Owain Wyn Evans used Monday's Early Breakfast to reveal he is this year's BBC Radio 2 Children in Need Challenge star, cycling 400 miles across the UK's four nations over roughly five days, including three big hill climbs, ending back in Cardiff. The news had been announced on Friday's Sarah Cox Breakfast Show, and Evans played back that reveal, admitting he had kept it secret for weeks despite being, in his words, "a bit of a blabbermouth." He said he has been training on an exercise bike at the gym and buying padded shorts, adding he was "not a cyclist in any way, shape or form." Listeners sent good luck messages throughout the show.
Tying in with the secrecy theme, Evans asked listeners for their biggest kept or accidentally-spilled secrets, receiving stories about secret weddings, surprise proposals and a hidden six-month marriage before a big wedding day.
Regular features included Step Back in Time, with listeners correctly identifying the mystery year as 2005 after clues including the first X Factor series and the Crazy Frog's chart-topping remix. Airdrum Anthems returned with a disco theme, opening the week with Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive."
New music played included Taylor Swift's "Patient Zero," Amy Wadge's "No Time to Grieve," and Shania Twain and Kane Brown's "Boots." Pause for Thought featured Anglican priest Malcolm Doney reflecting on gospel pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
Evans also flagged upcoming shows: Celebrity Traitors starting Thursday on BBC One, Catherine Zeta-Jones' new Welsh-set drama "Kill Jackie," and a 13-year-old boy from Harpenden becoming the new voice of Thomas the Tank Engine. News bulletins covered the RAF Fairford terror arrests and Labour conference developments.
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