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Jamie Laing’s appearances on Going Home  I am writing with concerns about the amount of time JamieLaing and to a lesser extent Vick Hope are absent from Radio 1 Going Home. Going Home is a major part of Radio 1 and is titled Going Home with Vick, Katie and Jamie. It is 4 days a week Monday-Thursday and deserves consistency. Jamie is away an awful lot, does not appear committed to the station in terms of his attendance and that his social media is geared solely towards his private projects and little mention of Radio 1 compared to the other presenters. I’m not against presenters having other private work but believe that having your name to such a show means that for most weeks you should be presenting your show most days the show is on. I appreciate presenters sometimes require extended time off for personal or other commitments but this should be the exception than the norm. I strongly believe that the current situation is far from satisfactory for the following reasons. 1. It is not fair on the listeners to have such a disrupted show not knowing who is on and it’s not fair on Katie to keep having to adjust to different cohosts 2. I dont believe it is fair on the current talent who live and breath radio who would be more committed to Radio 1 and I dare say at a better value show rate to license fee payers which in this day and age of cuts which I hate to see but understand is necessary.   Thank you for getting in touch with your complaint. Feedback is really important to us because it helps us improve our programmes and services. So thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. We have reported the concerns raised in your complaint to programme makers and senior managers across the BBC. Because the BBC is a public service, we must ensure our response to complaints is proportionate. We investigate issues further if the BBC’s editorial guidelines or regulatory standards might have been broken. This relates to things such as: • The seriousness of the issue • The potential to mislead and if there is an issue of harm to the complainant • The nature of audience response and possible damage to trust and confidence in the BBC If we receive large numbers of complaints about an issue, we may make our response available online. In this instance we won’t be investigating the issue in more detail but we would like to assure you that we value your feedback and have shared it with the right people at the BBC. It’s very much appreciated. Thank you,  BBC Complaints Team

Somehow I missed that despite scrolling back up the thread to see if anything had been posted 🤦 Thanks!

I'm pretty sure Nat & Vicky just said they're on at 1pm tomorrow in for M&M as well? I wonder if Greg's still off with Matt & Mollie on breakfast?

All the oldie worldies yap on about how great those two decades were and they all seem to listen to Greatest Hits. 90s seems to be music for kids from what Ive heard of it.

Not sure if this was previously listed but Emil in for Jamie with Katie today according to the Sky TV guide.

Melvin is off today but he’s still scheduled for Radio 2 tonight.