Scott Mills
Every write-up and feature centred on Scott Mills, from his Radio 1 afternoon show with Chris Stark through his Radio 2 afternoon slot to the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, covering games, pranks, interviews and daily goings-on across the years.
A colleague was charged an extra 50p after squeezy cheese appeared on chips without being requested, leading Scott to discover that many listeners did not even know the product existed. [...]
After appearing on the National Lottery with Tom Jones, Scott demonstrated the radio skill of talking perfectly to the start of a record, using Perry Como and Elton John. [...]
Beccy’s Classifieds offered an increasingly dangerous Christmas list, including a professional meat slicer and a four-foot bronze leaping salmon. [...]
A BBC department looked for a celebrity to switch on its Christmas lights, while Scott tried laser-guided scissors designed to keep wrapping-paper cuts straight. [...]
A caller confessed that meeting Mark Owen had ended with her licking his face, while Scott examined why perfume adverts make almost no literal sense. [...]
A claim that David Seaman had invented deep-fried Camembert was taken seriously enough for the show to investigate, alongside a childhood lie about having a Pet Shop Boy for a dad. [...]
Feeling unwell and swollen, a member of the team remembered the myth that smelling toast could signal spontaneous combustion and briefly turned an ordinary symptom into a crisis. [...]
Ill at home, Beccy still joined the programme and selected a huge lighthouse beacon from the classifieds after Scott had promised to buy her an item. [...]
The Sugababes joined a show which had become fascinated by impressive laughs and elephant noises, while Beccy found an enormous classified Christmas present. [...]
Lily Allen visited with new music while David Van Day’s birthday appearance prompted the team to count how often he reminded everyone it was his birthday. [...]