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Feels like after the success of Sam Ryder we are going back to our old ways. Olly Alexander's song is pretty weak. Anyone fancy our chances this year?

The more time goes on the more you think if they'd actually put some thought into it it should've been Vick & Katie from the start. A proven pairing and Katie ended up on the show anyway - whereas Katie's even mentioned she was only asked to join after the Jamie announcement And even by Going Home standards on time off, it's quite funny that a few months in we still haven't had a full week of the supposed line-up - and that's with a 4-day week.

I heard something about what is your favourite wood? Wtf 😂

Was the same vibe on the Easter Monday show they did too. Just random questions and the like…. Katie is definitely the glue around making the show listenable.

Vick and Jamie together are quite… awkward. Random discussion seems to be at an all time high without Katie. Maybe it’s just that there’s a lack of features today.

Jamie not even knowing about the big weekend day and the fact he starts the show at 14:00 just says everything.

I still haven’t forgiven Radio 1 for signing Laing. Vick and Jordan was good, you could hear the chemistry on air

I just want to add though that I am beginning to enjoy the show a bit more now that it’s settled in - I think Jamie (when he’s there) has calmed down a bit and then the new features that have been progressively added over the last couple of weeks have been good too. I still don’t think it’s a patch on Vick and Jordan together, but it is now a show that seems like it could have legs into the future and once Matt and Mollie start in July, I could see myself sticking with R1 all afternoon.

I think it’s a slimmer line-up and seems to fall short in previous years where it seemed almost double that I know Raye is booked to perform and is a headline name. I think the issue with a station like capital they are dealing with a rather lacklustre year for pop and theres no real big pulls for pop festivals that are an easy sell out right now. I think Capital has had seen it’s Capital Ball’s as for any generic pop music listener I don’t know whether Bradley Simpson, Aitch and Paul Russel have the universality to play in a stadium even Sugababes think it would be better if they chosen a smaller outdoor location or Wembley arena.

He's in bed sick today so not sure it will happen this weekend.

Don't think it's the most amazing line-up. They seemed to really be pushing people to buy tickets on release day.

12th May 10:30-13:00: James Cusack in for Nat O'Leary

So from the podcast it’s Vick and Jamie on Monday, all 3 of them on Tuesday and Wednesday, Vick and Katie on Thursday and then Katie is on holiday the week after so it’s just Vick and Jamie. I wonder how long it will be before we actually get a full week of their show?

Hoping to have you some answers next week as the team are off Bank Holiday 🙂

I really do miss scott on r1. For me it was the entertainment that always came from the show, you knew no matter when you listened it was going to be entertaining and make the day go faster. A brilliant presenter.

Yeah I heard that and remember it from the podcast. I haven't heard much of going home this week. Surely the mentioning Jordan is not actually serious? I'm curious to the context also

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Dean's unwell today (according to Vicky at the start of the show) so Nat O'Leary is sitting in for him.

Sat 25th and Sun 26th May 07:00-10:00 - Conor Knight in for Sam and Danni 10:00 - 11:00 - Conor Knight covers Anthems [the schedule on Sat says Sam and Danni are still doing 10-10:30 anthems but I think this is likely an error: Conor is doing the full anthems hour on Sunday, and it makes no sense on Sat for S&D to pop back up for half an hour in between Conor's shows] Fri 31 May 10:30 - 12:45 - James Cusack in for Danny Beard

How can that be possible, when Katie said on the first episode of the new podcast that she got the call afterwards and was surprised because she'd heard about Jamie being announced and thought that was it?

Katie got offered job before Jamie. They wanted to announce Katie last in case of backlash over Jamie getting it. I met Katie recently and she told me this

Bet the bosses are cross everytime he is mentioned especially when he is sounding so great on Capital.

Sorry! I don't really check here often - but yes i agree! I think Radio 1 back then was perfect and was amazing. I really am tempted to start a new channel filled with random BBC Radio 1/Radio 2 shows I have archived from 2007-2018! Full shows, one place 🤤 what a dream! Maybe it was just late-00's and early-10's culture then that made it even better, but I swear the music they played back then too were WAY nicer and more varied! Thank you so much for the love on 4t8 ❤️

Indeed - many of those same soothsayers were predicting the rise & rise of Jordon North on R1, too!

Not sure the obsession from Aled with celebrities. Between him and Danny Beard he's making some odd decisions.