Author: Jono
Scott Mills is getting involved with a new project for Comic Relief next month meaning that Sara Cox will be taking the reigns of the afternoon show in February.
There's no news as to what Scott is up to for Comic Relief but we do know that Sara will present the show in the week beginning Monday 18th February 2011.
Red Nose Day this year will be held a month later on Friday 18th March 2011. [...]
BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra are working on a new special event for 2012 set to be based in London around the time of the Olympic games.
The outdoor festival is being spearheaded by Jason Carter, who has been working behind the scenes on BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend over the past few years.
Little detail has been given about the event but it is intended to deliver something "extremely special" to the young people living in the boroughs around the Olympics site in East London.
Controller of BBC Ra [...]
The artist behind the album 19 and the future hit album 21 will be performing in a special Live Lounge for BBC Radio 1 this month.
Live Lounge 'XL' isn't a dig about Adele's weight - it's the name of a special extra long Live Lounge which will feature 30 minutes of live tracks during Fearne's show.
The six tracks will go out on-air live on Thursday 27th January 2011 between 10am and 1pm. [...]
Radio 1's sister station BBC Radio 1Xtra has today launched its new daytime schedule which sees Trevor Nelson and Gemma Cairney go their seperate ways.
Twin B now presents the breakfast show between 7am and 10am while Trevor Nelson hosts the 1Xtra Live Lounge on his show between 10am and 1pm.
Trevor Nelson's former breakfast co-presenterGemma Cairney takes over at 1pm and Tim Westwood continues presenting the drivetime show between 4pm and 7pm.
Speaking in December about the changes, 1X [...]
All of this week the specialist DJs will takeover BBC Radio 1 as part of an ambitious project promoting the presenters that usually come out at night.
Zane Lowe is taking the breakfast show between 7am and 10am, Annie Mac will present Fearne's show between 10am and 1pm, and Huw Stephens will air between 1pm and 4pm. Nick Grimshaw will present Scott Mills' show between 4pm and 7pm.
Talking to The Guardian, George Ergatoudis, Radio 1's head of music said it reaffirms the station's commitment [...]
Unofficial Mills was very excited to hear Miranda Hart was to be on the show this week and she certainly didn't disappoint when she visited Scott Mills on Monday.
She struggled with the Radio 1 chairs, she revealed there might be a third series of Miranda, sung along to Christmas songs and she shared with Scott some stories about Justin Bieber. No doubt the crazed Bieber fans will be hunting her down now.
Click here to listen to the interview and download it to your PC! [...]
The Sun reports today that Chris Moyles' on-air sidekick Comedy Dave will be Dancing On Ice in January 2011 on the ITV1 show.
Dave will join Jeff Brazier, Kerry Katona, Angela Rippon, Denise Welch and Chloe Madeley when the programme returns on January 9th.
Other 'celebrities' lined up for the programme include Dominic Cork, Sam Attwater and Elen Rivas.
Unofficial Mills previously reported that Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood had been offered at least £50,000 to appear on this series but declin [...]
The campaign for The Bird is the Word for Christmas Number 1 is progressing. We've got until this weekend to get Surfin' Bird in the Christmas Top 40 - and it's already close to Top 5 in the iTunes chart this morning!
Who wants a rehashed version of Biffy Clyro in the festive charts when you can have a classic song which featured heavily in Family Guy? Let's be honest, you probably wanted One Direction to win anyway!
Get on iTunes or Amazon today and download The Trashmen's Surfin' Bird an [...]
We've got a treat for you just in time for the Christmas holidays - the Scott Mills Daily archive has been updated!
We know what it's like - nothing on the television, Scott's on another holiday, and there's nothing to do. Well why not reminisce on the last year with our podcast archive while you're looking through the Radio Times for something to watch?
Thanks to one of Scott's biggest fans from Switzerland, franzi, the podcast archive is now updated from March 2010 to November 2010 makin [...]
There's a distinct lack of live programming on New Year's Eve at BBC Radio 1 this year and plenty of pre-records. That's right the full schedule is out and you can give us your views by commenting on the story at the bottom of this page.
Please note programming and times are subject to change so check out our Twitter feed or the BBC Radio 1 website nearer the time.
Saturday 18th December
As normal but at 10am Dev
Sunday 19th December
As normal
Monday 20th December
7pm Radio 1 Fest [...]