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A bit of toast, a cup of tea?

I get your point, but it’s not THAT random as it always seems to be from the pool of: Vick, Jamie, Emil, Sam & Danni. There is consistency somewhat, even if it is a case of whoever is available. Clearly next week is a case of Vick & Jamie having other projects on for everyday apart from Monday.

Now I know Going Home's attendance has been a bit of a topic of conversation on here over the last 12 months... so I thought I'd keep a tally of who appeared when from the start of 2025. This is from the first proper show of the year on Monday 6th January, right up to Thursday just gone (20th February) which was Katie's last show for a while as she heads off onto Maternity leave. If we're classing a 'normal week' as Jamie appears for 3 shows but the ladies do all 4, they've only managed that for 3 out of the 7 weeks. (It was mentioned in week 4 that Jamie had swapped his 'day off' from Thursday to Wednesday) Week 1: M = Katie & Jamie T = Katie & Jamie W = Katie & Jamie T = Katie, Sam & Danni Week 2: M = Vick, Katie & Jamie T = Vick, Katie & Jamie W = Vick & Jamie T = Vick, Sam & Danni Week 3: M = Vick, Katie & Jamie T = Vick, Katie & Jamie W = Vick, Katie & Jamie T = Vick & Katie Week 4: M = Vick, Katie & Jamie T = Vick, Katie & Jamie W = Vick & Katie T = Vick, Katie & Jamie Week 5: M = Vick & Katie T = Vick & Katie W = Vick, Katie & Jamie T = Vick & Katie Week 6: M = Vick, Katie & Jamie T = Vick, Katie & Jamie W = Vick, Katie & Jamie T = Vick & Katie Week 7: M = Vick, Katie & Jamie T = Katie & Jamie W = Katie & Jamie M = Vick & Katie

I think this is a great move & she’ll suit the style of show Scott is doing. Something I was a little concerned about with the suggestion Mark Goodier could provide cover. I do wonder if Sara feels a bit put out by missing out on breakfast permanently? Maybe this is a sweetener by getting her back on cover duties.

I watched this live in the cinema and there were definitely at least 2 mentions of Radio 1, including one which felt a little bit salty about the way he ended up leaving (I think in an answer to a question about a job). Hard to remember the details as it was last April - but I guess he could’ve asked for it to be removed as time has passed and this is a permanent edition! Agree about the Guinness joke, didn’t find it shocking at all 😂 but maybe I’m not easily offended

Interesting choice & someone going Bauer to BBC rather than the other way round! She’s been on Magic and covered Fleur East’s Maternity on Hits.

And with that another name added to the huge list of people who’ve covered Greg James on Breakfast!

Kudos to Aled for replying to your questions - not sure there’s many people in his position who’d do that! Pretty fair and valid I’d say…the RAJAR point is a good one, the anthems situation just allows them to keep the music flowing.

Looks like Emil is in with Jerry on Thursday

He’s only 51, I think he’ll do at least 15 years on Breakfast!

I think I’d like to see a new team built around Scott. Richie has had 6 years on Breakfast with Zoe, so it’s not really unreasonable… I hope we get a few more fun features. The lack of “games” like you get on Radio 1 is something I miss with Scott

Greg, Jordan & now Scott plus Matt & Mollie means a lot of weekday listening! I try and keep on top while at work, but it’s a lot to consume!

What are we going to do about breakfast listening from January onwards!!!

It’s written in the press release as Thursday, so I would guess the graphics/social teams used that as a reference point?

I’ve been banging the drum for Sam & Danni on Weekend Afternoons, so these moves are spot on. Has it been mentioned if they’ll still be in Cardiff? James will be great for WB - that show thrives with a solo presenter because of the pace of the day. Unsure on the need for a Weekend EB, especially at just an hour. But it gets 2 new names into the official line up & should mean all EB/Daytime cover is done by people “on the books”. Jerry should be great fun with Matt. I really rated him from the week he spent on Going Home, despite having not heard a great deal of him beforehand.

Superb for Matt & Mollie, it’s richly deserved as the show is so good. I honestly think they’re in for a Scott & Chris style long stint on the afternoon slot. They also appear in the Top 10 Programmes for Under 35’s on BBC Sounds latest data too. M&M are 9th, Going Home is 5th, Greg is 4th with 10s & 00s taking the top 2 spots. Help I Sexted My Boss has also made it into the Top 10 U35 podcasts on BBC Sounds for the first time!

This feels like a great fit and would be a perfect permanent show if Rylan decided to leave. Funny how we've got both Nick & Shaun Keaveny doing cover on both Virgin Radio & Radio 2 (plus Grimmy putting in a cover shift over at 6 Music too).

I'm dubious as to whether the I'm A Celebrity stint actually helped Jordan's career within Radio 1, because he'd already been upgraded to all 3 weekend days a few months beforehand. Plus I'm pretty sure he was next in line for daytimes and that still didn't happen for 9 months after he did the show. But I think it did help his overall 'celebrity' status and got him onto Saturday Night Takeaway & probably within the eyes of Global when they knew Roman Kemp wanted to leave. I cannot see any obvious place for Dean to go, as above Heart is not the right fit because they want someone who is nostalgic for their core audience. Capital are sorted with Jordan... maybe Hits Radio? But they seem set with Fleur East even if she seems like a strange booking to me...(and again, her star rose after being on I'm A Celeb!)

Dean doing I’m A Celeb seems like a bit niche for The Sun to make up, he’s hardly a huge star. Be interesting to see if it boosts his career at all… you either go Jordan North or Adele Roberts on this show

Yeah especially as he’s so on target for Radio 1. I guess the Perrie interview this morning would’ve been pre recorded? So even if they’d have chosen to air it, it would seem weird for her not to share any memories from the time she was dating Zayn. Matt & Mollie playing 4 songs in a row at the start, not speaking till a few minutes ago.

Greg always knows exactly what to say, he continues to impress me. Especially on days like today

Scott’s opening bit was incredibly emotional

It’ll launch as Sounds only, but the BBC wants to place this, R1 Dance, R2 spin off & R3 Relax onto DAB - but they need to get additional approval for that to happen

That will be because of the bitrate that they’ve launched these stations at… they try and squeeze too many stations on one multiplex. I think Capital Anthems is as low as 32 kbit/s, whereas Radio 1 is broadcast at 128 kbit/s.

It’s all three of them today?