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[OohErr]

Okay, a slightly clickbaity title. But here it goes: not moving to the breakfast show with Greg, the picture on the website being briefly changed and then changed back, having worked at Radio 1 for ten years, seven of those reading the afternoon news. And this...

So it could be one of several things: 

1) They're announcing Greg's start date and that Chris Smith WILL be joining him after all.

2) He's being promoted to an off-air role so it's his last Newsbeat.

3) He's leaving Newsbeat so it's his last Newsbeat.

Intriguing...

 

[LSR1]

Interesting. I get a weird feeling that it could be his final Newsbeat (as host) but hope that’s not the case!

Also, doesn’t he usually not present Fridays? So it seems like it could be a ‘special’ of some kind

[Jordan12]

8 minutes ago, OohErr said:

Okay, a slightly clickbaity title. But here it goes: not moving to the breakfast show with Greg, the picture on the website being briefly changed and then changed back, having worked at Radio 1 for ten years, seven of those reading the afternoon news. And this...

So it could be one of several things: 

1) They're announcing Greg's start date and that Chris Smith WILL be joining him after all.

2) He's being promoted to an off-air role so it's his last Newsbeat.

3) He's leaving Newsbeat so it's his last Newsbeat.

Intriguing...

 

I really hope, in the final minute of Newsbeat, Chris gets joined by Greg (even though he's on leave) and says something like "Today is my last day... for a few weeks, then I'll be back with Greg in September. SURPRISE!"

[OohErr]

Right. Well. That's the end of that then. 

 

[Darren m]

This would explain why Chris smith won't be on breakfast then 

[Aleks_]

Nope. I refuse to accept this.

[Ant L]

Oh man, that’s quite a shock! Not so much about Tina (that’s largely expected) but Chris Smith going is a surprise.

I wonder if he’ll be staying at the BBC. The talk of the podcast’s future would suggest possibly.

[OohErr]

I did drop him a DM from the @SaveGregChris account and he said he was staying at Newsbeat but just giving up on-air duties. He's the best they've got, he'll be missed for sure. 

[Dan18F1]

Does that mean that there’s a chance we might still hear him sometimes with Greg? 

[rickbutterfield]

Doesn't seem to have been any announcement in Newsbeat?

EDIT: Realised it's tomorrow not today

[Lee E]

15 minutes ago, rickbutterfield said:

Doesn't seem to have been any announcement in Newsbeat?

EDIT: Realised it's tomorrow not today

Yeah tomorrow's 545 newsbeat

I'd have thought they'll announce when Greg and Grimmy start and who their teams will be and all, Grimmy was saying this morning about he has a new producer so suspect Chris Sawyer is moving to breakfast with Greg 

 

[Chris D]

Plot twist:

Chris Smith has left Newsbeat to work on the new Breakfast Show full time with Greg.

We can live in hope! 

[OohErr]

Guys, not to piss on the bonfire here, but... it's over.

[Aleks_]

There will be their podcast to look forward to... And the books are good too (I'm 23 and I still love them).

And that's about it. Best Newsbeat presenter and best voice on R1.

[rickbutterfield]

It's official 

 

[OohErr]

God, what a dignified exit. Chris Smith is such a class act.

[robpotter]

2 hours ago, rickbutterfield said:

It's official 

 

It does say "for a bit"??

[OohErr]

A lovely tribute to Chris Smith on Newsbeat right now. He really is the best.

[Jordan12]

8 minutes ago, OohErr said:

A lovely tribute to Chris Smith on Newsbeat right now. He really is the best.

I am comforted by the fact he's just moving behind the scenes 'for a bit' (I hope he gets behind the mic soon!), but it's also a huge loss.

[Jordan12]

Newsbeat has just tweeted a pic of the whole team, moments after Chris' last broadcast. Greg was there too. They are actual friendship goals!

[Lee E]

Tina doesn't seem to have been mentioned at all either, loads of Chris smith stuff but no Tina 

[OohErr]

3 hours ago, Lee E said:

Tina doesn't seem to have been mentioned at all either, loads of Chris smith stuff but no Tina 

I guess Tina wasn't as much a part of the Newsbeat team as Chris, partly because of the hours she does mean she's finished just as most of the team are starting and also because she's had a foot out of the door for the last couple of years now.

[Ryan Pannell]

Chris leaving is sad news. I’m in mourning. He can’t go! He IS Newsbeat. I can understand Tina going after all the online stuff that’s been floating around recently, but a Chris to?! Noooooooo!

2 of the best presenters gone. No offence to the others but if they haven’t got annoying accents they can’t fade in the jingle with their intro headline properly. Grinds my gears that latter one...