Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show
Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show is a radio show that is broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on weekends. It is currently hosted by Adele Roberts, who took over since January 2021.
| Other names | Weekend Breakfast with Adele |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music, chat |
| Running time | 180 minutes (7:00 am–10:00 am) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 1 |
| Hosted by | Adele Roberts |
| Recording studio | Studio 82A, Broadcasting House, London |
| Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
| Website | Matt and Mollie, Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show |
Weekend Breakfast was an extension of Radio 1 Breakfast which, before June 2018, aired on weekdays from 6:30 to 10am, while the weekend show aired on Saturdays and Sundays. In June 2018 Radio 1 decided to incorporate the Friday breakfast show into the station's weekend schedule, using the weekend presenters.[1] In November 2020, the BBC announced changes to the Radio 1 schedules, meaning Matt Edmondson and Mollie King would move from weekend breakfast to weekend afternoons to replace Dev, who left the station in December 2020, and that the weekend breakfast show would only be broadcast on weekends (not Fridays; Greg James now does five days a week as of January 2021).
History
Weekend breakfast programming on Radio 1 had originally been a continuation of Junior Choice with Ed Stewart and later Tony Blackburn which had been broadcast on the BBC Light Programme (originally as Children's Favourites) since 1954. This ended in September 1984 when a new weekend breakfast show, minus the children's requests,[2] was launched[3] with Peter Powell being the first presenter followed by, among others, Mark Goodier, Sybil Ruscoe, Bruno Brookes and Liz Kershaw together, Gary Davies, Kevin Greening, Clive Warren and Dave Pearce. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the weekend breakfast show was split into two different shows by two different DJs until on 20 September 2003, the separate weekend breakfast shows were merged.
| No | Presenter | Showtime | From | To | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spoony | Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 | 20 September 2003 | 17 September 2006 | 2 years, 362 days |
| 2 | Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates | Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 | 23 September 2006 | 7 October 2007 | 1 year, 14 days |
| 3 | Nihal | Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 | 13 October 2007 | 31 August 2008 | 323 days |
| 4 | Chappers and Dave (Cover) | Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 | 6 September 2008 | 19 October 2008 | 43 days |
| 5 | Nick Grimshaw | Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 | 25 October 2008 | 24 May 2009 | 211 days |
| 6 | Chappers and Dave (Cover) | Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 | 30 May 2009 | 28 June 2009 | 29 days |
| 7 | Dev | Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 | 4 July 2009 | 20 September 2009 | 78 days |
| 8 | Edith Bowman | Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 | 26 September 2009 | 1 April 2012 | 2 years, 188 days |
| 9 | Gemma Cairney | Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 | 7 April 2012 | 23 March 2014 | 1 year, 350 days |
| 10 | Dev | Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 | 29 March 2014 | 31 August 2014 | 155 days |
| Sat - Sun 06:00 - 10:00 | 6 September 2014 | 10 March 2018 | 3 years, 185 days | ||
| 11 | Dev and Alice Levine | Sat - Sun 06:00 - 10:00 | 17 March 2018 | 10 June 2018 | 85 days |
| Fri - Sun 06:00 - 10:00 | 15 June 2018 | 11 November 2018 | 149 days | ||
| 12 | Matt Edmondson and Mollie King | Fri - Sun 06:00 - 10:00 | 16 November 2018 | 1 September 2019 | 289 days |
| Fri 06:30 - 10:00 Sat - Sun 07:00 - 10:00 |
6 September 2019 | 27 March 2020 | 203 days | ||
| Fri - Sun 07:00 - 11:00[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2] | 28 March 2020 | 30 August 2020 | 155 days | ||
| Fri - Sun 07:00 - 10:30[lower-alpha 3] | 4 September 2020 | 3 January 2021 | 121 days | ||
| 13 | Adele Roberts | Sat - Sun 07:00 to 10:30 | 9 January 2021 | Present | 0 days |
Notes
- Changes due to COVID-19 pandemic.
- Inclusive of Radio 1 Anthems from 10am-11am.
- Inclusive of Radio 1 Anthems from 10am-10:30am.
Dev and Alice Levine (March - November 2018)
On 17 January 2018, BBC Radio 1 announced that Alice Levine will be shifted from weekend afternoon slot (1-4pm) to co-host Dev on Weekend Breakfast slot. At a time when pay equality is under scrutiny at the BBC, Radio 1 confirmed Alice Levine and Dev will earn the same, as will Maya and Jordan. Matt Edmondson filled Alice Levine's afternoon slot.[6] The show was then increased to three days (Friday to Sundays) as the weekend schedule was incorporated into Friday's schedule.
Matt Edmondson and Mollie King (November 2018 - January 2021)
On 26 October 2018, BBC Radio 1 announced that Matt Edmondson and Mollie King will join the Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show, swapping with Dev and Alice Levine which will be shifted to afternoon slot at 1-4pm. The schedule change may have been sparked by Charlie Sloth's unexpectedly early departure from Radio 1 in October 2018. As a result, Dev has been covering Charlie Sloth's evening show, namely The 8th. According to Radio 1's website, he will continue to do for the foreseeable future. If he had stayed on breakfast, this would have meant a late-night finish for Dev on Thursdays, followed by an early-morning start on Fridays.[7] The changes took into place on 16 November 2018.[8] The first song of the show was Higher from The Saturdays and Flo Rida, as they called Greg James (Radio 1 Breakfast presenter) to pick it.[9]
Show Length
At the beginning, the show had a length of 3 hours, which was from 7-10am. Beginning from September 2014, the show was then increased to 4 hours (6-10am) due to changes on the late night and early morning schedule.
From 5 September 2019, another shake up happened to the early morning schedule. Arielle Free hosts the weekend early breakfast slot, and Mollie King hosts a new show called "Radio 1's Best New Pop with Mollie King" on Friday 6-6:30 am. This results in the show reducing to 3 hours 30 minutes (6:30 - 10am) for Fridays; and 3 hours (7-10am) for Saturdays and Sundays.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show was adjusted to 7-11am, inclusive of Radio 1 Anthems at the final hour of the show. The adjustment was to help Radio 1 promote social distancing and to limit the number of staff allowed in the studio.[10] The show is then moved to 7-10am in the September 2020 adjustments.[11]
References
- McIntosh, Steven (10 April 2018). "Major schedule changes for BBC Radio 1" – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- "Flashbak Digital Collection". Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- "BBC Radio 1 England – 29 September 1984 – BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- "BBC Radio 1 - Schedules". BBC. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- "Maya Jama and celebrity guests join Radio 1 weekend line-up - BBC Newsbeat". BBC Newsbeat. 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- McIntosh, Steven (26 October 2018). "Radio 1 gets new weekend breakfast hosts". BBC News. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- "BBC Radio 1 announce Matt Edmonson and Mollie King as new Weekend Breakfast Show hosts". BBC Radio. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- "BBC Radio 1 - Matt and Mollie, Friday Fun, Claire Foy and Party For One". BBC. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- "BBC - BBC Radio 1 implements changes to schedule amid Coronavirus crisis - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- "BBC - BBC Radio 1 to return to regular broadcast schedule with brand new time slot for Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James - Media Centre". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2020.