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I'm sort of in the position where I'm interested to see what comes next. Realistically in 2-3 years I can't see mid-mornings, Going Home and Breakfast all being the exact same line-ups as they are now. So it'll be interesting to see what happens and who ends up where. And these days you never know quite what to expect with Radio 1 changes and whether they'll go 'proper DJ' or 'influencer/celeb' route or a mix of both. Echo what you've said on 'Who's In The Box'. It takes up 4 half-hour slots a week so a fair chunk of time given Going Home is only 9 hours a week and doesn't feel a natural fit as a flagpole feature for the Drivetime show on a youth-focussed station like Radio 1. It more feels like a placeholder feature that they’ve never got to replacing really. The games that say Matt & Mollie do feel much more engaging for example.

That's correct. Vick according to the schedule is Mondays only for now and Jamie is Monday-Tuesday with the schedule both saying he's in and on not in on Wednesdays.

For me it's probably a 7/10. I can feel I'm slightly aging out of Radio 1 - particularly with the daytime playlist. However, there's still lots to like - Matt & Mollie are right up my street, Greg is great whenever I listen and the likes of Katie, Emil, James Cusack and Sam & Danni are always a delight. Plus Future Pop is a great show and Dance Party Starters is always a strong listen. And there are some great cover options they have - Emil I've mentioned above but the likes of Maia Beth, Jerry, Jodie Bryant, Mylo & Rosie, the two Laurens and Conor Knight I enjoy too when I hear them. And I do wonder down the line if Radio 1 have plans for Minah Shannon as she's popped up a few times. Though on the negative side - even allowing for the various pregnancies Going Home is way too inconsistent line-up wise. And outside of Greg and Matt & Mollie, the weekday line-up feels OK rather than especially strong. As mentioned while I often enjoy the music out of daytime, the music doesn't feel so much for me these days and the focus seems to be less on highlighting all the 'new music' but instead hyping up Radio 1's chosen ones. Plus Radio 1 do have a tendancy to get slightly blinded by celebrity - as shown by the summer schedule where there was a big song and dance about Sophie and GK Barry despite the fact you could probably count the shows either did on one hand. Meanwhile Sam & Danni and Jerry covering Going Home for ages was barely mentioned. The next set of big changes will be really interesting to see and I do hope for Radio 1's sake they give the opportunity to "proper radio" talent. If you just go with celebs then it strengthens the argument of 'what is Radio 1 for' since you're then just doing what say Global does.

With the year nearly coming to a close, interested to see how those who are on Unofficial Mills would rate Radio 1 this year out of 10. And what you've enjoyed and what you haven't so much?

Matt & Mollie's show got my vote. It always puts a smile on my face and absolutely flies by. It feels like the spiritual successor to Scott & Chris in that slot. Agree with others that Sam & Danni and James are sounding great on weekends. With Going Home the issue is the line-up is incredibly inconsistent and quality can very much vary depending on who's on.

Yep would be surprised if the Going Home line-up is still all of Vick, Katie and Jamie at the end of 2026. Especially as with Jamie's podcast and his candy business and Vick's Countryfile role they have plenty going on outside Radio 1. Any change though will I'm sure be bearing in mind that sooner rather than later the Breakfast show role will come up so if you put somebody new on Drive it probably rules out their chance on Breakfast. Emil would be my pick of any replacements if anybody leaves Going Home - it honestly sounds like he's the full-time host whenever he's in. But he has plenty of work outside of Radio 1 that he might have to give up if moving to Radio 1 and I suspect Sam & Danni and Jerry may be ahead of him in the queue for a future daytime slot. So he may well be one of those DJs who never actually ends up with a permenant slot - like it felt until 2025 that James Cusack might be.

Feels like it'll be the most consistency Going Home has had in a while.

Does sum up the Going Home inconsistency this year that the DJ that's appeared the most was on maternity leave for half the year. 3 - Both the number of Going Home babies born during the year and the most consecutive Going Home shows Jamie did during the year (I cannot verify the latter but famously he is to Thursday what Lorraine Kelly is to Fridays).

I do wish some of the DLIU rounds became actual features post-Scott - 'Live Lounges Time Forget' and 'Real Person or Fake Person' (the one about brands like Ralph Lauren, Aunt Bessie) were two favorites of mine.

So many long-running jokes or segments from it. Any of the below clips instantly make me think of Scott and the show "BUT HE'S GAY ... I mean excuse me he's blind" That Robert Dyas Christmas advert What Day is Father's Day

Though Emil seems to be doing some media work with Newcastle United on matchdays at the minute so it might be that he's doing that instead and so if he had Jerry's role he might've been away a fair bit too. But yep no complaints from me if we got more Emil on Radio 1.

Back to topic, I think what has shown time and time again over the years is that the listeners are able to spot from a mile off who genuinely loves radio and being on Radio 1 and those are the ones who connect best with listeners. The likes of Scott, Greg and Jordan for example connect with listeners in a way that most celeb hires over the year really haven't. That's not to say that you can't be a celeb hire and succeed or that not starting from student radio is the end of the world. Mollie King for example was probably able to get her foot in the door by being a celebrity but quickly got the radio bug and put in the time and effort to learn and improve and was prepared to do off peak slots for several years before ending up on weekdays. So it's not a set rule either way. But yep if you're not a radio person it's probably better to have a gradual rise and start from cover to a weekend/early slot rather than being too fast-tracked and being seen as the 'golden child' of TPTB.

I really enjoy James but can see him having a career similar to Dev where he's around for quite a while and gets to cover weekday a fair bit but doesn't get a weekday role of his own except maybe Early Breakfast (which is a fairly off-peak slot) And that's not a bad thing - Dev was on Radio 1 for over a decade.

Now there's a name who hasn't been on Radio 1 in a while! Surprised they aren't one of the usual covers.

Mollie & Jerry are currently scheduled to be presenting together for 18th August-21st August.

There's been a lot of positive reaction to the Mylo and Rosie news so am interested now to hear what their shows are like. And yep wouldn't be surprised if they stay on beyond July as cover ever so often. And that Friday-Sunday news was hidden in the small print a little. It presumably means we lose Party Anthems all that month as that is what has happened this year with Big Weekend, Glasto for example. I certainly I hope it isn't Party Anthems being quietly axed full stop - it and Future Pop are 2 real hidden gems on Radio 1.

Even by usual standards, this coming Friday seems cover central by Radio 1 (what with James Cusack covering the Chart too for Jack). And this is during June, who knows what we'll get when August hits.

Yep while I can see the point said poster was making I guess the argument is if R1 make celeb hires you're just aping what commerical stations are doing then and it weakens the argument for what makes R1 unique from the commercial sector when future discussions about the BBC and BBC radio come up. Commercial stations I get more as they have ratings/RAJAR pressure but while there's still that pressure to an extent for Radio 1 should it really be what you're chasing above all else? In this situation at least the spells Jamie and his wife and GK Barry are limited but it makes you wonder will it stay that way? I think that's the concern more than anything - you don't want the floodgates to open and a future Greg James or Scott Mills to lose out as a result. But then again Mollie King was probably a bit of a celeb hire and she's now as good as any DJ on Radio 1. But for every Mollie King, there's a Kelly Osbourne on The Sunday Surgery (whoooo) or a Maya Jama, Jameela Jamil.

Going Home often gets the attention but that Group Chat show seems to really struggle for a consistent line-up week to week at the moment - particularly on a Friday. Lauren (Redfern) seems to be on there just as much as if Vicky and Nat these days and Ore isn't far behind either.

At least it only seems to be a summer thing (for now). That's the only positive I can find. The more time goes the more I'm convinced Jamie will be part of the next breakfast team post Greg. He seems to have a hold on Aled and be indulged in a way no other Radio 1 DJ is.

That Friday (6th June) seems a proper Lauren bonanza given Lauren Redfern is also on Friday Early Breakfast that month. And as mentioned a few posts before Lauren Layfield is in for Sam & Danni.

They do seem to be listed together for that weekend at the end of May but given Ore is already listed to be covering for Vicky that Friday you wonder if the schedule might change.

Wouldn't shock me if (as seems to be the case) Vick is pregnant that when Katie gets back and Vick goes on leave, we get an announced 'maternity leave' line-up (perhaps including Jerry or Emil) to give a bit of consistency to Going Home. Plus it could act as succession if a) Vick were to decide post maternity leave she doesn't want to return to a full-time role on Radio 1 or b) Jamie decides to leave at some stage.

I sort of presumed Katie wouldn't be back until Autumn anyway. But yep even by Going Home standards (and excluding Monday as it was a bank holiday) this past week was a proper 'Spin The Roulette' in terms of the line-up with 5 presenters used across only 3 days. I do wonder how much longer Vick will be around - even ignoring the pregnancy (which hasn't been officially announced by her but seems an open secret) she has so many other commitments I'm surprised she's continued on Radio 1 as long as she has. Certainly of the original Going Home team if I was expecting one to leave it was Vick not Jordan.

Nice to see James Cusack getting a run out on weekday daytimes for a few days. Does seem to be a lot more unpredictability when it comes to cover these days - in the last few years it used to be that you'd have Nat cover Dean or Vicky on afternoons and Katie cover Going Home (then Sam & Danni once Katie got the Going Home role full-time) and that was as exciting as it would get most of the time when it came to weekday cover. For Going Home alone you now could have any of Emil, Jerry or Sam & Danni covering.