Category: News
Devon listener Kate revealed she had squeezed in 38 dating-app dates during cuffing season, including seven dates in seven days, before finally meeting her boyfriend on date number 38. [...]
Cuffing season had everyone supposedly searching for a winter partner, but listeners who loved being single challenged Scott and Chris to explain why relationships were better and the pair struggled badly. [...]
Greg James’s Pass The Pasty mission sent a single Cornish pasty north through the hands of Radio 1 listeners, including a stop at Devon attraction The Big Sheep and a ride on a rollercoaster. [...]
To earn an all-star Radio 1 birthday shout-out, 28-year-old Sam had to remain on air while his mum Sarah described the Christmas night out and muddy parked car where his life began. [...]
Scott adopted an old Radio 2 story about a DJ praising a concert which had actually been cancelled, while a woman who said she had sex with a ghost revealed a new spirit partner and Example delivered on his Bangers promise. [...]
In the second Friday Extra Show, Chris and Jordan North investigated whether words including “testicles” were acceptable on Radio 1, while listeners asked how presenters ate lunch during a live afternoon show. [...]
Will spent months chatting to shop worker Paulina about his groceries, performed an overlong magic trick to impress her, got her number and went on an awkward date before unexpectedly finding her working in another local shop. [...]
With Chris off sick, Scott tried to make him feel worse, prepared for his Reading Festival gospel appearance and heard from Slaves after an overexcited fan vomited on their microphone before apologising at the signing. [...]
Alistair spent so much time alone in his local pizza restaurant that staff knew his exact order before he reached the counter and gave him a leaving card when he moved away. [...]
In recent years Radio 1 has had a bumpy ride with listener figures, partly due to an identity crisis, but it feels like the new breakfast show will start to change that. [...]