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"I only have famous friends" - if he is trying to prove "he isn't just a posh idiot" this is probably not a wise start.

For discussion of the launch of the new afternoon show. Oh thank goodness, they said they've retired the Heyyyyyyyyyy at the start of going home

I so agree with this but was too scared to say it as I felt I was in my own! I am sad Jordan’s gone, but I think I laughed more listening to today’s show than I ever have when it was Vick and Jordan.

I think Matt works well with anyone or on his own. A multi purpose presenter.

Maybe an unpopular opinion from me on this one - I didn't mind it. I quite like Jamie, I laughed out loud every time I listened to him when he was on with Matt, and the show today was quite entertaining. I'm not overly upset that he's posh or not really clued up on the opportunity he has been given - it's a job he's getting paid for, and someone decided to hire him, so that's not really his fault. He's not stuck up and he's able to laugh at himself, so he could do well if he knuckles down and at least tries to learn from the environment he is in. My problem is that it was a bit crowded. I love Katie so much, and she always has such lovely and funny stories to tell, I feel she was cut short in a lot of today's show. Which leads me to my second unpopular opinion - without Jordan there, I would have just preferred it to be Katie and Jamie. I'm not the biggest fan of Vick. I have tried, but I find her too giggly and not always forthcoming with anything other than innuendo. Personally, I can see why they brought Katie in last minute to save the dynamic, but as a trio I think there is too much going on. Will have to see how it develops I suppose, but Vick on air admitted how the show has always had such a mixture of presenters because of everyone taking holidays, so it does make me wonder how often the 3 of them will be together anyway.

Jamie says he isn't just a 'posh idiot' but that's literally the persona he plays to on this programme. Amazed by how little he knows about Going Home, he seems surprised by the dinner feature.

First thoughts: playing into Jamie too much, as above, the famous friends bit wasn’t great. The messages should’ve been to all 3 of them

Either this is James or you need to start Unofficial Cusack

It just shows how we are all different and have different humour as I would have laughed out loud most days with Jordan there and at best I tolerated today.

Now this would be an all-time-favourite feature, I love it already! It could rival the Bamboleo 'gap', and even Innuendo Bingo. You need to send this to the BBC bods and see if they'll run with it!

I think there is a lot of truth in this...if they let Katie dominate things a little, this has the potential to be ok. The biggest problem for me today is it was almost like Vick and Katie with Jamie as the star guest and focus of attention.

One plus I will give the show is playing the Mollie King Fajitagate clip. Always welcome - one of the all-time great Radio 1 clips If any of the show need a content idea then an "official" chart of the best Radio 1 clips is one I can give for free.

Nothing wrong with that - it'd be boring if we all agreed on everything. Though I can't see you getting onto Greg's show next time it does the above feature with that take.

Oh I suppose I want to add to what I just said about not minding Jamie and being okay with him getting the drive slot - I would feel completely differently if it had been Katie joining Vick, with Jamie as the last minute third host. If that had happened then I would feel annoyed at an unnecesary celebrity hire had been brought in - I hated the Maya Jama - Scott -Chris Friday situation when that was going on. I do think Jamie is better than Maya was though, in many ways.

I think where as for when Nick Grimshaw took over from Greg James and then Vick and Jordan from Grimmy they had a longer period of time between their last show on their previous slot to their new drive time show, more likely fresh production and time to do some not to broadcast pilots and brainstorm new ideas. It’s all come out fast and messy and seems like they didn’t give themselves time to produce a new drivetime show or didn’t use time wisely. If Jamie Laing doesnt work out and doesn’t sign a contract atleast a Vick & Katie show would work without having to focus on yet again re-shuffling programming on the station, yet again.

And while you have Jamie saying he's been constantly grinding for this slot and has earnt it certainly hasn't come across on air. Instead from his opening show alone he's admitted to initially not knowing when Going Home started and then some of its main features like 'Access All Apps' and 'What Are You Having For Your Tea' being a mystery to him. You'd have hoped he'd be eager to impress and all over it ahead of his first show on Drive. Hopefully he is genuine in wanting to grind and quite soon we start to hear an improvement. But with that sort of thing 'Show don't tell' comes to mind. For example with Mollie King she clearly put in the time and effort and treated as a proper career and it came through on air. Whereas the less said about say Maya Jama the better.

Yep listened to the first hour or so and it did feel very Jamie focused and quite 'London Bubble'. Radio 1 is often at its best when it focused on the listener and has listeners at its heart whereas much of the show was about Jamie's celeb mates and then talk about the Brits and then going through Jamie's phone in Access All Apps. I get the Brits one to an extent since Radio 1 always go big on the Brits but you have to hope it's just a first day thing and not the norm. You'd have been forgiven for not realising it was Katie's first permanent show too.

Yes it’s Katie’s first time with having her name above the drive time door so yes. Also with access all apps it’s sounds like he never heard of the feature. Think if like joined the station which many people who want to get into the radio industry and make it national its a station that they wish to aspire to.