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Also as much as I rate most of them some Radio 1 personnel do have some verbal tics that get right on my wick and I can't help but notice.
1) Arielle Free's 'playing that one for'. I can understand why she probably does it on Early Breakfast where it's a smaller more dedicated listenership but it makes it sound like she's constantly doing an unofficial 10 Minute Takeover throughout her show.
2) Callum Leslie is great on Newsbeat but he in particularly seems to pretend he's talking to somebody before going to a clip/segment. Fine if it's a Newsbeat reporter but when it's something like 'quite the display. Right, Jurgen Klopp?' before then going into a clip of a Jurgen Klopp interview it just sounds ridiculous.
Though no doubt there are many other DJs with similar but these two particularly spring to mind. And to be clear I like both.

My other one is that since the start of the year at least Rickie, Melvin and Charlie’s show has become a lot better. It does feel like they hold back a little bit but their show is definitely a lot better and has more of an identity since it started in September 2021 and sounded almost as vanilla as Friday early breakfast. 

One of the most loved features on the Breakfast show. And quite a few views on Radio 1 here are understandably quite widely-held e.g. Greg being one of the strongest DJs on the station, Jordan being a Breakfast DJ in waiting. So thought an unpopular opinion thread of our own might be fun (maybe even one for Radio 2 as well if people were up for it).
'Come and give us your unpopular opinion, something up til now that you're afraid to say'

Jack Saunders sits in for Clara on Monday 1st May. Sian Eleri sits in on Tuesday 2nd May
Nels Hylton sits in for Jack on Sunday 7th May. Alyx Holcombe sits in on Sunday 14th May
Ore Olukoga sits in for Adele on Sunday 21st May

That life hacks series is at 8pm when Future Artists/Pop is usually.

Saturday 6th May
Ore Olukoga sits in for Adele

CC rider 
 

Richie Anderson is in for Scott on Easter Monday.
 

On Good Friday Matt & Mollie are back in their usual 13.00-16.00 slot, with Arielle covering breakfast.

Monday 3rd & Tuesday 4th April it's now Vick solo, no Katie in for Jordan.

Gaby Roslin sits in for Scott Mills on Mon 3rd April
Anita Rani still doing the rest of Scott's Easter break

I’m pretty sure all the shows on the Absolute decade stations are voice tracked..
Apart from Breakfast/Drive which are simulcast of course. 

Sam & Danni are in for Adele on Saturday 15th April.

Monday 27th March
Emil sits in for Dean
 
Saturday 8th April
Nat sits in for Katie
 
Monday 10th April
Matt & Mollie in for Greg
 
Friday 14th April
Paul Woolford sits in for Pete

I am guessing Jordan is going to Orlando for the Saturday Night Takeaway finale on 8 April.

Will be interesting to hear how Gary Davies handles the slot tomorrow ~ Bearing in mind that, at this stage, Mark Goodier over on GHR is no competition at all ...

Think given I imagine these days Radio 2’s Breakfast presenters to last 6-10 years in post so can imagine. Post Zoe to be Sara to Greg

I think it's generally expected that it'll be Sara and then Scott.

Think thats more fantasy than the chance of reality. I don’t get the feeling that BBC would dare to add a big name, a marmite name to its pay role and don’t think Moyles would take the opportunity. He is most likely to be given the more freedom creatively at X than 2. Also don’t think he fits their whole family vibe that an energetic and emphusiastic Ball gives.

With the regular line up come May having Jo Whiley, Zoe Ball, Scott Mills and now Vernon Kay Radio 2 do seem to be going for a Noughties type Radio 1 line-up.
Vernon does seem to have been fairly positively received when doing cover on Radio 2 previously but given he's replacing such a radio icon in Ken Bruce the role does feel a bit of a poisoned chalice where whatever you do will be compared to Ken Bruce. Ideally what a DJ probably wants to be is the DJ replacing Ken Bruce's replacement - I'd say Greg James for example really benefitted from getting Breakfast after Nick Grimshaw had done it rather than if he had been Chris Moyles's replacement where he would have ended up constantly compared to Moyles.

I wonder if Gary Davies has been told not to make too good a job of his Interim shows ... ?

Listened to a bit of him on Radio X when he was on after Chris Moyles. And I remember him from his Radio 1 days. Whoever replaces Ken Bruce they will be no good to some. So may as well just do his own thing. 

Anita Rani is in for Scott Mills WC 27th March

I’m really looking forward to him starting in may with Scott and Sara on afernooons aswell should be really good 
 

it seems like Vernon will go for a fresh feel and image for the programme