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Today, Greg joined Jamie at the start of his last ultra marathon! Hear the moment they reach £1M raised for Comic Relielf, and the emotional reaction to the causes Jamie has rasied this money for!
Matt Edmondson returned to Radio 1 Breakfast Show to seek revenge on Greg and help Jamie Laing raise an incredible amount of money for Comic Relief!
With Jamie Laing totally exhausted from completing 2 ultra marathons and another 3 in front of him, Greg called on the Radio 1 listeners to come to the rescue and provide the motivation and support he needs to complete the challenge! Naturally Greg also Quizzed and got you up to date with All The Latest Things!
It's Day 2 of Jamie Laing's Ultra Marathon Man challenge in aid of Comic Relief, and Greg has plan to raise more money involving Matt Edmondson and his precious scooter!
This morning, Greg cheered Jamie Laing on his way as he began the first 50 mile leg of his Ultra Marathon challenge for Comic Relief. Beginning from the Radio 1 Breakfast studios in London, he ran to Hyde Park where Jamie was greeted by 50 Jamie Laing impersonators before ending the show at his first running check point!
Jade was our guest live in the studio. And she’s really looking forward to Big Weekend in Liverpool. She also plays Wrong Un’s, gets involved with the Ten Minute Takeover and provided a surprise for the student radio gang who’ve been playing the quiz all week! In other news, Producer Phil (who’s been working on this podcast for the last few months) is leaving, so Greg decided to get Phil to co-host today’s pod and tell us about some of the amazing people he’s worked with at Radio 1. What else? T...
What with all the Big Weekend line-up announcements, Greg wondered if you had any announcements you wanted announcing? You did! Also on the pod, there’s Thurswaaay with Charlie Hedges and all your voice notes. Mia is on the Quiz, Jessie off've goats is back on. Plus, all the latest things. Why not listen?
Greg calls Marcus from Mumford & Sons, Sunday headliners of Radio 1's Big Weekend. There's 'work things' too - plenty of your workplace gripes. Lana is on the quiz. Plus, 'all the latest things'!
Greg was giving away Radio 1’s Big Weekend tickets with help from Minah from The Traitors! She was hidden somewhere in Liverpool with a pair of tickets. Did anyone find her? Also, hot on the heels of Luton last year & the Longboi bucket hat, Greg got some of your ideas for merch for this year’s Big Weekend in Liverpool. What else? Greg managed to make the unflappable Producer Tom panic. But how? It’s all in today’s pod.
Not only does Greg reveal the incredible Friday line-up for the main stage and the new music stage at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Liverpool, there's a brand new week on the quiz with Amy & her uni radio friends. There's more from you on the 'silly reasons you didn't dump someone' bit. Plus, all the latest things. Enjoy!
Delayed break-ups for silly reasons, Wrong Un’s with Olympian Scotty Lincoln, a Newsbeat guessing game, All The Latest Things, Quiz with Dickie & Fraser. Plus, friday grievances (& commendations). It’s all on!
Annabel has a big question for today’s ‘ask the nation’ – about sitting next to people on public transport. You all got involved! What else? Gemma was on the quiz, all the latest Things. Greg starts a petition to get the breakfast show live from Glastonbury. Thurswaay is back. Plus, there was an update on ‘nature is healing’!
Djo aka Joe Keery was on doing Unpopular Opinion & talking about playing live. Dickie was on the quiz, Greg thought nature is healing – you told us how you notice when winter is over. Greg disagreed with Calum Leslie about how to pronounce something & loads of fun bits.
A lot was crammed-in today. Pancake day chat, grandad things, Jude is on the quiz, there’s an update on the Beeston Banana Bandit, there’s another round of ‘It’s Not For THAT!’, & the aforementioned, Grandad Things. It’s all on!
Greg went jam-crazy in honour of Cole Palmer saying he likes jam sandwiches. Ali Plumb has your Oscar’s goss, there's plenty of Brits chat. Also, animal news with Roisin Hastie was back & there was an investigation into bowling shoes. Of course.
A special friday edition of ‘what is that?’, some more 'wrong Uns' with Lauren, Dom & Ben are in the quiz final, Nat & Vicky swing by for a Rihanna-based game. Plus, Friday grievances. Oh & soup chat. Have we mentioned that?
Jessie the GOAT is back on, with another round of guessing how long it’d take him to walk his 1000 goats to various places. He’s quite good at it. Today's Ask the Nation is provided by Charlotte & her food-based dilemma got you going. Harry’s on for the quiz, we’ve got all the latest things. Plus, Greg went to the circus & nodded off. It's all here..
A bit of a pod exclusive today as Greg brings you the full interview with him and Pitbull. Plus, some chat about squirrels, yesterday’s quiz, all the latest things & a bit about using stuff around the house incorrectly called ‘it’s not for that’!
Greg notices Pitbull has a way with words, particularly phrases. And you got involved too! There was all the fallout from Mega Massive Monday, there was 'nan things', a celebrity listener, 'all the latest things', & Ben was on the quiz. Also, can the team find the biggest pig in Europe?
All the fallout from the Pitbull gig. Also, Greg received an incredible phone call! What else? Sam was on the quiz. Plus, all the round 1 breakfast show heats for mega massive battle tracks! it got competitive!
Greg & the team are off to see actual Pitbull tonight. What will they wear? There's an in-depth edition of 'Friday Grievances' on today's pod, courtesy of Producer Tom. There's also the quiz final with Harriet & Molly. Plus, Liz does 'Wrong Un's'. And 'All The Latest Things' too.
Greg’s dog, Barney, has remixed Doechii’s song ‘Denial Is A River’. Does it work? You be the judge. Also Scott Mills makes a ghostly Eastenders-based appearance back on Radio 1. Ashleigh the teacher gets us talking on ‘Everyone’s Rubbish’. There’s Molly on the quiz & it’s ‘Thurswaaaay’ again!
Greg got Jessie the Goat famer on again for a fun goat game. You all got involved with today’s ‘Ask The Nation’ about where to sit in a taxi. Greg wanted to know if he was the soundtrack to your misery. Plus, mum Liz was on ‘Yesterday’s Quiz’, there was ‘All The Latest Things’ & a Doechii vs Fontaines breathing super-mix. Sure.
Greg confesses to tree hugging and wants us to “return to nature” (his words) and have a go at tree hugging too. Steve got involved. As did Newsbeat’s Calum Leslie and Producer Amy. Did it do anything for them? Also, loads of you got in touch to talk about 'School Things' you remember! Alice was on ‘Yesterday’s Quiz’. Plus, Jessie commented on Alice’s goat impression.
It's a Mega Massive Monday competition special! Lucy & Aaron battled it out for an amazing Lionesses prize. It was all very tense! Inspired by Gemma Collins, Greg was intruiged by your stories of spotting celebrities in their cars. Also, there was celeb gossip from last night's Baftas, 'All The Latest Things', & Harriet was on for a new week on 'Yesterday's Quiz'!
Greg confesses to making travel playlists for himself & even tries to make the last song end when the plane touches down! Sure. Anyway, you helped us make a special landing gear playlist for Vinuri to enjoy on her flight to Australia. She'll be missed. A guy called Ken told us all to be calm when driving. There's another round of 'Wrong Un's' with Shawn Moondez. There's this week's quiz final. Plus, Greg tries his hand at joining-in that unconvincing 'dropping things on your foot' craze on s...
Today Greg invites Roisin Hastie on to be the Fact Controller, Greg tries to find listeners that share the same birth date as Max Fosh, and the team discuss which of the Radio 1 Presenters are 'cats' or 'dogs'! And it's ThursWEEEEY!
Greg reveals what Jamie Laing is going to be doing to raise money for Comic Relief. Producer Vinuri has an 'Is It Just Me?' bit. There's yet more asteroid chat. Charlotte has a pop culture question for the team. Plus, 'Yesterday's Quiz' with Ed the fire fighter & 'All The Latest Things'!
Aswell as Anthony Mackie playing 'Unpopular Opinion', there's a valentine's edition of 'Sexy or Not Sexy'. Look out for the "how old is cupid?" bit too. Fire fighter Dylan plays 'Yesterday's Quiz', there's a double-helping of 'All The Latest Things'. Plus, a round-up of what happened on 'Mega Massive Mum-day'.
It’s Mega Massive Mum Day so Diane from The Traitors series two is on. Greg calls his mum, Newsbeat’s Callum Leslie calls his mum. Plus, ’Mum Things’ – everything from what your mum’s carry around, getting the names wrong of famous people & saying they need to leave, then hanging around! Plus, the usual bisniss: ‘All The Latest Things’, Olly the firefighter is on ‘Yesterday’s Quiz’ & even a public service announcement!
