[Aled]

they take the lazy option of keeping everything the same and just rely on new audience members to keep up the numbers, teenagers and so on replacing listeners who switch off as they get sick of hearing the same thing for years on end.

Although we don't do that - that's a science beyond what we can manage - that's not actually a bad thing. Rightly or wrongly the BBC Trust says Radio 1 must appeal to a 15 - 30 audience so if what you were describing was happening that would be a good thing.

[Aled]

Is the Chris Moyles Show happening on Royal Wedding day or is someone like Dev covering?

We are actually! Chris wanted to be on-air that morning. All other Bank Holidays are as normal. We're off!

[Yudster]

Well William and Harry are long-time listeners aren't they, I'm actually not surprised Chris wants to broadcast on William's wedding day.

[bmstinton93]

Maybe Harry will be a contestant on carpark catchphrase...

[Travis Bickle]

Aled, how do you feel the week with Olly Murs went? I didn't criticise the decision, and I still understand why you chose him, but did it work out how you expected it to?

For me, the dynamic of the show and team was thrown out completely and I have to say that I listened to very little of it after the first couple of days, and that is a first for me (Golden Hour excepted ) Do you agree with that and if you do does it matter? Was the change a good thing?

[swaddon1903]

Well William and Harry are long-time listeners aren't they, I'm actually not surprised Chris wants to broadcast on William's wedding day.

Maybe it's double time for a bank holiday. Chris isn't daft, broadcasting for 52 hours and working a bank holiday, he must be making a fortune in overtime.

[Aled]

Aled, how do you feel the week with Olly Murs went? I didn't criticise the decision, and I still understand why you chose him, but did it work out how you expected it to?

For me, the dynamic of the show and team was thrown out completely and I have to say that I listened to very little of it after the first couple of days, and that is a first for me (Golden Hour excepted ) Do you agree with that and if you do does it matter? Was the change a good thing?

I have been reading your opinions as the week has been going on, and I wasn't going to say anything for fear of looking argumentative or defensive. I'm 95% happy with how the week went with Olly (with the 5% being that the hard-core fans on here didn't like it).

Outside of this website I had barely any negativity from Twitter, texts to the show, friends or colleagues at Radio 1. Definitely less than we get in a normal week.

I thought it added new energy to the show, it was nice having a team member that had new elements to bring to conversations and games. From reading the forum I got the impression that the main negativity centered around that he wasn't Dave. Olly didn't push Dave out, there WAS no Dave, so it wasn't a choice of Dave or Olly - it was Dave or a team with one person missing. One forum member commented that Dom and I were trying 'too hard' - could you imagine how hard we would have had to try if we were a team member down?

I think, if I remember correctly, 3 or 4/5 trails of the best of the show last week all centred around Olly or how Chris was playing with him - which meant that was the best elements to that day's show - and you would have prefered we took that person out of the equation?

No, I found it a huge success - and would happily bring Olly back in the future, or use Dave's absence as an excuse for a bit of fun. He's away again soon, but I don't think we'll find someone else for that one because the show needs to settle a little now, but there's one more coming up towards the end of the month so I'll be having a think of who could fit the bill.

[bmstinton93]

Is Dave off again due to dancing on ice tour reasons?

[dreamer1978]

When Dave is away again, instead of having a fill in could you not have him do the show from another BBC radio studio.

[Travis Bickle]

Aled, how do you feel the week with Olly Murs went? I didn't criticise the decision, and I still understand why you chose him, but did it work out how you expected it to?

For me, the dynamic of the show and team was thrown out completely and I have to say that I listened to very little of it after the first couple of days, and that is a first for me (Golden Hour excepted ) Do you agree with that and if you do does it matter? Was the change a good thing?

I have been reading your opinions as the week has been going on, and I wasn't going to say anything for fear of looking argumentative or defensive. I'm 95% happy with how the week went with Olly (with the 5% being that the hard-core fans on here didn't like it).

Outside of this website I had barely any negativity from Twitter, texts to the show, friends or colleagues at Radio 1. Definitely less than we get in a normal week.

I thought it added new energy to the show, it was nice having a team member that had new elements to bring to conversations and games. From reading the forum I got the impression that the main negativity centered around that he wasn't Dave. Olly didn't push Dave out, there WAS no Dave, so it wasn't a choice of Dave or Olly - it was Dave or a team with one person missing. One forum member commented that Dom and I were trying 'too hard' - could you imagine how hard we would have had to try if we were a team member down?

I think, if I remember correctly, 3 or 4/5 trails of the best of the show last week all centred around Olly or how Chris was playing with him - which meant that was the best elements to that day's show - and you would have prefered we took that person out of the equation?

No, I found it a huge success - and would happily bring Olly back in the future, or use Dave's absence as an excuse for a bit of fun. He's away again soon, but I don't think we'll find someone else for that one because the show needs to settle a little now, but there's one more coming up towards the end of the month so I'll be having a think of who could fit the bill.

I didnt meant any criticism, Aled. None whatsoever.

I think Olly was a sound choice to replace Dave. I understood the logic behind it. I just dont think it worked out that great in the end.

It was me who said you and Dom tried too hard. I think you both didnt want to be your normal selves (sp?) and interact the way you normally would with Chris for fear of excluding Olly. The result of that is, in my opinion, the show felt forced and didnt flow.

When Dave was off sick a year or so ago he wasn't replaced and it worked well. Other than Chris no particular member of the show needs replacing. I love you all, but it is Chris's show and as long as he is there it will be good. Any single member other than him can be absent and the show will still go on pretty much as normal without the dynamic changing drastically. If you add a new member they will need accommodating, and it turned out that in this instance it didn't work in my opinion.

The majority of listeners don't give the same amount of thought to the show as we do on here. I am not talking about this issue in particular, but as a rule the casual fan and the avid fan will tend to have different perspectives.

[jamiec21]

I have been reading your opinions as the week has been going on, and I wasn't going to say anything for fear of looking argumentative or defensive. I'm 95% happy with how the week went with Olly (with the 5% being that the hard-core fans on here didn't like it).

To be fair on us, there's only been a handful of us that have voiced our doubts, and it's not been "this is shit, get off", I think we've expressed ourselves pretty well, even if we are ultimately wrong.

I thought it added new energy to the show, it was nice having a team member that had new elements to bring to conversations and games. From reading the forum I got the impression that the main negativity centered around that he wasn't Dave. Olly didn't push Dave out, there WAS no Dave, so it wasn't a choice of Dave or Olly - it was Dave or a team with one person missing. One forum member commented that Dom and I were trying 'too hard' - could you imagine how hard we would have had to try if we were a team member down?

I think, if I remember correctly, 3 or 4/5 trails of the best of the show last week all centred around Olly or how Chris was playing with him - which meant that was the best elements to that day's show - and you would have prefered we took that person out of the equation?

I think it's fair to say that having a "new" team member, and a celebrity one at that, means that the show is bound to revolve around them far more than say, the show would revolve around something Dave did on an average week. That's how the any entertainment show treats guests - as the focus - so I wouldn't say that's the actual fault of anyone inside or outside of the studio. I'm not sure if my disappointment with the shows is that it wasn't Dave, just that it was all a bit too Olly-focused. I've said on another thread that I don't think the problem was with him personally, just that with him being there for the whole week, it meant the whole week felt heavily weighed towards him, which would go some way to explain why most of the trails featured him. The Chris Moyles Show has always seemed pretty balanced in terms of how much of the team's personal lives and anecdotes are discussed, with the obvious exception of Chris, of course.

No, I found it a huge success - and would happily bring Olly back in the future

This was another one of my issues, he'd already been on the show a lot recently, he was in the studio in early March (9th IIRC), then on the marathon show for another 2+ hours. I know you've had grumbles about frequent guests before, because I've heard Chris mention it on air. Maybe it's more of an issue to those of us who listen to a big chuck of the weeks output, and if we're of the minority then I guess its tough shit, which is perhaps fair enough. I wouldn't think this would be as much of a problem to less frequent listeners. I'm going back a few years now, but wasn't there a week where you had a revolving sidekick to replace Dave when he was off on one of his Comic Relief tours? I think that worked better than having the same person back each day. I do appreciate this would be a tougher job for production staff such as yourself so please don't interpret that - or the rest of this post, in fact - as a demand, just constructive comment.

[steve_47]

Hey Aled. Just a quick one. Is there any chance of bringing back "half time" in the show when Dave shouts... "LET'S GET READY TO RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEE"???

I loved that feature.

Edit: also... Who updates The Chris Moyles Show facebook page?

[Yudster]

I liked Olly.........

[R94N]

I think Aled does the Twitter and Facebook for the show, at least.

[biggspuds]

aled nice reply too lizardz23

" To throw something out of the window merely for the sake of not 'doing the same shit' would be irresponsible."
what is shit in welsh? i belive dom is poo

[stewaj3]

Aled,

I liked Olly, I thought he was good value, i'm not going to say i thought he was better than Dave because Dave's irreplaceable! I like that it was Olly, you could have quite easily brought in a friend of the show, but instead ambition was shown to bring in someone current & relevant. Not my kind of music, but he clearly likes the show and brought something different to the table.

I like the fact that people can air there views on the show, but people who complain that the show is lazy, are wrong in so many ways. Continuity's a massive reason why this shows a success, if they changed the show every day, it would be a mess, its not like the features have never changed! I'd love to hear two word tango again though! That's great radio! I think people just go out of there way to find things moan about, ok there's not been so many new features recently, but they've done the marathon, done the tour, lots of online and red button features going on too. I think you all work so hard and I think you can see the effort that goes into each show. Quality over quantity every time!

Chris has been on the breakfast show for over 7 years, broadcasting around 200 days a year maybe? For 3 and a half hours a show? Is it really surprising to people that they find certain elements of the show familiar? I still find it funny, I still laugh at car park catchphrase, I play along to the pub quiz, I love the music in the golden hour! I'd be gutted if any of them were changed! Have to admit I find celebrity raspberry a little boring now, but listeners must like it as they still call in!

You all make me laugh everyday and that's the main thing!

[Ilovematt]

Aled... Thank you so much for putting Olly on the show.. it was blooming fantastic. Enjoyed every minute. The roller coasters videos are brilliant too.

Can the 'Hello Sailor' that Chris was taking the pee out of Olly be made into a ring tone with the extra bit at the end ?? It was so funny

Thank you x x x

[Ilovematt]

Aled, how do you feel the week with Olly Murs went? I didn't criticise the decision, and I still understand why you chose him, but did it work out how you expected it to?

For me, the dynamic of the show and team was thrown out completely and I have to say that I listened to very little of it after the first couple of days, and that is a first for me (Golden Hour excepted ) Do you agree with that and if you do does it matter? Was the change a good thing?

I have been reading your opinions as the week has been going on, and I wasn't going to say anything for fear of looking argumentative or defensive. I'm 95% happy with how the week went with Olly (with the 5% being that the hard-core fans on here didn't like it).

Outside of this website I had barely any negativity from Twitter, texts to the show, friends or colleagues at Radio 1. Definitely less than we get in a normal week.

I thought it added new energy to the show, it was nice having a team member that had new elements to bring to conversations and games. From reading the forum I got the impression that the main negativity centered around that he wasn't Dave. Olly didn't push Dave out, there WAS no Dave, so it wasn't a choice of Dave or Olly - it was Dave or a team with one person missing. One forum member commented that Dom and I were trying 'too hard' - could you imagine how hard we would have had to try if we were a team member down?

I think, if I remember correctly, 3 or 4/5 trails of the best of the show last week all centred around Olly or how Chris was playing with him - which meant that was the best elements to that day's show - and you would have prefered we took that person out of the equation?

No, I found it a huge success - and would happily bring Olly back in the future, or use Dave's absence as an excuse for a bit of fun. He's away again soon, but I don't think we'll find someone else for that one because the show needs to settle a little now, but there's one more coming up towards the end of the month so I'll be having a think of who could fit the bill.

Your choice to have Olly on was brilliant. Had it been Davina I would have turned off for that week. So glad you are pleased that it went well. 5% obviously do not like something different !! well done x x

[Johnny 1989]

Hi Aled, just a quick question, I did ask this a few pages back but the time you hadn't read my PM, did those clips of Dom I sent you download OK & were they of any use to you?

I'm really sorry - I haven't. Feel free to send them again, I might not use them just yet - we've kind of covered the Dom clips and I might wait until the right time to start them up again.

Ah OK Aled, fair enough, I've had a problemz trying to host clips of recent so wondered if you had received them, I shall PM them to you again

[Nisha]

Hi Aled

On yesterday's show you mentioned that The Chris Moyles Show's entry for the Sony Awards used the same three clips for all three categories that you applied for. As a massive fan of the show, would it be possible for you to say what that clip was? Thanks

Ps Well done for getting nominated for the two awards, the show really deserves it!

I don't remember actually. They were made in December and one was made for Music Broadcaster showing Chris' talents off, and the other for Best Entertainment (or something) and Best Breakfast highlighting the show.

If I find a list I'll come back here and post it.

Thank you Aled. Really hope you do find the list - would be really interesting to see what you thought the best bits were. In the meantime, who actually chooses what the best bits of the show actually are?

[lizardz23]

Have 'the team' or who ever is in charge got any plans to erm... write some new / funny material at any point?

I stopped listening in December 2009 because i left my job, recently i've started a new job where radio one is on. Monday was the first time I'd heard the show since 09.

You're still doing the same shit, shit being the operative word. Monday night pub quiz, car park catchphrase... really lame, tired old crap.

Today you spent half an hour doing a toilet tour of radio 1 for Olly Murr's???

Pathetic.

Truely Pathetic.

Research shows that people like routine. No matter what's going on in your life, whether it's stressful, upsetting or challenging you always know you can turn on your radio between 6:30 - 10 Mon - Fri and have your second family - your Chris Moyles Show team. You know that on your commute to work having the comfort blanket of Car Park Catchphrase on air will more often than not make you smile - and that's a comfort.

Sure, things get tiring and when enough of us on the show feel that's the case we'll rest something to stop it burning out but my personal ethos is evolution not revolution. When you're in charge of Radio 1's most successful ever breakfast show which, even last year broke a handful of listening figures (even when in it's 8th year) you have a responsibility to look after that and only tweak it where necessary. To throw something out of the window merely for the sake of not 'doing the same shit' would be irresponsible. In my job you have to devolve fact from your own opinion, it doesn't really matter whether you or I think something is 'really lame' or 'tired shit' it's whether the audience en masse feel that. And if they do - we'd soon know it, either immediately on text or in a few months time through listening figures.

The toiler tour is an excellent example of how we can take something quite mundane and have Chris turn it into funny radio and online video.

Thank you for your comments though, I will file it under 'unhappy listener'.

Fair do's, thanks for the detailed response.

[lizardz23]

Have 'the team' or who ever is in charge got any plans to erm... write some new / funny material at any point?

I stopped listening in December 2009 because i left my job, recently i've started a new job where radio one is on. Monday was the first time I'd heard the show since 09.

You're still doing the same shit, shit being the operative word. Monday night pub quiz, car park catchphrase... really lame, tired old crap.

Today you spent half an hour doing a toilet tour of radio 1 for Olly Murr's???

Pathetic.

Truely Pathetic.

Tune your radio to capitol then

The radio is at work so i don't have the luxury of tuning to a different station.

I have solved the problem of being bored to death by the show though. I listen to podcasts of an American talk radio show that I find very interesting and entertaining. I want more from mainstream media outlets than constant irrelevent buffoonary, but i know that is never going to happen, it's not there to make people aware of what's going on in the world. stimulate the mind or make you think. There is so much going on in the world, life and the universe, I need more than Chris moyles taking the runner up of a talent contest on a trip to the pisser.

The thing about radio 1 is that it's relentless inane mindless pap, with mainstream corporate produced and marketed pop songs repeated over and over and over and over. I think it's output generally keeps people dumb and unthinking.

[SAV1OUR]

Have 'the team' or who ever is in charge got any plans to erm... write some new / funny material at any point?

I stopped listening in December 2009 because i left my job, recently i've started a new job where radio one is on. Monday was the first time I'd heard the show since 09.

You're still doing the same shit, shit being the operative word. Monday night pub quiz, car park catchphrase... really lame, tired old crap.

Today you spent half an hour doing a toilet tour of radio 1 for Olly Murr's???

Pathetic.

Truely Pathetic.

Tune your radio to capitol then

The thing about radio 1 is that it's relentless inane mindless pap, with mainstream corporate produced and marketed pop songs repeated over and over and over and over. I think it's output generally keeps people dumb and unthinking.

It's a series of events that makes the show special. It may well be hard to comprehend a trip round the bogs after a 52 hour marathon - like wot Einstein says about touching a red hot hob, feels like years when exciting things aren't happening, relativity and all that.

Take revision, mix it with theme parks. Take feeding the starving in Africa and mix it with comedy. Not rocket science. But it's all good, and it's all different, I wouldn't get annoyed by one show as that's nothing in the grand scheme of stuff. It's a youth station, theres always Brian Cox on the telly if thats what tickles your fancy.

[biggspuds]

and the is one big weekend!

[Nicola_Red]

Lizard23, you've made your points and I think Aled has responded to them politely and eloquently. The stipulation of these threads is to stay on topic and that means questions to Aled, rather than insults thrown at the show and radio 1 in general. We totally respect your right to dislike the show and the station and to have your opinions heard, but this thread isn't the place for them, so any further off-topic posts (from anyone!) will be removed. Thanks for your understanding.