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Most of this has been posted already, but I thought I would just summarise the changes happening: Monday 2nd June: - Matt and Mollie in for Greg - Sam and Danni in for Matt and Mollie - Jamie and Sophie begin their show together Tuesday 3rd June: - Emerald is in for Martha Wednesday 4th June: - Mo Ayoub is in for Benji B Thursday 5th June: - Lauren Layfield and Emil Franchi are presenting Going Home Friday 6th June: - Lauren Redfern begins her stint on Friday Early Breakfast - Ore Olukoga and Lauren Redfern are in for Nat and Vicky - Lauren Layfield is in for Sam and Danni - James Cusack is in for Jack Saunders on the chart Saturday 7th June: - Ore Olukoga and Lauren Redfern are in for Nat and Vicky - Lauren Layfield is in for Sam and Danni - Connor Coates is in for Charlie Hedges on Dance Anthems Sunday 8th June: - Ore Olukoga and Lauren Redfern are in for Nat and Vicky - Lauren Layfield is in for Sam and Danni - Pete Allison and Polly Bayfield are in for Lauren and Shanequa on Life Hacks Monday 9th June: - Alyx Holcombe is in for Daniel P Carter on the Rock Show Thursday 12th June: - Sam and Danni are presenting Going Home Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th June: - Nat and Vicky and Sam and Danni are swapping shows and Nat and Vicky are presenting from Parklife - Charlie Tee in for Jeremiah Asiamah on the Soundsytem Party (Saturday) - Pete Allison joins Lauren Layfield on Life Hacks (Sunday) Thursday 19th June: - Sam and Danni are presenting Going Home Friday 20th June and Saturday 21st June: - Lauren Redfern is in for Nat O’Leary and joins Vicky - Lauren Layfield and Conor Knight are in for Sam and Danni Sunday 22nd June: - Lauren Redfern is in for Nat O’Leary and joins Vicky - Conor Knight is in for Sam and Danni - Pete Allison joins Lauren Layfield on Life Hacks Monday 23rd June: - Sam and Danni join Jamie on Going Home Tuesday 24th June: - Just Rickie and Charlie (no Melvin) Wednesday 25th June: - Just Sam and Danni on Going Home (no Jamie) - Mollie King returns to Future Pop Thursday 26th June: - Just Sam and Danni on Going Home (no Jamie) - Jack Saunders live from Glastonbury - Radio 1 Dance live from Glastonbury (8-11pm) Friday 27th June: - Greg James live from Glastonbury - Radio 1 live from Glastonbury (1-4pm) - James Cusack in for Jack Saunders on the Official Chart - Radio 1 Dance live from Glastonbury (6-9pm) - Friday Night live from Glastonbury (9-12am)

I’m guessing this is probably why Jamie is off this week - probably doing trail run through shows with Sophie!

So it won’t be Sam and Danni taking over Going Home then! My money would be Lauren, Emil and Jamie (or potentially Jerry instead of Emil). But I guess we’ll see.

I can’t remember the last time Nat and Vicky presented a weekend together - it’s been a while! And I think they both sound better with other presenters too!

I wonder if Shanequa is going on maternity leave after this weekend. She doesn’t seem to be on any Life Hacks shows in May and isn’t doing the extra week of Life Hacks prior to Big Weekend either

I almost feel like he should just be there as Katie’s cover, it will make the show a whole lot more consistent with Vick, Jamie and him presenting all the Going Home shows between them, and as you say, he sounds very good with Vick. (And as tomorrow shows, they don’t mind putting him on alone either!)

Now that the new schedule has had time to bed in, what are your thoughts on how the station is sounding at the moment? I have to say, I personally think that the station is sounding pretty good right now. Many presenters seem to be top of their game and there are no obvious weak spots that I would personally change myself. In terms of each show individually: Dean - As much as I don't hear Early Breakfast that often, I think he is a perfectly competent presenter in his own right. I don't think a partnership worked for him and I do think he sounds pretty good in this show. I don't think he'll be at R1 for the long term though, and wouldn't be completely surprised if he has departed by the end of the year for a commercial network. Greg - I think he's still absolutely the right person for the breakfast show. The show still sounds pretty fresh (hopefully moreso now that Jan Slam is finally finished with) and I can't see any obvious person who would take over that show now. RMC - I enjoy the fact that their show has been a complete departure to what came before it. I'm still not completely convinced it's the best slot for them, but I don't see where else they would go on the schedule now. Matt and Mollie/Jerry - My favourite show on the network now! I love how fresh the show always sounds, there are plenty of features all the time and the 2 1/2 hours flies by. Vick, Katie and Jamie - I don't know what to think of this show. Sometimes I find it really enjoyable, other times it seems a complete mess. I have grown to like Jamie but I don't think the lack of consistency with the presenters helps at all (and obviously will be compounded with Katie on maternity in a couple of weeks) Weekends: I think James has settled into that show excellently. Exactly the type of weekend breakfast show that I think R1 should be providing. I've never been particularly keen on Nat and Vicky - their style of show isn't my thing but I can see why some people would (I do really enjoy the 00s/10s show though). I'm actually slightly disappointed with Sam and Danni's new show, it's lacking something for me, whether that's because they've continued some features from the afternoon show before, or something else? I feel like this weekend has been better though so maybe they're gradually introducing more as the weeks go on. Life Hacks I don't really listen to so can't comment on. A quick note on weekend early breakfast - I still don't see the point of it? Feels like a waste of both Ore and Swarzy's presenting skills. The evenings are good too. Jack's show and Jerry's show are particular highlights for me. I do miss the evening entertainment show though. In terms of predictions for this year, I reckon it will be a quiet one (obviously not including Mollie, Katie and Shanequa's maternity leave). The only change I can possibly see is Dean leaving and Emil (?) replacing him. What do you all think?

Thank you - I think Scott has taken his producer from afternoons with him, he’s definitely spoken about a producer Ben before.

Where’s the team photo?

Is that a late change? It was meant to be Spoony today and tomorrow wasn’t it?

And Sam and Danni are in for Jack on the chart on Friday with Connor covering early breakfast.

If I were him I’d just slot back into early breakfast when he returns and maybe not do any breakfast cover for a while, I dread to think what the comments on his breakfast cover show will be. And I can imagine the handover between him and RMC might be quite awkward as well

It doesn’t make for great reading - however I would guess it’s at least partly exaggerated. Dean and Vicky both presented the show until the very end and it didn’t seem like there were any issues between them? Unless they managed to hide it very well

I’m pretty sure they’ve already said it will be late January. Apparently Trevor let slip at some point that his show was starting at the end of Jan so I’m guessing all the changes will take place on January 27th?

I’m surprised they’re going live as early as 6am on NYD - that feels very early considering last year it was 8am!