Superfan Steve
Superfan Steve was a regular part of Scott Mills and Chris Stark's Radio 1 show. These articles collect his appearances from the archive.
Scott’s fiancé discovered the same Bounty behind the first two Advent doors, Whoovent opened with a vintage Robert Dyas advert and listeners revealed the famous people their friends somehow had never heard of. [...]
Jordan and Chris tested whether cows had regional accents with Leicestershire cow Helga, Bangers became a festival special and Chris finally met one of his own superfans. [...]
Charli XCX took on listeners with forgotten references including Club biscuits and the horsemeat scandal, while Josh revealed he wore a full suit to his driving test because older colleagues told him it made him look responsible. [...]
Anne-Marie tried to tell comments beneath her videos from adult-video reviews, Friendly Fires critiqued their own Live Lounge and a listener claimed eating a banana before a driving test guaranteed a pass. [...]
Radio 1 replayed the time Rylan completely fell for Chris as his supposed biggest fan Steve, despite already knowing the prank existed, while real listener letters continued becoming part of the show. [...]
Scott and Chris gave human Alexas voice-assistant commands, discovered one had once dated a woman called Siri and sent their fearless new intern to strangers pretending she already knew them. [...]
Curtis Pritchard met the show’s unnervingly knowledgeable fake fan, while Scott struggled with a “Nan iPad”, got told off for underfilling a supermarket salad box and Chris gave Slough the Stark Guide treatment. [...]
Dev Griffin was announced for Strictly Come Dancing, Chris accused Scott of becoming secretly crabby about another Radio 1 DJ entering his old territory and an ancient locker clear-out exposed years of forgotten show debris. [...]
Sherif’s Love Island exit remained unexplained, Superfan Steve acquired impersonators and Chris’s first international Stark Guide took a couple through Kraków, home of Tulia and Max Factor. [...]
The viral Cheryl prank continued dominating the show, Scott discovered swimwear designed to vanish in water and Raven’s mum Kim revealed a 1995 conception linked to Burger King at Tower Park. [...]