Head of BBC Radio 1

Aberystwyth
I love @BBCR1 and the @BBC so much. Honoured to be given the opportunity to run such an amazing station. Dedicating today’s joy to my late gran, Mary, here with my 16 y.o. self in a Radio 1 t-shirt. When I went on about wanting to work here she gave me the confidence I could x
⚡️ ANNOUNCEMENT ⚡️ Aled Haydn Jones is the new Head of Radio 1. "I’m so proud to be taking the helm of the best youth music station anywhere in the world." Congratulations @ahj!
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Just broke the news to @danisnotonfire and @AmazingPhil that I'm going to be their new radio boss in the new year! #WhatATeam
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Live on @BBCR1 @AllTimeLow with @TheVampsband getting ready to perform #R1TeenAwards
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Turns out Emile had the perfect birthday present for me... ...I said yes! 😊👬😂❤️
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A huge day for @BBCR1 - @scott_mills and @Chris_Stark last show. 🥲 Two brilliant broadcasters who deserve all the love they’re going to receive from the listeners and colleagues today. 1pm - it’s going to be a moment. Love you, bye. 🎙❤️
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Look who was in @BBCR1 with me today today! 🤗 #R1Vintage @ChrisMoyles
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I'm very proud to announce that I have a new job! Honoured to say that I'm the new Head of Programmes at @BBCR1! ❤️📻🎙 (Sorry been quiet)
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This is going to be huge! #BTS Radio 1 Live Lounge on @BBCR1 and @BBCOne 🎙
💜 IT’S HAPPENING!! 💜 See @BTS_twt in new show 'BTS @ Radio 1' with @AdeleRoberts on Wednesday 28th July at 22:35pm BST on @BBCOne & @BBCiPlayer #BTS make their Radio 1 Live Lounge debut on Tuesday 27th July at 12:00pm BST - listen on Radio 1 & @BBCSounds to hear it! ✨
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A personal update… After a three year journey of trying through IFV with Dawn and @SurrogacyUKorg Emile and I are thrilled to announce we’ve been successful and Dawn’s given birth to our son Luca ❤️ We can’t thank Dawn enough for helping us become a family 🥰
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Tonight's Surgery is all about anxiety and panic attacks from 9pm on @BBCR1 with @DrRadhaModgil and special guest @ZozeeBo #R1TheFear
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So proud of you @jordannorth1! King in our eyes at @BBCR1 #ImACeleb
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A personal one from me... For the last couple of years me and my partner have been on a journey to start a family through @SurrogacyUKorg @S4C have followed my journey and on the 7th of Feb the doc is available on the @BBCiPlayer at 9pm 😬 Hope you enjoy!
🎥 "Ffilmiau gafaelgar sy'n adlewyrchu bywydau pobl Cymru." @S4C yn cyhoeddi y bydd cyfres newydd o DRYCH. 📰 Darllenwch fwy: s4c.cymru/cy/y-wasg/post/414… ​🎥 #S4C launch new slate of documentaries 📰 Read more: s4c.cymru/en/press/post/4149…
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Some news for anyone that’s followed our personal story… I’m delighted to announce that yesterday, after a 4 year journey we finally became the legal parents of our son Luca. For any intended parents doing something similar - hang in there. It is possible x 👨‍👨‍👦 ❤️
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What’s @antanddec done to my station! No wonder everyone sounded weird on @BBCR1 on Monday. 😂 thanks @StephenMulhern
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Congratulations to @grimmers on an amazing run on @R1Breakfast and congratulations to @gregjames who’ll be the new @BBCR1 Breakfast Show host after the Summer. V proud x
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Replying to @ChrisMoyles
Thank you Chris. Miss you x
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Good times! ❤️ #Radio1Vintage
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Happy Birthday to the station I ❤️ @BBCR1 An amazing 19 years of my life here! #R150 #Radio1Vintage
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To mark #WorldMentalHealthDay we have some very special Newsbeat hosts tomorrow on @BBCR1 Hear our Mental Health special hosted by @KensingtonRoyal Tuesday at 12:45 on @BBCSounds
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This man... ⁦@mistajam⁩ is a legend. I have loved working with him. Over his time Dance Anthems has become the biggest dance show in the UK and biggest show on ⁦@BBCSounds⁩ for u35s. It’s his last show on @BBCR1 in 10 mins. Listen in ❤️🙏 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dmw9…
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Genuinely love this man. Amazing broadcaster and a joy to work with. We’ll miss him at @BBCR1 ❤️❤️ x
Replying to @BBCR1
After an incredible 14 years at the station, we'll be saying goodbye to Nick Grimshaw this September.   It's been so much fun - thank you for everything, @Grimmers! ❤️
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I've got to say, proper fan of @justinbieber after #R1TeenAwards
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🚨 New @BBCR1 Presenters 🚨 I’m very excited to announce that ahead of @claraamfo taking over the show in September @charli_xcx @yungblud @arloparks @Tom_Grennan will all be hosting Radio 1’s Future Sounds in August starting with @alexander_olly on Mon 2nd of Aug
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Exciting news! Today @BBCR1 launches a new stream on @BBCSounds - Radio 1 Relax. It’ll sit next to Radio 1 Dance and take all of Radio 1’s chilled, relaxing and well-being content and put it all in one place 24/7. It launches today at 5pm with @grimmers and @anniemacmanus
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Replying to @AmazingPhil
@AmazingPhil @PlaylistLive good luck! 🇺🇸
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Lots of new shows launching on @BBCR1 tomorrow (Monday). Best of luck to @RickieHW @Melvinodoom and @charliehedges who launch Live Lounge Month at 11am with @bts_bighit to @VickNHope @jordannorth1 Clara Amfo, @sianelerievans, @jackxsaunders and @__victoriajane 🎙📻❤️🎉
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The most gorgeously uplifting 24 hours coming up on @BBCR1 @scott_mills @Chris_Stark the whole Radio 1 family and a host of special guests all on the #LOLATHON for @comicrelief from 9am this morning!
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A room full of Internet Vloggers planning for a radio show! @BBCR1 #antisocialmedia
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2 years since last @ChrisMoylesShow can't work out whether it feels a long time ago or not. Love what I do now, but I still love that show
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Good luck this morning @ChrisMoyles @domisatwit and @Pipskin ! ❤️ u x 📻
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This is exciting... and daunting... If you do any kind of radio (hospital, local, community, student) and think you’re ⁦@BBCR1⁩ ready we‘ve made some room on our schedule between Christmas and NYE. Good luck! bbc.co.uk/send/u28383449
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Tonight on the Surgery we will sort your New Year Resolution out for healthy eating for good! Also @ZozeeBo is finally coming in to say hi!
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🚨Presenter opportunity alert!🚨 The @BBCR1 Christmas Presenter Takeover is open again for the third year! If you have presented radio in some capacity before & have an interest go here bbc.co.uk/upandcoming We need your demo uploaded by 12pm 22nd of Sept! Good luck! 🎙
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It may not quite be ‘normal’ but wonderful to have @BBCR1 schedule back! ❤️ Have a great first day @gregjames @claraamfo @scott_mills & @Chris_Stark @grimmers & @AdeleRoberts @AnnieMac @RickieHW @Melvinodoom @charliehedges @jackxsaunders + @MileyCyrus at 12pm
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Good luck with your new show tonight @danisnotonfire and @AmazingPhil on @BBCR1
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It's my birthday! 40 years ago today I entered this world 😊🎂🍾 Now... How to celebrate...? ✈️🗽🎢🤗
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Have a great final @R1Breakfast show @grimmers ❤️ x
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🚨RADIO 1 NEWS🚨 Huge congratulations to @thedeanlife and @VKHawkesworth who will be getting a new show Mon-Thu 1-3:30 on @BBCR1 Congrats to @KatieThistleton who gets her own show Friday & Saturday lunchtime And to @NatalieAOLeary who joins to host Radio 1 ‘00s on Sundays 🎉
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Huge @BBCR1 news! This means a new schedule launches in September! Congratulations to @claraamfo @dannyhowarddj @RickieHW @Melvinodoom @charliehedges @jackxsaunders @sianelerievans @sarahstorytweet @JaguarWorldwide @JeremiahAsiamah Who all get new shows!
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10 years ago today Emile and I agreed to start dating. 10 years later and it's celebration time! Love you Emile x ✈️🗽🇺🇸
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It's McFlyDay!
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It’s back for 2020! If you’re a presenter who’s already been on radio (maybe student, hospital, community or local radio) and would like a chance to host a show on ⁦@BBCR1⁩ between Christmas and New Year click on the link below! Good luck! 🎤🎧📻 bbc.co.uk/send/u57249182
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Good luck @gregjames for Monday. I’m one of the lucky few who’s allowed to know what’s happening to Greg on his Monday morning show and I‘m amazed it’s happening! I can’t wait for you to hear it. 6:30am @BBCR1
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Happy Pride month everyone. Whatever your gender, sexuality or ethnicity thank you to everyone who found the courage to be their honest selves, even when it wouldn’t have been the easiest path to take. Wear it with Pride #PRIDE2020 ❤️🌈
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With @jordannorth1 in charge of where @BBCR1 goes next week I’m sure it’ll all be fine. What’s the worst that could happen? Right?
They're all going on a summer holiday... ☀️ From Tuesday @gregjames, @VickNHope and @jordannorth1 will be travelling the UK bringing you the Breakfast Show from the Radio 1 Campervan! Listen to Radio 1 Breakfast on @BBCSounds at 7.15am every morning to follow their journey
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Welcome to @BBCR1 @yungblud 🎙
YES! @yungblud is joining us for a new @BBCSounds weekly podcast! 🖤 “I am so excited to be able to have one-on-one conversations with young people about what is going on in the world right now" Want to get involved?
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Proud to have a station of two halves this week. Christmas Day on @BBCR1 7 @scott_mills 10 @LittleMix 11 @PaddyMcGuinness @flintoff11 @harrismonkey 12 @yungblud 1 @AliPlumb 2 @Louis_Tomlinson 3 @selenagomez 4 @jordannorth1 Then from Boxing Day 35 NEW guest presenters!
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Very proud of the station - record number of people listening to both R1 Brek with @gregjames and @MattEdmondson and @MollieKing on weekends. @BBCR1 is still, as it always has been, the biggest radio station for young people in the UK ❤️📻 #proud
Latest #RAJAR figures show @gregjames' @BBCR1 Breakfast Show is more popular than ever! bbc.in/2SUPxan
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Excited to share that @BBCR1 has created a mental health toolkit to help listeners through lockdown. Just open the @BBCSounds app and search ‘wellbeing’
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Bravo London. 👏 Amazing! 💥 Happy New Year everyone. 2021 will live up to the hype #Hello2021
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Huge congratulations to @MollieKing who gets a new show. Congrats @JeremiahAsiamah who moved to Saturday at 7pm and welcome to @BBCR1 @CharlieTeeDJ @AlyxHolcombe @nelshylton ! 🎉🎙📻
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Got to say - two of the nicest people ever. What an incredible experience! Career highlight! #headstogether
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Huge congrats to @gregjames and team and in fact everyone across the industry who successfully connected with their listeners. Love that audiences choose radio in such overwhelming numbers 📻🎙️❤️
Some new audience figures have been released today – check out the summary below! 👇 Amazing to see an increased audience for Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James and that Radio 1 continues to be the number 1 station for young people across the UK. #RAJAR 1/3
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We love you @scott_mills and @Chris_Stark Let’s have a lot of fun over the summer as a finale! We’ll be announcing who takes over Tuesday at 2pm on @BBCR1
We have some sad news to share.. @scott_mills and @Chris_Stark have decided that they will be leaving Radio 1 later this summer. Thank you from all of us for everything, we'll miss you greatly ♥️ Tune into their next show, this Monday from 1pm to hear what they have to say.
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🚨 IT’S BACK 🚨 If you’re a presenter and want the opportunity of hosting on @BBCR1 between Christmas and New Year upload your demo below! You’ll be following in the steps of 100 presenters over the last three years. It closes 22nd Sept Good luck! 🎙 bbc.co.uk/upandcoming
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Happy 100th Birthday to my Grandad! Penblwydd Hapus Dadcu x
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Congratulation to @emil_franchi @bencoley97 @TheEmmaMillen and @iamEmmaLou who will be hosting @BBCR1 Friday Early Breakfast over the next fourth months! Welcome! 🎙🎉
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Just… amazing! Thank you to everyone who helped us achieve this. Well done @gregjames @producerjacob and team. Very proud #UpYoursCorona
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Congratulations and well done to all of Radio 1’s guest presenters. Thank you for giving up some of your Christmas holidays to be involved. All of us at @BBCR1 look forward to following your long radio careers! All shows available on @BBCSounds Our Anthems presenters:
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Me and George from @unionjworld
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🚨NEW JOB ALERT 🚨 We’re looking for a producer to join the @BBCR1 Music Team. If you’re obsessed with music, Radio 1 and want to shape the sound of the station and our events, apply here: careerssearch.bbc.co.uk/jobs…
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Huge congratulations @gregjames @roushanalam @loose__c @ahchrissawyer @wgsfoster for brilliant radio! Thank you to @BBCR1’s audience for helping to solve #R1EscapeRoom Sleep now @gregjames!
GREG IS OUT!!!!! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 #R1EscapeRoom 🔒
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Introducing all 33 of Radio 1’s new Christmas Presenters Class of 2020! Congratulations to all of you! Thank you to everyone who submitted a demo, we again had 1,100 entries. I’m sorry if this year wasn’t yours but let’s see what 2021 brings! bbc.co.uk/programmes/article…
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Huge thanks to our flight crew on @British_Airways this morning for being the nicest crew ever!!! How sweet!?
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I LOVE my job @BBCR1 @gregjames
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Tomorrow morning, Monday 20th of August at 6:30am @BBCR1 launches its new breakfast show Radio 1 Breakfast with @gregjames Good luck @wgsfoster @NicholaNtim @ahchrissawyer @daisyjarrett The start of a new chapter!
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2021 🎉🎙
✨ANNOUNCEMENT✨ We're making some changes! •Radio 1 Breakfast with @gregjames will now be five days a week •@ariellefree is the new host of Early Breakfast •@AdeleRoberts is the new host of Weekend Breakfast •@MattEdmondson and @MollieKing move to weekend afternoons 🙌🙌🙌
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And we’re off! @gregjames is in our travelling escape room until he cracks the code and gets out. The campervan will be travelling to some wonderful UK holiday destinations all week with @jordannorth1 and @VickNHope 😂 #R1SummerBreakOut
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Aww sad times, @danisnotonfire and @AmazingPhil fans you've been good to me! @DrRadhaModgil and I will still be on The Surgery Wed 9pm x
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I’ve had this app counting down for the last two months. Today it states there’s only 10 days left! 😬 @BBCR1 Breakfast with @gregjames starts in 10 days on Monday August 20th at 6:30am!
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Thank God @AmazingPhil was there to deflect the embarrassment! :)
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Good luck to @its_tayce @ShadyLawrence @biminibabes and @jodieharsh today on their @BBCR1 debut! 💋🎙📻
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Making @BBCR1 history today with the debut of our first blind presenter. Good luck @lucyedwards you’re going to ace it!
What can we expect from @BBCR1's first blind presenter @lucyedwards on today's show? 1. A show that feels "like family" 2. Lucy's dog Olga 3. Katy Perry (at least once) bbc.in/34Rw3Ix
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It’s a pleasure to welcome both @jordannorth1 and @MayaJama to @BBCR1 Weekends. Plus excited for @MattEdmondson who gets new @BBCR1 co-hosts including @MollieKing and @ScarlettMoffatt ! Add to that a new Weekend Breakfast with my favourites @dev_101 & @Alicelevine ❤️
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Happy Birthday @BBCR1 🎂🎉
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Greg’s out of the Radio 1 Campervan! ❤️ @gregjames @VickNHope, King of the North @jordannorth1 and the whole @BBCR1 team. What a freedom week it’s been. Very proud of everyone at the station for pulling off an amazing week #R1SummerBreakOut 🎙📻
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Tonight (Sunday 14th) at 8pm @BBCR1 is hosting a very special tribute show for Annie. @laurenlaverne Clara Amfo and Martha (Annie’s producer and selected DJ for her scholarship) will play clips and music from Annie’s career. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001vv8…
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.@BBCR1 2019 line up (and that’s only Monday - Thursday!) So proud of the station, its amazing DJs and brilliant production teams. ❤️ @AdeleRoberts @gregjames @claraamfo @scott_mills @Chris_Stark @grimmers @AnnieMac @RickieHW @Melvinodoom @charliehedges @jackxsaunders
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I’m very proud we’ve been able to do this! These 35 presenters stood out from the 1,110 entries we received. Congratulations to them. Thank you if you submitted your demo, I’m sorry this year wasn’t your turn. Good luck to the 35, hear them Boxing Day - NYE on @BBCR1 📻🎤
🎄 📻 From a tattoo studio owner to a research engineer and activist to podcaster, here are @BBCR1 and @1Xtra guest presenters taking over for the festive period. bbc.in/2RlUD0n
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I'm going to miss talking to @danisnotonfire and @AmazingPhil !
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Welcome @MollieKing to the @BBCR1 family! @scott_mills taking over the Chart.. And a THREE day weekend! Yes! Congrats @Alicelevine @dev_101 @MayaJama @MattEdmondson It’s going to be fun! x
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What @gregjames and his team have achieved this week is absolutely amazing! All of us at @BBCR1 are very proud x
We've just heard from @GregJames and it's not good news. The weather conditions are so bad that it's not currently safe enough for the #Gregathlon to continue. Greg and the @SportRelief team are devastated, but their safety is the biggest priority. We're so proud of you! ❤️
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A very long time coming. Congrats @MattEdmondson and @MollieKing ❤️
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 The iconic duo that is Matt Edmondson & Mollie King will make a move to weekdays with their afternoon show (13:00 – 15:30, Monday to Thursday) from July ✨ We can’t wait to tune into the madness @MattEdmondson & @MollieKing
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SO PROUD of everyone at @BBCR1 right now! 🥇I seriously work with the best group of people in the industry! ❤️
🎉🏅 We're SO proud to have been awarded National Station of the Year at the #UKARIAS18 🙌 Thank you to all our listeners ❤️
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What an incredible ending to a great week. So much in this video: @gregjames - what a total professional @MattEdmondson and @KatieThistleton look of helplessness @charliehedges dedication to keeping R1 on air And BBC H&S getting a staring role! #Radio1GiantDJHunt ❤️📻
the moment time ran out for @gregjames to find @MollieKing…so radio 1 went OFF AIR 👀 #Radio1GiantDJHunt
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Drum roll please…. 🥁 Today we’re announcing that Radio 1 Anthems is going to be Radio 1’s new 24/7 stream on BBC Sounds. Nostalgia by young people for young people. Launches in November 🕺💃🎉🎵
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Huge respect to @anniemacmanus An actual broadcasting legend. Big love. We’ll party hard for her last show at the end of July. ❤️
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Welcome to @BBCR1 @VickNHope x
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 @VickNHope has been named as the new co-host of BBC Radio 1’s Life Hacks and The Official Chart on Radio 1: First Look 🌟 Press release here: bbc.in/31RwUJ0 Welcome to the Radio 1 family Vick ❤️
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