Category: Show Diary
BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra are working on a new special event for 2012 set to be based in London around the time of the Olympic games.
The outdoor festival is being spearheaded by Jason Carter, who has been working behind the scenes on BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend over the past few years.
Little detail has been given about the event but it is intended to deliver something "extremely special" to the young people living in the boroughs around the Olympics site in East London.
Controller of BBC Ra [...]
Chris rang Scott’s flatmate as the adult baby Malcolm Butter while trying to join a newly invented band. [...]
Beccy answered producer Matt Fincham’s phone calls for him until he struggled to continue the conversation. [...]
The artist behind the album 19 and the future hit album 21 will be performing in a special Live Lounge for BBC Radio 1 this month.
Live Lounge 'XL' isn't a dig about Adele's weight - it's the name of a special extra long Live Lounge which will feature 30 minutes of live tracks during Fearne's show.
The six tracks will go out on-air live on Thursday 27th January 2011 between 10am and 1pm. [...]
Scott tested whether confidently delivered nonsense could become a believable rumour. [...]
Beccy and Chris faced each other across the studio in an Innuendo Bingo contest that left Chris drenched. [...]
Radio 1's sister station BBC Radio 1Xtra has today launched its new daytime schedule which sees Trevor Nelson and Gemma Cairney go their seperate ways.
Twin B now presents the breakfast show between 7am and 10am while Trevor Nelson hosts the 1Xtra Live Lounge on his show between 10am and 1pm.
Trevor Nelson's former breakfast co-presenterGemma Cairney takes over at 1pm and Tim Westwood continues presenting the drivetime show between 4pm and 7pm.
Speaking in December about the changes, 1X [...]
Chris’s rejected Batman audition was turned into a comic song after a newspaper picture revealed the successful candidates. [...]
Beccy’s friend paid a taxi driver a fiver to get a spider out of her bath. [...]
Chris travelled to his audition in the full Batman outfit rather than risking a change of clothes on arrival. [...]