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The other weird one is Katie. She never moved to London but stayed there. I can't see her doing that with her baby. Going Home has had no feel or consistency since Jordan left.

He said on the show before he went off that he wanted to talk about it when he was ready so I don't think he was forced. Glad he is in a good place anyhow and so important he talked about it.

Yes - I didn't realise Jack was sick.

I wonder why not James.. Lauren did ok today but nothing will beat that final cover Jordan did of the chart where he binned the format and basically did it as a regular show.

Interesting another previous Friday Early Breakfast presenter is back.

Lawyers are all over these stories. They might be exaggerated or some details wrong but it is based on something they could stand over in court (normally!)

There were already some comments on X about Dean's behaviour at Radio 1. All in all none of this is good for his career.

Good point - they could do best of Greg, Live Lounge, Matt and Mollie (not sure there were any best bits of Dean and Vicky) and Going Home. Of course if Going Home was included they'd have to start after Jordan left 😛

To be honest I don't think the first point is that important. But the Anthems thing at christmas is now really dull - this is now 6 years of it. I'd rather it was very playlisted and just text ins and shouts.

Didn't he do it last year too?

The more surprising thing about Radio 2 is Vine still there. Tina is the obvious replacement and most people seem to prefer her in that slot than him. He is a parody of himself now.

I have felt for a while that Jerry would eventually get daytime work, he is great and far more than a specialist presenter.

That's journalism waffle.

I think I'm a Celeb benefits two sorts of person (a) those that have been forgotten about a little and need their career revived (The Vernon), (b) those that are very talented and just need a little more exposure to take their career to the next level (The Jordan). Unless somebody acts like an idiot, it can generally only be a good thing. For Dean - as others have said, I am sure it can boost his "talking head" / "panellist" profile. Radio wise who knows, I can't really see him ever getting much promotion at Radio 1 again. That's not to say he might not get another 5 years at the station in his current slot or weekend slots. But it'd be pretty rare for anybody to get a big daytime slot, get demoted out of it and come back.

I am even older - I remember how great Mark Radcliffe was on that slot (Lard wasn't even named as co-presenter at that stage).

Listened to Scott this morning with Jordan being off Capital... It was a great listen - really sounds like a natural home for him.

There is clearly big stuff going on in Zoe's life so this is very inappropriate, regardless of her salary.

Very possible. The language does feel a bit more personal than you normally expect in writing in a business email. In my work world, what we'd say on a call and what we put in writing is quite different! Katie is incredibly loyal to Jordan so I am sure she privately felt embarrassed by what Jamie had done and this was a very public way of doing something about it. Vick also re-shared Katie's post highlighting that bit. Which for me is even more baffling than the Going Home situation as even though I can't stand Jamie Laing, I recognise some people do like him but I can't say the same of Danny Beard. Which begs a bigger question - it feels like this goes beyond specific shows so what has brought people to Radio 1 as a station. Are we aware of any (mainstream) shows that lost listeners?

Capital is definitely an older demographic so I'd be shocked if that was the case. As said somewhere else, they have maybe come from Kiss.

The Going Home figures demonstrate that some of us on this forum are no measure of the wider audience. It baffles me that the show has gained listeners but proves I know nothing 😛

You imagine he'd be fun on the show.

Surely part of the issue is that they are trying to recreate some of the chaos that used to happen with Jordan. The difference being that Jordan is one of the best DJs of the current time and knew exactly what he was doing to make great radio. It is even more apparent now that he is on Capital and can be so tight and slick with his links. He still has the odd funny mis-speak but it is obvious now how crafted the chaos was with him on Going Home to make great radio. In Jamie's case it is just random chaos.

I just gave up completely I'm afraid. Will Manning on Capital is a much more pleasant listen even if I prefer Radio 1's music.

After the shock Jordan exit and shock (but welcome) promotion of Matt and Mollie to daytime we can't say anything for sure when speculating but Sam and Danni feel like the most natural next Breakfast presenters. They are very good but age alone makes them the most serious contenders for a long-time Breakfast Show.

Definitely feel like the "go to" stand-ins now.