scott he properly met him while DJing at a Southampton nightclub where Scott was booked on the same night, then the pair stayed in touch and became friends. [...]
Listener Sophie complained that celebrity perfumes were already filling Christmas advertising, prompting Chris to decide that Scott and Chris needed a fragrance of their own and listeners began designing the smell. [...]
Chris revisited Adam’s permanent nightclub-entry stamp, caught up with Good News Jamie, checked how Dylan was coping after Grandma Joyce-gate and answered more behind-the-scenes listener questions. [...]
Adam had the entry stamp for his local Barnsley nightclub permanently tattooed onto his hand during a holiday, while an elderly horse called Johnty became the latest animal to judge Bangers. [...]
Olly insisted he did not deliberately seduce people through eye contact, while S Club followed through on Radio 1’s request and added the forbidden “up” to Reach on stage. [...]
Furious listeners attacked Scott for playing Mariah Carey three months early, an American husband-calling competition inspired a British version and Georgia plotted revenge on the boyfriend who had turned her into a FIFA widow. [...]
Scott and Chris covered Breakfast while Greg James took a one-day honeymoon, tried desperately to avoid Bodyguard spoilers and rang businesses with names designed to make them laugh on air. [...]
Craig David delivers the chocolate
Radio 1's unpredictability is demonstrated when Craig David walks into the studio, gives Scott a quick hug and hands him an enormous bar of chocolate without explanation. Craig appears to be distributing several bars around the building, making him an unexpectedly early Father Christmas.
Scott soon knocks water across the desk during one of his particularly clumsy days. Elsewhere, Chris finds a job advert for an executive assistant whose duties include playing [...]