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Radio 1 announces loads of presenter changes
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 6 November 2020
BBC Radio 1 has announced a whole new set of schedule changes that will come into place on 4 Jan 2021. For starters, Greg James is going back to five days a week in the breakfast slot. So that’s good news. For Greg James fans. And Friday breakfast show fans.
“I’ve had two years of being called a part-timer by the listeners for deserting them on Fridays so it’s time I actually put a shift in and be with them all week”, says James. “And in any case, I’d only be at home looking for stupid things online so I might as well go and share the nonsense with everyone”.
But there’s more. Sian Eleri takes over Radio 1’s ‘Chillest Show’, Gemma Bradley will host ‘Introducing’, Arielle Free gets ‘Radio 1 Dance’ and ‘Early Breakfast’ Monday to Thursday, Adele Roberts goes to ‘Weekend Early Breakfast’, while Matt Edmondson and Mollie King will co-host 1pm-4pm Friday to Sunday. Friday’s ‘Early Breakfast’ is being handed to a rotating cast of emerging presenters: Joel Mitchell, Mollie Finn and Fee Mak.
“This is a really exciting time for Radio 1 as we prepare to welcome the next generation of talent”, says Head of Radio 1, Aled Haydn Jones. “Sian and Gemma are going to bring some brilliant energy to our weekend line-up, and with our new Friday morning rotation we’re going to be hearing from some fantastic new presenters over the coming months”.
“The listener is at the heart of everything we do at Radio 1, and we look forward to introducing a fresh new schedule as we continue to deliver the entertainment, escapism and new music that our audiences know and love”, he goes on.
It’s not all new presenters taking things over, though. Some people are leaving too. Huw Stephens, Phil Taggart and Dev have all announced that they are leaving the station at the end of the year. None of them have yet announced their future plans, but we will find out if they’re going to Apple or Spotify in due course.
