Christopher Francis Stark was born on 12 March 1987 and is a British radio personality known for his work most recently as a co-host on the Scott Mills show on BBC Radio 1 until he departed in 2022.
15 Facts About Chris Stark
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Chris Stark started working at Radio Northwick Park, a hospital radio station, at the age of 16 and gained experience working at stations including Galaxy, Real Radio, Virgin Radio and BBC 6 Music.
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At 18, Chris Stark started at the University of Southampton where he studied politics and zoology.
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Chris Stark participated in most of the show's ongoing features including Real or No Real, Innuendo Bingo, 24 Years at the Tap End, Bamboleo Wednesday.
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Mills left to replace Steve Wright in the afternoon on BBC Radio 2, which he hosted on that station for more than 20 years, and Chris Stark left to join Capital Breakfast.
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Chris Stark is known for the feature 24 Years at the Tap End, in which he reads excerpts from his "autobography".
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Chris Stark was originally inspired to write his own autobiography after reading the autobiography of Brendan Sheerin from Coach Trip.
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The late airing allowed Chris Stark to reveal the full story of a holiday to Prague he had discussed in a previous episode, telling parts which were considered "too rude for daytime" and using strong language.
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In March 2013, Chris Stark was sent with ten minutes' notice to a media junket for the film Oz the Great and Powerful to interview American actress Mila Kunis for the Scott Mills Show.
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Chris Stark then went on to discuss his local pub, local football club, Nando's and drinking games with his friends.
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In November 2013, Channel 4 announced they had commissioned an hour long, one-off documentary special which would feature Chris Stark attempting to interview his ultimate bucket list of celebrities, including Derek Acorah, Rachel Stevens, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Ricky Hatton and Verne Troyer.
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From 2014 until 2016, Chris Stark was a team captain on the E4 show, Virtually Famous.
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In 2015, Chris Stark appeared as a guest on the CBBC panel show The Dog Ate My Homework.
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In 2018, along with Peter Crouch and Tom Fordyce, Chris Stark became a co-host of the That Peter Crouch Podcast.
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In July 2022 it was announced that Chris Stark would join Capital Breakfast with Roman Kemp and Sian Welby in the autumn, he began his presenting role on 10 October 2022.