BBC Radio 1 announces schedule shake-up as Greg James' breakfast show gets overhaul and TikTok stars join the station
Fresh new faces are joining forces with the BBC station including a TikTok creator and former Hits
Radio
hosts.
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Greg James' Breakfast Show has been extended in the summer schedule shake-up
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Sam MacGregor and Danni Diston will co-host Radio 1's new Weekend Breakfast show
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The DJ said: 'No one thinks being on the radio for three and a half hours a day is a real job. And they're right. How about four? Is that better?'
The official Instagram account for BBC Radio 1 confirmed: "Announcement! Here is our schedule for the
summer
!"
"From Monday July 21,
Radio 1
Breakfast with
summer
."
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The post continued: "The normal
Radio 1
schedule will resume including
Greg James
on Breakfast (7am-10:30am) and Going Home with Jamie Lang and a returning Katie Thistleton (3.30pm-6pm) from September.
"From Monday 28 July, Going Home (Monday-Thursday, 3.30pm-6pm) will be hosted by Sam [MacGregor] and Danni [Diston] for the summer.
"We welcome three brand-new presenters to the station taking on Friday Early Breakfast (Fridays, 5am-7am) on a monthly rotation."
July's takeover is Danny Mylo and Rosie Madison, while the August takeover is
TikTok
creator Charley Marlowe who will host the Early Breakfast show on Fridays.
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Hacks
on Sundays from 4pm to 6pm will be co-hosted by Lauren Layfield alongside Tskenya Frazer in July, and Yinka Bokinni in August.
Presenter Sam exclaimed on the post: "WAHEYYYY LET'S GOO!"
I Kissed A Girl's Charley commented: "I'm so excited to get started!"
Charley added: 'I'll be playing as much
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Tskenya wrote: "Eeek. So excited! Cannot wait!!!!" While Yinka exclaimed: "We back baby."
Mylo and Rosie are joining
BBC
Radio 1 following their departure from Hits Radio.
They said: 'We cannot put it into words how excited we are to be joining the Radio 1 team, it's a real pinch me moment.
"If we could tell those two mates who started in radio by making tea for the good grown-up presenters that we'd be talking to you now, they wouldn't have believed you! And we kinda don't either.
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'Our job is to literally make each other laugh every single day so it goes without saying, we hope you'll have a laugh with us too.'
Tskenya wrote on social media: "SURPRISE. Eek, very overjoyed to be covering
Life Hacks
on @bbcradio1 with the gorg @laurenlayfield whilst the babe @shanequa.
paris
is raising the
next
gen of broadcasting!
"Thanks to the Radio 1 leadership team and producers for giving me this opportunity. MAJOR love to my BBC Radio
London
family, mentor @darrenlewis5 , and my friends for carrying this past year through the self-doubt and anxiety! WE UP!"
BRIT-award presenter Yinka said: 'I'm buzzing to be joining the team this summer!'
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Sam and Danni take over Going Home from 28 July, covering for Vick Hope and Katie Thistleton, who are
The usual radio schedule will return in September.
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TikTok creator Charley Marlowe will host the early breakfast show on Fridays in August
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Yinka Bokinni will co-host Life Hacks on Sundays from 4pm to 6pm
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Tskenya Frazer can't wait to jump into her BBC presenter role for the summer
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Mylo and Rosie are joining the BBC after departing from Hits Radio
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