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Ruth Jones and James Corden, alongside other Gavin & Stacey cast members are hosting the breakfast show on Monday 23rd December.

Grimmy in for Rylan on Saturday 4th January Week Commencing 6th January Gary Davies is still in for Vernon Edith Bowman in for Jo Whiley Spoony is 'in' for Trevor Nelson. I'm not sure whether that means he's finished on Rhythm Nation by this point, but I'm surprised Spoony is covering what is effectively his own slot so close to him taking over with The Good Groove. It also means someone else will be covering the afternoon show... Hopefully OJ Borg.

Steffan Powell (former Radio 1 Newsbeat presenter/newsreader) is sitting in for Owain Wynn Evans on New Year's Day/2nd/3rd January. A few other schedule changes going into December: Shaun Keaveny in for Liza Tarbuck tonight (30th November) Tina Daheley in for Jeremy Vine on Tuesday 3rd December Jason Mohammed in for Owain on Friday 6th December. Romesh off again next week (7th) so Emma Willis sits in Nick Grimshaw in for Rylan on Saturday 14th, 21st and 28th (I assume he's in the following Saturday as well with Rylan still in Panto).

The press release said that, but it also states on the press release that Mark Goodier will be live as well, which is certainly not correct as the Pick Of The Pops Christmas special is already available on Sounds. Jane pre recorded last year's Christmas day special, along with the two bank holiday shows she did earlier in the year. I stand to be corrected though 🤷

NYE afternoon/evening is: 12-2 Sophie Ellis Bextor's NYE Kitchen Disco 2-4 Sounds Of the 60's with Tony Blackburn 4-6 Sounds Of The 70's with Bob Harris 6-8 Sounds Of The 80's with Gary Davies 8-10 Sounds Of The 90's with Owain Wynn Evans Michelle Visage's NYE Party (live from LA) A few other bits included 4-6pm on Christmas Eve is Richie Anderson's Driving Home For Christmas and Tony Blackburn's Sounds Of Soul 12-2pm on Boxing Day.

Christmas Day and NYE on Radio 2 is similar to last year: 25th December 6-8am Zoe Ball's Christmas Crooners' 8-10 Good Morning Christmas with Rev. Kate Botley 10-12 Junior Choice with Anneka Rice 12-2 Jane Mcdonald 2-4 Gary Davies 4-7 Pick Of The Pops Christmas special (1974, 1984 and 1994) 7-8 Mariah Carey's Christmas Hour 8-10 Beverley Night's Gospel Christmas 10-12 Trevor Nelson's Gospel Christmas. Kate Botley, Junior Choice and Gary Davies are live as usual.

Romesh away again this week. Emma Willis has been presenting the show today.

Nick Grimshaw in for Rylan on Saturday 14th and 21st December. Christmas week is slowly starting to update. Ellie Brennan is listed on overnight, Gaby Roslin on breakfast, Gary Davies on mid morning and Spoony on mid afternoon.

Spoony in for Scott tomorrow. He's covering 'at least' two weeks from Monday 9th November.

I missed the days where it was 'normal' personality led shows (even if it was different music, but it was without the pre mixed 'blocks') and the 'B' team such as Adele Roberts Matt Edmondson, Dev etc. stepped up (with Scott & Chris on Breakfast).

Some good changes there. Well deserved for James Cusack and Sam & Danni. Having a duo on weekend afternoons is a good move and it means they won't go back to just two days. Great to see James Cusack on board finally as well. His cover stint over the summer really impressed me and he's done lots of cover for the past couple of years, so good to see it's finally paid off. Jeremiah covering for Mollie is an interesting one. I was expecting them to have another female presenter such as Maia Beth or Lauren Layfield stand in. However... Jerry from the bits I've heard of him is entertaining and definitely has that potential to successfully cross over from specialist to a mainstream daytime show so no complaints there.

Tina Daheley is in for Jeremy Vine again for a week starting Monday 9th December Spoony sits in for Scott Mills also from Monday 9th December.

Richie Anderson in for Scott on Thursday 5th and Friday 6th December.

I know he did,it wasn't great either from what I remember, but he's definitely grown as a radio presenter since then. Radio 1 are one of a few stations that can be praised with giving chances for younger presenters from a radio background with the Christmas takeover/Friday early breakfast, the recent weekend afternoon rotation etc. Sam & Danni are the most recent success story. Came through the Christmas presenters slot a few years ago, to getting the weekend breakfast show after lots of cover slots.

I know some will disagree but Rylan is another example. He only covered Zoe Ball's Saturday show once, then got the show full time. I think he's turned out to be a great presenter who works well bouncing off his on air team (Sally, Lottie). The show is pitched perfectly for a Saturday afternoon. He's knowledgeable on a lot of the music he plays as well. I do agree that there are probably some very talented presenters who have lost out thanks to the big groups buying up loads of local stations, then scaling back local shows to the bare minimum required (which as of now they're no longer required to do), but sadly it's nothing new. There's hardly any 'local stations' to work your way up from nowadays.