Scott Mills (radio show)

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Scott Mills
Genre Entertainment & comedy, music
Running time 180 minutes (1:00 pm4:00 pm)
(165 minutes 20042012)
Country  United Kingdom
Language(s) English
Home station BBC Radio 1
Host(s) Scott Mills
Producer(s) Will Foster
Recording studio Studio 82B, Broadcasting House, London
Air dates January 1998 (January 1998) to 28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)
Audio format Stereo
Website BBC Homepage
Podcast Scott Mills Daily

Scott Mills is a Sony Radio Academy Award-winning[1] radio show, broadcast every weekday afternoon on BBC Radio 1 from 1:004:00 pm. The show aired from 4:007:00 pm from 7 June 2004 until 30 March 2012. It is hosted by Scott Mills, with contributions from Chris Stark. Previous contributors have included Mark Chapman, Laura Sayers and Beccy Huxtable, the last of whom left the show on 18 January 2013.

History

The show began when Mills began work at Radio 1 in 1998. Soon after, he began to substitute for Sara Cox. In January 2004, he was made host of a programme broadcast between 1:00 and 3:00 pm on weekends.[2] In May 2004 Mills returned to weekday-afternoon programming as a temporary replacement for Cox, who was on maternity leave.[3] When Cox decided not to return to afternoons[4] Mills became permanent host in the drive-time slot with Cox's co-host, Mark "Chappers" Chapman. The show originally aired from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, moving to a later slot in a schedule reorganisation.

The show regularly tops the Audience Appreciation Index, showing which shows on Radio 1 are the most popular.[5] Mills is also on the Popjustice Readers Poll as being the Best DJ on the Radio, coming forth in 2014,[6] first in 2013,[7] first in 2012,[8] first in 2011,[9] first in 2010,[10] and first in 2008.[11]

On 28 February 2012 it was announced that the show would be moved to the 1:004:00 pm time slot, with Greg James replacing him in the drievtime show from 2 April.

Mills was the primary holiday cover on The Chris Moyles Show until its end on Friday 14 September 2012. Mills continues to cover The Radio 1 Breakfast Show when Nick Grimshaw is absent.

For Christmas 2012, Scott and team set themselves a challenge to make the perfect Christmas Single, that would stand the test of time and still be good in 20 years. He enlisted the help of Frisky & Mannish, as well as Chris and Beccy, and created "Scott Mills & His Pigs in Blankets- The Perfect Christmas Single (Frankinsensational)", which is available as a free download on the Radio 1 Website . It has been downloaded more than 170,000 times. There was also a BBC Radio 1's Stories documentary made about the making of the song.

Beginning January 2013, the Official Chart Update was incorporated into Mills' Wednesday show, running from 15:30-16:00. This was initially cohosted with Jameela Jamil, and then Clara Amfo.

In May 2014, Scott decided he wanted to get involved in the 2014 FIFA World Cup by making a football song better than the official World Cup song by Pitbull and Ke$ha. To do this, he enlisted the help of Australian pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer, and Scott performed a rap on the song. "Hearts Upon Our Sleeve (feat. Scott Mills)" premiered on Monday 2 June 2014, and was available for a short time as a free download at Radio 1 Online. The song gained airplay abroad, in both Australia and the United States of America, albeit without recognition for Mills.

Format

The show contains a mix of music, talk and features. Scott and Chris share stories from their lives, prompting responses from listeners on text, Twitter and on the phone, with Scott often talking to listeners with similar experiences. Sometimes strange experiences can lead to Scott or Chris going out to investigate, and pulling some stunt which is played out on air. They also discuss amusing or strange things they have seen, which often become a theme in future shows, "a thing". Friday's show features some dance remixes of pop songs, preceded by Scott announcing that "you know I love a remix on a Friday!" Prank phone calls are also a staple of the show.

On 25 July 2008, a special edition of The Scott Mills Daily was broadcast live from Barry Island in South Wales as part of Radio 1's summer events.[12] The special broadcast was dedicated to a regular feature on the show (called "Barryoke"), during which listeners named Barry ring in to cover a song and change the lyrics to include their name. Barry Chuckle of the Chuckle Brothers recorded a special edition of "Barryoke" for the Barry Island show,[13] changing the lyrics of Jay-Z's "99 Problems" from "I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one" to "I got 99 problems but a Barry ain't one".

Team

The show largely follows a zoo format, featuring regular contributor Chris Stark. Stark was originally introduced as Scott's friend, and began to appear regularly in 2011 with features such as 24 Years at the Tapend. He became a permanent team member in April 2012.

The show was previously produced by Emlyn Dodd (known as "The One That Doesn't Speak" due to his non-vocal role on the show). Dodd previously worked for Top of the Pops, The Official Chart and The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Zoë Ball and Sara Cox. It was announced in January 2013 that Dodd was to leave the show and the BBC in February 2013.[14] His final show aired on 22 February 2013.

Previous contributors include sports reader Mark Chapman (known as "Chappers"), who had worked with previous occupant of the late-afternoon slot Sara Cox before joining Mills as a team member. He became famous for his Annual Wimbledon Men's Semis joke, which still happens on the day of the Men's Semis even after his departure. Chapman left the show on Christmas Eve 2009 to pursue work with BBC Sport, however did not want a fuss and shortly before 10:00 (Mills was covering the breakfast show at the time) announced he was going to the toilet and did not come back (this had been agreed earlier during the show).[15] A running gag is that he is still in there to this day, referencing this during a message to Beccy during her last show. Chappers returned "from the toilet" on Friday 30 May 2014, for a guest appearance as a "90's Music Expert" and to advertise the World Cup on the BBC.

Laura Sayers was the broadcast assistant, and then assistant producer of the show from 2004-2008, and was responsible for features such as Laura's Diary and One Night with Laura.

Mills was also joined by assistant producer Beccy Huxtable. She became a vocal part of the team, participating in games and features such as Beccy's Classifieds and What's Beccy's Forte?. She replaced original assistant producer Laura Sayers. Beccy left the show on 18 January 2013 after being diagnosed with MS, however is still referenced and occasionally makes an on air appearance.

In February 2013, as a result of Dodd and Huxtable's departures, a change in the production team ensued. Cara O'Brien took up the post of Producer and Chris Sawyer took up the Assistant Producer role. Sawyer also reads out the 'Real or No Real' facts when Chris Smith is unavailable. O'Brien and Sawyer occasionally contribute on air, but are usually just referenced by Scott and heard in the background. O'Brien was the BBC's producer for the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, meaning she left her role on the show, which was taken over by Will Foster.

Regular contributors also include 'The Posh Radio 4 Lady' (Kathy Clugston), who reads listeners' questions in Dear Scott, and Greg James, Charlie Sloth, Alice Levine and Danny Howard who come in to play Real or No Real.

Features

Recurring features on the programme include:

During the programme, "Scott Mills Points" may be awarded by Mills to those who contact the show (by telephone, SMS or Twitter) with an amusing, helpful or positive response.

There are also many running gags made by Scott and Chris, including shouting "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" when an out of target or old fashioned reference is made (a take on an old Mark and Lard catchphrase), and saying "Hello (name), its nice to see you sober" as a greeting, quoting an old Family Fortunes episode where the host greets a contestant in that way. Scott will also say "Love you bye!" to all callers to the show, often prompting an awkward response, or more often, the caller declaring their love back. Other former catchphrases include "Alright treacle", "Oy oy saveloy!" and "Its only bley Friday!".

Former features

Mills standing at microphone in his living room
View from "Scott Cam" of Mills presenting the show in his living room

Controversy

BBC Radio 1 was criticised by Ofcom in 2006 for what they said was "serious misjudgement" over a prank call on the programme. The regulator said that the call was "overtly aggressive" and "clearly unsuitable for broadcast".[19] The woman who was the recipient of the call was told to "shut the fuck up", and her child called a "little shit"[20] (although those words were bleeped out when the call was played on-air).

In 2008, Ofcom and the BBC received complaints about "Badly Bleeped TV", a feature where words were bleeped from TV or radio clips and the co-presenters are asked to guess what they are. Ofcom ruled this a breach of broadcasting regulations,[21] and the feature was dropped from the show. It returned upon the show's move to the early-afternoon time slot as part of "Oh, What's Occurring".

Podcast

In February 2006 a daily podcast of the show, Scott Mills Daily, became available for download from the BBC as part of its downloads trial.[22] The podcast varies in length, depending on the amount of suitable material from the show available each day, but is usually around 40 minutes long. It is intended to contain the highlights of the programme (usually features, guests and talk). Due to copyright issues, the podcast does not contain music played on the show. A large number of these podcasts are available on the Unofficial Mills podcast archive. Scott Mills Daily has done well in the UK iTunes Store chart (#13 in most-downloaded podcasts). Early figures from the BBC had shown it had been downloaded 330,471 times;[17][23] during a week in December 2006, The Sun reported that Scott Mills Daily had been downloaded 535,051 times.[24] In October 2014, the BBC announced that The Scott Mills Daily has been downloaded 53.4 million times in the UK since it launched in 2006. It is the third most popular BBC podcast after Radio 4's Friday Night Comedy and The Archers.

Awards

Year Ceremony Award Result
2006 Sony Radio Academy Awards Interactive Programme Award Gold[1]
2007 Loaded Laftas Funniest Radio Show Won[25]
2007 Sony Radio Academy Awards Interactive Programme Award Bronze[26]
2008 Sony Radio Academy Awards Entertainment Award Silver[27]
2008 Loaded Laftas Funniest Radio Show Won[28]
2009 Sony Radio Academy Awards Music Radio Personality of the Year Nominee[29]
2010 Loaded Laftas Funniest Radio Sidekick (Beccy Huxtable) Won[30]
2010 Sony Radio Academy Awards Music Radio Personality of the Year Won[31]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Interactive Programme Award Winners 2006". Sony Radio Academy Awards. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  2. "Radio 1 announces more schedule changes". Digital Spy. 2003-11-05. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  3. "Brand New Daytime Line Up". BBC Radio 1. 2004-02-25. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  4. "Radio 1 chart show host to leave". BBC News Online. 2003-11-05. Retrieved 2004-11-16.
  5. http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity-interviews/radio-1-dj-scott-mills-5369229
  6. http://www.popjustice.com/interviewsandfeatures/the-2014-popjustice-readers-poll-the-results/133442/2/
  7. http://www.popjustice.com/interviewsandfeatures/2013-readers-poll-results/122789/3/
  8. http://www.popjustice.com/interviewsandfeatures/popjustice-readers-poll-the-results/107205/
  9. http://www.popjustice.com/interviewsandfeatures/the-2011-popjustice-readers-poll-the-results/74616/
  10. http://www.popjustice.com/interviewsandfeatures/the-2010-popjustice-readers-poll-results/59809/
  11. http://www.popjustice.com/interviewsandfeatures/popjustice-readers-poll-results-2008/49730/
  12. "Radio 1 goes back to Balearics". Newsbeat. 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  13. "Exclusive: Hear The Chuckle Brothers cover Jay-Z's 99 Problems". Daily Mirror. 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
  14. "The One That Doesn’t Speak to leave Radio 1". Unofficial Mills. 2013-01-24. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
  15. http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk/audio/dailyclips/december2009/24-12-2009-chappers_leaves.mp3
  16. "The Scott Mills Show in Southampton". BBC Hampshire. 2006-03-28. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  17. 1 2 "Listeners tune into 20 million hours of BBC Radio online". BBC. 2006-05-04. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  18. "Scott Mills under miscroscope as Scottcam launches". BBC. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
  19. "Radio 1 to fine DJs for swearing". BBC News Online. 2006-06-12. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  20. Sherwin, Adam (2006-06-13). "Stop turning the air blue or you’ll be off the airwaves, Radio 1 DJs told". London: The Times. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  21. "Broadcast Bulletin Issue number 121 - 10|11|08". Ofcom. Retrieved 2014-06-09.
  22. "BBC to podcast hourly news, Woman's Hour and Paxman in trial extension". BBC. 2006-02-14. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  23. "Radio Waves: Station to station". London: The Times. 2006-04-30. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  24. "Pod save our gracious Queen". London: The Times. 2006-12-31. Retrieved 2008-10-08.
  25. "Double win for comic Lee Collins". BBC News Online. 2007-10-04. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  26. "The Interactive Programme Award Winners 2007". Sony Radio Academy Awards. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  27. "Entertainment Award Winners 2008". Sony Radio Academy Awards.
  28. "Harry Enfield is a Loaded Legend". Newsbeat. 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
  29. http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=152&awname=The+Music+Radio+Personality+of+the+Year&year=2009
  30. "Loaded LAFTAS". IPC Media. 27 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  31. http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=199&awname=Music+Radio+Personality+of+the+Year&year=2010

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