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Simon Mayo is to take over BBC Radio 2's drivetime show when Chris Evans moves to succeed Terry Wogan as the station's breakfast presenter, the BBC confirmed today.

Mayo, who currently presents the afternoon show on BBC Radio 5 Live, will make his long-anticipated switch to Radio 2 in the new year, when Evans moves to the Radio 2 breakfast show.

Mayo will remain with Radio 5 Live to present a two-hour Friday afternoon film show with Mark Kermode. The pair already present a well-regarded Friday afternoon film slot on the station.

Mayo previously indicated that he would not remain with Radio 5 Live when it moves out of London to the BBC's new north of England HQ in Salford, due to 2011.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/15/simon-mayo-chris-evans

Mark Radcliffe is already highly tipped to takeover from Mayo's 5Live show: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/14/mark-radcliffe-5-live

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You can't help but wonder whether Colin Murray would have been in the frame to take over Mayo's show had he held on for a few months at R1. He was always Mayo's regular cover.

Yes, I would have had him down as the most likely too. It's a bit of a shame but I think Radcliffe is more than worthy of taking the job.

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Radcliffe would kill the slot, he doesn't suit a non music station. My bets are on Richard Bacon moving to Mayo's slot, or maybe even Derbyshire's Phone In as I hear shes had a few 'issues' with management as of late with taking away the crown of the mid morning phone in and giving it to Nicky Campbell.

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Mark Radcliffe is believed to have turned down the chance to succeed Simon Mayo at Radio 5 Live in favour of staying with Radio 2.

Radcliffe, a former co-host of Radio 1's flagship breakfast radio show, is understood have been offered Mayo's afternoon show by BBC radio executives.

Insiders at BBC radio claimed that Radcliffe rejected the offer last week. The BBC declined to comment.

Radio 5 Live controller Adrian Van Klaveren is said to regard Radcliffe as the most suitable replacement for Mayo, who is taking over from Chris Evans at Radio 2.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/29/mark-radcliffe-simon-mayo-five-live

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radcliffe is suited to music shows better, i'm glad he took this choice. i hope someday he can re-unite with marc riley even for a few one off's if that.

I still live in hope that this may happen. I heard Mark Radcliffe a couple of months ago on Mayo's show. He didn't seem comfortable doing a talk show

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BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Richard Bacon is expected to leave his late-night slot to replace Simon Mayo when he leaves the station to join BBC Radio 2, MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal.

Bacon has presented the late-night phone-in and discussion show for two years and is said to be highly regarded by the station's controller, Adrian van Klaveren. He is tipped to move to the afternoon role in the new year.

Mayo will remain with the station to present a two-hour film and review show with Mark Kermode on Friday afternoons.

BBC Radio 2 DJ Mark Radcliffe, who was reported to be in the running to replace Mayo, will be staying with Radio 2, sources said.

Bacon's switch would open up a new vacancy in the late-night slot, which runs from 10pm to 1am. Possible successors include 5 Live presenters Phil Williams and Colin Murray, who recently switched from BBC Radio 1. 5 Live is due to move to Salford in 2011. Bacon was unavailable for comment.

A former Blue Peter presenter who was sacked from the programme in 1998 after the News of the World reported that he had taken cocaine, Bacon joined 5 Live in 2003. He left in 2005 to take over the drivetime show on London's Capital Radio then did a stint on another London music station, Xfm, before rejoining 5 Live in 2007. When Bacon stood in for Mayo earlier this year, Guardian radio critic Camilla Redmond described his performance as "eager, bounding and noisier, but not quite as graceful" as the man he replaced.

Bacon has also presented The Big Breakfast, and guest-hosted ITV1's This Morning and BBC3 reality show spinoff, Castaway Exposed. He made his stand-up debut live on 5 Live at the Edinburgh festival last month.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/sep/30/richard-bacon-radio-5-live-simon-mayo

Nice to see Colin Murray named as a replacement for Richard

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