Dan18F1
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I hope Dean’s ok, he’ll have been off all week!
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Looks like Jerry is doing another week of Going Home week commencing 19th January.
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And Sam also has a boyfriend
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I’ve voted for Greg, I think his show has sounded outstanding this year, particularly the last few months with R1 Traitors, Rogue Promises and Callum’s bedtime story to name a few.
Matt and Mollie’s show also sounds excellent and absolutely flies by so I will put them in close second.
In terms of the weekend, both Sam and Danni and James have reallly settled into their slots and they sound like they could have those shows for years and years if they wanted them (I wouldn’t be surprised if they all end up on weekdays at some point however)
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It’s strange because I generally feel like R1 do this so well, we have a whole range of voices, accents, styles of presenting on the station so it is odd that we have ended up in this situation.
There are also significantly fewer of them than in previous years which may have played a part in it
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Boxing Day:
7-11am: Weekend Breakfast with Ore Olukoga
11-2pm: Group Chat with Nat and Minah
2-6pm: Chart of the Year with Dan Draper
6pm onwards: as usual for a FridayI wonder if the decade anthems will be starting on the 27th? Or whether they won’t be doing them this year and just putting a few new presenters mixed in with usual cover?
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Superfan Steve is a more recent one that’s really stuck with me - especially both Cheryl’s and Anne-Marie’s!
Also enjoyed the Don’t Look It Up quiz that started in lockdown with Producer Will and then Producer Amy (now of the breakfast show)
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Not sure what’s happened to your post @Noah? There’s nothing on it! But my prediction is per the below:
Up to 21st December: Normal schedule
22 + 23rd:
6-10am: Dean McCullough
10-2pm: James Cusack
2-6pm: Sam and Danni
6-8pm: New Music Show with Sian Eleri
8-10pm: Future Artists with Tara KumarChristmas Eve:
The same until
6-9pm: New Music Show with Jack Saunders (Best of 2025 pre-record)Christmas Day:
7-11am: Sam and Danni
11-3pm: Christmas Anthems
3-7pm: TikTok TakeoverBoxing Day - NYE:
New presentersNYE:
4-7pm: James Cusack
7-10pm: Conor Coates
10pm-1am: Jeremiah AsiamahNYD:
7-11am: Ore Olukoga
11-3pm: Lauren Layfield
3-7pm: Nat O’Leary2nd Jan:
6-10am: Sam and Danni
10-2pm: Lauren Layfield
2-6pm: James Cusack
6pm onwards: Dance shows3rd Jan:
7-10:30am: James Cusack
10:30-1pm: Nat O’Leary
1-4pm: Mylo and Rosie
4-7pm: Dance Anthems with Connor Coates
7pm onwards: as normal4th Jan:
The same until
4-7pm: Life Hacks with Lauren and Pete
7pm onwards: as normal5th Jan:
All return except I wouldn’t be surprised to see Sam and Danni on Going Home for the week
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Also, the person who posted in this topic only joined the forum today and has only ever posted that one link. The wiki edit was only made this week too by one person. Wouldn’t surprise if the person who made the wiki edit was the person who posted it on the forum?
No idea why though - seems very random.
I do remember a couple of years ago someone was editing BBC Sounds pictures to suggest that some random person from a local station was covering on Radio 1!
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On 8/6/2025 at 5:21 PM, TMD_24 said:
25th August Update (Live Lounge Day)
6am-10am: Lauren ? (Doesn't say whether it is Layfield or Refearn) and Conor Knight
10am-2pm: Melvin and Charlie (No Ricky)
2pm-6pm: Nat and Vicky
It’s now Swarzy on the 10-2pm slot on Bank Holiday Monday. Nice to see her get some cover - I think this might be her first daytime solo show.
Charley Marlow is also in for James Cusack on the 30th/31st August. I haven’t heard her Friday Early Breakfast show, is she any good?
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48 minutes ago, UnofficialStark said:
It’s ironic that Jamie practically matches Vick in number of shows, perhaps Jamie’s attendance on the show shouldn’t have been the joke that it was at the time…
Vick did go on maternity leave in May though… and she wasn’t especially present in her final few weeks.
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Vicky Hawkesworth sits in for Danni on Going Home on the 18th August. Another name to add to the Going Home roster this year!
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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 togetherTuesday 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 chartSaturday 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 AnthemsSunday 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 HacksMonday 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 DanniSunday 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 HacksMonday 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 PopThursday 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!
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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.
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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!
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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
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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!)
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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?
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29 minutes ago, onlyME said:
Ellie shared it on her Instagram.
I've seen so many pictures of that alarm clock cake and I really want a slice of it ?
Thank you - I think Scott has taken his producer from afternoons with him, he’s definitely spoken about a producer Ben before.
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9 minutes ago, onlyME said:
The team photo suggests there's 12 people working on the programme. That seems a big number, does Greg have that many?
Where’s the team photo?
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Is that a late change? It was meant to be Spoony today and tomorrow wasn’t it?
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And Sam and Danni are in for Jack on the chart on Friday with Connor covering early breakfast.
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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
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I would assume Sam and Danni as well