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Pippa Taylor Tarrant

2024-10-01T15:59:53Z

Swaddon1903:

'''Pippa Taylor''' (born 7 December 1977) is a radio producer who worked on the [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] [[The Chris Moyles Show|Chris Moyles Show]] and is currently an on-air contributor and producer of the [[The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)|The Chris Moyles Show]] on [[Radio X]] with [[Chris Moyles]] and [[Dominic Byrne]] which began on 21 September 2015.

Pippa is married to occasional show contributor Toby Tarrant, who presents the mid-morning show which follows the Chris Moyles Show. Her mother Diane was the mayor of Basingstoke.

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Dave Masterman

2021-05-04T16:11:41Z

Swaddon1903:

'''Dave Masterman''' was the producer of [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] on [[Radio X]] from 2015 until he left in 2017.

He was given the nickname "Madam", because [[Dominic Byrne|Dominic]] was searching for anagrams of his name, and the first one that came up included the word "madam".

He left the show in April 2017 after just over 18 months. to join Absolute Radio as Programme Manager. Chris Moyles subsequently referred to him on air as "Judas", though it seems to be in jest. In February 2019, he left Absolute Radio to take up a role as Head of Content at Audio Always.

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The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2021-02-04T10:38:35Z

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'''The Chris Moyles Show''' is a radio show on [[Radio X]] (formerly XFM) which is presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Dominic Byrne]] and produced by [[James Robinson]]. [[Pippa Taylor]] is the Executive Producer.

==Background==

The show was announced by Moyles on YouTube and Twitter on 6 September 2015, and began broadcasting at 6:30am on 21 September 2015, almost three years to the day since Moyles was last heard on radio.

The first song played on the new show was ''Love Machine'' by Girls Aloud.

==The Team==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Dominic Byrne]]
| News reader
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Pippa Taylor]]
| Executive Producer
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Matt Parkes-Smith]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|-
| [[Dave Masterman]]
| Producer
| 2015
| 2017
|-
| [[James Robinson]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|}

Additional team members and regular contributors include Sam and Will. TV personality Andi Peters is a frequent caller to the show, and Toby Tarrant often joins the team for the last part of the show, prior to his own show which follows Chris on Radio X.

==Features==

===Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz===

{{main|Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz}}
A feature resurrected from [[The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1)|the old show]]. Chris' friend [[Rob DJ]] provides the questions for a quiz that the team participate in.

===The Platinum Hour===

{{main|The Platinum Hour}}
An hour of random songs every Friday at 9am, just like the [[The Golden Hour|Golden Hour]]. Unlike on Radio 1, Chris picks all of the songs himself, although they must be pre-approved by the management.

===Reverse Words===

Occasionally, the team and Toby Tarrant will be given a phrase which has been played backwards, and they must try to say it backwards. The results are played forwards, with hilarious results.

===Happy Endings===

A music quiz where the last moments of songs are played, and the team have to identify the song and artist. The theme for the feature is the 2004 Avril Lavigne song "My Happy Ending".

===TV Themes===

The team have to identify TV themes which are played. There is also a link between the themes which the team can identify for bonus points. A similar variation of this is the ''TV Sounds Game''.

===Letters===

Dominic reads letters sent to the team, some of which are accompanied by gifts from listeners or companies seeking free publicity. The address jingle is sometimes sung by celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon and David Hasselhoff.

===Dom's Big Slot===

A weekly feature presented by Dominic, which usually consists of a quiz where Dominic has a list of names of things, some of which are real and some of which are fake, and the rest of the team have to decide which is which.

===The Lip Reading Game===

A member of the team has to listen to very loud rock music while another member of the team reads out a list of items from a chosen category. The player with the headphones on has to read the lips of the other team member to identify what they are saying, often with hilarious results.

===Who Are You?===

An occasional feature where Chris and Dominic have to identify a mystery guest by asking him or her questions, similar to the TV game show ''What's My Line?''

===Sing Alone Live===

Normally done on a Friday morning, a caller is chosen to sing along with a song chosen by Chris. The caller must be on their own, for whatever reason. Chris plays in the start of the song, then drops the audio while the caller continues singing.

===The Musical Arrangement Game===

Similar to the other musical-themed games, a different arrangement of a popular song is played (often an orchestral version), and the team have to guess the song and artist.

==Past features==

===Radio Station Invasion===

A feature in the first couple of weeks involved all of Radio X's sister stations being listed on a big wheel in the studio. Chris would then spin the wheel and whichever it would land on, Chris would go to the studio of the station chosen and try to interrupt their show. He appeared on Smooth Radio and Classic FM, but Jamie Theakston refused to let him in to the Heart London studio.

===The Wheel of Slightly Inappropriate Tracks===

{{Main|The Wheel of Inappropriate Songs}}
Every day, a giant wheel in the studio with several tracks that wouldn't normally be played on Radio X is spun by Chris, and the track it stops on is played in full on the show.

===Freddie Friday===

Every Friday, Chris plays a Queen song with Freddie Mercury's vocals isolated during part of the song, to highlight Freddie's singing voice.

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Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz

2021-02-04T10:37:21Z

Swaddon1903:

'''Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz''' is a feature of [[The Chris Moyles Show]] on both BBC Radio 1 and Radio X, which is played on a Tuesday morning.

== Origins ==
The quiz is compiled by a friend of Chris' from Leeds, [[Other contributors#Rob_DJ|Rob DJ]], who sends in some questions from a real quiz that he hosts in a pub every Monday night, hence the name.

== BBC Radio 1 ==
Rob's questions were given to the producer, [[Rachel Jones|Rachel]] (later [[Aled Haydn Jones|Aled]]), who would then ask five questions to the other members of the team. For a brief period, a member of the audience was given the chance to ring in and play along, and there was also a way for listeners to play by mobile phone.

== Radio X ==

In 2015, the feature was brought back for [[The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)|The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X]]. Rob DJ appeared live at the Radio X studios in the inaugural broadcast of the feature and following that streamed live into the studio. The feature is no longer called "Monday Night Pub Quiz", and has also featured a listener playing along with the team every week. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Rob presents the quiz live every Tuesday morning from his home in Leeds.

== Format ==

The questions often feature a mathematical problem and an anagram of a television show or celebrity. Many arguments are usually had over the answers, but the answer given by Rob DJ is final.

Rob DJ published a quiz book on the back of the success of this feature.

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The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2021-02-04T10:34:02Z

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'''The Chris Moyles Show''' is a radio show on [[Radio X]] (formerly XFM) which is presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Dominic Byrne]] and produced by [[James Robinson]]. [[Pippa Taylor]] is the Executive Producer.

==Background==

The show was announced by Moyles on YouTube and Twitter on 6 September 2015, and began broadcasting at 6:30am on 21 September 2015, almost three years to the day since Moyles was last heard on radio.

The first song played on the new show was ''Love Machine'' by Girls Aloud.

==The Team==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Dominic Byrne]]
| News reader
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Pippa Taylor]]
| Executive Producer
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Matt Parkes-Smith]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|-
| [[Dave Masterman]]
| Producer
| 2015
| 2017
|-
| [[James Robinson]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|}

Additional team members and regular contributors include Sam and Will. TV personality Andi Peters is a frequent caller to the show.

==Features==

===Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz===

{{main|Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz}}
A feature resurrected from [[The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1)|the old show]]. Chris' friend [[Rob DJ]] provides the questions for a quiz that the team participate in.

===The Platinum Hour===

{{main|The Platinum Hour}}
An hour of random songs every Friday at 9am, just like the [[The Golden Hour|Golden Hour]]. Unlike on Radio 1, Chris picks all of the songs himself, although they must be pre-approved by the management.

===Reverse Words===

Occasionally, the team and Toby Tarrant will be given a phrase which has been played backwards, and they must try to say it backwards. The results are played forwards, with hilarious results.

===Happy Endings===

A music quiz where the last moments of songs are played, and the team have to identify the song and artist. The theme for the feature is the 2004 Avril Lavigne song "My Happy Ending".

===TV Themes===

The team have to identify TV themes which are played. There is also a link between the themes which the team can identify for bonus points. A similar variation of this is the ''TV Sounds Game''.

===Letters===

Dominic reads letters sent to the team, some of which are accompanied by gifts from listeners or companies seeking free publicity. The address jingle is sometimes sung by celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon and David Hasselhoff.

===Dom's Big Slot===

A weekly feature presented by Dominic, which usually consists of a quiz where Dominic has a list of names of things, some of which are real and some of which are fake, and the rest of the team have to decide which is which.

===The Lip Reading Game===

A member of the team has to listen to very loud rock music while another member of the team reads out a list of items from a chosen category. The player with the headphones on has to read the lips of the other team member to identify what they are saying, often with hilarious results.

===Who Are You?===

An occasional feature where Chris and Dominic have to identify a mystery guest by asking him or her questions, similar to the TV game show ''What's My Line?''

===Sing Alone Live===

Normally done on a Friday morning, a caller is chosen to sing along with a song chosen by Chris. The caller must be on their own, for whatever reason. Chris plays in the start of the song, then drops the audio while the caller continues singing.

===The Musical Arrangement Game===

Similar to the other musical-themed games, a different arrangement of a popular song is played (often an orchestral version), and the team have to guess the song and artist.

==Past features==

===Radio Station Invasion===

A feature in the first couple of weeks involved all of Radio X's sister stations being listed on a big wheel in the studio. Chris would then spin the wheel and whichever it would land on, Chris would go to the studio of the station chosen and try to interrupt their show. He appeared on Smooth Radio and Classic FM, but Jamie Theakston refused to let him in to the Heart London studio.

===The Wheel of Slightly Inappropriate Tracks===

{{Main|The Wheel of Inappropriate Songs}}
Every day, a giant wheel in the studio with several tracks that wouldn't normally be played on Radio X is spun by Chris, and the track it stops on is played in full on the show.

===Freddie Friday===

Every Friday, Chris plays a Queen song with Freddie Mercury's vocals isolated during part of the song, to highlight Freddie's singing voice.

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The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2021-02-04T10:30:44Z

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'''The Chris Moyles Show''' is a radio show on [[Radio X]] (formerly XFM) which is presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Dominic Byrne]] and produced by [[James Robinson]]. [[Pippa Taylor]] is the Executive Producer.

==Background==

The show was announced by Moyles on YouTube and Twitter on 6 September 2015, and began broadcasting at 6:30am on 21 September 2015, almost three years to the day since Moyles was last heard on radio.

The first song played on the new show was ''Love Machine'' by Girls Aloud.

==The Team==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Dominic Byrne]]
| News reader
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Pippa Taylor]]
| Executive Producer
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Matt Parkes-Smith]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|-
| [[Dave Masterman]]
| Producer
| 2015
| 2017
|-
| [[James Robinson]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|}

Additional team members and regular contributors include Sam and Will. TV personality Andi Peters is a frequent caller to the show.

==Features==

===Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz===

{{main|Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz}}
A feature resurrected from [[The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1)|the old show]]. Chris' friend [[Rob DJ]] provides the questions for a quiz that the team participate in.

===The Platinum Hour===

{{main|The Platinum Hour}}
An hour of random songs every Friday at 9am, just like the [[The Golden Hour|Golden Hour]]. Unlike on Radio 1, Chris picks all of the songs himself, although they must be pre-approved by the management.

===Reverse Words===

Occasionally, the team and Toby Tarrant will be given a phrase which has been played backwards, and they must try to say it backwards. The results are played forwards, with hilarious results.

===Happy Endings===

A music quiz where the last moments of songs are played, and the team have to identify the song and artist. The theme for the feature is the 2004 Avril Lavigne song "My Happy Ending".

===TV Themes===

The team have to identify TV themes which are played. There is also a link between the themes which the team can identify for bonus points. A similar variation of this is the ''TV Sounds Game''.

===Letters===

Dominic reads letters sent to the team, some of which are accompanied by gifts from listeners or companies seeking free publicity. The address jingle is sometimes sung by celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon and David Hasselhoff.

===Dom's Big Slot===

A weekly feature presented by Dominic, which usually consists of a quiz where Dominic has a list of names of things, some of which are real and some of which are fake, and the rest of the team have to decide which is which.

===The Lip Reading Game===

A member of the team has to listen to very loud rock music while another member of the team reads out a list of items from a chosen category. The player with the headphones on has to read the lips of the other team member to identify what they are saying, often with hilarious results.

===Who Are You?===

An occasional feature where Chris and Dominic have to identify a mystery guest by asking him or her questions, similar to the TV game show ''What's My Line?''

==Past features==

===Radio Station Invasion===

A feature in the first couple of weeks involved all of Radio X's sister stations being listed on a big wheel in the studio. Chris would then spin the wheel and whichever it would land on, Chris would go to the studio of the station chosen and try to interrupt their show. He appeared on Smooth Radio and Classic FM, but Jamie Theakston refused to let him in to the Heart London studio.

===The Wheel of Slightly Inappropriate Tracks===

{{Main|The Wheel of Inappropriate Songs}}
Every day, a giant wheel in the studio with several tracks that wouldn't normally be played on Radio X is spun by Chris, and the track it stops on is played in full on the show.

===Freddie Friday===

Every Friday, Chris plays a Queen song with Freddie Mercury's vocals isolated during part of the song, to highlight Freddie's singing voice.

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James Robinson

2021-02-03T09:53:53Z

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'''James Robinson''' is the producer of the [[The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)|Chris Moyles Show on Radio X]].

He was born in Whitehaven, Cumbria and began his radio career on student radio while at university. He joined the Chris Moyles Show team in 2017 as a replacement for Dave Masterman.

Prior to joining the team, he was daytime and London drivetime Producer for Heart, having previously been Executive Producer of the Late Show with Kate Lawler.

He lives in London with his partner Chelsea Dickenson, a travel blogger.

Chris often refers to James as a "jam eater", the term being used as an insult to people from Whitehaven. James denies eating jam.

The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2021-02-03T09:44:07Z

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'''The Chris Moyles Show''' is a radio show on [[Radio X]] (formerly XFM) which is presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Dominic Byrne]] and produced by [[James Robinson]]. [[Pippa Taylor]] is the Executive Producer.

==Background==

The show was announced by Moyles on YouTube and Twitter on 6 September 2015, and began broadcasting at 6:30am on 21 September 2015, almost three years to the day since Moyles was last heard on radio.

The first song played on the new show was ''Love Machine'' by Girls Aloud.

==The Team==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Dominic Byrne]]
| News reader
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Pippa Taylor]]
| Executive Producer
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Matt Parkes-Smith]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|-
| [[Dave Masterman]]
| Producer
| 2015
| 2017
|-
| [[James Robinson]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|}

==Features==

===Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz===

{{main|Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz}}
A feature resurrected from [[The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1)|the old show]]. Chris' friend [[Rob DJ]] provides the questions for a quiz that the team participate in.

===The Platinum Hour===

{{main|The Platinum Hour}}
An hour of random songs every Friday at 9am, just like the [[The Golden Hour|Golden Hour]]. Unlike on Radio 1, Chris picks all of the songs himself, although they must be pre-approved by the management.

===Reverse Words===

Occasionally, the team and Toby Tarrant will be given a phrase which has been played backwards, and they must try to say it backwards. The results are played forwards, with hilarious results.

===Happy Endings===

A music quiz where the last moments of songs are played, and the team have to identify the song and artist. The theme for the feature is the 2004 Avril Lavigne song "My Happy Ending".

===TV Themes===

The team have to identify TV themes which are played. There is also a link between the themes which the team can identify for bonus points. A similar variation of this is the ''TV Sounds Game''.

===Letters===

Dominic reads letters sent to the team, some of which are accompanied by gifts from listeners or companies seeking free publicity. The address jingle is sometimes sung by celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon and David Hasselhoff.

===Dom's Big Slot===

A weekly feature presented by Dominic, which usually consists of a quiz where Dominic has a list of names of things, some of which are real and some of which are fake, and the rest of the team have to decide which is which.

===The Lip Reading Game===

A member of the team has to listen to very loud rock music while another member of the team reads out a list of items from a chosen category. The player with the headphones on has to read the lips of the other team member to identify what they are saying, often with hilarious results.

===Who Are You?===

An occasional feature where Chris and Dominic have to identify a mystery guest by asking him or her questions, similar to the TV game show ''What's My Line?''

==Past features==

===Radio Station Invasion===

A feature in the first couple of weeks involved all of Radio X's sister stations being listed on a big wheel in the studio. Chris would then spin the wheel and whichever it would land on, Chris would go to the studio of the station chosen and try to interrupt their show. He appeared on Smooth Radio and Classic FM, but Jamie Theakston refused to let him in to the Heart London studio.

===The Wheel of Slightly Inappropriate Tracks===

{{Main|The Wheel of Inappropriate Songs}}
Every day, a giant wheel in the studio with several tracks that wouldn't normally be played on Radio X is spun by Chris, and the track it stops on is played in full on the show.

===Freddie Friday===

Every Friday, Chris plays a Queen song with Freddie Mercury's vocals isolated during part of the song, to highlight Freddie's singing voice.

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Dominic Byrne

2021-01-07T10:46:59Z

Swaddon1903:

{{TeamMember|Dom2012.jpg|Dominic Byrne, 2012|Dominic Byrne}}
Dominic Anthony Byrne, aka "Egg Head" or "Slaphead", due to his bald head, is the news reader and co-presenter of [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] on [[Radio X]].

==Early life and career==

Dom was born in Norwich on 10 November 1972. He likes to make it known he moved soon after. He describes himself as 'having lived all over the place'. After leaving college, Dom went to university in Bournemouth, albeit for just 2 weeks. He was offered a job in a radio newsroom, so he quit, £1000 in debt after buying a big hi-fi and big TV.

==BBC Radio 1==

Dom was a freelance reporter before he joined Radio 1 in 1997. He first worked (briefly) alongside [[Chris Moyles]] when he read the overnight news on [[The Early Bit|Chris's 4-7am show]]. Following work as a Newsbeat reporter, Dom returned to the studio as part of the regular presentation team a couple of years later. He would often fill in for Carolyn Atkinson and read the news on [[The Afternoon Show|Chris' afternoon show]], where he struck up a good rapport with Chris and [[David Vitty|Dave]]. They even made him his own advert, voiced by Mark Goodier, advertising ''The Greatest Hit Blunders Of Dominic Byrne'' - a spoof CD full of his news reading cock-ups. Following a move to Entertainment News, he made a brief return to Chris' afternoon show in 2003, participating in ''Huey Lewis & The News'' - an odd short-lived feature that interspersed Huey tracks with the latest showbiz headlines.

==The Chris Moyles Show==

Dominic joined the show permanently in January 2004. He was part of the team that launched the all new [[The Chris Moyles Show|Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]], describing the first day as "early, and fantastic". Since moving to Breakfast, Dom became a hugely popular member of the team - and the source of many funny moments. They include his Hunt For David Hoff in Hawaii, and the time he rang the Eiffel Tower as part of investigative feature Get Dom On It. His spoof feature ''One Road Travel'' parodied local radio by just reporting one road a day.

Dom was rather gullible on the show, often falling for the rest of the team's practical jokes, including the time that they convinced him that the guest, hypnotist Paul McKenna, was reading his mind by describing what car he was thinking of buying (the information had been provided by Dom's wife).

Dom regarded his proudest moment on the show as performing dressed as a giant dog to 15,000 people at One Big Weekend in Birmingham. This as part of spoof rap band Mouldy Lookin' Stain. He was also the co-founder and singer in popular beat combo Folk Face, who performed in the Jazz Tent at the 2005 Glastonbury festival before sadly splitting. Dom says if he could control the Radio 1 Playlist for one day, he'd have 'Folk. Lots of folk'. Dom is a huge U2 fan and also does impressions. They included the late Jade Goody, Jim Brennan, Tim Westwood, Jools Holland and Ronnie Corbett. Dom has also interviewed many famous celebrities for the show, including Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Schwimmer, Uma Thurman and Pierce Brosnan. He is known for his hard hitting questions, such as 'What's your favourite cheese?'.

==Post-Radio 1 work==

In March 2013, he joined commercial radio station Capital FM to read the news on their flagship breakfast show. He left the station in June 2014.

==Radio X==

In September 2015, it was announced that he would be joining Chris Moyles on the [[Radio X Breakfast Show]] when it launched on 21 September 2015.

==Television work==

On television, Dominic provided the voice of Zorst in the CBeebies show ''Space Pirates'' in 2007. From 2007 to 2012, he was the presenter on Newsbeat's Oddbox; a short programme broadcast on BBC News looking at strange news stories from that week. He also presented ''Dragons' Den Online'', an online version of the hit BBC Two series ''Dragons' Den''.

==Personal life==

Dom was married to Nicola until they split in 2015. The couple were married since March 2001 and have three children: son Finton, born in July 2003, and two daughters Xanthe, born in November 2005, and Tilda, born in May 2009. Nicola died of lung cancer in 2018. At the time of Nicola's illness, Dominic was absent from the show for a prolonged time, although nothing was specifically mentioned about it on air.

Away from broadcasting, he runs a voice training course. [http://www.dominicbyrnetraining.com]. He also owns a company called Open Mouth Productions, through which he provides vocal training for both corporate and private individuals.

==Trivia==

* Despite being from Norwich, he hates the Norfolk accent.
* He claims to be a vegetarian, but eats chicken, duck and fish.
* He supports Liverpool FC and his favourite colour is red.
* He likes to visit Whipsnade Zoo and in particular, Barclay the sea lion.
* He once soaked the crotch of radio personality Dave Pearce whilst flipping beer mats.

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Chris Moyles

2020-08-20T07:18:46Z

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{{TeamMember|Moyles_2012.jpg|Chris Moyles, 2012|Chris Moyles}}
'''Christopher Moyles''' is an English broadcaster, best known for his work on [[BBC Radio 1]].

= Family and Personal Life =
[[File:Chris_Parents.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris and his parents]]
Chris Moyles was born in Leeds on February 22nd 1974, the youngest member of the Moyles family.

He has one older brother, Kieron, who works as a promotions executive in London and was born on June 8th. His dad Chris used to work for the post office, and is now retired. His mum Hannah Veronica (aka "VIP Vera"), is also retired, and used to work as a school assistant. Chris' parents still live together in Leeds.

Chris has been in a relationship with his partner Tiffany since September 2015. He split up with his long-term girlfriend Sophie Waite in 2010. Before Sophie, Chris dated ex-children's TV presenter Ana Boulter. The pair met in March 1999, and eventually split up in December 2001, to much publicity. Prior to that Chris had a long relationship with Helen Legh, who he met while working for the GWR network. Helen is now the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pz4zc breakfast DJ on Sundays] for [http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecountiesradio BBC Three Counties Radio].

In February 2014, it was reported that a court found that Chris tried to avoid paying up to £1 million of income tax in a scheme where he claimed to be a second-hand car dealer. He said on Twitter that he took "full responsibility" and "learned a valuable lesson".

In 2020, he and Tiffany adopted two kittens, Chewie and Leia, who he often mentions on his Radio X breakfast show.

= Career =
As well as presenting various radio shows, Moyles has worked on a number of television projects, including ''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]'' for Channel 4, ''[[Live With Chris Moyles]]'' on Channel 5 and ''The Chris Moyles Show'' for UK Play. He has also released two parody albums; [[The Parody Album]] in 2009 and [[The Difficult Second Album]], released in 2012.

On 30 June 2014, it was reported that Chris had announced that he has retired from showbusiness after a 20 year career in radio and TV. The following day, Chris took to Twitter to deny that he had retired and accused the journalist who broke the 'story' of making it up.

== The Early Days ==
[[File:Young_Chris.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A young Moyles]]
Chris began his radio career at an early age, working for a hospital radio station in Wakefield - located in the top of a very large building in a mental unit! He also worked at the weekends on [[Radio Top Shop]], a fact that has been mentioned lots on the show throughout the years.

After leaving school with five GCSEs at the age of 16, Chris joined [[Aire FM]] in Leeds (now Radio Aire), initially making cups of tea for Carol Vorderman. He then moved abroad at the age of 18 to present on the world famous [[Radio Luxembourg]] (where he used the name Chris Holmes, Holmes being his mothers maiden name).

After he had worked there for nine months the station was shut down, so Chris went back to Yorkshire and worked for [[The Pulse]] in Bradford, until he was fired eleven months later. Work at other radio stations up and down the country followed - including [[Signal Radio]] in Stoke, [[GWR Radio]] in Bristol, [[Northants FM]], [[Chiltern Radio]] in Dunstable and [[Horizon FM]] in Milton Keynes.

In 1996 Chris secured a move to London station [[Capital FM]], where he presented his show [[The Late Bit]] each weekend. Without any co-presenters or sidekicks, Chris’ unique style was more obviously seen, and he gained a cult following for his late night antics. He would regularly impersonate his fellow DJs, cut off and abuse any dull callers, and invite women listeners into the studio. (Including the time he painted a naked listeners breasts, live on air).

[[File:Early_Chris.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]His catalogue of features included ''Throwing CDs at the Studio Clock'', ''I don’t want to go to work tomorrow'' and (the amazing) ''True or False''.

Chris was also credited with bringing Britpop music to Capital, in particular Oasis, which he claims Alan McGee still loves him for.

Audio clips from Chris’s local radio career can be found in [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?catid=4 the Antique Moyles section] of our [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php Sound Vault].

By the beginning of 1997, people were beginning to talk - and Chris was voted as one of the “Faces for '97” by Sky Magazine. After a year at Capital, the opposition came calling. Kiss 100, London's dance station, wanted him to present their breakfast show, but Chris declined the offer.

== Radio One (1997 - 2012) ==
Chris' no-holds barred approach eventually brought him to the attention of [[BBC Radio 1]] bosses Jeff Smith and Andy Parfitt. After a drunken night out with (then) controller Matthew Bannister, Chris was persuaded to join the station. He did so on Monday 28th July 1997 and styled himself as '''''"The Saviour of Early Morning Radio"'''''.

At the age of 23, he also became Radio One's second youngest DJ ever. The only one younger was Noel Edmonds.

=== The Early Bit (1997 - 1998) ===
{{Main|The Early Bit}}
Chris’s first show on Radio One was '''''[[The Early Bit]]''''', which went out Monday - Friday from 4-7am.

[[File:Early_Chris_Dave.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris and Dave in the early days]]Joined at first by producer Simon Barnett and broadcast assistant Jude Adam, Chris soon developed a friendship with fellow overnight host Clive Warren, who made regular appearances on the show. As too did Dave Vitty, at the time a technical operative, working as the London based button puncher on the Mark and Lard Breakfast Show.

Soon Dave, christened "''[[Comedy Dave]]''" because he wasn't very funny, joined the show alongside new producer, Ben Cooper.

The show added 200,000 listeners before the end of 1997, boosting Chris’ listenership to over a million. He was handed the additional 6-9am Saturday Breakfast Show as a result.

This is the show on which Moyles first worked with Simon Hollis (aka Melinda), who’d later go on to work on the afternoon show.

=== The Saturday Show (1998 - 2001) ===
{{Main|The Saturday Show}}
The Saturday version of Chris' show used to be a great way to start the weekend proper.

Still often mentioned lots on air years after it ended, it ran for over three and a half years, and was often performed under a haze of booze from the night before. It was also the show on which Moyles and Dave first worked with their future Breakfast Show producer, [[Rachel Jones]].

On April 25th 1998 Chris was promoted from his previous 6-9am Saturday slot, as Radio One revamped their weekend schedules. He was given the new 10am-1pm show, produced by Richard Murdoch - and less than ably assisted by "Baldie" Greg Young.

The show also often contained slightly bizarre competitions, the most famous probably being ''Hello, I'm Listening''. This involved Chris phoning up someone, who would then have to answer with "Hello, I'm Listening". There would also be variations of this, with different phrases. Sometimes callers would be from the phone books of the team, or from emails into the show.

=== Afternoons (1998 - 2003) ===
{{Main|Afternoon Show}}
On Monday 12th October 1998, Chris Moyles was allowed out to play in daylight. Given a new, lucrative two year contract - partly to prevent Chris Evans from poaching him to go to rival commercial station Virgin Radio - Chris was promoted to front the late afternoon show (originally called The Afternoon Bit), initially from 4 - 5.45pm and later from 3 - 5:45.

Joined initially by Dave and Ben, the slot became home to Chris for over half a decade, and it was in the afternoons that he really established himself as a household name.

You can download edited afternoon shows [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=22798 here].

=== The Breakfast Show (2004 - 2012) ===
{{Main|The Chris Moyles Show}}
On Monday January 5th 2004 at 7am, the breakfast radio revolution began.

Chris' first show kicked off with a simply unforgettable five minute opener, put together by imaging company Music4 (the company who made all of Chris' jingles). Comedy Dave called it "quietly understated", and it undoubtedly ranks up there as one of the shows’ greatest ever moments.

The show ended in September 2012 with a special live broadcast from the BBC Radio Theatre in London.

A (soon to be) complete archive of the Breakfast Show (edited to remove music and news/sport) is available [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=22798 here]

=== After the Breakfast Show ===
Chris was contracted to Radio 1 until 2014, though he did not appear on the station between September 2012 and 2014.

On 30 September 2014, Chris tweeted that he had had a meeting about "never doing radio EVER again. Signed, sealed and delivered".

==Radio X==
{{Main|The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show}}

In the summer of 2015, it was strongly rumoured that Moyles would be returning to radio as part of Xfm's rebranding to [[Radio X]].

On 6 September 2015, Chris Moyles posted [https://t.co/7cZn2VJFyx a video on his YouTube channel] called ''"It's Time"'', in which his footsteps are shown leading him to the attic, where he pulls out a box marked "Do Not Open Until 2015"...

He later posted a picture on Twitter bearing the words:

RADIO X
MONDAY 21ST
SEPT
06:30

In an interview with The Sun, he officially announced that he would be presenting [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] from 21 September, going head to head with Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw, who replaced Moyles in 2012.

[[Dominic Byrne]] and [[Pippa Taylor]] will be returning to work with Moyles on the new show.

== TV / Film Work ==
Away from his work on radio, Chris has also appeared on television and in films, with varying degress of success.

=== The Chris Moyles Show (1998) ===
Chris' first major TV work came in 1998, when he was given his own weekly show on the now-defunct UK satellite and cable channel UK Play. ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV series)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' featured both Chris and Comedy Dave presenting a rather odd but amusing half hour mix of music videos, features and celebrity guests.

Items on the programme included Viewers Letters, Fake Interviews, Goodbye Song and The Bubble Rapper. The show ran for two series’, and you can view nine full episodes in our [[Videos|Video Vault]], including the infamous "carrots" episode - where Dave inserted carrots up his nostrils.

In 1999, Chris joined forces with MTV star Donna Air to host a revival of the ground-breaking music show ''The Tube''. The duo presented a one-off extravaganza on Saturday 20th November for Sky One, beamed live from the show's original home, the Tyne Tees studio in Newcastle.

In June 2001, Chris was also a one off guest presenter on Channel 4’s ''The Big Breakfast'', joining co host Richard Bacon.

Following the long-standing tradition of Radio 1 DJs presenting the show, Moyles also appeared several times on the BBC’s former music show ''Top of the Pops'' - first with Jamie Theakston at the TOTP Awards, and then later in 2004/2005 (on one occasion with the entire radio show team).

=== Live With Chris Moyles (2002) ===
Produced by former Radio One DJ Chris Evans and his UMTV production company, ''[[Live With Chris Moyles]]'' (working title ''Chris Moyles Live'') was commissioned for a 13-week run on Channel 5, starting in September, airing five nights a week at 7pm.

It was seen as a successor to Evans' ''TFI Friday'' and Chris' big chance to make a name for himself on TV. Broadcasting live from a pub in North London, Chris would host the show from behind the bar, with features such as Push The Pint and Off The Top Of My Head. He was determined to make his new project a big success, despite the clash with his radio work (his Radio 1 show finished at 5:45, just over an hour before his TV show began).

Unfortunately, things didn't quite go according to plan. Ten minutes into the first show, a caller made a four letter outburst live on the air, and it was practically downhill from there. Viewing figures dropped as low as 200,000 and Chris eventually departed by "mutual consent" in January 2003.

He was replaced for the second series by XFM DJ Christian O'Connell. You can see a few clips from the programme in the [[Videos|chrismoyles.net Video Vault here]], and check our TV Reviews Archive to read more.

=== Chris Moyles Quiz Night (2009 - 2012) ===

'''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]''' aired on Channel 4 in the UK between 2009 and 2012. Star guests would compete along with Moyles in a quiz where the prize was an item from Chris' home (this was dropped after series 1). Quiz Night ran for five series between 2009 and 2012 before being axed by Channel 4.

===Love Machine (2012 - 2013)===

Chris teamed up with TV personality Stacey Solomon to present a dating show, ''Love Machine'', for Sky Living which began airing in 2012. The show was axed after a second series in 2013.

=== Miscellaneous TV Work ===
His other TV credits include his infamous appearance on ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' (1998), plus ''Showbiz Weekly'' (1998), ''Casting Couch'' (1999), ''A Question of Pop'' (2000), ''The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows'' (2001), ''I Love the 1990s'' (2001), ''The Springer Show'' (2001), ''Fame Academy'' (2002), ''Patrick Kielty .. Almost Live'' (2002), ''Stupid Punts'' (2002, 2003), ''This Is Your Life'' - David Dickinson (2003), ''Bo Selecta'' (2003), ''Later with Jools Holland'' (2003), ''Big Brother's Little Brother'' (2003, 2004, 2005), BBC FA Cup MOTD (2004), ''Reverse-A-Word'' (2004), ''Children In Need'' (2005) and ''Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live'' (2005).

Chris was also the voice behind ''The Villa'' on Sky One, and appeared in the video for Avid Merrion’s 2003 single ''Proper Crimbo''. He is a frequent guest on ITV's daytime show ''This Morning''.

In 2006, he made an appearance with his family (his brother Kieron, his then-girlfriend Sophie and his parents; Vera and Chris Snr.) on the first episode of ITV1's newly revamped ''All Star Family Fortunes'' show, losing to fellow Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton and her family. He also had a brief role in BBC1's hotel drama ''Hotel Babylon''.

In 2010, Chris wrote and presented a one-off documentary for the BBC called ''When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs'', in which he met most of the previous BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Shows DJs since the station launched in 1967, with the notable exceptions of Chris Evans and Noel Edmonds. In 2012, he presented a one-off comedy showcase called ''Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire'', also on the BBC.

Since moving to the Breakfast Show, Chris has also become a movie star - featuring in three blockbuster films. Not visually, but as a radio DJ. The films in question are 2004's ''Wimbledon'' [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1083 (clip here)], and 2005's ''Robots'' and ''War of the Worlds''. His face also appeared on a character in a video game based on the TV series ''24''.

====''X Factor: Battle of the Stars''====

In May/June 2006 Moyles appeared on a celebrity version of ITV’s music talent competition ''X-Factor'', entitled ''X Factor: Battle Of The Stars''. Under the stewardship of Louis Walsh, Chris reached the semi finals, losing out to rugby player Matt Stevens and the eventual winner, actress Lucy Benjamin. Over the course of seven consecutive nights, Chris wowed the crowds with his performances of [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1418 ''What A Wonderful World''], [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1423 ''Burning Love''] and [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1416 ''Ain’t That A Kick In The Head''] (click the links for audio).

== Theatre ==
=== Jesus Christ Superstar ===

In September 2012, Chris made his stage debut playing King Herod in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' alongside Melanie Chisholm and Tim Minchin.

==Books==

Chris has written two autobiographies, [[The Gospel According to Chris Moyles]] and [[The Difficult Second Book]], published in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

==Music==

''[[The Parody Album]]'' was recorded and released in 2009. A follow-up, ''[[The Difficult Second Album]]'', was released in 2012.

== YouTube Channel ==

In 2011, Chris set up his own personal YouTube channel, [https://www.youtube.com/user/chrismoylesofficial ChrisMoylesOfficial].

Initially, he only posted a few videos of himself at BBC Television Centre; showing off the new set of ''Quiz Night'' and searching for the old 'Broom Cupboard' presentation studio with Andi Peters. However, in September 2014, he returned to YouTube with his Ice Bucket Challenge video and a video blog called "[[A Week In The Life Of Chris Moyles]]", including some celebrity guests. "A Week in the Life..." was last made on 4 December 2014 and there have been no further videos in this series as of September 2015.

Chris has since marked the old videos on his channel as private, leaving only the Ice Bucket Challenge and his 'Week in the Life of' videos available.

==Other work==

On 14 June 2004, Chris appeared in a cameo role on long-running BBC Radio 4 soap ''The Archers''.

After the Breakfast Show ended in 2012, Chris and some members of the team including [[Dominic Byrne|Dominic]] and [[Aled Jones|Aled]] went on tour around the UK with an 80 minute live show featuring karaoke with a live band and comedy.

In 2014, Chris joined Ant and Dec on the Sheffield date of their ''Saturday Night Takeaway'' live tour as a guest announcer.

In 2020, Chris began doing a DJ set live from his home on Instagram every Friday night at 7pm. From July, the set was sponsored by Currys PC World, for whom Chris has also done adverts.

= Controversies =

{{Main|Chris Moyles controversies}}

Moyles has been involved in many controversial incidents, including allegations of sexism, homophobia and tax avoidance.

= Trivia =

* Chris was nearly named Rory Moyles by his mum.

* The first record on his afternoon show was "''Where's The Love''" by Hanson, played on 12/10/98.

* His last record on the afternoon show was "''My Way''" by Sid Vicious, played on 05/12/03.

* Chris began the Breakfast show by playing "''Flowers In The Rain''", by The Move. This was also the first record played on Radio 1 when it launched in 1967.

* The American voiceovers heard between songs on Chris' shows were done by Paul Turner. Paul has worked on a wide range of American radio stations/shows through the years, including Howard Stern and K-ROCK in New York. He is currently the image voice for CNN and Fox Major League Baseball in the States, and began recording material for Moyles when he worked in local radio.

* Before he joined Radio One, Chris used to post regularly to Usenet radio newsgroups (he's a closet geek!). You can view a collection of Chris's postings here: [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!activity/alt.radio.uk/6l1Y2qaTHTQJ]

* Chris is managed by Vivienne Clore, a talent agent specialising in comedy and multi-skilled presenters. He has been with Vivienne since summer 2000, and was previously managed by ex Radio One DJ Bruno Brookes.

* On 6 August 2003, he was involved in a car crash alongside Comedy Dave. Both escaped unhurt.

* In 2005 it was leaked to ''The Sun'' newspaper that Chris was on a contract with Radio One worth '£630,000 per year'; more than double the second-highest earner on the station.

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'''Christopher Moyles''' is an English broadcaster, best known for his work on [[BBC Radio 1]].

= Family and Personal Life =
[[File:Chris_Parents.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris and his parents]]
Chris Moyles was born in Leeds on February 22nd 1974, the youngest member of the Moyles family.

He has one older brother, Kieron, who works as a promotions executive in London and was born on June 8th. His dad Chris used to work for the post office, and is now retired. His mum Hannah Veronica (aka "VIP Vera"), is also retired, and used to work as a school assistant. Chris' parents still live together in Leeds.

Chris is currently dating an unnamed lady as of September 2015. He split up with his long-term girlfriend Sophie Waite in 2010. Before Sophie, Chris dated ex-children's TV presenter Ana Boulter. The pair met in March 1999, and eventually split up in December 2001, to much publicity. Prior to that Chris had a long relationship with Helen Legh, who he met while working for the GWR network. Helen is now the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pz4zc breakfast DJ on Sundays] for [http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecountiesradio BBC Three Counties Radio].

In February 2014, it was reported that a court found that Chris tried to avoid paying up to £1 million of income tax in a scheme where he claimed to be a second-hand car dealer. He said on Twitter that he took "full responsibility" and "learned a valuable lesson".

= Career =
As well as presenting various radio shows, Moyles has worked on a number of television projects, including ''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]'' for Channel 4, ''[[Live With Chris Moyles]]'' on Channel 5 and ''The Chris Moyles Show'' for UK Play. He has also released two parody albums; [[The Parody Album]] in 2009 and [[The Difficult Second Album]], released in 2012.

On 30 June 2014, it was reported that Chris had announced that he has retired from showbusiness after a 20 year career in radio and TV. The following day, Chris took to Twitter to deny that he had retired and accused the journalist who broke the 'story' of making it up.

== The Early Days ==
[[File:Young_Chris.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A young Moyles]]
Chris began his radio career at an early age, working for a hospital radio station in Wakefield - located in the top of a very large building in a mental unit! He also worked at the weekends on [[Radio Top Shop]], a fact that has been mentioned lots on the show throughout the years.

After leaving school with five GCSEs at the age of 16, Chris joined [[Aire FM]] in Leeds (now Radio Aire), initially making cups of tea for Carol Vorderman. He then moved abroad at the age of 18 to present on the world famous [[Radio Luxembourg]] (where he used the name Chris Holmes, Holmes being his mothers maiden name).

After he had worked there for nine months the station was shut down, so Chris went back to Yorkshire and worked for [[The Pulse]] in Bradford, until he was fired eleven months later. Work at other radio stations up and down the country followed - including [[Signal Radio]] in Stoke, [[GWR Radio]] in Bristol, [[Northants FM]], [[Chiltern Radio]] in Dunstable and [[Horizon FM]] in Milton Keynes.

In 1996 Chris secured a move to London station [[Capital FM]], where he presented his show [[The Late Bit]] each weekend. Without any co-presenters or sidekicks, Chris’ unique style was more obviously seen, and he gained a cult following for his late night antics. He would regularly impersonate his fellow DJs, cut off and abuse any dull callers, and invite women listeners into the studio. (Including the time he painted a naked listeners breasts, live on air).

[[File:Early_Chris.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]His catalogue of features included ''Throwing CDs at the Studio Clock'', ''I don’t want to go to work tomorrow'' and (the amazing) ''True or False''.

Chris was also credited with bringing Britpop music to Capital, in particular Oasis, which he claims Alan McGee still loves him for.

Audio clips from Chris’s local radio career can be found in [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?catid=4 the Antique Moyles section] of our [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php Sound Vault].

By the beginning of 1997, people were beginning to talk - and Chris was voted as one of the “Faces for '97” by Sky Magazine. After a year at Capital, the opposition came calling. Kiss 100, London's dance station, wanted him to present their breakfast show, but Chris declined the offer.

== Radio One (1997 - 2012) ==
Chris' no-holds barred approach eventually brought him to the attention of [[BBC Radio 1]] bosses Jeff Smith and Andy Parfitt. After a drunken night out with (then) controller Matthew Bannister, Chris was persuaded to join the station. He did so on Monday 28th July 1997 and styled himself as '''''"The Saviour of Early Morning Radio"'''''.

At the age of 23, he also became Radio One's second youngest DJ ever. The only one younger was Noel Edmonds.

=== The Early Bit (1997 - 1998) ===
{{Main|The Early Bit}}
Chris’s first show on Radio One was '''''[[The Early Bit]]''''', which went out Monday - Friday from 4-7am.

[[File:Early_Chris_Dave.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris and Dave in the early days]]Joined at first by producer Simon Barnett and broadcast assistant Jude Adam, Chris soon developed a friendship with fellow overnight host Clive Warren, who made regular appearances on the show. As too did Dave Vitty, at the time a technical operative, working as the London based button puncher on the Mark and Lard Breakfast Show.

Soon Dave, christened "''[[Comedy Dave]]''" because he wasn't very funny, joined the show alongside new producer, Ben Cooper.

The show added 200,000 listeners before the end of 1997, boosting Chris’ listenership to over a million. He was handed the additional 6-9am Saturday Breakfast Show as a result.

This is the show on which Moyles first worked with Simon Hollis (aka Melinda), who’d later go on to work on the afternoon show.

=== The Saturday Show (1998 - 2001) ===
{{Main|The Saturday Show}}
The Saturday version of Chris' show used to be a great way to start the weekend proper.

Still often mentioned lots on air years after it ended, it ran for over three and a half years, and was often performed under a haze of booze from the night before. It was also the show on which Moyles and Dave first worked with their future Breakfast Show producer, [[Rachel Jones]].

On April 25th 1998 Chris was promoted from his previous 6-9am Saturday slot, as Radio One revamped their weekend schedules. He was given the new 10am-1pm show, produced by Richard Murdoch - and less than ably assisted by "Baldie" Greg Young.

The show also often contained slightly bizarre competitions, the most famous probably being ''Hello, I'm Listening''. This involved Chris phoning up someone, who would then have to answer with "Hello, I'm Listening". There would also be variations of this, with different phrases. Sometimes callers would be from the phone books of the team, or from emails into the show.

=== Afternoons (1998 - 2003) ===
{{Main|Afternoon Show}}
On Monday 12th October 1998, Chris Moyles was allowed out to play in daylight. Given a new, lucrative two year contract - partly to prevent Chris Evans from poaching him to go to rival commercial station Virgin Radio - Chris was promoted to front the late afternoon show (originally called The Afternoon Bit), initially from 4 - 5.45pm and later from 3 - 5:45.

Joined initially by Dave and Ben, the slot became home to Chris for over half a decade, and it was in the afternoons that he really established himself as a household name.

You can download edited afternoon shows [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=22798 here].

=== The Breakfast Show (2004 - 2012) ===
{{Main|The Chris Moyles Show}}
On Monday January 5th 2004 at 7am, the breakfast radio revolution began.

Chris' first show kicked off with a simply unforgettable five minute opener, put together by imaging company Music4 (the company who made all of Chris' jingles). Comedy Dave called it "quietly understated", and it undoubtedly ranks up there as one of the shows’ greatest ever moments.

The show ended in September 2012 with a special live broadcast from the BBC Radio Theatre in London.

A (soon to be) complete archive of the Breakfast Show (edited to remove music and news/sport) is available [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=22798 here]

=== After the Breakfast Show ===
Chris was contracted to Radio 1 until 2014, though he did not appear on the station between September 2012 and 2014.

On 30 September 2014, Chris tweeted that he had had a meeting about "never doing radio EVER again. Signed, sealed and delivered".

==Radio X==
{{Main|The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show}}

In the summer of 2015, it was strongly rumoured that Moyles would be returning to radio as part of Xfm's rebranding to [[Radio X]].

On 6 September 2015, Chris Moyles posted [https://t.co/7cZn2VJFyx a video on his YouTube channel] called ''"It's Time"'', in which his footsteps are shown leading him to the attic, where he pulls out a box marked "Do Not Open Until 2015"...

He later posted a picture on Twitter bearing the words:

RADIO X
MONDAY 21ST
SEPT
06:30

In an interview with The Sun, he officially announced that he would be presenting [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] from 21 September, going head to head with Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw, who replaced Moyles in 2012.

[[Dominic Byrne]] and [[Pippa Taylor]] will be returning to work with Moyles on the new show.

== TV / Film Work ==
Away from his work on radio, Chris has also appeared on television and in films, with varying degress of success.

=== The Chris Moyles Show (1998) ===
Chris' first major TV work came in 1998, when he was given his own weekly show on the now-defunct UK satellite and cable channel UK Play. ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV series)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' featured both Chris and Comedy Dave presenting a rather odd but amusing half hour mix of music videos, features and celebrity guests.

Items on the programme included Viewers Letters, Fake Interviews, Goodbye Song and The Bubble Rapper. The show ran for two series’, and you can view nine full episodes in our [[Videos|Video Vault]], including the infamous "carrots" episode - where Dave inserted carrots up his nostrils.

In 1999, Chris joined forces with MTV star Donna Air to host a revival of the ground-breaking music show ''The Tube''. The duo presented a one-off extravaganza on Saturday 20th November for Sky One, beamed live from the show's original home, the Tyne Tees studio in Newcastle.

In June 2001, Chris was also a one off guest presenter on Channel 4’s ''The Big Breakfast'', joining co host Richard Bacon.

Following the long-standing tradition of Radio 1 DJs presenting the show, Moyles also appeared several times on the BBC’s former music show ''Top of the Pops'' - first with Jamie Theakston at the TOTP Awards, and then later in 2004/2005 (on one occasion with the entire radio show team).

=== Live With Chris Moyles (2002) ===
Produced by former Radio One DJ Chris Evans and his UMTV production company, ''[[Live With Chris Moyles]]'' (working title ''Chris Moyles Live'') was commissioned for a 13-week run on Channel 5, starting in September, airing five nights a week at 7pm.

It was seen as a successor to Evans' ''TFI Friday'' and Chris' big chance to make a name for himself on TV. Broadcasting live from a pub in North London, Chris would host the show from behind the bar, with features such as Push The Pint and Off The Top Of My Head. He was determined to make his new project a big success, despite the clash with his radio work (his Radio 1 show finished at 5:45, just over an hour before his TV show began).

Unfortunately, things didn't quite go according to plan. Ten minutes into the first show, a caller made a four letter outburst live on the air, and it was practically downhill from there. Viewing figures dropped as low as 200,000 and Chris eventually departed by "mutual consent" in January 2003.

He was replaced for the second series by XFM DJ Christian O'Connell. You can see a few clips from the programme in the [[Videos|chrismoyles.net Video Vault here]], and check our TV Reviews Archive to read more.

=== Chris Moyles Quiz Night (2009 - 2012) ===

'''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]''' aired on Channel 4 in the UK between 2009 and 2012. Star guests would compete along with Moyles in a quiz where the prize was an item from Chris' home (this was dropped after series 1). Quiz Night ran for five series between 2009 and 2012 before being axed by Channel 4.

===Love Machine (2012 - 2013)===

Chris teamed up with TV personality Stacey Solomon to present a dating show, ''Love Machine'', for Sky Living which began airing in 2012. The show was axed after a second series in 2013.

=== Miscellaneous TV Work ===
His other TV credits include his infamous appearance on ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' (1998), plus ''Showbiz Weekly'' (1998), ''Casting Couch'' (1999), ''A Question of Pop'' (2000), ''The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows'' (2001), ''I Love the 1990s'' (2001), ''The Springer Show'' (2001), ''Fame Academy'' (2002), ''Patrick Kielty .. Almost Live'' (2002), ''Stupid Punts'' (2002, 2003), ''This Is Your Life'' - David Dickinson (2003), ''Bo Selecta'' (2003), ''Later with Jools Holland'' (2003), ''Big Brother's Little Brother'' (2003, 2004, 2005), BBC FA Cup MOTD (2004), ''Reverse-A-Word'' (2004), ''Children In Need'' (2005) and ''Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live'' (2005).

Chris was also the voice behind ''The Villa'' on Sky One, and appeared in the video for Avid Merrion’s 2003 single ''Proper Crimbo''. He is a frequent guest on ITV's daytime show ''This Morning''.

In 2006, he made an appearance with his family (his brother Kieron, his then-girlfriend Sophie and his parents; Vera and Chris Snr.) on the first episode of ITV1's newly revamped ''All Star Family Fortunes'' show, losing to fellow Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton and her family. He also had a brief role in BBC1's hotel drama ''Hotel Babylon''.

In 2010, Chris wrote and presented a one-off documentary for the BBC called ''When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs'', in which he met most of the previous BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Shows DJs since the station launched in 1967, with the notable exceptions of Chris Evans and Noel Edmonds. In 2012, he presented a one-off comedy showcase called ''Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire'', also on the BBC.

Since moving to the Breakfast Show, Chris has also become a movie star - featuring in three blockbuster films. Not visually, but as a radio DJ. The films in question are 2004's ''Wimbledon'' [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1083 (clip here)], and 2005's ''Robots'' and ''War of the Worlds''. His face also appeared on a character in a video game based on the TV series ''24''.

====''X Factor: Battle of the Stars''====

In May/June 2006 Moyles appeared on a celebrity version of ITV’s music talent competition ''X-Factor'', entitled ''X Factor: Battle Of The Stars''. Under the stewardship of Louis Walsh, Chris reached the semi finals, losing out to rugby player Matt Stevens and the eventual winner, actress Lucy Benjamin. Over the course of seven consecutive nights, Chris wowed the crowds with his performances of [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1418 ''What A Wonderful World''], [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1423 ''Burning Love''] and [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1416 ''Ain’t That A Kick In The Head''] (click the links for audio).

== Theatre ==
=== Jesus Christ Superstar ===

In September 2012, Chris made his stage debut playing King Herod in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' alongside Melanie Chisholm and Tim Minchin.

==Books==

Chris has written two autobiographies, [[The Gospel According to Chris Moyles]] and [[The Difficult Second Book]], published in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

==Music==

''[[The Parody Album]]'' was recorded and released in 2009. A follow-up, ''[[The Difficult Second Album]]'', was released in 2012.

== YouTube Channel ==

In 2011, Chris set up his own personal YouTube channel, [https://www.youtube.com/user/chrismoylesofficial ChrisMoylesOfficial].

Initially, he only posted a few videos of himself at BBC Television Centre; showing off the new set of ''Quiz Night'' and searching for the old 'Broom Cupboard' presentation studio with Andi Peters. However, in September 2014, he returned to YouTube with his Ice Bucket Challenge video and a video blog called "[[A Week In The Life Of Chris Moyles]]", including some celebrity guests. "A Week in the Life..." was last made on 4 December 2014 and there have been no further videos in this series as of September 2015.

Chris has since marked the old videos on his channel as private, leaving only the Ice Bucket Challenge and his 'Week in the Life of' videos available.

==Other work==

On 14 June 2004, Chris appeared in a cameo role on long-running BBC Radio 4 soap ''The Archers''.

After the Breakfast Show ended in 2012, Chris and some members of the team including [[Dominic Byrne|Dominic]] and [[Aled Jones|Aled]] went on tour around the UK with an 80 minute live show featuring karaoke with a live band and comedy.

In 2014, Chris joined Ant and Dec on the Sheffield date of their ''Saturday Night Takeaway'' live tour as a guest announcer.

In 2020, Chris began doing a DJ set live from his home on Instagram every Friday night at 7pm. From July, the set was sponsored by Currys PC World, for whom Chris has also done adverts.

= Controversies =

{{Main|Chris Moyles controversies}}

Moyles has been involved in many controversial incidents, including allegations of sexism, homophobia and tax avoidance.

= Trivia =

* Chris was nearly named Rory Moyles by his mum.

* The first record on his afternoon show was "''Where's The Love''" by Hanson, played on 12/10/98.

* His last record on the afternoon show was "''My Way''" by Sid Vicious, played on 05/12/03.

* Chris began the Breakfast show by playing "''Flowers In The Rain''", by The Move. This was also the first record played on Radio 1 when it launched in 1967.

* The American voiceovers heard between songs on Chris' shows were done by Paul Turner. Paul has worked on a wide range of American radio stations/shows through the years, including Howard Stern and K-ROCK in New York. He is currently the image voice for CNN and Fox Major League Baseball in the States, and began recording material for Moyles when he worked in local radio.

* Before he joined Radio One, Chris used to post regularly to Usenet radio newsgroups (he's a closet geek!). You can view a collection of Chris's postings here: [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!activity/alt.radio.uk/6l1Y2qaTHTQJ]

* Chris is managed by Vivienne Clore, a talent agent specialising in comedy and multi-skilled presenters. He has been with Vivienne since summer 2000, and was previously managed by ex Radio One DJ Bruno Brookes.

* On 6 August 2003, he was involved in a car crash alongside Comedy Dave. Both escaped unhurt.

* In 2005 it was leaked to ''The Sun'' newspaper that Chris was on a contract with Radio One worth '£630,000 per year'; more than double the second-highest earner on the station.

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The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

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'''The Chris Moyles Show''' is a radio show on [[Radio X]] (formerly XFM) which is presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Dominic Byrne]] and produced by [[James Robinson]]. [[Pippa Taylor]] is the Executive Producer.

==Background==

The show was announced by Moyles on YouTube and Twitter on 6 September 2015, and began broadcasting at 6:30am on 21 September 2015, almost three years to the day since Moyles was last heard on radio.

The first song played on the new show was ''Love Machine'' by Girls Aloud.

==The Team==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Dominic Byrne]]
| News reader
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Pippa Taylor]]
| Executive Producer
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Matt Parkes-Smith]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|-
| [[Dave Masterman]]
| Producer
| 2015
| 2017
|-
| [[James Robinson]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|}

==Features==

===Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz===

{{main|Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz}}
A feature resurrected from [[The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1)|the old show]]. Chris' friend [[Rob DJ]] provides the questions for a quiz that the team participate in.

===The Platinum Hour===

{{main|The Platinum Hour}}
An hour of random songs every Friday at 9am, just like the [[The Golden Hour|Golden Hour]]. Unlike on Radio 1, Chris picks all of the songs himself, although they must be pre-approved by the management.

===Reverse Words===

Occasionally, the team and Toby Tarrant will be given a phrase which has been played backwards, and they must try to say it backwards. The results are played forwards, with hilarious results.

===Happy Endings===

A music quiz where the last moments of songs are played, and the team have to identify the song and artist. The theme for the feature is the 2004 Avril Lavigne song "My Happy Ending".

===TV Themes===

The team have to identify TV themes which are played. There is also a link between the themes which the team can identify for bonus points.

===Letters===

Dominic reads letters sent to the team, some of which are accompanied by gifts from listeners or companies seeking free publicity. The address jingle is sometimes sung by celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon and David Hasselhoff.

===Dom's Big Slot===

A weekly feature presented by Dominic, which usually consists of a quiz where Dominic has a list of names of things, some of which are real and some of which are fake, and the rest of the team have to decide which is which.

==Past features==

===Radio Station Invasion===

A feature in the first couple of weeks involved all of Radio X's sister stations being listed on a big wheel in the studio. Chris would then spin the wheel and whichever it would land on, Chris would go to the studio of the station chosen and try to interrupt their show. He appeared on Smooth Radio and Classic FM, but Jamie Theakston refused to let him in to the Heart London studio.

===The Wheel of Slightly Inappropriate Tracks===

{{Main|The Wheel of Inappropriate Songs}}
Every day, a giant wheel in the studio with several tracks that wouldn't normally be played on Radio X is spun by Chris, and the track it stops on is played in full on the show.

===Freddie Friday===

Every Friday, Chris plays a Queen song with Freddie Mercury's vocals isolated during part of the song, to highlight Freddie's singing voice.

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The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

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'''The Chris Moyles Show''' is a radio show on [[Radio X]] (formerly XFM) which is presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Dominic Byrne]] and produced by [[Dave Masterman]]. [[Pippa Taylor]] is the Executive Producer.

==Background==

The show was announced by Moyles on YouTube and Twitter on 6 September 2015, and began broadcasting at 6:30am on 21 September 2015, almost three years to the day since Moyles was last heard on radio.

The first song played on the new show was ''Love Machine'' by Girls Aloud.

==The Team==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Dominic Byrne]]
| News reader
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Pippa Taylor]]
| Executive Producer
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Matt Parkes-Smith]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|-
| [[Dave Masterman]]
| Producer
| 2015
| 2017
|-
| [[James Robinson]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|}

==Features==

===Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz===

{{main|Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz}}
A feature resurrected from [[The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1)|the old show]]. Chris' friend [[Rob DJ]] provides the questions for a quiz that the team participate in.

===The Platinum Hour===

{{main|The Platinum Hour}}
An hour of random songs every Friday at 9am, just like the [[The Golden Hour|Golden Hour]]. Unlike on Radio 1, Chris picks all of the songs himself, although they must be pre-approved by the management.

===Reverse Words===

Occasionally, the team and Toby Tarrant will be given a phrase which has been played backwards, and they must try to say it backwards. The results are played forwards, with hilarious results.

===Happy Endings===

A music quiz where the last moments of songs are played, and the team have to identify the song and artist. The theme for the feature is the 2004 Avril Lavigne song "My Happy Ending".

===TV Themes===

The team have to identify TV themes which are played. There is also a link between the themes which the team can identify for bonus points.

===Letters===

Dominic reads letters sent to the team, some of which are accompanied by gifts from listeners or companies seeking free publicity. The address jingle is sometimes sung by celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon and David Hasselhoff.

===Dom's Big Slot===

A weekly feature presented by Dominic, which usually consists of a quiz where Dominic has a list of names of things, some of which are real and some of which are fake, and the rest of the team have to decide which is which.

==Past features==

===Radio Station Invasion===

A feature in the first couple of weeks involved all of Radio X's sister stations being listed on a big wheel in the studio. Chris would then spin the wheel and whichever it would land on, Chris would go to the studio of the station chosen and try to interrupt their show. He appeared on Smooth Radio and Classic FM, but Jamie Theakston refused to let him in to the Heart London studio.

===The Wheel of Slightly Inappropriate Tracks===

{{Main|The Wheel of Inappropriate Songs}}
Every day, a giant wheel in the studio with several tracks that wouldn't normally be played on Radio X is spun by Chris, and the track it stops on is played in full on the show.

===Freddie Friday===

Every Friday, Chris plays a Queen song with Freddie Mercury's vocals isolated during part of the song, to highlight Freddie's singing voice.

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The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2020-08-20T07:02:53Z

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'''The Chris Moyles Show''' is a radio show on [[Radio X]] (formerly XFM) which is presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Dominic Byrne]] and produced by [[Dave Masterman]]. [[Pippa Taylor]] is the Executive Producer.

==Background==

The show was announced by Moyles on YouTube and Twitter on 6 September 2015, and began broadcasting at 6:30am on 21 September 2015, almost three years to the day since Moyles was last heard on radio.

The first song played on the new show was ''Love Machine'' by Girls Aloud.

==The Team==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Dominic Byrne]]
| News reader
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Pippa Taylor]]
| Executive Producer
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Matt Parkes-Smith]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|-
| [[Dave Masterman]]
| Producer
| 2015
| 2017
|}

==Features==

===Radio Station Invasion===

A feature in the first couple of weeks involved all of Radio X's sister stations being listed on a big wheel in the studio. Chris would then spin the wheel and whichever it would land on, Chris would go to the studio of the station chosen and try to interrupt their show. He appeared on Smooth Radio and Classic FM, but Jamie Theakston refused to let him in to the Heart London studio.

===Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz===

{{main|Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz}}
A feature resurrected from [[The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1)|the old show]]. Chris' friend [[Rob DJ]] provides the questions for a quiz that the team participate in.

===The Platinum Hour===

{{main|The Platinum Hour}}
An hour of random songs every Friday at 9am, just like the [[The Golden Hour|Golden Hour]]. Unlike on Radio 1, Chris picks all of the songs himself, although they must be pre-approved by the management.

===The Wheel of Slightly Inappropriate Tracks===

{{Main|The Wheel of Inappropriate Songs}}
Every day, a giant wheel in the studio with several tracks that wouldn't normally be played on Radio X is spun by Chris, and the track it stops on is played in full on the show.

===Freddie Friday===

Every Friday, Chris plays a Queen song with Freddie Mercury's vocals isolated during part of the song, to highlight Freddie's singing voice.

===Reverse Words===

Occasionally, the team and Toby Tarrant will be given a phrase which has been played backwards, and they must try to say it backwards. The results are played forwards, with hilarious results.

===Letters===

Dominic reads letters sent to the team, some of which are accompanied by gifts from listeners or companies seeking free publicity. The address jingle is sometimes sung by celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon and David Hasselhoff.

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Pippa Taylor Tarrant

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'''Pippa Taylor''' (born 7 December 1977) is a radio producer who worked on the [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] [[The Chris Moyles Show|Chris Moyles Show]] and is currently an on-air contributor and producer of the [[The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)|The Chris Moyles Show]] on [[Radio X]] with [[Chris Moyles]] and [[Dominic Byrne]] which began on 21 September 2015.

Pippa is engaged to occasional show contributor Toby Tarrant, who presents the mid-morning show which follows the Chris Moyles Show. Her mother Diane is the mayor of Basingstoke.

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The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2019-06-10T08:48:02Z

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'''The Chris Moyles Show''' is a radio show on [[Radio X]] (formerly XFM) which is presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Dominic Byrne]] and produced by [[Dave Masterman]]. [[Pippa Taylor]] is the Executive Producer.

==Background==

The show was announced by Moyles on YouTube and Twitter on 6 September 2015, and began broadcasting at 6:30am on 21 September 2015, almost three years to the day since Moyles was last heard on radio.

It has been confirmed that O2 will sponsor the show and that Sandy Beech/Music4 have been approached to produce the jingles.

The first song played on the new show was ''Love Machine'' by Girls Aloud.

==The Team==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Dominic Byrne]]
| News reader
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Pippa Taylor]]
| Executive Producer
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Matt Parkes-Smith]]
| Producer
| 2017
| present
|-
| [[Dave Masterman]]
| Producer
| 2015
| 2017
|}

==Features==

===Radio Station Invasion===

A feature in the first couple of weeks involved all of Radio X's sister stations being listed on a big wheel in the studio. Chris would then spin the wheel and whichever it would land on, Chris would go to the studio of the station chosen and try to interrupt their show. He appeared on Smooth Radio and Classic FM, but Jamie Theakston refused to let him in to the Heart London studio.

===Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz===

{{main|Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz}}
A feature resurrected from [[The Chris Moyles Show (BBC Radio 1)|the old show]]. Chris' friend [[Rob DJ]] provides the questions for a quiz that the team participate in.

===The Platinum Hour===

{{main|The Platinum Hour}}
An hour of random songs every Friday at 9am, just like the [[The Golden Hour|Golden Hour]]. Unlike on Radio 1, Chris picks all of the songs himself, although they must be pre-approved by the management.

===The Wheel of Slightly Inappropriate Tracks===

{{Main|The Wheel of Inappropriate Songs}}
Every day, a giant wheel in the studio with several tracks that wouldn't normally be played on Radio X is spun by Chris, and the track it stops on is played in full on the show.

===Freddie Friday===

Every Friday, Chris plays a Queen song with Freddie Mercury's vocals isolated during part of the song, to highlight Freddie's singing voice.

===Reverse Words===

Occasionally, the team and Toby Tarrant will be given a phrase which has been played backwards, and they must try to say it backwards. The results are played forwards, with hilarious results.

===Letters===

Dominic reads letters sent to the team, some of which are accompanied by gifts from listeners or companies seeking free publicity. The address jingle is sometimes sung by celebrities, including Reese Witherspoon and David Hasselhoff.

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Dominic Byrne

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Dominic Anthony Byrne, aka "Egg Head" or "Slaphead", due to his bald head, was the newsreader on [[The Chris Moyles Show]]. He is soon to be the news reader on [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] on [[Radio X]].

==Early life and career==

Dom was born in Norwich on 10 November 1972. He likes to make it known he moved soon after. He describes himself as 'having lived all over the place'. After leaving college, Dom went to university in Bournemouth, albeit for just 2 weeks. He was offered a job in a radio newsroom, so he quit, £1000 in debt after buying a big hi-fi and big TV.

==BBC Radio 1==

Dom was a freelance reporter before he joined Radio 1 in 1997. He first worked (briefly) alongside [[Chris Moyles]] when he read the overnight news on [[The Early Bit|Chris's 4-7am show]]. Following work as a Newsbeat reporter, Dom returned to the studio as part of the regular presentation team a couple of years later. He would often fill in for Carolyn Atkinson and read the news on [[The Afternoon Show|Chris' afternoon show]], where he struck up a good rapport with Chris and [[David Vitty|Dave]]. They even made him his own advert, voiced by Mark Goodier, advertising ''The Greatest Hit Blunders Of Dominic Byrne'' - a spoof CD full of his news reading cock-ups. Following a move to Entertainment News, he made a brief return to Chris' afternoon show in 2003, participating in ''Huey Lewis & The News'' - an odd short-lived feature that interspersed Huey tracks with the latest showbiz headlines.

==The Chris Moyles Show==

Dominic joined the show permanently in January 2004. He was part of the team that launched the all new [[The Chris Moyles Show|Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]], describing the first day as "early, and fantastic". Since moving to Breakfast, Dom became a hugely popular member of the team - and the source of many funny moments. They include his Hunt For David Hoff in Hawaii, and the time he rang the Eiffel Tower as part of investigative feature Get Dom On It. His spoof feature ''One Road Travel'' parodied local radio by just reporting one road a day.

Dom was rather gullible on the show, often falling for the rest of the team's practical jokes, including the time that they convinced him that the guest, hypnotist Paul McKenna, was reading his mind by describing what car he was thinking of buying (the information had been provided by Dom's wife).

Dom regarded his proudest moment on the show as performing dressed as a giant dog to 15,000 people at One Big Weekend in Birmingham. This as part of spoof rap band Mouldy Lookin' Stain. He was also the co-founder and singer in popular beat combo Folk Face, who performed in the Jazz Tent at the 2005 Glastonbury festival before sadly splitting. Dom says if he could control the Radio 1 Playlist for one day, he'd have 'Folk. Lots of folk'. Dom is a huge U2 fan and also does impressions. They included the late Jade Goody, Jim Brennan, Tim Westwood, Jools Holland and Ronnie Corbett. Dom has also interviewed many famous celebrities for the show, including Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Schwimmer, Uma Thurman and Pierce Brosnan. He is known for his hard hitting questions, such as 'What's your favourite cheese?'.

==Post-Radio 1 work==

In March 2013, he joined commercial radio station Capital FM to read the news on their flagship breakfast show. He left the station in June 2014.

==Radio X==

In September 2015, it was announced that he would be joining Chris Moyles on the [[Radio X Breakfast Show]] when it launches on 21 September 2015.

==Television work==

On television, Dominic provided the voice of Zorst in the CBeebies show ''Space Pirates'' in 2007. From 2007 to 2012, he was the presenter on Newsbeat's Oddbox; a short programme broadcast on BBC News looking at strange news stories from that week. He also presented ''Dragons' Den Online'', an online version of the hit BBC Two series ''Dragons' Den''.

==Personal life==

Dom was married to Nicola until they split in 2015. The couple were married since March 2001 and have three children: son Finton, born in July 2003, and two daughters Xanthe, born in November 2005, and Tilda, born in May 2009. Nicola died of lung cancer in 2018. At the time of Nicola's illness, Dominic was absent from the show for a prolonged time, although nothing was specifically mentioned about it on air.

Away from broadcasting, he runs a voice training course. [http://www.dominicbyrnetraining.com]. He also owns a company called Open Mouth Productions, through which he provides vocal training for both corporate and private individuals.

==Trivia==

* Despite being from Norwich, he hates the Norfolk accent.
* He claims to be a vegetarian, but eats chicken, duck and fish.
* He supports Liverpool FC and his favourite colour is red.
* He likes to visit Whipsnade Zoo and in particular, Barclay the sea lion.
* He once soaked the crotch of radio personality Dave Pearce whilst flipping beer mats.

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Pippa Taylor Tarrant

2019-05-14T19:29:37Z

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'''Pippa Taylor''' (also known as Pippa Taylor-Hackett) is a radio producer who worked on the [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]] [[The Chris Moyles Show|Chris Moyles Show]] and is currently an on-air contributor and producer of the [[The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)|The Chris Moyles Show]] on [[Radio X]] with [[Chris Moyles]] and [[Dominic Byrne]] which began on 21 September 2015.

Pippa is in a relationship with occasional show contributor Toby Tarrant, who presents the mid-morning show which follows the Chris Moyles Show.

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Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz

2019-05-14T19:26:17Z

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'''Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz''' is a feature of [[The Chris Moyles Show]] on both BBC Radio 1 and Radio X which is played on a Tuesday morning.

== Origins ==
The quiz was written by a friend of Chris' from Leeds, [[Other contributors#Rob_DJ|Rob DJ]], who sent some questions from a real quiz that he hosted in a pub every Monday

== BBC Radio 1 ==
Rob's questions were given to the producer, [[Rachel Jones|Rachel]] (later [[Aled Haydn Jones|Aled]]), who would then ask five questions to the other members of the team. For a brief period, a member of the audience was given the chance to ring in and play along, and there was also a way for listeners to play by mobile phone.

== Radio X ==

In 2015, the feature was brought back for [[The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)|The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X]]. Rob DJ appeared live at the Radio X studios in the inaugural broadcast of the feature and following that streamed live into the studio. The feature is no longer called "Monday Night Pub Quiz", and also features a listener playing along with the team every week.

== Format ==

The questions often featured a mathematical problem and an anagram of a television show or celebrity. Many arguments were had over the answers, but the answer given by Rob DJ was final.

Rob DJ published a quiz book on the back of the success of this feature.

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Other contributors

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This is a list of guest hosts (those who hosted along with the team rather than fill-in hosts, excluding the [[Marathon Show]]), regular guests and other contributors to [[The Chris Moyles Show]].

==Co-hosts==

===Tulisa Contostavlos===

N-Dubz singer, former X-Factor judge and sex tape star '''Tulisa Contostavlos''' co-hosted the show in April 2012 while [[David Vitty]] took a week off.

===Sara Cox===

Chris' predecessor on the Breakfast Show, '''Sara Cox''', presented the show along with the usual team in September 2010 for a couple of days while Chris took time off for personal reasons.

===Vernon Kay===

Bolton-born presenter '''Vernon Kay''' was originally a hate figure for Chris and Dave, with them referring to him as 'Vermin Kay'. But Chris and Vernon became friends, and Vernon filled in as host of the breakfast show for Chris in March 2009 while he was climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for Comic Relief. Vernon also hosted for a couple of days in August/September 2010 when Chris had a few days off for personal reasons. He also co-presented a slot with Chris and Dave on the [[Marathon Show]] in 2011.

===Olly Murs===

Former ''Deal or No Deal'' contestant and singer '''Olly Murs''' was a regular guest on the show in the last couple of years of its run. He filled in for [[Comedy Dave]] for a week while he was off doing other work in 2011.

==Regular contributors==

===Roy Walker===

'''Roy Walker''' was the voice of [[Car Park Catchphrase]], the game which was usually played at the end of the Breakfast Show. He pre-recorded various voice clips which [[Chris Moyles|Chris]] used to make it sound as though Roy was actually in the studio. Commonly used clips included "I want her to win", "I'd rather stick a fork in my eye" and "Nice wheels!", in addition to the ones used for the game.

On a couple of rare occasions, Roy was actually present in the studio to play the game live, firstly in July 2004 and again for Chris '24th' birthday in 2006.

Walker also presented the short-lived replacement for CPC, called ''Beep Beep Busters'', based on the ITV show ''Blockbusters''.

===Andi Peters===

'''Andi Peters''' was a regular caller in later years of the Chris Moyles Show. He was friends with Chris, but was disliked by producer [[Rachel Jones|Rachel]] for an unspecified reason. Chris would more often than not cut him off whenever he rang in.

===Longman===

'''Longman''' (so called because he was very tall) was a friend of Chris' and frequent caller to the show from his sandwich shop in Leeds. It was rumoured that Chris and Longman fell out after Longman left the UK to work in the US as a trainer, but Longman re-appeared as a guest in the run up to the final show in 2012.

===Keith Chegwin===

TV personality '''Keith Chegwin''' was a big fan of the show and often contributed songs for Chris to play out on air, including one about ''Cheggae'', a cross between church and reggae, and another for Chappers and Dave. He died on 11 December 2017, aged 60.

===Rob DJ===

Chris' friend from Leeds, '''Rob DJ''', (real name Rob Speight), wrote the questions and also provided pre-recorded clips of himself for [[Rob DJ's Monday Night Pub Quiz]]. Rob was a real-life quizmaster in a pub in Leeds, and the questions were chosen from the quiz played on the previous night (Monday). On the back of his fame from appearing on the show, he published a quiz book in 2009.

==Regular guests==

===Davina McCall===

Television presenter '''Davina McCall''' was a massive fan of the show and a good friend of Chris'. Chris would often flirt outrageously with her whenever she rang in to the show. Davina co-presented part of the show for one hour during the [[Marathon Show]] in 2011.

==Other Radio 1 DJs==

Other DJs from [[BBC Radio 1]] often appeared on Chris Moyles' shows on the station, sometimes to promote their own shows, or in a handover between Chris' shows and their own.

===Fearne Cotton===

'''Fearne Cotton''' replaced Jo Whiley as host of the mid-morning slot on Radio 1 in September 2009. As with Whiley, the team would do a hand over to Cotton at the end of every show, and as with Whiley, Chris would flirt with her. Fearne co-presented three shows with Chris and Dave during the [[Marathon Show]] in 2011 and famously wore a swimsuit during the last one, crashing the Radio 1 website due to the large amount of people who logged on to view her on the live streaming. At the end of the last ever studio-based Chris Moyles Show, she accidentally ruined the last Golden Hour.

===Zane Lowe===

New Zealander '''Zane Lowe''' joined BBC Radio 1 in the mid-2000s, having appeared on MTV Two before. Lowe often called in to the Breakfast Show, and his inimitable style was often good-naturedly mocked by Chris and Dave.

===Mark and Lard===

'''Mark Radcliffe and Marc 'Lard' Riley''' were a duo who presented the breakfast show which followed Moyles' [[The Early Bit|Early Bit]] on Radio 1 in 1997, and later the mid-afternoon show on Radio 1 from 1997 until 2004. Their show preceded the old [[Afternoon Show]] and they would often chat to Chris at the handover. When Mark and Lard left the station in 2004, Chris and Dave sang a parody version of Stereophonics' ''Have a Nice Day'' in tribute to them.

===Scott Mills===

'''Scott Mills''' was the regular fill-in presenter on the Breakfast Show from its launch in 2004 until the end in 2012. While he presented the show, it was billed as ''The Chris Moyles Show with Scott Mills'' with appropriate jingles. His usual slot was mostly as a fill-in presenter for absent DJs until he was given Moyles' old weekday afternoon slot in July 2004, initially filling in for Sara Cox whilst she was on maternity leave. Cox did not return to that slot and Scott was given it on a permanent basis. Mills was one of the many DJs who co-presented with Chris and Dave during the [[Marathon Show]] in March 2011.

===Wes===

'''Wes Butters''' (always known by the mononym 'Wes' on Radio 1) presented the Chart Show from 2003-2005. In the early days of the Breakfast Show, he would present a slot on Monday mornings summarising the previous day's top 10.

===Tim Westwood===

Middle-aged hip-hop DJ '''Tim Westwood''' was a regular contributor to the show. He pre-recorded clips for the feature [[Other features|Where Am I?]] and was parodied by Chris and Dave impersonating his voice in a link called 'Clumsy Westwood', which involved him falling over and a sound effect of glass smashing would be played. He appeared as a guest during the [[Marathon Show]], encouraging Chris and Dave to keep on going in his inimitable style.

Westwood left BBC Radio 1 in 2013.

===Jo Whiley===

'''Jo Whiley''' presented the show which followed the Chris Moyles Show at 10am from January 2004 until 2009. The team would hand over to her at the end of every show after [[Car Park Catchphrase]], with Chris often flirting outrageously with her. Whiley left her weekday show on Radio 1 in September 2009 and was replaced by TV presenter Fearne Cotton.

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David Vitty

2018-04-20T20:34:52Z

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{{TeamMember|Dave_2012.png|Dave Vitty (BBC)|Dave Vitty}}
'''David Lloyd Vitty''' (also known as 'Comedy Dave') was officially the head writer/director of comedy on The Chris Moyles Show, although he is more commonly referred to as Chris' "sidekick".

==Radio Career==

Dave was born on 24 April 1974 in Hong Kong where he attended Glenealy Junior School. He then moved to attend secondary school in Bedford, England between the age of 11 and 18, before going to college in Warrington from 1992 to 1995 studying a Media and Business course at North Cheshire College. Dave then landed a job at the BBC Monitoring Centre in Caversham, Berkshire, where he worked as a researcher, producing music copyright reports for Radio One. He joined Radio One in December 1996 to work as a technical operative. On his first day at the station, Nicky Campbell threw a mini disc at his head, and soon after Dave pulled the Simon Mayo show off the air in a technical mishap, which he says nearly ended his career.

Dave met Chris whilst working early mornings as the London-based "button-puncher" on Mark and Lard’s ill-fated breakfast show, which was broadcast from the BBC's Oxford Road studio in Manchester. They got on with each other as mates, went to the pub (a lot), and were soon throwing ideas around. Eventually an opportunity came up to work as a broadcast assistant on [[The Early Bit|Chris' 4-7am show]]. Dave took it, and the rest as they say is history.

The nickname "Comedy Dave" was originally suggested ironically by comedian Lee Hurst (best known as a team captain on the sports quiz ''They Think It's All Over''), to highlight the fact that Dave wasn’t very funny. Although the tag stuck, we have since found out his original nickname was "Super-Dave". Dave was an ever-present on the show through the years, and helped contribute some of its finest moments. His work includes devising spoof adverts, sketches and many of Chris' legendary song parodies.

Although his most famous feature was his daily [[Tedious Link]] (launched September 2002), he was also the brains behind many other items, including hit quizzes [[Car Park Catchphrase]] and Viaduct - plus the less successful Frog Or Dog, King Of Tickets and Dave’s Dictionary Definitions.

In 2018, it was announced that he was to return to radio as part of Key 103's breakfast show, meaning that he would be going head-to-head with Chris Moyles.

==Television Work==

His TV work includes co-hosting ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV series)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' on UK Play in 1998-99 (where he famously stuck carrots up his nose), plus appearances on ''Match of The Day 2'' and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXs5--TTyR4 ''Reverse-A-Word''], a self-devised quiz show piloted by Challenge TV in 2004. He also co-presented a sports programme on Nuts TV called ''Shed Sports One''. Dave and Dominic Byrne appeared on the BBC Two daytime cooking challenge show ''Ready Steady Cook'' in 2007, with Dave winning. In 2009, he appeared as a contestant on BBC Two show ''Celebrity Mastermind''. His specialist subject was British Motorways, and he finished third overall. Also in 2009, he competed on BBC One game show ''Hole In the Wall''. In early 2011, Dave was a contestant on the ITV celebrity ice dancing show ''Dancing On Ice'', partnering professional skater Frankie Poultney. They finished in ninth place overall, out of sixteen. Also in 2011, he guested on [[Chris Moyles Quiz Night]] on Channel 4 as a question setter.

His TV voice over work includes Channel 4's ''Coach Trip'', which he provided the voice-over for from 2010 until 2012.

==Other Work==

Dave has also been a founding member of short-lived musical outfits Ghettolife and Folkface, along with TCMS colleague [[Dominic Byrne]], playing with the latter at Glastonbury 2005. Dave, along with his colleagues from the Chris Moyles Show, was also a member of Mouldy Lookin' Stain, who had a number one hit on the download chart with a parody of Goldie Lookin' Chain's hit ''"Guns Don's Kill People, Rappers Do"'' entitled ''"Dogs Don't Kill People, Rabbits Do"''.

Dave is also a passionate football fan and a big supporter of Everton FC. In 2001 and 2003 he helped raise over £300,000 for Comic Relief by collecting football memorabilia from across the country with Mark Chapman. Since 2003, the pair have also hosted their own show on Radio 1. Chappers and Dave were given an extended summer run in 2004. They also regularly perform DJ sets at venues across the UK, as part of their "World Tour".

Dave has also appeared as a presenter on BBC Radio Five Live and is a frequent guest on Richard Bacon's show on the same station.

Vitty's debut book, [[Comedy Dave's Book]], was published on 11 November 2011.

In 2013, Dave became a Talent Consultant for the charity Cancer Research UK. He helped launch a production company in 2014 called Stripey Horse, where he took the role of Head of Development.

==Personal Life==

Dave settled down and married fiancée Emma Pontefract on 23 August 2003, however they divorced in September 2006.

He then married TV presenter Jayne Sharp who was formerly a runner on 'The Chris Moyles Show' and used to date Chris Evans. They had a daughter, Nicole, in 2007, but Dave and Jayne split in April 2011.

Following the end of the Chris Moyles Show, Dave and [[Dominic Byrne]] went on tour as Folk Face, playing gigs around the UK. In January 2013, Dominic announced that the band had come to an end.

In autumn 2012, newspaper reports appeared claiming that Chris and Dave were no longer on speaking terms, due to Chris going on holiday with Dave's ex-wife Jayne, though the pair have not as yet confirmed or denied the accusations.

== Trivia ==

* He speaks a little Cantonese and used to work as a waiter
* He once had various stalkers
* He is famous for being rubbish at Maths
* He is managed by Noel Gay Management and not Dave Vitty Management
* If he could have any wish, it’d be Everton to win the Premiership
* If he could be any animal, he would be a giraffe

{{ContactInformation|davidvitty|N/A|N/A|Guy Robinson: 020 7099 0050, info@hyperagency.co.uk|N/A}}

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Chris Moyles controversies

2016-01-17T09:53:48Z

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Throughout his career on radio, [[Chris Moyles]], and to a lesser extent the rest of his team, have been involved in a few controversial incidents, some of which earned Moyles a warning from the authorities.

==Fellow celebrities==

In 1997, not long after he joined [[BBC Radio 1]], Moyles responded to John Peel calling him "DLT [Dave Lee Travis] in waiting" by saying Peel was "Kenny Everett in waiting, because Kenny Everett is dead and it's only a matter of time before he [Peel] pops his clogs". According to Moyles, Peel later approached him at a Radio 1 DJ gathering, pinched his bottom and asked him to buy him a drink. He and Moyles talked and found they liked each other. Chris was among many Radio 1 DJs to pay tribute on air to Peel when he died in October 2004.

In 1998, after a lacklustre appearance on TV show ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'', Chris and the show's presenter Mark Lamarr were involved in an argument after Moyles appeared to slag off the TV show on his radio programme. Lamarr responded by saying "That fat pig. I'd like to rip the apple out of his mouth and f***ing slap him." Moyles then apparently told celebrity pal Natalie Appleton (of All Saints) not to waste her time going on his TV show. Lamarr then devoted an entire show to slagging off Moyles, including saying "Die, you oily pig in a dunce hat." Moyles said: "Lamarr obviously hadn't heard my show, if he had he'd have known that all I'd said was that I was crap on ''Buzzcocks''. Team captain Sean Hughes totally ignored me and Mark Lamarr hardly spoke to me at all." Moyles explained. "As for Natalie Appleton deciding to cancel her appearance because of me, that's ridiculous. I don't even know her."
"But I don't care what Lamarr says. When he did some shows on Radio 1, he was about as popular as Hitler."

In 2002, Moyles threatened long-time enemy Capital DJ Dr. Fox on air, saying he would "tear off his head and poo down his neck". Also in that year, he jokingly said he would take the virginity of singer Charlotte Church when she turned 16. Church later appeared on the show, and the Christmas show was even broadcast from her mother's pub one year.

==Language==

In February 2006, Moyles was forced to apologise when he said to a caller on [[Car Park Catchphrase]] "you've got three kids from some fuckin'...". He apologised profusely for this incident. Elton John swore a few times on air when he was a guest on the show. Listen to the clip [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qaq3Q03BBKU here].

On 13 January 2016 on [[Radio X]], Moyles accidentally said "there's this big 22 stone fuckin' fella with sweat dripping off him" while talking about the BBC One show ''The Voice''. Dominic Byrne quickly pointed it out and Moyles apologised, not realising that he had said it.

==Homophobia accusations==

In May 2006, Moyles rejected a ringtone in a feature on the show, saying that it was 'gay'. The BBC rejected complaints made by outraged listeners, saying that the word 'gay' can also mean 'lame' or 'rubbish'. LGBT organisation Stonewall marched with placards calling for Moyles' dismissal in June 2006, and their chief executive Ben Summerskill quoted Moyles' on-air dismissal of the incident in the ''Guardian'' newspaper, claiming that Moyles said "Yeah, I'm homophobic, I don't like the gays. Sorry, it just does my head in. We have a token gay on the show!"

Moyles claimed in [[The Difficult Second Book]] that his comments were sarcastic, and taken out of context. Stonewall also claimed that Moyles was not helping young people who were struggling to come out. Moyles responded in his book by saying that it wasn't his job to help young homosexuals to come out, and also mentioned that Summerskill had disparagingly referred to his weight, and that wasn't helping young people struggling with their body image.

==Pay==

In 2008, it was revealed that Chris Moyles earned £630,000 per year for presenting the breakfast show, but he revealed that he had taken a 20% pay cut the following year. In September 2010, he ranted on-air about having not been paid in two months. This led to DJ Chris Evans claiming that Moyles had 'lost focus' and wasn't as good as he used to be.

==Auschwitz==

In January 2009, Moyles was talking about his forthcoming appearance on the BBC's family history programme ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' and joked: "I went off to Ireland and other places to film and unlike a lot of the ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' shows I didn't go to Auschwitz. Pretty much everyone goes there whether or not they're Jewish. They just seem to pass through there on their way to Florida". The BBC censured Chris for this remark.

==Tax avoidance==

In 2012, it was revealed that Moyles was involved in a tax avoidance scheme. In February 2014, Moyles admitted in a statement that he took full responsibility and had learned a valuable lesson after a court found that he had tried to avoid up to £1million in tax in a legal scheme which involved him saying that he was a second-hand car salesman.

Pippa Taylor Tarrant

2016-01-07T17:54:08Z

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Rob DJ

2015-11-16T17:42:58Z

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The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2015-11-16T17:42:28Z

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The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2015-10-08T17:14:32Z

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Podcasts

2015-09-25T16:48:23Z

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[[Category:Podcasts]]

==Background==

The Best of Chris Moyles podcast was launched as part of a BBC experiment in Podcasting on 28 July 2005. It featured the best bits of the past seven days of the show and was usually released on a Friday morning.

Originally, BBC rules dictated that the podcast had to be broadcast on Radio 1 and went out in the small hours on a Friday morning. It was produced by Ant Danbury, who was often mocked for having the voice of a cartoon child. Whenever the team were off air, a short message explaining the lack of podcast would be released as a podcast, but sometimes the team would include a short game in the podcast.

An Enhanced Podcast was introduced in 2007 which included pictures and chapters. Figures show that the podcasts were downloaded by around 250,000-400,000 times per week, making it one of the most popular in the UK.

In 2011, the name of the podcast was changed to 'Free Download', much to the chagrin of Moyles who complained about it in almost every subsequent free download. The final podcast contained the entire last ever breakfast show and was released in September 2012.

In September 2015, [[The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)|the Chris Moyles Show on Radio X]] launched a weekly podcast available on Fridays.

==Download==

Please make your selection from the table below to select the Podcast year and type you wish to download.

The Enhanced Podcasts include graphics, but may not work on all devices.

A huge thanks to [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1817 Console] and [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7266 Richard Tomlinson] for helping collate and uploading these Podcasts.

{| style="color:black; background-color:#ffffff; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" width="400" cellpadding="8%" cellpadding="8%" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|-
| align="center" | '''Year''' || align="center" colspan="2" | '''Podcast Type'''
|-
| align="center" | 2005 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2005|Standard]] ||
|-
| align="center" | 2006 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2006|Standard]] ||
|-
| align="center" | 2007 || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2007|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2007 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2008 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2008|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2008 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2009 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2009|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2009 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2010 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2010|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2010 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2011 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2011|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2011 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2012 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2012|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2012 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2015 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2015|Standard]] ||

|}
[[Category:Podcasts]]

Podcasts

2015-09-25T16:46:56Z

Swaddon1903:

[[Category:Podcasts]]

==Background==

The Best of Chris Moyles podcast was launched as part of a BBC experiment in Podcasting on 28 July 2005. It featured the best bits of the past seven days of the show and was usually released on a Friday morning.

Originally, BBC rules dictated that the podcast had to be broadcast on Radio 1 and went out in the small hours on a Friday morning. It was produced by Ant Danbury, who was often mocked for having the voice of a cartoon child. Whenever the team were off air, a short message explaining the lack of podcast would be released as a podcast, but sometimes the team would include a short game in the podcast.

An Enhanced Podcast was introduced in 2007 which included pictures and chapters. Figures show that the podcasts were downloaded by around 250,000-400,000 times per week, making it one of the most popular in the UK.

In 2011, the name of the podcast was changed to 'Free Download', much to the chagrin of Moyles who complained about it in almost every subsequent free download. The final podcast contained the entire last ever breakfast show and was released in September 2012.

In September 2015, [[The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)|the Chris Moyles Show on Radio X]] launched a weekly podcast available on Fridays.

==Download==

Please make your selection from the table below to select the Podcast year and type you wish to download.

The Enhanced Podcasts include graphics, but may not work on all devices.

A huge thanks to [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1817 Console] and [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=7266 Richard Tomlinson] for helping collate and uploading these Podcasts.

{| style="color:black; background-color:#ffffff; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;" width="400" cellpadding="8%" cellpadding="8%" cellspacing="0" border="1"
|-
| align="center" | '''Year''' || align="center" colspan="2" | '''Podcast Type'''
|-
| align="center" | 2005 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2005|Standard]] ||
|-
| align="center" | 2006 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2006|Standard]] ||
|-
| align="center" | 2007 || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2007|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2007 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2008 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2008|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2008 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2009 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2009|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2009 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2010 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2010|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2010 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2011 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2011|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2011 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2012 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2012|Standard]] || align="center" | [[Podcasts 2012 (Enhanced)|Enhanced]]
|-
| align="center" | 2012 || align="center" |[[Podcasts 2015|Standard]] ||

|}
[[Category:Podcasts]]

The Chris Moyles Show/Downloads/2015

2015-09-24T20:06:49Z

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Downloads from the New [[The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)|Chris Moyles Show]] on [[Radio X]].

''NB: All music has been removed for copyright reasons.''

= September =
{| style="width:100%;"
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| Monday 21st September 2015
| [https://archive.org/download/20150921RadioXMoylesEdited/20150921%20Radio%20X%20Moyles%20Edited.mp3 Download]
| First show on [[Radio X]]. Special guest Noel Gallagher. ''Thanks to neilt0 and peteivy for the capture and to ianpwilliams for editing''
|-
| Tuesday 22nd September 2015
| [https://ia801504.us.archive.org/32/items/20150922RadioXMoylesEdited/20150922%20Radio%20X%20Moyles%20Edited.mp3 Download]
| ''Thanks to peteivy for the capture and to ianpwilliams for editing''
|-
| Wednesday 23rd September 2015
| [https://archive.org/download/20150923RadioXMoylesEdited/20150923%20Radio%20X%20Moyles%20Edited.mp3 Download]
| ''Thanks to ianpwilliams for the capture and editing''
|-
| Thursday 24th September 2015
| [https://archive.org/download/20150924RadioXMoylesEdited/20150924%20Radio%20X%20Moyles%20Edited.mp3 Download]
| ''Thanks to neilt0 for the capture and to ianpwilliams for editing''
|}

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Template:TCMSX

2015-09-23T17:48:21Z

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Dave Masterman

2015-09-23T17:45:51Z

Swaddon1903:

'''Dave Masterman''' is the producer of [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] on [[Radio X]].

He has been given the nickname "Madam", because [[Dominic Byrne|Dominic]] was searching for anagrams of his name, and the first one that came up included the word "madam".

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[[Category:Radio X Team Members]]
[[Category:Producers]]

The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2015-09-21T06:01:57Z

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Radio X

2015-09-21T05:54:21Z

Swaddon1903:

'''Radio X''' is a national commercial radio station broadcasting in the United Kingdom, replacing XFM. [[Chris Moyles]] is presenting [[The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)|the breakfast show]] on the station since 21 September 2015.

[[Category:Radio stations]]
[[Category:Radio X]]

The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2015-09-21T05:53:12Z

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Dave Masterman

2015-09-20T14:42:20Z

Swaddon1903:

'''Dave Masterman''' is the producer of [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] on [[Radio X]].

{{TCMSX}}
[[Category:Radio X Team Members]]
[[Category:Producers]]

Dave Masterman

2015-09-20T14:41:23Z

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'''Dave Masterman''' is the producer of [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] on [[Radio X]].

The Chris Moyles Show (Radio X)

2015-09-20T14:40:29Z

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'''The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show''' is an upcoming radio show on [[Radio X]] (formerly XFM) which will be presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Dominic Byrne]] and produced by [[Dave Masterman]]. [[Pippa Taylor]] will be the Executive Producer.

==Background==

The show was announced by Moyles on YouTube and Twitter on 6 September 2015, and will begin broadcasting at 6:30am on 21 September 2015, almost three years to the day since Moyles was last heard on radio.

It has been confirmed that O2 will sponsor the show and that Sandy Beech/Music4 have been approached to produce the jingles.

==The Team==

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Dominic Byrne]]
| News reader
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Dave Masterman]]
| Producer
| 2015
| present
|-
| [[Pippa Taylor]]
| Executive Producer
| 2015
| present
|}

==Features==

The show hasn't started yet, but any features will be listed here.

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[[Category:Radio X]]

Chris Moyles

2015-09-19T22:28:56Z

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{{TeamMember|Moyles_2012.jpg|Chris Moyles, 2012|Chris Moyles}}
'''Christopher Moyles''' is an English broadcaster, best known for his work on [[BBC Radio 1]].

= Family and Personal Life =
[[File:Chris_Parents.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris and his parents]]
Chris Moyles was born in Leeds on February 22nd 1974, the youngest member of the Moyles family.

He has one older brother, Kieron, who works as a promotions executive in London and was born on June 8th. His dad Chris used to work for the post office, and is now retired. His mum Hannah Veronica (aka "VIP Vera"), is also retired, and used to work as a school assistant. Chris' parents still live together in Leeds.

Chris is currently dating an unnamed lady as of September 2015. He split up with his long-term girlfriend Sophie Waite in 2010. Before Sophie, Chris dated ex-children's TV presenter Ana Boulter. The pair met in March 1999, and eventually split up in December 2001, to much publicity. Prior to that Chris had a long relationship with Helen Legh, who he met while working for the GWR network. Helen is now the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pz4zc breakfast DJ on Sundays] for [http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecountiesradio BBC Three Counties Radio].

In February 2014, it was reported that a court found that Chris tried to avoid paying up to £1 million of income tax in a scheme where he claimed to be a second-hand car dealer. He said on Twitter that he took "full responsibility" and "learned a valuable lesson".

= Career =
As well as presenting various radio shows, Moyles has worked on a number of television projects, including ''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]'' for Channel 4, ''[[Live With Chris Moyles]]'' on Channel 5 and ''The Chris Moyles Show'' for UK Play. He has also released two parody albums; [[The Parody Album]] in 2009 and [[The Difficult Second Album]], released in 2012.

On 30 June 2014, it was reported that Chris had announced that he has retired from showbusiness after a 20 year career in radio and TV. The following day, Chris took to Twitter to deny that he had retired and accused the journalist who broke the 'story' of making it up.

== The Early Days ==
[[File:Young_Chris.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A young Moyles]]
Chris began his radio career at an early age, working for a hospital radio station in Wakefield - located in the top of a very large building in a mental unit! He also worked at the weekends on [[Radio Top Shop]], a fact that has been mentioned lots on the show throughout the years.

After leaving school with five GCSEs at the age of 16, Chris joined [[Aire FM]] in Leeds (now Radio Aire), initially making cups of tea for Carol Vorderman. He then moved abroad at the age of 18 to present on the world famous [[Radio Luxembourg]] (where he used the name Chris Holmes, Holmes being his mothers maiden name).

After he had worked there for nine months the station was shut down, so Chris went back to Yorkshire and worked for [[The Pulse]] in Bradford, until he was fired eleven months later. Work at other radio stations up and down the country followed - including [[Signal Radio]] in Stoke, [[GWR Radio]] in Bristol, [[Northants FM]], [[Chiltern Radio]] in Dunstable and [[Horizon FM]] in Milton Keynes.

In 1996 Chris secured a move to London station [[Capital FM]], where he presented his show [[The Late Bit]] each weekend. Without any co-presenters or sidekicks, Chris’ unique style was more obviously seen, and he gained a cult following for his late night antics. He would regularly impersonate his fellow DJs, cut off and abuse any dull callers, and invite women listeners into the studio. (Including the time he painted a naked listeners breasts, live on air).

[[File:Early_Chris.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]His catalogue of features included ''Throwing CDs at the Studio Clock'', ''I don’t want to go to work tomorrow'' and (the amazing) ''True or False''.

Chris was also credited with bringing Britpop music to Capital, in particular Oasis, which he claims Alan McGee still loves him for.

Audio clips from Chris’s local radio career can be found in [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?catid=4 the Antique Moyles section] of our [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php Sound Vault].

By the beginning of 1997, people were beginning to talk - and Chris was voted as one of the “Faces for '97” by Sky Magazine. After a year at Capital, the opposition came calling. Kiss 100, London's dance station, wanted him to present their breakfast show, but Chris declined the offer.

== Radio One (1997 - 2012) ==
Chris' no-holds barred approach eventually brought him to the attention of [[BBC Radio 1]] bosses Jeff Smith and Andy Parfitt. After a drunken night out with (then) controller Matthew Bannister, Chris was persuaded to join the station. He did so on Monday 28th July 1997 and styled himself as '''''"The Saviour of Early Morning Radio"'''''.

At the age of 23, he also became Radio One's second youngest DJ ever. The only one younger was Noel Edmonds.

=== The Early Bit (1997 - 1998) ===
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Chris’s first show on Radio One was '''''[[The Early Bit]]''''', which went out Monday - Friday from 4-7am.

[[File:Early_Chris_Dave.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris and Dave in the early days]]Joined at first by producer Simon Barnett and broadcast assistant Jude Adam, Chris soon developed a friendship with fellow overnight host Clive Warren, who made regular appearances on the show. As too did Dave Vitty, at the time a technical operative, working as the London based button puncher on the Mark and Lard Breakfast Show.

Soon Dave, christened "''[[Comedy Dave]]''" because he wasn't very funny, joined the show alongside new producer, Ben Cooper.

The show added 200,000 listeners before the end of 1997, boosting Chris’ listenership to over a million. He was handed the additional 6-9am Saturday Breakfast Show as a result.

This is the show on which Moyles first worked with Simon Hollis (aka Melinda), who’d later go on to work on the afternoon show.

=== The Saturday Show (1998 - 2001) ===
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The Saturday version of Chris' show used to be a great way to start the weekend proper.

Still often mentioned lots on air years after it ended, it ran for over three and a half years, and was often performed under a haze of booze from the night before. It was also the show on which Moyles and Dave first worked with their future Breakfast Show producer, [[Rachel Jones]].

On April 25th 1998 Chris was promoted from his previous 6-9am Saturday slot, as Radio One revamped their weekend schedules. He was given the new 10am-1pm show, produced by Richard Murdoch - and less than ably assisted by "Baldie" Greg Young.

The show also often contained slightly bizarre competitions, the most famous probably being ''Hello, I'm Listening''. This involved Chris phoning up someone, who would then have to answer with "Hello, I'm Listening". There would also be variations of this, with different phrases. Sometimes callers would be from the phone books of the team, or from emails into the show.

=== Afternoons (1998 - 2003) ===
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On Monday 12th October 1998, Chris Moyles was allowed out to play in daylight. Given a new, lucrative two year contract - partly to prevent Chris Evans from poaching him to go to rival commercial station Virgin Radio - Chris was promoted to front the late afternoon show (originally called The Afternoon Bit), initially from 4 - 5.45pm and later from 3 - 5:45.

Joined initially by Dave and Ben, the slot became home to Chris for over half a decade, and it was in the afternoons that he really established himself as a household name.

You can download edited afternoon shows [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=22798 here].

=== The Breakfast Show (2004 - 2012) ===
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On Monday January 5th 2004 at 7am, the breakfast radio revolution began.

Chris' first show kicked off with a simply unforgettable five minute opener, put together by imaging company Music4 (the company who made all of Chris' jingles). Comedy Dave called it "quietly understated", and it undoubtedly ranks up there as one of the shows’ greatest ever moments.

The show ended in September 2012 with a special live broadcast from the BBC Radio Theatre in London.

A (soon to be) complete archive of the Breakfast Show (edited to remove music and news/sport) is available [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=22798 here]

=== After the Breakfast Show ===
Chris was contracted to Radio 1 until 2014, though he did not appear on the station between September 2012 and 2014.

On 30 September 2014, Chris tweeted that he had had a meeting about "never doing radio EVER again. Signed, sealed and delivered".

==Radio X==
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In the summer of 2015, it was strongly rumoured that Moyles would be returning to radio as part of Xfm's rebranding to [[Radio X]].

On 6 September 2015, Chris Moyles posted [https://t.co/7cZn2VJFyx a video on his YouTube channel] called ''"It's Time"'', in which his footsteps are shown leading him to the attic, where he pulls out a box marked "Do Not Open Until 2015"...

He later posted a picture on Twitter bearing the words:

RADIO X
MONDAY 21ST
SEPT
06:30

In an interview with The Sun, he officially announced that he would be presenting [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] from 21 September, going head to head with Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw, who replaced Moyles in 2012.

[[Dominic Byrne]] and [[Pippa Taylor]] will be returning to work with Moyles on the new show.

== TV / Film Work ==
Away from his work on radio, Chris has also appeared on television and in films, with varying degress of success.

=== The Chris Moyles Show (1998) ===
Chris' first major TV work came in 1998, when he was given his own weekly show on the now-defunct UK satellite and cable channel UK Play. ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV series)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' featured both Chris and Comedy Dave presenting a rather odd but amusing half hour mix of music videos, features and celebrity guests.

Items on the programme included Viewers Letters, Fake Interviews, Goodbye Song and The Bubble Rapper. The show ran for two series’, and you can view nine full episodes in our [[Videos|Video Vault]], including the infamous "carrots" episode - where Dave inserted carrots up his nostrils.

In 1999, Chris joined forces with MTV star Donna Air to host a revival of the ground-breaking music show ''The Tube''. The duo presented a one-off extravaganza on Saturday 20th November for Sky One, beamed live from the show's original home, the Tyne Tees studio in Newcastle.

In June 2001, Chris was also a one off guest presenter on Channel 4’s ''The Big Breakfast'', joining co host Richard Bacon.

Following the long-standing tradition of Radio 1 DJs presenting the show, Moyles also appeared several times on the BBC’s former music show ''Top of the Pops'' - first with Jamie Theakston at the TOTP Awards, and then later in 2004/2005 (on one occasion with the entire radio show team).

=== Live With Chris Moyles (2002) ===
Produced by former Radio One DJ Chris Evans and his UMTV production company, ''[[Live With Chris Moyles]]'' (working title ''Chris Moyles Live'') was commissioned for a 13-week run on Channel 5, starting in September, airing five nights a week at 7pm.

It was seen as a successor to Evans' ''TFI Friday'' and Chris' big chance to make a name for himself on TV. Broadcasting live from a pub in North London, Chris would host the show from behind the bar, with features such as Push The Pint and Off The Top Of My Head. He was determined to make his new project a big success, despite the clash with his radio work (his Radio 1 show finished at 5:45, just over an hour before his TV show began).

Unfortunately, things didn't quite go according to plan. Ten minutes into the first show, a caller made a four letter outburst live on the air, and it was practically downhill from there. Viewing figures dropped as low as 200,000 and Chris eventually departed by "mutual consent" in January 2003.

He was replaced for the second series by XFM DJ Christian O'Connell. You can see a few clips from the programme in the [[Videos|chrismoyles.net Video Vault here]], and check our TV Reviews Archive to read more.

=== Chris Moyles Quiz Night (2009 - 2012) ===

'''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]''' aired on Channel 4 in the UK between 2009 and 2012. Star guests would compete along with Moyles in a quiz where the prize was an item from Chris' home (this was dropped after series 1). Quiz Night ran for five series between 2009 and 2012 before being axed by Channel 4.

===Love Machine (2012 - 2013)===

Chris teamed up with TV personality Stacey Solomon to present a dating show, ''Love Machine'', for Sky Living which began airing in 2012. The show was axed after a second series in 2013.

=== Miscellaneous TV Work ===
His other TV credits include his infamous appearance on ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' (1998), plus ''Showbiz Weekly'' (1998), ''Casting Couch'' (1999), ''A Question of Pop'' (2000), ''The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows'' (2001), ''I Love the 1990s'' (2001), ''The Springer Show'' (2001), ''Fame Academy'' (2002), ''Patrick Kielty .. Almost Live'' (2002), ''Stupid Punts'' (2002, 2003), ''This Is Your Life'' - David Dickinson (2003), ''Bo Selecta'' (2003), ''Later with Jools Holland'' (2003), ''Big Brother's Little Brother'' (2003, 2004, 2005), BBC FA Cup MOTD (2004), ''Reverse-A-Word'' (2004), ''Children In Need'' (2005) and ''Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live'' (2005).

Chris was also the voice behind ''The Villa'' on Sky One, and appeared in the video for Avid Merrion’s 2003 single ''Proper Crimbo''. He is a frequent guest on ITV's daytime show ''This Morning''.

In 2006, he made an appearance with his family (his brother Kieron, his then-girlfriend Sophie and his parents; Vera and Chris Snr.) on the first episode of ITV1's newly revamped ''All Star Family Fortunes'' show, losing to fellow Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton and her family. He also had a brief role in BBC1's hotel drama ''Hotel Babylon''.

In 2010, Chris wrote and presented a one-off documentary for the BBC called ''When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs'', in which he met most of the previous BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Shows DJs since the station launched in 1967, with the notable exceptions of Chris Evans and Noel Edmonds. In 2012, he presented a one-off comedy showcase called ''Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire'', also on the BBC.

Since moving to the Breakfast Show, Chris has also become a movie star - featuring in three blockbuster films. Not visually, but as a radio DJ. The films in question are 2004's ''Wimbledon'' [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1083 (clip here)], and 2005's ''Robots'' and ''War of the Worlds''. His face also appeared on a character in a video game based on the TV series ''24''.

====''X Factor: Battle of the Stars''====

In May/June 2006 Moyles appeared on a celebrity version of ITV’s music talent competition ''X-Factor'', entitled ''X Factor: Battle Of The Stars''. Under the stewardship of Louis Walsh, Chris reached the semi finals, losing out to rugby player Matt Stevens and the eventual winner, actress Lucy Benjamin. Over the course of seven consecutive nights, Chris wowed the crowds with his performances of [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1418 ''What A Wonderful World''], [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1423 ''Burning Love''] and [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1416 ''Ain’t That A Kick In The Head''] (click the links for audio).

== Theatre ==
=== Jesus Christ Superstar ===

In September 2012, Chris made his stage debut playing King Herod in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' alongside Melanie Chisholm and Tim Minchin.

==Books==

Chris has written two autobiographies, [[The Gospel According to Chris Moyles]] and [[The Difficult Second Book]], published in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

==Music==

''[[The Parody Album]]'' was recorded and released in 2009. A follow-up, ''[[The Difficult Second Album]]'', was released in 2012.

== YouTube Channel ==

In 2011, Chris set up his own personal YouTube channel, [https://www.youtube.com/user/chrismoylesofficial ChrisMoylesOfficial].

Initially, he only posted a few videos of himself at BBC Television Centre; showing off the new set of ''Quiz Night'' and searching for the old 'Broom Cupboard' presentation studio with Andi Peters. However, in September 2014, he returned to YouTube with his Ice Bucket Challenge video and a video blog called "[[A Week In The Life Of Chris Moyles]]", including some celebrity guests. "A Week in the Life..." was last made on 4 December 2014 and there have been no further videos in this series as of September 2015.

Chris has since marked the old videos on his channel as private, leaving only the Ice Bucket Challenge and his 'Week in the Life of' videos available.

==Other work==

On 14 June 2004, Chris appeared in a cameo role on long-running BBC Radio 4 soap ''The Archers''.

After the Breakfast Show ended in 2012, Chris and some members of the team including [[Dominic Byrne|Dominic]] and [[Aled Jones|Aled]] went on tour around the UK with an 80 minute live show featuring karaoke with a live band and comedy.

In 2014, Chris joined Ant and Dec on the Sheffield date of their ''Saturday Night Takeaway'' live tour as a guest announcer.

= Controversies =

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Moyles has been involved in many controversial incidents, including allegations of sexism, homophobia and tax avoidance.

= Trivia =

* Chris was nearly named Rory Moyles by his mum.

* The first record on his afternoon show was "''Where's The Love''" by Hanson, played on 12/10/98.

* His last record on the afternoon show was "''My Way''" by Sid Vicious, played on 05/12/03.

* Chris began the Breakfast show by playing "''Flowers In The Rain''", by The Move. This was also the first record played on Radio 1 when it launched in 1967.

* The American voiceovers heard between songs on Chris' shows were done by Paul Turner. Paul has worked on a wide range of American radio stations/shows through the years, including Howard Stern and K-ROCK in New York. He is currently the image voice for CNN and Fox Major League Baseball in the States, and began recording material for Moyles when he worked in local radio.

* Before he joined Radio One, Chris used to post regularly to Usenet radio newsgroups (he's a closet geek!). You can view a collection of Chris's postings here: [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!activity/alt.radio.uk/6l1Y2qaTHTQJ]

* Chris is managed by Vivienne Clore, a talent agent specialising in comedy and multi-skilled presenters. He has been with Vivienne since summer 2000, and was previously managed by ex Radio One DJ Bruno Brookes.

* On 6 August 2003, he was involved in a car crash alongside Comedy Dave. Both escaped unhurt.

* In 2005 it was leaked to ''The Sun'' newspaper that Chris was on a contract with Radio One worth '£630,000 per year'; more than double the second-highest earner on the station.

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Dominic Byrne

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Dominic Anthony Byrne, aka "Egg Head" or "Slaphead", due to his bald head, was the newsreader on [[The Chris Moyles Show]]. He is soon to be the news reader on [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] on [[Radio X]].

==Early life and career==

Dom was born in Norwich on 10 November 1972. He likes to make it known he moved soon after. He describes himself as 'having lived all over the place'. After leaving college, Dom went to university in Bournemouth, albeit for just 2 weeks. He was offered a job in a radio newsroom, so he quit, £1000 in debt after buying a big hi-fi and big TV.

==BBC Radio 1==

Dom was a freelance reporter before he joined Radio 1 in 1997. He first worked (briefly) alongside [[Chris Moyles]] when he read the overnight news on [[The Early Bit|Chris's 4-7am show]]. Following work as a Newsbeat reporter, Dom returned to the studio as part of the regular presentation team a couple of years later. He would often fill in for Carolyn Atkinson and read the news on [[The Afternoon Show|Chris' afternoon show]], where he struck up a good rapport with Chris and [[David Vitty|Dave]]. They even made him his own advert, voiced by Mark Goodier, advertising ''The Greatest Hit Blunders Of Dominic Byrne'' - a spoof CD full of his news reading cock-ups. Following a move to Entertainment News, he made a brief return to Chris' afternoon show in 2003, participating in ''Huey Lewis & The News'' - an odd short-lived feature that interspersed Huey tracks with the latest showbiz headlines.

==The Chris Moyles Show==

Dominic joined the show permanently in January 2004. He was part of the team that launched the all new [[The Chris Moyles Show|Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]], describing the first day as "early, and fantastic". Since moving to Breakfast, Dom became a hugely popular member of the team - and the source of many funny moments. They include his Hunt For David Hoff in Hawaii, and the time he rang the Eiffel Tower as part of investigative feature Get Dom On It. His spoof feature ''One Road Travel'' parodied local radio by just reporting one road a day.

Dom was rather gullible on the show, often falling for the rest of the team's practical jokes, including the time that they convinced him that the guest, hypnotist Paul McKenna, was reading his mind by describing what car he was thinking of buying (the information had been provided by Dom's wife).

Dom regarded his proudest moment on the show as performing dressed as a giant dog to 15,000 people at One Big Weekend in Birmingham. This as part of spoof rap band Mouldy Lookin' Stain. He was also the co-founder and singer in popular beat combo Folk Face, who performed in the Jazz Tent at the 2005 Glastonbury festival before sadly splitting. Dom says if he could control the Radio 1 Playlist for one day, he'd have 'Folk. Lots of folk'. Dom is a huge U2 fan and also does impressions. They included the late Jade Goody, Jim Brennan, Tim Westwood, Jools Holland and Ronnie Corbett. Dom has also interviewed many famous celebrities for the show, including Tom Cruise, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Schwimmer, Uma Thurman and Pierce Brosnan. He is known for his hard hitting questions, such as 'What's your favourite cheese?'.

==Post-Radio 1 work==

In March 2013, he joined commercial radio station Capital FM to read the news on their flagship breakfast show. He left the station in June 2014.

==Radio X==

In September 2015, it was announced that he would be joining Chris Moyles on the [[Radio X Breakfast Show]] when it launches on 21 September 2015.

==Television work==

On television, Dominic provided the voice of Zorst in the CBeebies show ''Space Pirates'' in 2007. From 2007 to 2012, he was the presenter on Newsbeat's Oddbox; a short programme broadcast on BBC News looking at strange news stories from that week. He also presented ''Dragons' Den Online'', an online version of the hit BBC Two series ''Dragons' Den''.

==Personal life==

Dom lives with wife Nic. The couple have been married since March 2001 and have two children: son Finton, born in July 2003, and daughter Xanthe, born in November 2005. Chris has nicknamed the former Carpet (as in 'carpet burn') and famously told Dom that he should have got an iPod instead of a child.

Away from broadcasting, he runs a voice training course. [http://www.dominicbyrnetraining.com]

==Trivia==

* Despite being from Norwich, he hates the Norfolk accent.
* He claims to be a vegetarian, but eats chicken, duck and fish.
* He supports Liverpool FC and his favourite colour is red.
* He likes to visit Whipsnade Zoo and in particular, Barclay the sea lion.
* He once soaked the crotch of radio personality Dave Pearce whilst flipping beer mats.

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David Vitty

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'''David Lloyd Vitty''' (also known as 'Comedy Dave') was officially the head writer/director of comedy on The Chris Moyles Show, although he is more commonly referred to as Chris' "sidekick".

==Radio Career==

Dave was born on 24 April 1974 in Hong Kong where he attended Glenealy Junior School. He then moved to attend secondary school in Bedford, England between the age of 11 and 18, before going to college in Warrington from 1992 to 1995 studying a Media and Business course at North Cheshire College. Dave then landed a job at the BBC Monitoring Centre in Caversham, Berkshire, where he worked as a researcher, producing music copyright reports for Radio One. He joined Radio One in December 1996 to work as a technical operative. On his first day at the station, Nicky Campbell threw a mini disc at his head, and soon after Dave pulled the Simon Mayo show off the air in a technical mishap, which he says nearly ended his career.

Dave met Chris whilst working early mornings as the London-based "button-puncher" on Mark and Lard’s ill-fated breakfast show, which was broadcast from the BBC's Oxford Road studio in Manchester. They got on with each other as mates, went to the pub (a lot), and were soon throwing ideas around. Eventually an opportunity came up to work as a broadcast assistant on [[The Early Bit|Chris' 4-7am show]]. Dave took it, and the rest as they say is history.

The nickname "Comedy Dave" was originally suggested ironically by comedian Lee Hurst (best known as a team captain on the sports quiz ''They Think It's All Over''), to highlight the fact that Dave wasn’t very funny. Although the tag stuck, we have since found out his original nickname was "Super-Dave". Dave was an ever-present on the show through the years, and helped contribute some of its finest moments. His work includes devising spoof adverts, sketches and many of Chris' legendary song parodies.

Although his most famous feature was his daily [[Tedious Link]] (launched September 2002), he was also the brains behind many other items, including hit quizzes [[Car Park Catchphrase]] and Viaduct - plus the less successful Frog Or Dog, King Of Tickets and Dave’s Dictionary Definitions.

==Television Work==

His TV work includes co-hosting ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV series)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' on UK Play in 1998-99 (where he famously stuck carrots up his nose), plus appearances on ''Match of The Day 2'' and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXs5--TTyR4 ''Reverse-A-Word''], a self-devised quiz show piloted by Challenge TV in 2004. He also co-presented a sports programme on Nuts TV called ''Shed Sports One''. Dave and Dominic Byrne appeared on the BBC Two daytime cooking challenge show ''Ready Steady Cook'' in 2007, with Dave winning. In 2009, he appeared as a contestant on BBC Two show ''Celebrity Mastermind''. His specialist subject was British Motorways, and he finished third overall. Also in 2009, he competed on BBC One game show ''Hole In the Wall''. In early 2011, Dave was a contestant on the ITV celebrity ice dancing show ''Dancing On Ice'', partnering professional skater Frankie Poultney. They finished in ninth place overall, out of sixteen. Also in 2011, he guested on [[Chris Moyles Quiz Night]] on Channel 4 as a question setter.

His TV voice over work includes Channel 4's ''Coach Trip'', which he provided the voice-over for from 2010 until 2012.

==Other Work==

Dave has also been a founding member of short-lived musical outfits Ghettolife and Folkface, along with TCMS colleague [[Dominic Byrne]], playing with the latter at Glastonbury 2005. Dave, along with his colleagues from the Chris Moyles Show, was also a member of Mouldy Lookin' Stain, who had a number one hit on the download chart with a parody of Goldie Lookin' Chain's hit ''"Guns Don's Kill People, Rappers Do"'' entitled ''"Dogs Don't Kill People, Rabbits Do"''.

Dave is also a passionate football fan and a big supporter of Everton FC. In 2001 and 2003 he helped raise over £300,000 for Comic Relief by collecting football memorabilia from across the country with Mark Chapman. Since 2003, the pair have also hosted their own show on Radio 1. Chappers and Dave were given an extended summer run in 2004. They also regularly perform DJ sets at venues across the UK, as part of their "World Tour".

Dave has also appeared as a presenter on BBC Radio Five Live and is a frequent guest on Richard Bacon's show on the same station.

Vitty's debut book, [[Comedy Dave's Book]], was published on 11 November 2011.

In 2013, Dave became a Talent Consultant for the charity Cancer Research UK. He helped launch a production company in 2014 called Stripey Horse, where he took the role of Head of Development.

==Personal Life==

Dave settled down and married fiancée Emma Pontefract on 23 August 2003, however they divorced in September 2006.

He then married TV presenter Jayne Sharp who was formerly a runner on 'The Chris Moyles Show' and used to date Chris Evans. They had a daughter, Nicole, in 2007, but Dave and Jayne split in April 2011.

Following the end of the Chris Moyles Show, Dave and [[Dominic Byrne]] went on tour as Folk Face, playing gigs around the UK. In January 2013, Dominic announced that the band had come to an end.

In autumn 2012, newspaper reports appeared claiming that Chris and Dave were no longer on speaking terms, due to Chris going on holiday with Dave's ex-wife Jayne, though the pair have not as yet confirmed or denied the accusations.

== Trivia ==

* He speaks a little Cantonese and used to work as a waiter
* He once had various stalkers
* He is famous for being rubbish at Maths
* He is managed by Noel Gay Management and not Dave Vitty Management
* If he could have any wish, it’d be Everton to win the Premiership
* If he could be any animal, he would be a giraffe

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Chris Moyles

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'''Christopher Moyles''' is an English broadcaster, best known for his work on [[BBC Radio 1]].

= Family and Personal Life =
[[File:Chris_Parents.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris and his parents]]
Chris Moyles was born in Leeds on February 22nd 1974, the youngest member of the Moyles family.

He has one older brother, Kieron, who works as a promotions executive in London and was born on June 8th. His dad Chris used to work for the post office, and is now retired. His mum Hannah Veronica (aka "VIP Vera"), is also retired, and used to work as a school assistant. Chris' parents still live together in Leeds.

Chris is currently (as of February 2014) single, having split up with his long-term girlfriend Sophie Waite in 2010. Before Sophie, Chris dated ex-children's TV presenter Ana Boulter. The pair met in March 1999, and eventually split up in December 2001, to much publicity. Prior to that Chris had a long relationship with Helen Legh, who he met while working for the GWR network. Helen is now the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pz4zc breakfast DJ on Sundays] for [http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecountiesradio BBC Three Counties Radio].

In February 2014, it was reported that a court found that Chris tried to avoid paying up to £1 million of income tax in a scheme where he claimed to be a second-hand car dealer. He said on Twitter that he took "full responsibility" and "learned a valuable lesson".

= Career =
As well as presenting various radio shows, Moyles has worked on a number of television projects, including ''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]'' for Channel 4, ''[[Live With Chris Moyles]]'' on Channel 5 and ''The Chris Moyles Show'' for UK Play. He has also released two parody albums; [[The Parody Album]] in 2009 and [[The Difficult Second Album]], released in 2012.

On 30 June 2014, it was reported that Chris had announced that he has retired from showbusiness after a 20 year career in radio and TV. The following day, Chris took to Twitter to deny that he had retired and accused the journalist who broke the 'story' of making it up.

== The Early Days ==
[[File:Young_Chris.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A young Moyles]]
Chris began his radio career at an early age, working for a hospital radio station in Wakefield - located in the top of a very large building in a mental unit! He also worked at the weekends on [[Radio Top Shop]], a fact that has been mentioned lots on the show throughout the years.

After leaving school with five GCSEs at the age of 16, Chris joined [[Aire FM]] in Leeds (now Radio Aire), initially making cups of tea for Carol Vorderman. He then moved abroad at the age of 18 to present on the world famous [[Radio Luxembourg]] (where he used the name Chris Holmes, Holmes being his mothers maiden name).

After he had worked there for nine months the station was shut down, so Chris went back to Yorkshire and worked for [[The Pulse]] in Bradford, until he was fired eleven months later. Work at other radio stations up and down the country followed - including [[Signal Radio]] in Stoke, [[GWR Radio]] in Bristol, [[Northants FM]], [[Chiltern Radio]] in Dunstable and [[Horizon FM]] in Milton Keynes.

In 1996 Chris secured a move to London station [[Capital FM]], where he presented his show [[The Late Bit]] each weekend. Without any co-presenters or sidekicks, Chris’ unique style was more obviously seen, and he gained a cult following for his late night antics. He would regularly impersonate his fellow DJs, cut off and abuse any dull callers, and invite women listeners into the studio. (Including the time he painted a naked listeners breasts, live on air).

[[File:Early_Chris.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]His catalogue of features included ''Throwing CDs at the Studio Clock'', ''I don’t want to go to work tomorrow'' and (the amazing) ''True or False''.

Chris was also credited with bringing Britpop music to Capital, in particular Oasis, which he claims Alan McGee still loves him for.

Audio clips from Chris’s local radio career can be found in [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?catid=4 the Antique Moyles section] of our [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php Sound Vault].

By the beginning of 1997, people were beginning to talk - and Chris was voted as one of the “Faces for '97” by Sky Magazine. After a year at Capital, the opposition came calling. Kiss 100, London's dance station, wanted him to present their breakfast show, but Chris declined the offer.

== Radio One (1997 - 2012) ==
Chris' no-holds barred approach eventually brought him to the attention of [[BBC Radio 1]] bosses Jeff Smith and Andy Parfitt. After a drunken night out with (then) controller Matthew Bannister, Chris was persuaded to join the station. He did so on Monday 28th July 1997 and styled himself as '''''"The Saviour of Early Morning Radio"'''''.

At the age of 23, he also became Radio One's second youngest DJ ever. The only one younger was Noel Edmonds.

=== The Early Bit (1997 - 1998) ===
{{Main|The Early Bit}}
Chris’s first show on Radio One was '''''[[The Early Bit]]''''', which went out Monday - Friday from 4-7am.

[[File:Early_Chris_Dave.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris and Dave in the early days]]Joined at first by producer Simon Barnett and broadcast assistant Jude Adam, Chris soon developed a friendship with fellow overnight host Clive Warren, who made regular appearances on the show. As too did Dave Vitty, at the time a technical operative, working as the London based button puncher on the Mark and Lard Breakfast Show.

Soon Dave, christened "''[[Comedy Dave]]''" because he wasn't very funny, joined the show alongside new producer, Ben Cooper.

The show added 200,000 listeners before the end of 1997, boosting Chris’ listenership to over a million. He was handed the additional 6-9am Saturday Breakfast Show as a result.

This is the show on which Moyles first worked with Simon Hollis (aka Melinda), who’d later go on to work on the afternoon show.

=== The Saturday Show (1998 - 2001) ===
{{Main|The Saturday Show}}
The Saturday version of Chris' show used to be a great way to start the weekend proper.

Still often mentioned lots on air years after it ended, it ran for over three and a half years, and was often performed under a haze of booze from the night before. It was also the show on which Moyles and Dave first worked with their future Breakfast Show producer, [[Rachel Jones]].

On April 25th 1998 Chris was promoted from his previous 6-9am Saturday slot, as Radio One revamped their weekend schedules. He was given the new 10am-1pm show, produced by Richard Murdoch - and less than ably assisted by "Baldie" Greg Young.

The show also often contained slightly bizarre competitions, the most famous probably being ''Hello, I'm Listening''. This involved Chris phoning up someone, who would then have to answer with "Hello, I'm Listening". There would also be variations of this, with different phrases. Sometimes callers would be from the phone books of the team, or from emails into the show.

=== Afternoons (1998 - 2003) ===
{{Main|Afternoon Show}}
On Monday 12th October 1998, Chris Moyles was allowed out to play in daylight. Given a new, lucrative two year contract - partly to prevent Chris Evans from poaching him to go to rival commercial station Virgin Radio - Chris was promoted to front the late afternoon show (originally called The Afternoon Bit), initially from 4 - 5.45pm and later from 3 - 5:45.

Joined initially by Dave and Ben, the slot became home to Chris for over half a decade, and it was in the afternoons that he really established himself as a household name.

You can download edited afternoon shows [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=22798 here].

=== The Breakfast Show (2004 - 2012) ===
{{Main|The Chris Moyles Show}}
On Monday January 5th 2004 at 7am, the breakfast radio revolution began.

Chris' first show kicked off with a simply unforgettable five minute opener, put together by imaging company Music4 (the company who made all of Chris' jingles). Comedy Dave called it "quietly understated", and it undoubtedly ranks up there as one of the shows’ greatest ever moments.

The show ended in September 2012 with a special live broadcast from the BBC Radio Theatre in London.

A (soon to be) complete archive of the Breakfast Show (edited to remove music and news/sport) is available [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=22798 here]

=== After the Breakfast Show ===
Chris was contracted to Radio 1 until 2014, though he did not appear on the station between September 2012 and 2014.

On 30 September 2014, Chris tweeted that he had had a meeting about "never doing radio EVER again. Signed, sealed and delivered".

==Radio X==
{{Main|The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show}}

In the summer of 2015, it was strongly rumoured that Moyles would be returning to radio as part of Xfm's rebranding to [[Radio X]].

On 6 September 2015, Chris Moyles posted [https://t.co/7cZn2VJFyx a video on his YouTube channel] called ''"It's Time"'', in which his footsteps are shown leading him to the attic, where he pulls out a box marked "Do Not Open Until 2015"...

He later posted a picture on Twitter bearing the words:

RADIO X
MONDAY 21ST
SEPT
06:30

In an interview with The Sun, he officially announced that he would be presenting [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] from 21 September, going head to head with Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw, who replaced Moyles in 2012.

[[Dominic Byrne]] and [[Pippa Taylor]] will be returning to work with Moyles on the new show.

== TV / Film Work ==
Away from his work on radio, Chris has also appeared on television and in films, with varying degress of success.

=== The Chris Moyles Show (1998) ===
Chris' first major TV work came in 1998, when he was given his own weekly show on the now-defunct UK satellite and cable channel UK Play. ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV series)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' featured both Chris and Comedy Dave presenting a rather odd but amusing half hour mix of music videos, features and celebrity guests.

Items on the programme included Viewers Letters, Fake Interviews, Goodbye Song and The Bubble Rapper. The show ran for two series’, and you can view nine full episodes in our [[Videos|Video Vault]], including the infamous "carrots" episode - where Dave inserted carrots up his nostrils.

In 1999, Chris joined forces with MTV star Donna Air to host a revival of the ground-breaking music show ''The Tube''. The duo presented a one-off extravaganza on Saturday 20th November for Sky One, beamed live from the show's original home, the Tyne Tees studio in Newcastle.

In June 2001, Chris was also a one off guest presenter on Channel 4’s ''The Big Breakfast'', joining co host Richard Bacon.

Following the long-standing tradition of Radio 1 DJs presenting the show, Moyles also appeared several times on the BBC’s former music show ''Top of the Pops'' - first with Jamie Theakston at the TOTP Awards, and then later in 2004/2005 (on one occasion with the entire radio show team).

=== Live With Chris Moyles (2002) ===
Produced by former Radio One DJ Chris Evans and his UMTV production company, ''[[Live With Chris Moyles]]'' (working title ''Chris Moyles Live'') was commissioned for a 13-week run on Channel 5, starting in September, airing five nights a week at 7pm.

It was seen as a successor to Evans' ''TFI Friday'' and Chris' big chance to make a name for himself on TV. Broadcasting live from a pub in North London, Chris would host the show from behind the bar, with features such as Push The Pint and Off The Top Of My Head. He was determined to make his new project a big success, despite the clash with his radio work (his Radio 1 show finished at 5:45, just over an hour before his TV show began).

Unfortunately, things didn't quite go according to plan. Ten minutes into the first show, a caller made a four letter outburst live on the air, and it was practically downhill from there. Viewing figures dropped as low as 200,000 and Chris eventually departed by "mutual consent" in January 2003.

He was replaced for the second series by XFM DJ Christian O'Connell. You can see a few clips from the programme in the [[Videos|chrismoyles.net Video Vault here]], and check our TV Reviews Archive to read more.

=== Chris Moyles Quiz Night (2009 - 2012) ===

'''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]''' aired on Channel 4 in the UK between 2009 and 2012. Star guests would compete along with Moyles in a quiz where the prize was an item from Chris' home (this was dropped after series 1). Quiz Night ran for five series between 2009 and 2012 before being axed by Channel 4.

===Love Machine (2012 - 2013)===

Chris teamed up with TV personality Stacey Solomon to present a dating show, ''Love Machine'', for Sky Living which began airing in 2012. The show was axed after a second series in 2013.

=== Miscellaneous TV Work ===
His other TV credits include his infamous appearance on ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' (1998), plus ''Showbiz Weekly'' (1998), ''Casting Couch'' (1999), ''A Question of Pop'' (2000), ''The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows'' (2001), ''I Love the 1990s'' (2001), ''The Springer Show'' (2001), ''Fame Academy'' (2002), ''Patrick Kielty .. Almost Live'' (2002), ''Stupid Punts'' (2002, 2003), ''This Is Your Life'' - David Dickinson (2003), ''Bo Selecta'' (2003), ''Later with Jools Holland'' (2003), ''Big Brother's Little Brother'' (2003, 2004, 2005), BBC FA Cup MOTD (2004), ''Reverse-A-Word'' (2004), ''Children In Need'' (2005) and ''Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live'' (2005).

Chris was also the voice behind ''The Villa'' on Sky One, and appeared in the video for Avid Merrion’s 2003 single ''Proper Crimbo''. He is a frequent guest on ITV's daytime show ''This Morning''.

In 2006, he made an appearance with his family (his brother Kieron, his then-girlfriend Sophie and his parents; Vera and Chris Snr.) on the first episode of ITV1's newly revamped ''All Star Family Fortunes'' show, losing to fellow Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton and her family. He also had a brief role in BBC1's hotel drama ''Hotel Babylon''.

In 2010, Chris wrote and presented a one-off documentary for the BBC called ''When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs'', in which he met most of the previous BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Shows DJs since the station launched in 1967, with the notable exceptions of Chris Evans and Noel Edmonds. In 2012, he presented a one-off comedy showcase called ''Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire'', also on the BBC.

Since moving to the Breakfast Show, Chris has also become a movie star - featuring in three blockbuster films. Not visually, but as a radio DJ. The films in question are 2004's ''Wimbledon'' [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1083 (clip here)], and 2005's ''Robots'' and ''War of the Worlds''. His face also appeared on a character in a video game based on the TV series ''24''.

====''X Factor: Battle of the Stars''====

In May/June 2006 Moyles appeared on a celebrity version of ITV’s music talent competition ''X-Factor'', entitled ''X Factor: Battle Of The Stars''. Under the stewardship of Louis Walsh, Chris reached the semi finals, losing out to rugby player Matt Stevens and the eventual winner, actress Lucy Benjamin. Over the course of seven consecutive nights, Chris wowed the crowds with his performances of [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1418 ''What A Wonderful World''], [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1423 ''Burning Love''] and [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1416 ''Ain’t That A Kick In The Head''] (click the links for audio).

== Theatre ==
=== Jesus Christ Superstar ===

In September 2012, Chris made his stage debut playing King Herod in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' alongside Melanie Chisholm and Tim Minchin.

==Books==

Chris has written two autobiographies, [[The Gospel According to Chris Moyles]] and [[The Difficult Second Book]], published in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

==Music==

''[[The Parody Album]]'' was recorded and released in 2009. A follow-up, ''[[The Difficult Second Album]]'', was released in 2012.

== YouTube Channel ==

In 2011, Chris set up his own personal YouTube channel, [https://www.youtube.com/user/chrismoylesofficial ChrisMoylesOfficial].

Initially, he only posted a few videos of himself at BBC Television Centre; showing off the new set of ''Quiz Night'' and searching for the old 'Broom Cupboard' presentation studio with Andi Peters. However, in September 2014, he returned to YouTube with his Ice Bucket Challenge video and a video blog called "[[A Week In The Life Of Chris Moyles]]", including some celebrity guests. "A Week in the Life..." was last made on 4 December 2014 and there have been no further videos in this series as of September 2015.

Chris has since marked the old videos on his channel as private, leaving only the Ice Bucket Challenge and his 'Week in the Life of' videos available.

==Other work==

On 14 June 2004, Chris appeared in a cameo role on long-running BBC Radio 4 soap ''The Archers''.

After the Breakfast Show ended in 2012, Chris and some members of the team including [[Dominic Byrne|Dominic]] and [[Aled Jones|Aled]] went on tour around the UK with an 80 minute live show featuring karaoke with a live band and comedy.

In 2014, Chris joined Ant and Dec on the Sheffield date of their ''Saturday Night Takeaway'' live tour as a guest announcer.

= Controversies =

{{Main|Chris Moyles controversies}}

Moyles has been involved in many controversial incidents, including allegations of sexism, homophobia and tax avoidance.

= Trivia =

* Chris was nearly named Rory Moyles by his mum.

* The first record on his afternoon show was "''Where's The Love''" by Hanson, played on 12/10/98.

* His last record on the afternoon show was "''My Way''" by Sid Vicious, played on 05/12/03.

* Chris began the Breakfast show by playing "''Flowers In The Rain''", by The Move. This was also the first record played on Radio 1 when it launched in 1967.

* The American voiceovers heard between songs on Chris' shows were done by Paul Turner. Paul has worked on a wide range of American radio stations/shows through the years, including Howard Stern and K-ROCK in New York. He is currently the image voice for CNN and Fox Major League Baseball in the States, and began recording material for Moyles when he worked in local radio.

* Before he joined Radio One, Chris used to post regularly to Usenet radio newsgroups (he's a closet geek!). You can view a collection of Chris's postings here: [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!activity/alt.radio.uk/6l1Y2qaTHTQJ]

* Chris is managed by Vivienne Clore, a talent agent specialising in comedy and multi-skilled presenters. He has been with Vivienne since summer 2000, and was previously managed by ex Radio One DJ Bruno Brookes.

* On 6 August 2003, he was involved in a car crash alongside Comedy Dave. Both escaped unhurt.

* In 2005 it was leaked to ''The Sun'' newspaper that Chris was on a contract with Radio One worth '£630,000 per year'; more than double the second-highest earner on the station.

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'''The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show''' is an upcoming radio show on [[Radio X]] (formerly XFM) which will be presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Dominic Byrne]] and produced by [[Pippa Taylor]].

==Background==

The show was announced by Moyles on YouTube and Twitter on 6 September 2015, and will begin broadcasting at 6:30am on 21 September 2015, almost three years to the day since Moyles was last heard on radio.

It has been confirmed that O2 will sponsor the show and that Sandy Beech/Music4 have been approached to produce the jingles.

==The Team==

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| [[Dominic Byrne]]
| News reader
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| [[Pippa Taylor]]
| Producer
| 2015
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==Features==

The show hasn't started yet, but any features will be listed here.

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'''Christopher Moyles''' is an English broadcaster, best known for his work on [[BBC Radio 1]].

= Family and Personal Life =
[[File:Chris_Parents.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris and his parents]]
Chris Moyles was born in Leeds on February 22nd 1974, the youngest member of the Moyles family.

He has one older brother, Kieron, who works as a promotions executive in London and was born on June 8th. His dad Chris used to work for the post office, and is now retired. His mum Hannah Veronica (aka "VIP Vera"), is also retired, and used to work as a school assistant. Chris' parents still live together in Leeds.

Chris is currently (as of February 2014) single, having split up with his long-term girlfriend Sophie Waite in 2010. Before Sophie, Chris dated ex-children's TV presenter Ana Boulter. The pair met in March 1999, and eventually split up in December 2001, to much publicity. Prior to that Chris had a long relationship with Helen Legh, who he met while working for the GWR network. Helen is now the [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00pz4zc breakfast DJ on Sundays] for [http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecountiesradio BBC Three Counties Radio].

In February 2014, it was reported that a court found that Chris tried to avoid paying up to £1 million of income tax in a scheme where he claimed to be a second-hand car dealer. He said on Twitter that he took "full responsibility" and "learned a valuable lesson".

= Career =
As well as presenting various radio shows, Moyles has worked on a number of television projects, including ''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]'' for Channel 4, ''[[Live With Chris Moyles]]'' on Channel 5 and ''The Chris Moyles Show'' for UK Play. He has also released two parody albums; [[The Parody Album]] in 2009 and [[The Difficult Second Album]], released in 2012.

On 30 June 2014, it was reported that Chris had announced that he has retired from showbusiness after a 20 year career in radio and TV. The following day, Chris took to Twitter to deny that he had retired and accused the journalist who broke the 'story' of making it up.

== The Early Days ==
[[File:Young_Chris.jpg|200px|thumb|right|A young Moyles]]
Chris began his radio career at an early age, working for a hospital radio station in Wakefield - located in the top of a very large building in a mental unit! He also worked at the weekends on [[Radio Top Shop]], a fact that has been mentioned lots on the show throughout the years.

After leaving school with five GCSEs at the age of 16, Chris joined [[Aire FM]] in Leeds (now Radio Aire), initially making cups of tea for Carol Vorderman. He then moved abroad at the age of 18 to present on the world famous [[Radio Luxembourg]] (where he used the name Chris Holmes, Holmes being his mothers maiden name).

After he had worked there for nine months the station was shut down, so Chris went back to Yorkshire and worked for [[The Pulse]] in Bradford, until he was fired eleven months later. Work at other radio stations up and down the country followed - including [[Signal Radio]] in Stoke, [[GWR Radio]] in Bristol, [[Northants FM]], [[Chiltern Radio]] in Dunstable and [[Horizon FM]] in Milton Keynes.

In 1996 Chris secured a move to London station [[Capital FM]], where he presented his show [[The Late Bit]] each weekend. Without any co-presenters or sidekicks, Chris’ unique style was more obviously seen, and he gained a cult following for his late night antics. He would regularly impersonate his fellow DJs, cut off and abuse any dull callers, and invite women listeners into the studio. (Including the time he painted a naked listeners breasts, live on air).

[[File:Early_Chris.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]His catalogue of features included ''Throwing CDs at the Studio Clock'', ''I don’t want to go to work tomorrow'' and (the amazing) ''True or False''.

Chris was also credited with bringing Britpop music to Capital, in particular Oasis, which he claims Alan McGee still loves him for.

Audio clips from Chris’s local radio career can be found in [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?catid=4 the Antique Moyles section] of our [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php Sound Vault].

By the beginning of 1997, people were beginning to talk - and Chris was voted as one of the “Faces for '97” by Sky Magazine. After a year at Capital, the opposition came calling. Kiss 100, London's dance station, wanted him to present their breakfast show, but Chris declined the offer.

== Radio One (1997 - 2012) ==
Chris' no-holds barred approach eventually brought him to the attention of [[BBC Radio 1]] bosses Jeff Smith and Andy Parfitt. After a drunken night out with (then) controller Matthew Bannister, Chris was persuaded to join the station. He did so on Monday 28th July 1997 and styled himself as '''''"The Saviour of Early Morning Radio"'''''.

At the age of 23, he also became Radio One's second youngest DJ ever. The only one younger was Noel Edmonds.

=== The Early Bit (1997 - 1998) ===
{{Main|The Early Bit}}
Chris’s first show on Radio One was '''''[[The Early Bit]]''''', which went out Monday - Friday from 4-7am.

[[File:Early_Chris_Dave.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chris and Dave in the early days]]Joined at first by producer Simon Barnett and broadcast assistant Jude Adam, Chris soon developed a friendship with fellow overnight host Clive Warren, who made regular appearances on the show. As too did Dave Vitty, at the time a technical operative, working as the London based button puncher on the Mark and Lard Breakfast Show.

Soon Dave, christened "''[[Comedy Dave]]''" because he wasn't very funny, joined the show alongside new producer, Ben Cooper.

The show added 200,000 listeners before the end of 1997, boosting Chris’ listenership to over a million. He was handed the additional 6-9am Saturday Breakfast Show as a result.

This is the show on which Moyles first worked with Simon Hollis (aka Melinda), who’d later go on to work on the afternoon show.

=== The Saturday Show (1998 - 2001) ===
{{Main|The Saturday Show}}
The Saturday version of Chris' show used to be a great way to start the weekend proper.

Still often mentioned lots on air years after it ended, it ran for over three and a half years, and was often performed under a haze of booze from the night before. It was also the show on which Moyles and Dave first worked with their future Breakfast Show producer, [[Rachel Jones]].

On April 25th 1998 Chris was promoted from his previous 6-9am Saturday slot, as Radio One revamped their weekend schedules. He was given the new 10am-1pm show, produced by Richard Murdoch - and less than ably assisted by "Baldie" Greg Young.

The show also often contained slightly bizarre competitions, the most famous probably being ''Hello, I'm Listening''. This involved Chris phoning up someone, who would then have to answer with "Hello, I'm Listening". There would also be variations of this, with different phrases. Sometimes callers would be from the phone books of the team, or from emails into the show.

=== Afternoons (1998 - 2003) ===
{{Main|Afternoon Show}}
On Monday 12th October 1998, Chris Moyles was allowed out to play in daylight. Given a new, lucrative two year contract - partly to prevent Chris Evans from poaching him to go to rival commercial station Virgin Radio - Chris was promoted to front the late afternoon show (originally called The Afternoon Bit), initially from 4 - 5.45pm and later from 3 - 5:45.

Joined initially by Dave and Ben, the slot became home to Chris for over half a decade, and it was in the afternoons that he really established himself as a household name.

You can download edited afternoon shows [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=22798 here].

=== The Breakfast Show (2004 - 2012) ===
{{Main|The Chris Moyles Show}}
On Monday January 5th 2004 at 7am, the breakfast radio revolution began.

Chris' first show kicked off with a simply unforgettable five minute opener, put together by imaging company Music4 (the company who made all of Chris' jingles). Comedy Dave called it "quietly understated", and it undoubtedly ranks up there as one of the shows’ greatest ever moments.

The show ended in September 2012 with a special live broadcast from the BBC Radio Theatre in London.

A (soon to be) complete archive of the Breakfast Show (edited to remove music and news/sport) is available [http://chrismoyles.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=56&t=22798 here]

=== After the Breakfast Show ===
Chris was contracted to Radio 1 until 2014, though he did not appear on the station between September 2012 and 2014.

On 30 September 2014, Chris tweeted that he had had a meeting about "never doing radio EVER again. Signed, sealed and delivered".

==Radio X==

In the summer of 2015, it was strongly rumoured that Moyles would be returning to radio as part of Xfm's rebranding to [[Radio X]].

On 6 September 2015, Chris Moyles posted [https://t.co/7cZn2VJFyx a video on his YouTube channel] called ''"It's Time"'', in which his footsteps are shown leading him to the attic, where he pulls out a box marked "Do Not Open Until 2015"...

He later posted a picture on Twitter bearing the words:

RADIO X
MONDAY 21ST
SEPT
06:30

In an interview with The Sun, he officially announced that he would be presenting [[The Chris Moyles Breakfast Show]] from 21 September, going head to head with Radio 1's Nick Grimshaw, who replaced Moyles in 2012.

[[Dominic Byrne]] and [[Pippa Taylor]] will be returning to work with Moyles on the new show.

== TV / Film Work ==
Away from his work on radio, Chris has also appeared on television and in films, with varying degress of success.

=== The Chris Moyles Show (1998) ===
Chris' first major TV work came in 1998, when he was given his own weekly show on the now-defunct UK satellite and cable channel UK Play. ''[[The Chris Moyles Show (TV series)|The Chris Moyles Show]]'' featured both Chris and Comedy Dave presenting a rather odd but amusing half hour mix of music videos, features and celebrity guests.

Items on the programme included Viewers Letters, Fake Interviews, Goodbye Song and The Bubble Rapper. The show ran for two series’, and you can view nine full episodes in our [[Videos|Video Vault]], including the infamous "carrots" episode - where Dave inserted carrots up his nostrils.

In 1999, Chris joined forces with MTV star Donna Air to host a revival of the ground-breaking music show ''The Tube''. The duo presented a one-off extravaganza on Saturday 20th November for Sky One, beamed live from the show's original home, the Tyne Tees studio in Newcastle.

In June 2001, Chris was also a one off guest presenter on Channel 4’s ''The Big Breakfast'', joining co host Richard Bacon.

Following the long-standing tradition of Radio 1 DJs presenting the show, Moyles also appeared several times on the BBC’s former music show ''Top of the Pops'' - first with Jamie Theakston at the TOTP Awards, and then later in 2004/2005 (on one occasion with the entire radio show team).

=== Live With Chris Moyles (2002) ===
Produced by former Radio One DJ Chris Evans and his UMTV production company, ''[[Live With Chris Moyles]]'' (working title ''Chris Moyles Live'') was commissioned for a 13-week run on Channel 5, starting in September, airing five nights a week at 7pm.

It was seen as a successor to Evans' ''TFI Friday'' and Chris' big chance to make a name for himself on TV. Broadcasting live from a pub in North London, Chris would host the show from behind the bar, with features such as Push The Pint and Off The Top Of My Head. He was determined to make his new project a big success, despite the clash with his radio work (his Radio 1 show finished at 5:45, just over an hour before his TV show began).

Unfortunately, things didn't quite go according to plan. Ten minutes into the first show, a caller made a four letter outburst live on the air, and it was practically downhill from there. Viewing figures dropped as low as 200,000 and Chris eventually departed by "mutual consent" in January 2003.

He was replaced for the second series by XFM DJ Christian O'Connell. You can see a few clips from the programme in the [[Videos|chrismoyles.net Video Vault here]], and check our TV Reviews Archive to read more.

=== Chris Moyles Quiz Night (2009 - 2012) ===

'''[[Chris Moyles' Quiz Night]]''' aired on Channel 4 in the UK between 2009 and 2012. Star guests would compete along with Moyles in a quiz where the prize was an item from Chris' home (this was dropped after series 1). Quiz Night ran for five series between 2009 and 2012 before being axed by Channel 4.

===Love Machine (2012 - 2013)===

Chris teamed up with TV personality Stacey Solomon to present a dating show, ''Love Machine'', for Sky Living which began airing in 2012. The show was axed after a second series in 2013.

=== Miscellaneous TV Work ===
His other TV credits include his infamous appearance on ''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' (1998), plus ''Showbiz Weekly'' (1998), ''Casting Couch'' (1999), ''A Question of Pop'' (2000), ''The 100 Greatest Kids TV Shows'' (2001), ''I Love the 1990s'' (2001), ''The Springer Show'' (2001), ''Fame Academy'' (2002), ''Patrick Kielty .. Almost Live'' (2002), ''Stupid Punts'' (2002, 2003), ''This Is Your Life'' - David Dickinson (2003), ''Bo Selecta'' (2003), ''Later with Jools Holland'' (2003), ''Big Brother's Little Brother'' (2003, 2004, 2005), BBC FA Cup MOTD (2004), ''Reverse-A-Word'' (2004), ''Children In Need'' (2005) and ''Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live'' (2005).

Chris was also the voice behind ''The Villa'' on Sky One, and appeared in the video for Avid Merrion’s 2003 single ''Proper Crimbo''. He is a frequent guest on ITV's daytime show ''This Morning''.

In 2006, he made an appearance with his family (his brother Kieron, his then-girlfriend Sophie and his parents; Vera and Chris Snr.) on the first episode of ITV1's newly revamped ''All Star Family Fortunes'' show, losing to fellow Radio 1 DJ Fearne Cotton and her family. He also had a brief role in BBC1's hotel drama ''Hotel Babylon''.

In 2010, Chris wrote and presented a one-off documentary for the BBC called ''When Moyles Met the Radio 1 Breakfast DJs'', in which he met most of the previous BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Shows DJs since the station launched in 1967, with the notable exceptions of Chris Evans and Noel Edmonds. In 2012, he presented a one-off comedy showcase called ''Chris Moyles' Comedy Empire'', also on the BBC.

Since moving to the Breakfast Show, Chris has also become a movie star - featuring in three blockbuster films. Not visually, but as a radio DJ. The films in question are 2004's ''Wimbledon'' [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1083 (clip here)], and 2005's ''Robots'' and ''War of the Worlds''. His face also appeared on a character in a video game based on the TV series ''24''.

====''X Factor: Battle of the Stars''====

In May/June 2006 Moyles appeared on a celebrity version of ITV’s music talent competition ''X-Factor'', entitled ''X Factor: Battle Of The Stars''. Under the stewardship of Louis Walsh, Chris reached the semi finals, losing out to rugby player Matt Stevens and the eventual winner, actress Lucy Benjamin. Over the course of seven consecutive nights, Chris wowed the crowds with his performances of [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1418 ''What A Wonderful World''], [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1423 ''Burning Love''] and [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=1416 ''Ain’t That A Kick In The Head''] (click the links for audio).

== Theatre ==
=== Jesus Christ Superstar ===

In September 2012, Chris made his stage debut playing King Herod in a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' alongside Melanie Chisholm and Tim Minchin.

==Books==

Chris has written two autobiographies, [[The Gospel According to Chris Moyles]] and [[The Difficult Second Book]], published in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

==Music==

''[[The Parody Album]]'' was recorded and released in 2009. A follow-up, ''[[The Difficult Second Album]]'', was released in 2012.

== YouTube Channel ==

In 2011, Chris set up his own personal YouTube channel, [https://www.youtube.com/user/chrismoylesofficial ChrisMoylesOfficial].

Initially, he only posted a few videos of himself at BBC Television Centre; showing off the new set of ''Quiz Night'' and searching for the old 'Broom Cupboard' presentation studio with Andi Peters. However, in September 2014, he returned to YouTube with his Ice Bucket Challenge video and a video blog called "[[A Week In The Life Of Chris Moyles]]", including some celebrity guests. "A Week in the Life..." was last made on 4 December 2014 and there have been no further videos in this series as of September 2015.

Chris has since marked the old videos on his channel as private, leaving only the Ice Bucket Challenge and his 'Week in the Life of' videos available.

==Other work==

On 14 June 2004, Chris appeared in a cameo role on long-running BBC Radio 4 soap ''The Archers''.

After the Breakfast Show ended in 2012, Chris and some members of the team including [[Dominic Byrne|Dominic]] and [[Aled Jones|Aled]] went on tour around the UK with an 80 minute live show featuring karaoke with a live band and comedy.

In 2014, Chris joined Ant and Dec on the Sheffield date of their ''Saturday Night Takeaway'' live tour as a guest announcer.

= Controversies =

{{Main|Chris Moyles controversies}}

Moyles has been involved in many controversial incidents, including allegations of sexism, homophobia and tax avoidance.

= Trivia =

* Chris was nearly named Rory Moyles by his mum.

* The first record on his afternoon show was "''Where's The Love''" by Hanson, played on 12/10/98.

* His last record on the afternoon show was "''My Way''" by Sid Vicious, played on 05/12/03.

* Chris began the Breakfast show by playing "''Flowers In The Rain''", by The Move. This was also the first record played on Radio 1 when it launched in 1967.

* The American voiceovers heard between songs on Chris' shows were done by Paul Turner. Paul has worked on a wide range of American radio stations/shows through the years, including Howard Stern and K-ROCK in New York. He is currently the image voice for CNN and Fox Major League Baseball in the States, and began recording material for Moyles when he worked in local radio.

* Before he joined Radio One, Chris used to post regularly to Usenet radio newsgroups (he's a closet geek!). You can view a collection of Chris's postings here: [https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!activity/alt.radio.uk/6l1Y2qaTHTQJ]

* Chris is managed by Vivienne Clore, a talent agent specialising in comedy and multi-skilled presenters. He has been with Vivienne since summer 2000, and was previously managed by ex Radio One DJ Bruno Brookes.

* On 6 August 2003, he was involved in a car crash alongside Comedy Dave. Both escaped unhurt.

* In 2005 it was leaked to ''The Sun'' newspaper that Chris was on a contract with Radio One worth '£630,000 per year'; more than double the second-highest earner on the station.

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The Saturday Show

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{{Schedule
| October 1998
|
* 0400 Emma B
* 0700 Mark Goodier
* '''''1000 Chris Moyles'''''
* 1300 Lisa I'Anson
* 1500 The R&B Chart with Trevor Nelson
* 1700 Judge Jules
}}

'''The Saturday Show''' was a show broadcast on [[BBC Radio 1]] and presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Comedy Dave]] from April 1998 to September 2001.

==Overview==

The show ran for over three and a half years, and was often performed under a haze of booze from the night before. It was also the show on which Moyles and Dave first worked with producer [[Rachel Jones]], who later went on to produce [[The Chris Moyles Show|the breakfast show]].

On 25 April 1998, Chris was promoted from his previous 6-9am Saturday slot, as Radio One revamped their weekend schedules. He was given the new 10am-1pm show, produced by Richard Murdoch (known as 'Count Drunkula' due to his red-stained teeth from drinking wine the previous evening) - and less than ably assisted by "Baldie" Greg Young.

The show also often contained slightly bizarre competitions, the most famous probably being ''Hello, I'm Listening''. This involved Chris phoning up someone, who would then have to answer with the phrase "Hello, I'm Listening". There would also be variations of this, with different phrases. Sometimes callers would be from the personal phone books of the team, or from emails into the show.

==Features==

* '''''Girls Going To Football''''' - Chris used to invite women who were attending a football game that day to phone in and predict the day's football scores. Dave would then predict them with far greater accuracy himself, in a psychic manner. There were several comedy alternatives to the title suggested, such as "Dames Going To Games" and "Bitches at the Pitches". The tagline was "You have to be a proper fan, but not a man!".

* '''''Boys Going Shopping''''' - During the summer, when the football season was over, Moyles and Dave would sometimes use this feature to replace Girls Going To Football. It usually involved desperate men phoning up in search of excuses to get out of going shopping with the missus.

* '''''Gargling''''' - A competition where callers would have to ring up and pick a member of the team to gargle a song for them. If by some miracle they guessed it correctly, they would win a prize. Sometimes celebrity guests would gargle (badly), although Baldie Greg was always the worst by far.

* '''''Who’s In The Doghouse''''' - Sung to the tune of the hit song ''Who Let The Dogs Out?'' by the Baha Men, this involved blokes ringing in to explain why they were in the doghouse. It usually involved too much alcohol the previous night.

* '''''Midday Chocolate Money''''' - A tribute to ''This Morning'' presenters Richard and Judy's ''Midday Money'' feature, but instead of winning £500 for each correct question, the caller would win a chocolate coin. Chris and Dave used to play this game at exactly midday, with a series of straightforward questions.

* '''''Fingernail Riverdance''''' - A feature that involved lots of synchronised finger tapping, in time to the Lord Of The Dance music. Strange but funny.

* '''''May Divorce Be With You''''' - As Saturdays are traditionally wedding days, people getting married on the Saturday would contact the show, and Chris and Dave used to make joking predictions on how long their marriage would last. Ironically, Dave has since been divorced twice.

* '''''Dave’s Introductory Service''''' - Not a feature strictly done on Saturdays, but still a favourite if there was a link to kill. Comedy Dave would show off his musical knowledge by identifying songs from their introduction, whilst playing against a caller or fellow team member.

Every week after 12 o'clock, the lads would also be joined by celebrity guests, often ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime. Singer Sisqo and TV host Jerry Springer were particular favourites, although a long list - including Natalie Imbruglia, Dannii Minogue, Atomic Kitten and Kenickie - didn’t go down quite so well.

==Memorable Moments==

In February 2000, boy band '911' announced their split live on the show, and another memorable moment was the day Chris and Dave had to stay on until 3pm for a five hour marathon shift, in the absence of Emma B.

The funniest ever moment on the Saturday Show is widely thought to be the time [http://chrismoyles.net/soundvault/soundvault.php?fileid=904 Comedy Dave sang an off-the-cuff song all about cheese] in June 2001, including the classic line "Just take a look at my cheese!".

==End of the Show==

In August 2001, Radio One announced a major change to its weekend line up. According to a press release, Chris was "giving up" his weekend slot to make way for a new show by Jamie Theakston. A spokesman said "It's because he now has five hours extra each week in the afternoons. It has always been the plan to move him from Saturdays". Either way, Moyles didn’t sound too chuffed. The Sun's showbiz editor Dominic Mohan said that Radio One bosses were 'mad', as Saturday was Chris' best show.

The final edition of the Saturday Show was aired on Saturday 15 September 2001. Former ''Coronation Street'' actor turned singer Adam Rickitt and television personality Dale Winton both made guest appearances on the last show. Before the final Saturday Show began, Moyles made a short statement advising listeners that the show would have the usual fun and laughter, despite the September 11 terror attacks in the USA a few days earlier. He respectfully advised anyone who would not be in the mood for a laugh to not listen to the show.

==Other weekend shows==

Chris has since presented one-off weekend shows for Radio One, including shows live from Cardiff in 2003, Londonderry in 2004 and Newquay in 2006. He also broadcast on a Sunday for Radio One's 40th anniversary celebrations in 2007.

==Archive==

A few of the Saturday shows are available to download from the archive. Please note these are mostly incomplete and all music has been edited out.

* [http://www.archive.org/download/2000-02-19-ChrisMoylesOnRadio1-Saturday19thFebruary2000/2000-02-19-ChrisMoylesOnRadio1-Saturday19thFebruary2000-Edited.mp3 Saturday 19 February 2000]
* [http://www.archive.org/download/ClassicMoylesTheRevenge/2000-12-09-ChrisMoylesOnRadio1-Saturday9thDecember2000-WithKylie-Edited.mp3 Saturday 9 December 2000]
* [http://www.archive.org/download/ChrisMoylesShowSaturday23rdDec2000Edited/2000-12-23.mp3 Saturday 23 December 2000]
* [http://www.archive.org/download/VintageMoylesShows/2001-04-14-ChrisMoylesOnRadio1-Saturday14thApril2001-Edited.mp3 Saturday 14 April 2001]
* [http://www.archive.org/download/chrismoylesfinalsaturdayshow/ChrisMoylesOnRadio1Saturday15thSeptember2001.mp3 Saturday 15 September 2001]

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The Afternoon Show

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{{Schedule
| October 1998
|
* 0200 Clive Warren
* 0400 Scott Mills
* 0630 Zoe Ball
* 0900 Simon Mayo
* 1200 Jo Whiley inc Newsbeat @ 1230
* 1400 Mark and Lard
* '''''1600 Chris Moyles'''''
* 1745 Newsbeat
* 1800 Dave Pearce
}}

'''The Afternoon Show''' was a radio show presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Comedy Dave]] which ran on [[BBC Radio 1]] from 12 October 1998 to 5 December 2003.

==Background==

Beginning on Monday 12 October 1998, Chris Moyles was allowed out to play in daylight. Given a new, lucrative two year contract - partly to prevent Chris Evans from poaching him to go to Virgin Radio - Chris was promoted from [[The Early Bit]] to front the late afternoon show (originally called ''The Afternoon Bit''), between 1600 - 1745. In 2001, the show's hours were extended to 1500 - 1745.

Joined initially by Dave and producer Ben Cooper, the slot became home to Chris for over five years, and it was in the afternoons that he really established himself as a household name.

In his first three months, Chris added 300,000 new listeners and helped Radio One to their best RAJAR results in two years.

==The Team==

The show began in 1998 with Chris and his sidekick Comedy Dave, who had been working with him on Chris' early morning show. June 1999 saw a change of team with the departure of producer Ben to Jo Whiley’s show, and the arrival of his replacement, ex Mark and Lard producer Rhys Hughes (also a member of the Shirehorses). Other new arrivals on the show included the previously mentioned Simon Hollis as Broadcast Assistant, nicknamed "Melinda", because he used to work in a mail room.. ergo a messenger - and impressionist Jon Culshaw, who was working at the time with Steve Penk on Capital.

One memorable moment from the show during 2000 was the unforgettable team walkout, where everyone on the show bar Chris pretended to quit mid-link. However, they returned half an hour later.

In December 2000, Rhys left the show for real - to take up a new position as executive producer of Radio One’s specialist programming. He returned to the team full time as executive producer in 2005. Rhys’ place was taken by [[Will Kinder]], former producer of the ''Zoe Ball Breakfast Show''. Will, or "Greyhead" as he became known, struck up an instant chemistry with Chris and Dave. Another change quickly followed before the end of the year, as Melinda also announced his intention to leave the show. His last show was the pre-recorded Christmas Day special, which went out between 6 and 8pm.

Melinda’s replacement as broadcast assistant, Lizzie Buckingham, joined the show in January 2001. Lizzie, then aged 24 from Southport, became the first woman to work on the weekday show full time since Jude in 1998.

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 1998
| 2003
|-
| [[Dave Vitty]]
| Co-presenter
| 1998
| 2003
|-
| Ben Cooper
| Producer
| 1998
| 1999
|-
| Rhys Hughes
| Producer
| 1999
| 2000
|-
| Simon 'Melinda' Hollis
| Broadcast Assistant
| 1999
| 2000
|-
| [[Will Kinder]]
| Producer
| 2000
| 2003
|-
| Lizzie Buckingham
| Broadcast Assistant
| 2001
| 2002
|-
| [[Aled Haydn Jones]]
| BB Aled/Broadcast Assistant
| 2001
| 2003
|-
| [[Rachel Jones]]
| Producer
| 2003
| 2003
|}

==1998==

==1999==

August 1999 saw the team travel up and down England on the last ever week of the Radio One Roadshow - as bosses had announced plans to rebrand the roadshows as “One Big Sunday” from the start of the new Millennium. They visited Middlesbrough, Cleethorpes, Hunstanton, Great Yarmouth and Brighton on their tour - with live guests including S Club 7, Hepburn, B*Witched, ''Coronation Street'' star and singer Adam Rickett and Chris’ favourite band of the time, Shed Seven.

Moyles would begin and end the roadshows by performing a range of musical numbers.

==2000==

Moyles helped Radio One see in the new Millennium with an extended Breakfast show from 8am on New Years Day 2000, but when the breakfast show was changed permanently four months later, it was Sara Cox and not Chris, who replaced Zoë Ball. A Radio One spokesman said of Moyles: ”His show is doing perfectly in the afternoons and his style is perfect for that slot. Plus he has said himself that he could not bothered getting up at that time”. Instead, the team had different plans.

The following summer saw the show take off to foreign shores, with outside broadcasts from the Euro 2000 football tournament in Holland and Belgium. Guests on the show included Noel Gallagher, Craig David and Melanie C, plus the team gained a temporary member in the form of Mark Chapman, aka “Chappers” from Sara Cox’s Breakfast Show.

As well as presenting various One Big Sunday events across the country, Chris took the show to the road in July 2000 for the ''One Big Belly'' tour: hitting Blackpool, Hunstanton, Paignton, Scarborough, Weymouth and Newquay. It was through the One Big Belly tour that Chris first got to know [[Aled Haydn Jones]], a member of the Radio One team who helped book bands and transport for the shows. Both shared a passion for Channel 4’s ''Big Brother'', launched in July 2000 - and by the end of the summer, the whole nation was addicted.

Both winner Craig Phillips and 'Nasty' Nick Bateman came on the show for subsequent interviews. The team also launched their own spoof parody ''Big Mutha'': featuring the strapline "10 DJ’s, 14 microphones and no jingles... This is Big Mutha".

==2001==

{{Schedule
| February 2001
|
* 0200 Vicky Marsden
* 0400 Scott Mills
* 0700 Sara Cox
* 1000 Jo Whiley
* 1245 Newsbeat
* 1300 Mark and Lard
* '''''1500 Chris Moyles'''''
* 1745 Newsbeat
* 1800 Dave Pearce
}}

In February 2001, Simon Mayo left Radio One after fifteen years with the station. This resulted in a schedule reshuffle, which saw both Chris and Jo Whiley given extended shows. Chris was given an earlier start time of 3pm - and didn’t disappoint. 2001 is often thought to be one of Moyles' best years at the station. His new show began with a pre-recorded sketch, featuring Simon Mayo himself - and included new jingles and new features, including Secret Squirrel, The Great Receptionist Stopwatch Challenge, Dial-A-Mate and Car-e-oke. The latter almost saw a live arrest on the show later in the year, as contestant Lucy was told to move by the police whilst on the phone to Chris.

On February 23rd, Chris was joined by some very special guests - the Popstars Hear’Say. It was their very first radio interview, highlights of which went out on ITV the following day.

Moyles went on to parody their debut single ''Pure And Simple''. Myleene Klass from the band, producer Will’s favourite, returned to the show in December to record a duet with him of ''Something Stupid'', which went on to be Christmas number one for Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman.

Other notable parodies this year included Dave’s take on Ian Van Dahl’s ''Castles In The Sky'', all about the BBC losing their Premiership football rights.

In March, Comedy Dave and Chappers embarked upon their Comic Relief Football Challenge - as they toured all of the Premier League clubs in England and Scotland within a week, to collect merchandise from each club which a listener could win.

April saw producer Hannah depping for Will while he was on holiday, and she inadvertently produced one of the funniest moments of the year, with her drunken story about hitting (and making cry) Coby Dick, the lead singer of Papa Roach.

Other new items launched on the show in 2001 included Dave and Will’s ''Camp Cops'' sketches - plus Challenge The Team, A Book At Tea Time, Guess Who, Mystic Horse and the legendary Sports Talk feature. This is where Will, who knows nothing about football, presented a spoof Five Live football phone-in show similar to 606. It would often feature Chris and Dave as callers on a time delay. The feature was dropped in 2002.

''Big Brother'' made its return to Channel 4 in 2001, won by Brian Dowling. Chris and the team went BB mad, with a number of ex housemates coming onto the show to talk about their time in the house. ''Big Brother'' presenter Davina McCall also made her debut appearance on the show this year. There were even daily updates courtesy of 'BB Aled' - [[Aled Haydn Jones]], a Big Brother obsessive who was at the time working on Dave Pearce’s Drive show on Radio 1. Aled was invited by Chris to give a one-off review of the first show, but it went down well enough for Aled to join the team. He would often provide eviction exclusives, plus audio from the Big Brother press conferences each and every Friday.

With the launch of another reality show later in the year, ''Pop Idol'', Chris responded in typical fashion. Spoof feature Pap Idol was then followed up by another, Bap Idol - won by Nikki, 19 from Essex. September 2001 also saw the launch of two classic features still mentioned to this day: Bang Will’s Head Against The Studio Window and Dizzy Lizzie.

The former involved Greyhead banging his head as many times as he could against the studio window in 30 seconds, whilst wearing a helmet. For some reason he didn't think this idea was very safe, so didn't bang his head particularly hard. The latter saw Lizzie put in a swivel chair and spun for 30 seconds whilst listening to nauseating music. She was then pushed off and made to carry an apple and orange. Both features were accompanied by almost identical jingles.

===Big Blubber===

A new weekly feature which was introduced in 2001 was Big Blubber, as the team collectively launched a fitness campaign, with the help of their new personal trainer Gym Lady Jane. Each week Chris, Dave, Will and Lizzie would go out training with Jane, before she rated their performances individually on the air. The most hard working would then win the "Licky-licky Brown Nose" trophy and have to make a speech. The training sessions often took place in London’s Regents Park, surrounded by paparazzi, resulting in many appearances in celebrity magazine Heat and The Mirror’s 3AM Girls showbiz column. Chris’s on-going feud with the 3AM Girls escalated when they published his home phone number later in the year, although he subsequently claimed victory.

Chris' greatest achievement from his training with Jane came a year later in 2002, when he completed The Great North Run in an incredible 1 hour 57 minutes, reaching his lowest weight since he was a teenager.

===September 11 2001===

On Tuesday 11 September 2001, the terrorist attacks in America occurred just before Chris was due to go on the air at 3pm UK time. A decision was made not to do the usual show. Instead, Chris played non stop music, interrupted only by regular news updates from Newsbeat's Claire Bradley. He was widely praised for his handling of the situation. The next three shows were much the same - featuring emails from listeners, stories from eye witnesses and the latest news from Newsbeat.

Friend of the show Jerry Springer was on the phone on the Wednesday to discuss events, as was Joe Grant from EMI in New York. Joe was an American listener who had phoned the show earlier in the year, when they were asking to hear from listeners abroad.

Chris also did the final [[The Saturday Show|Saturday Show]] on the weekend after the attacks. He respectfully advised listeners that if they were not in the mood for laughter and jokes that they should not listen to that day's show.

==2002==

The new year began badly for Chris, as he split up with long term girlfriend Ana Boulter. He spent the next few months complaining about being single, and asked hot women to ring up the show if they wanted to go out with him.

Stringfellows lap dancer Bonnie Simon duly did, and the two hooked up at a London pub. A few months later Bonnie, who had left her job (not that we are insinuating anything) sold her story to the News Of The World. See it here in our News Archive. Chris never confirmed or denied sleeping with her.

In February, Chris also got himself into hot water with the Broadcasting Standards Commission, when he offered to take Charlotte Church’s virginity on the day she turned 16. The complaints were upheld and Moyles forced to apologise. Despite this, Charlotte made several subsequent appearances on Chris' shows, with Chris even presenting his Christmas Day show live from her mum's pub in 2005.

In October 2002 Moyles also got into more trouble, and was severely reprimanded for comments he made in August about Pop Idol judge and Capital FM DJ, Neil 'Doctor' Fox. As the pair continued their long running war of words, spread across the tabloids, Chris said "I'm gonna tear his head off and poo down his neck". According to Moyles' first book, the feud had begin when they both worked at Capital in the 1990s.

Chris was also named Britain’s ”Most irritating DJ” in a 2002 poll. Listeners apparently didn't like the way he waffled instead of naming the records he played.

2002 was also the year that Comedy Dave finally (drunkenly) proposed to his then girlfriend Emma, after four years together. The £140 wedding ring was a major talking point.

From 29 April - 3 May 2002, the team presented a week's worth of shows from America. The Chris Moyles US Road Trip came live from Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Chris, Dave, Will and Lizzie were joined by competition winner Paul Titley, who was from Cannock and best known for his huge sideburns. Each day "Titters" (as he became known) was set a task, including the time he had to get ''Starbucks'' by the band A played on US radio. Guests during the week long excursion included John Lydon, Noel Gallagher and Elbow. The team also visited Coachella Festival, Warner Brothers Studios and Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion. Producer Will and show exec Mick Meadows were also involved in a car crash whilst out there, but fortunately escaped unhurt.

Jingle Justin, a rather odd but funny Irish fella, also started contributing to the show. He would ask celebrities bizarre questions like "What would you leave Chris Moyles in your will?", and once infiltrated the ''Popstars'' auditions (on air) to squirt a water pistol at Geri Halliwell.

Other highlights from the year included the time Chris pretended to be drunk during the World Cup, Dave and Will ballsing up a news intro in his absence - and an all time classic clip, where the team reveal to Chris that U2’s "live" performance down the line for his birthday a couple of weeks previously hadn't been live. Nor indeed for his birthday. It was from a Simon Mayo session a couple of years beforehand.

In September 2002, Lizzie left the show to produce Scott Mills on Early Breakfast, effectively swapping jobs with Aled Haydn Jones (formerly known as BB Aled), who joined the team as broadcast assistant. Hear Lizzie “become” Aled here. For more on Aled check out his biography.

On Sunday December 1st, Chris presented Radio One’s Official UK Top 40 as a guest presenter - celebrating fifty years of the chart. Highlights here. He was proud to introduce Top 20 success for Rikki and Daz [Sampson], who he had supported on the show all year long, first under the name "Blown Out". Jo Whiley said Chris "should have been kneecapped" for his involvement. Daz Sampson went on to represent the UK at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest.

The year's best parodies included Chris' take on Puretone in Purefish’s ''Addicted To Plaice'', and the teams brilliant take on Big Brovaz in their Bigger Brovaz spoof.

New features on the show included Freebies at Five, The Radio One Tea Table Update, FA Aled, Dave’s Telly Tips and his Tedious Link each day at half five - where he would tenuously link one classic track to another. On hot days Chris also started paying tribute to the 'Sunshine Sheilas', and the catchphrase of the time was ”I don’t drink, Chris Moyles rocks!”, as coined by a caller to a Five Live football phone in.

As ever, Chris was named DJ Of The Year for 2002 by readers of The Sun. The year ended with the recording of the song parody widely regarded as Chris’s best ever - Stanta. A take on Eminem’s number one smash ''"Stan"'', Chris' version featured Santa Claus - and plenty of bad language.

==2003==

2003 was certainly eventful for Moyles, if not anything else. The show lost 700,000 listeners, yet Chris still ended up with the biggest promotion of his career.

The year began with the arrival of Moped in February - "officially Battenberg’s number one Scooter tribute band". MC LMNOP and his posse originally remixed ''Clocks'' by Coldplay for the show, but after Chris and Dave loved it so much, they continued to contribute various mixes throughout the year. Their back catalogue includes takes on Bon Jovi, Abba, Guns ‘N’ Roses and many TV theme tunes/special tributes. In fact in October, they even joined the team at One Live In Brighton for a very special performance, in front of Mr Norman Cook, AKA Fatboy Slim.

Other outside broadcasts in 2003 included a trip to Sheffield to meet Justin Timberlake, followed by a visit to Knebworth (for Robbie Williams' record breaking gig), and then finally a Christmas excursion to Inverness, where the team switched on the city's Christmas lights.

In August Chris also decided that with half of Radio One's DJs seemingly on holiday, and the other half in Ibiza, the team shouldn't be stuck at home. They flew to Ibiza overnight for an impromptu show, hooking up with the “amazing” DJ Sammy.

Comedy Dave and Chappers embarked on their "Comic Relief Football Tour" in the spring, which meant a week of special celebrity guests joining Chris, Will and Aled in the studio. These included Gail Porter, Pete Waterman and ex-Radio One legend Tony Blackburn. More importantly however, Moyles raised more money than Scott Mills via text vote, which he was more than pleased about.

2003 also saw classic feature Viaduct made a (brief) return to the show, before being binned again. Other new items included The Afternoon Mystery Sound, Dave’s Dictionary Definitions, Huey Lewis & The News, The Monday Surgery, Jonathan Pearce's Football Preview - and ''Celebdaq'' Updates courtesy of Paddy O'Connell, who presented the BBC TV show of the same name. The two funniest features of the year though were undoubtedly Fire At Will, which involved throwing cans of lager at Will 'Greyhead' Kinder, and I Look Like Wayne Sleep, Get Me Out of Here, which involved pouring pot noodle down Aled’s back, whilst he was blindfolded.

New parodies included Chris' take on Christina Aguilera, Dizzee Rascal and Robbie Williams, with spoof phone calls courtesy of Big Brother's Cameron Stout also a regular feature on the show.

Channel 4 star Avid Merrion started making regular visits to the studio (which were usually hilarious), and Chris also discovered the BBC internal phone system and the hours of fun it could provide. Perhaps the funniest moment of the year however came on 14 August, when Moyles presented the first half hour of the show as a cheesy, local radio DJ - with help from his wacky sidekicks Dave and Will.

On 23 August 2003, Comedy Dave tied the knot with his fiancée Emma Pontefract, at Tudor Barns, close to Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire. A "bidding war" had previously emerged on the show, with several contenders eager to get exclusive rights to those wedding pics (including us here at chrismoyles.net!). Heat Magazine eventually won out, and the copy including Dave's wedding snaps actually sold 30,000 more than the previous week's edition. He said his mum bought six of those. With Dave subsequently away on honeymoon, Moyles had only Will and Aled for company. It wasn’t long before Will was off too though. After nearly three years as producer, he quit the show to join Tiger Aspect Productions, a television production company based in Soho, London. His last show was on Friday September 26th 2003. You can hear pretty much the whole thing in our Sound Vault, with twenty two different clips archived - including his final moments.

His replacement was ex-[[The Saturday Show|Saturday Show]] producer [[Rachel Jones]], although Will soon returned to the show in an off air role.

===End of the show===

On Tuesday 7 October 2003, almost five years after the start of Chris' afternoon show, Radio One announced that it was to end. That's because bosses had decided to switch Chris with Sara Cox, and make him only the fifteenth regular host of their flagship breakfast show.

With the changes coming into effect from the start of 2004, it meant goodbye to Moyles in the afternoons, and a month of Breakfast pilots leading up to Christmas. Therefore, the last Chris Moyles afternoon show was broadcast on Friday 5 December 2003.

Urged by management to look forwards and not back, there wasn't too much nostalgia during the last show. There was however a final handover with Mark and Lard, a final chat with long time news reader Georgina Bowman - and a special song to close.

==Features==

{{Main|Features on The Afternoon Show}}

When the show launched, features included ''Viaduct'', ''The Not'' and ''Our Tone''. Chris’ new catchphrase was "Hop On Baby!".

===Ghetto-Life===

In response to the huge success of new Irish boy band Westlife, the team had decided to form their own boy band - named Ghetto-Life, a pun on the phrase "get a life". They subsequently recorded their much hyped debut “You’re My Baby” at Abbey Road studios - with Chris on lead vocals, Rhys and Mel on guitar, and Dave in his rapper guise as “Choc Ice”. Lyrics included ”You make me laugh; you’re sweet and funny, You call me cute names like fluffy bunny”. Ghetto-Life sadly never got a record deal.

==Show archive==

Many edited afternoon shows are currently in the chrismoyles.net archive.

[[The Afternoon Show/Downloads]]

[[Category:Radio Shows]]

The Afternoon Show

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{{Schedule
| October 1998
|
* 0200 Clive Warren
* 0400 Scott Mills
* 0630 Zoe Ball
* 0900 Simon Mayo
* 1200 Jo Whiley inc Newsbeat @ 1230
* 1400 Mark and Lard
* '''''1600 Chris Moyles'''''
* 1745 Newsbeat
* 1800 Dave Pearce
}}

'''The Afternoon Show''' was a radio show presented by [[Chris Moyles]] with [[Comedy Dave]] which ran on [[BBC Radio 1]] from 12 October 1998 to 5 December 2003.

==Background==

Beginning on Monday 12 October 1998, Chris Moyles was allowed out to play in daylight. Given a new, lucrative two year contract - partly to prevent Chris Evans from poaching him to go to Virgin Radio - Chris was promoted from [[The Early Bit]] to front the late afternoon show (originally called ''The Afternoon Bit''), between 1600 - 1745. In 2001, the show's hours were extended to 1500 - 1745.

Joined initially by Dave and producer Ben Cooper, the slot became home to Chris for over half a decade, and it was in the afternoons that he really established himself as a household name.

In his first three months, Chris added 300,000 new listeners and helped Radio One to their best RAJAR results in two years.

==The Team==

The show began in 1998 with Chris and his sidekick Comedy Dave, who had been working with him on Chris' early morning show. June 1999 saw a change of team with the departure of producer Ben to Jo Whiley’s show, and the arrival of his replacement, ex Mark and Lard producer Rhys Hughes (also a member of the Shirehorses). Other new arrivals on the show included the previously mentioned Simon Hollis as Broadcast Assistant, nicknamed "Melinda", because he used to work in a mail room.. ergo a messenger - and impressionist Jon Culshaw, who was working at the time with Steve Penk on Capital.

One memorable moment from the show during 2000 was the unforgettable team walkout, where everyone on the show bar Chris pretended to quit mid-link. However, they returned half an hour later.

In December 2000, Rhys left the show for real - to take up a new position as executive producer of Radio One’s specialist programming. He returned to the team full time as executive producer in 2005. Rhys’ place was taken by [[Will Kinder]], former producer of the ''Zoe Ball Breakfast Show''. Will, or "Greyhead" as he became known, struck up an instant chemistry with Chris and Dave. Another change quickly followed before the end of the year, as Melinda also announced his intention to leave the show. His last show was the pre-recorded Christmas Day special, which went out between 6 and 8pm.

Melinda’s replacement as broadcast assistant, Lizzie Buckingham, joined the show in January 2001. Lizzie, then aged 24 from Southport, became the first woman to work on the weekday show full time since Jude in 1998.

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! Name
! Role
! Year started
! Year departed
|-
| [[Chris Moyles]]
| Main presenter
| 1998
| 2003
|-
| [[Dave Vitty]]
| Co-presenter
| 1998
| 2003
|-
| Ben Cooper
| Producer
| 1998
| 1999
|-
| Rhys Hughes
| Producer
| 1999
| 2000
|-
| Simon 'Melinda' Hollis
| Broadcast Assistant
| 1999
| 2000
|-
| [[Will Kinder]]
| Producer
| 2000
| 2003
|-
| Lizzie Buckingham
| Broadcast Assistant
| 2001
| 2002
|-
| [[Aled Haydn Jones]]
| BB Aled/Broadcast Assistant
| 2001
| 2003
|}

==1998==

==1999==

August 1999 saw the team travel up and down England on the last ever week of the Radio One Roadshow - as bosses had announced plans to rebrand the roadshows as “One Big Sunday” from the start of the new Millennium. They visited Middlesbrough, Cleethorpes, Hunstanton, Great Yarmouth and Brighton on their tour - with live guests including S Club 7, Hepburn, B*Witched, ''Coronation Street'' star and singer Adam Rickett and Chris’ favourite band of the time, Shed Seven.

Moyles would begin and end the roadshows by performing a range of musical numbers.

==2000==

Moyles helped Radio One see in the new Millennium with an extended Breakfast show from 8am on New Years Day 2000, but when the breakfast show was changed permanently four months later, it was Sara Cox and not Chris, who replaced Zoë Ball. A Radio One spokesman said of Moyles: ”His show is doing perfectly in the afternoons and his style is perfect for that slot. Plus he has said himself that he could not bothered getting up at that time”. Instead, the team had different plans.

The following summer saw the show take off to foreign shores, with outside broadcasts from the Euro 2000 football tournament in Holland and Belgium. Guests on the show included Noel Gallagher, Craig David and Melanie C, plus the team gained a temporary member in the form of Mark Chapman, aka “Chappers” from Sara Cox’s Breakfast Show.

As well as presenting various One Big Sunday events across the country, Chris took the show to the road in July 2000 for the ''One Big Belly'' tour: hitting Blackpool, Hunstanton, Paignton, Scarborough, Weymouth and Newquay. It was through the One Big Belly tour that Chris first got to know [[Aled Haydn Jones]], a member of the Radio One team who helped book bands and transport for the shows. Both shared a passion for Channel 4’s ''Big Brother'', launched in July 2000 - and by the end of the summer, the whole nation was addicted.

Both winner Craig Phillips and 'Nasty' Nick Bateman came on the show for subsequent interviews. The team also launched their own spoof parody ''Big Mutha'': featuring the strapline "10 DJ’s, 14 microphones and no jingles... This is Big Mutha".

==2001==

{{Schedule
| February 2001
|
* 0200 Vicky Marsden
* 0400 Scott Mills
* 0700 Sara Cox
* 1000 Jo Whiley
* 1245 Newsbeat
* 1300 Mark and Lard
* '''''1500 Chris Moyles'''''
* 1745 Newsbeat
* 1800 Dave Pearce
}}

In February 2001, Simon Mayo left Radio One after fifteen years with the station. This resulted in a schedule reshuffle, which saw both Chris and Jo Whiley given extended shows. Chris was given an earlier start time of 3pm - and didn’t disappoint. 2001 is often thought to be one of Moyles' best years at the station. His new show began with a pre-recorded sketch, featuring Simon Mayo himself - and included new jingles and new features, including Secret Squirrel, The Great Receptionist Stopwatch Challenge, Dial-A-Mate and Car-e-oke. The latter almost saw a live arrest on the show later in the year, as contestant Lucy was told to move by the police whilst on the phone to Chris.

On February 23rd, Chris was joined by some very special guests - the Popstars Hear’Say. It was their very first radio interview, highlights of which went out on ITV the following day.

Moyles went on to parody their debut single ''Pure And Simple''. Myleene Klass from the band, producer Will’s favourite, returned to the show in December to record a duet with him of ''Something Stupid'', which went on to be Christmas number one for Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman.

Other notable parodies this year included Dave’s take on Ian Van Dahl’s ''Castles In The Sky'', all about the BBC losing their Premiership football rights.

In March, Comedy Dave and Chappers embarked upon their Comic Relief Football Challenge - as they toured all of the Premier League clubs in England and Scotland within a week, to collect merchandise from each club which a listener could win.

April saw producer Hannah depping for Will while he was on holiday, and she inadvertently produced one of the funniest moments of the year, with her drunken story about hitting (and making cry) Coby Dick, the lead singer of Papa Roach.

Other new items launched on the show in 2001 included Dave and Will’s ''Camp Cops'' sketches - plus Challenge The Team, A Book At Tea Time, Guess Who, Mystic Horse and the legendary Sports Talk feature. This is where Will, who knows nothing about football, presented a spoof Five Live football phone-in show similar to 606. It would often feature Chris and Dave as callers on a time delay. The feature was dropped in 2002.

''Big Brother'' made its return to Channel 4 in 2001, won by Brian Dowling. Chris and the team went BB mad, with a number of ex housemates coming onto the show to talk about their time in the house. ''Big Brother'' presenter Davina McCall also made her debut appearance on the show this year. There were even daily updates courtesy of 'BB Aled' - [[Aled Haydn Jones]], a Big Brother obsessive who was at the time working on Dave Pearce’s Drive show on Radio 1. Aled was invited by Chris to give a one-off review of the first show, but it went down well enough for Aled to join the team. He would often provide eviction exclusives, plus audio from the Big Brother press conferences each and every Friday.

With the launch of another reality show later in the year, ''Pop Idol'', Chris responded in typical fashion. Spoof feature Pap Idol was then followed up by another, Bap Idol - won by Nikki, 19 from Essex. September 2001 also saw the launch of two classic features still mentioned to this day: Bang Will’s Head Against The Studio Window and Dizzy Lizzie.

The former involved Greyhead banging his head as many times as he could against the studio window in 30 seconds, whilst wearing a helmet. For some reason he didn't think this idea was very safe, so didn't bang his head particularly hard. The latter saw Lizzie put in a swivel chair and spun for 30 seconds whilst listening to nauseating music. She was then pushed off and made to carry an apple and orange. Both features were accompanied by almost identical jingles.

===Big Blubber===

A new weekly feature which was introduced in 2001 was Big Blubber, as the team collectively launched a fitness campaign, with the help of their new personal trainer Gym Lady Jane. Each week Chris, Dave, Will and Lizzie would go out training with Jane, before she rated their performances individually on the air. The most hard working would then win the "Licky-licky Brown Nose" trophy and have to make a speech. The training sessions often took place in London’s Regents Park, surrounded by paparazzi, resulting in many appearances in celebrity magazine Heat and The Mirror’s 3AM Girls showbiz column. Chris’s on-going feud with the 3AM Girls escalated when they published his home phone number later in the year, although he subsequently claimed victory.

Chris' greatest achievement from his training with Jane came a year later in 2002, when he completed The Great North Run in an incredible 1 hour 57 minutes, reaching his lowest weight since he was a teenager.

===September 11 2001===

On Tuesday 11 September 2001, the terrorist attacks in America occurred just before Chris was due to go on the air at 3pm UK time. A decision was made not to do the usual show. Instead, Chris played non stop music, interrupted only by regular news updates from Newsbeat's Claire Bradley. He was widely praised for his handling of the situation. The next three shows were much the same - featuring emails from listeners, stories from eye witnesses and the latest news from Newsbeat.

Friend of the show Jerry Springer was on the phone on the Wednesday to discuss events, as was Joe Grant from EMI in New York. Joe was an American listener who had phoned the show earlier in the year, when they were asking to hear from listeners abroad.

Chris also did the final [[The Saturday Show|Saturday Show]] on the weekend after the attacks. He respectfully advised listeners that if they were not in the mood for laughter and jokes that they should not listen to that day's show.

==2002==

The new year began badly for Chris, as he split up with long term girlfriend Ana Boulter. He spent the next few months complaining about being single, and asked hot women to ring up the show if they wanted to go out with him.

Stringfellows lap dancer Bonnie Simon duly did, and the two hooked up at a London pub. A few months later Bonnie, who had left her job (not that we are insinuating anything) sold her story to the News Of The World. See it here in our News Archive. Chris never confirmed or denied sleeping with her.

In February, Chris also got himself into hot water with the Broadcasting Standards Commission, when he offered to take Charlotte Church’s virginity on the day she turned 16. The complaints were upheld and Moyles forced to apologise. Despite this, Charlotte made several subsequent appearances on Chris' shows, with Chris even presenting his Christmas Day show live from her mum's pub in 2005.

In October 2002 Moyles also got into more trouble, and was severely reprimanded for comments he made in August about Pop Idol judge and Capital FM DJ, Neil 'Doctor' Fox. As the pair continued their long running war of words, spread across the tabloids, Chris said "I'm gonna tear his head off and poo down his neck". According to Moyles' first book, the feud had begin when they both worked at Capital in the 1990s.

Chris was also named Britain’s ”Most irritating DJ” in a 2002 poll. Listeners apparently didn't like the way he waffled instead of naming the records he played.

2002 was also the year that Comedy Dave finally (drunkenly) proposed to his then girlfriend Emma, after four years together. The £140 wedding ring was a major talking point.

From 29 April - 3 May 2002, the team presented a week's worth of shows from America. The Chris Moyles US Road Trip came live from Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Chris, Dave, Will and Lizzie were joined by competition winner Paul Titley, who was from Cannock and best known for his huge sideburns. Each day "Titters" (as he became known) was set a task, including the time he had to get ''Starbucks'' by the band A played on US radio. Guests during the week long excursion included John Lydon, Noel Gallagher and Elbow. The team also visited Coachella Festival, Warner Brothers Studios and Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion. Producer Will and show exec Mick Meadows were also involved in a car crash whilst out there, but fortunately escaped unhurt.

In September 2002, Lizzie left the show to produce Scott Mills on Early Breakfast, effectively swapping jobs with Aled Haydn Jones (formerly known as BB Aled), who joined the team as broadcast assistant. Hear Lizzie “become” Aled here. For more on Aled check out his biography.

The year also ended with the recording of the song parody widely regarded as Chris’s best ever - Stanta. A take on Eminem’s number one smash ''"Stan"'', Chris’s version featured Santa Claus - and plenty of bad language.

==2003==

==Features==

{{Main|Features on The Afternoon Show}}

When the show launched, features included ''Viaduct'', ''The Not'' and ''Our Tone''. Chris’ new catchphrase was "Hop On Baby!".

===Ghetto-Life===

In response to the huge success of new Irish boy band Westlife, the team had decided to form their own boy band - named Ghetto-Life, a pun on the phrase "get a life". They subsequently recorded their much hyped debut “You’re My Baby” at Abbey Road studios - with Chris on lead vocals, Rhys and Mel on guitar, and Dave in his rapper guise as “Choc Ice”. Lyrics included ”You make me laugh; you’re sweet and funny, You call me cute names like fluffy bunny”. Ghetto-Life sadly never got a record deal.

New feature Gym Idol was launched, as Gym Lady Jane announced her departure to the Far East, after two years of hard toil with the team. Scott Isaacs, 28 from Aylesbury, became the teams new personal trainer, but Big Blubber ended the following year.

Jingle Justin, a rather odd but funny Irish fella, also started contributing to the show. He would ask celebrities bizarre questions like ”What would you leave Chris Moyles in your will?”, and once infiltrated the Popstars auditions (on air) to squirt a water pistol at Geri Halliwell.

Other highlights from the year included the time Chris pretended to be drunk during the World Cup, Dave and Will ballsing up a news intro in his absence - and this. An all time classic clip, where the team reveal to Chris that U2’s “live” performance down the line for his birthday a couple of weeks previous hadn’t been live. Nor indeed for his birthday. It was from a Simon Mayo session a couple of years beforehand.

On Sunday December 1st, Chris presented Radio One’s Official UK Top 40 as a guest presenter - celebrating fifty years of the chart. Highlights here. He was proud to introduce Top 20 success for Rikki and Daz, who he had supported on the show all year long, first under the name ”Blown Out”. Jo Whiley said Chris should have been kneecapped for his involvement.

Daz Sampson went on to represent the UK at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest.

The years best parodies included Chris’s take on Puretone in Purefish’s Addicted To Plaice, and the teams brilliant take on Big Brovaz in their Bigger Brovaz spoof.

New features on the show included Freebies at Five, The Radio One Tea Table Update, FA Aled, Dave’s Telly Tips and his Tedious Link each day at half five - where he would tenuously link one classic track to another.

On hot days Chris also started paying tribute to the Sunshine Sheilas, and the catchphrase of the time was ”I don’t drink, Chris Moyles rocks!”, as coined by a caller to a Five Live football phone in.

As ever, Chris was named DJ Of The Year for 2002 by readers of The Sun.

The team in Sheffield with Justin Timberlake - May 2003

2003 was certainly eventful for Moyles, if not anything else. The show lost 700,000 listeners, yet Chris still ended up with the biggest promotion of his career.

The year began with the arrival of Moped in February - officially Battenberg’s number one Scooter tribute band. MC LMNOP and his posse originally remixed Clocks by Coldplay for the show, but after Chris and Dave loved it so much, they continued to contribute various mixes throughout the year. Their back catalogue includes takes on Bon Jovi, Abba, Guns ‘N’ Roses and many TV theme tunes/special tributes. Infact in October, they even joined the team at One Live In Brighton for a very special performance, in front of Mr Norman Cook.

Other outside broadcasts in 2003 included a trip to Sheffield to meet Justin Timberlake, followed by a visit to Knebworth (for Robbie Williams’ record breaking gig), and then finally a Christmas excursion to Inverness, where the team switched on the Christmas lights.

In August Chris also decided that with half of Radio One seemingly on holiday, and the other half in Ibiza, the team shouldn’t be stuck at home. They flew to Ibiza overnight for an impromptu show, hooking up with the “amazing” DJ Sammy - click here.

Chris and Dave on the decks in Ibiza - August 2003

Comedy Dave and Chappers embarked on their ”Comic Relief Football Tour” in the spring, which meant a week of special celebrity guests joining Chris, Will and Aled in the studio. These included Gail Porter, Pete Waterman and ex Radio One legend Tony Blackburn.

More importantly however, Moyles raised more money than Scott Mills via text vote, which he was more than pleased about (brilliant clip here).

2003 also saw classic feature Viaduct made a (brief) return to the show, before being binned again.

Other new items included The Afternoon Mystery Sound, Dave’s Dictionary Definitions, Huey Lewis & The News, The Monday Surgery, Jonathan Pearce’s Football Preview - and Celebdaq Updates courtesy of Paddy O'Connell.

The two funniest features of the year though were undoubtedly Fire At Will (click), which involved throwing cans of lager at Greyhead, and I Look Like Wayne Sleep, Get Me Out of Here (click), which involved pouring pot noodle down Aled’s back, whilst he was blindfolded. On both occasions, classic radio.

New parodies included Chris’s take on Christina Aguilera, Dizzee Rascal and Robbie Williams, with spoof phone calls courtesy of Big Brother’s Cameron Stout also a regular feature on the show.

Channel 4 star Avid Merrion started making regular visits to the studio (which were usually hilarious), and Chris also discovered the BBC internal phone system and the hours of fun it could provide.

Perhaps the funniest moment of the year however came on August 14th, when Moyles presented the first half hour of the show as a cheesy, local radio DJ - with help from his wacky sidekicks Dave and Will. Listen here.

Heat Magazine photo - Dave’s Wedding, August 2003

On August 23rd 2003, Comedy Dave tied the knot with his fiancée Emma Pontefract, at Tudor Barns, close to Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire. A “bidding war” had previously emerged on the show, with several contenders eager to get exclusive rights to those wedding pics (including us here at chrismoyles.net!). Hear the clip here. Heat Magazine eventually won out, and the copy including Dave's wedding snaps actually sold 30,000 more than the previous week's edition. He said his mum bought six of those.

With Dave subsequently away on honeymoon, Moyles had only Will and Aled for company. It wasn’t long before Will was off too though. After nearly three years as producer, he quit the show to join Tiger Aspect Productions, a television production company based in Soho, London. His last show was on Friday September 26th 2003. You can hear pretty much the whole thing in our Sound Vault, with twenty two different clips archived - including his final moments.

His replacement was ex-[[The Saturday Show|Saturday Show]] producer [[Rachel Jones]], although Will soon returned to the show in an off air role.

==End of the show==

On Tuesday 7 October 2003, almost five years after the start of Chris' afternoon show, Radio One announced that it was to end. That's because bosses had decided to switch Chris with Sara Cox, and make him only the fifteenth regular host of their flagship breakfast show.

With the changes coming into effect from the start of 2004, it meant goodbye to Moyles in the afternoons, and a month of Breakfast pilots leading up to Christmas. Therefore, the last Chris Moyles afternoon show was broadcast on Friday 5 December 2003.

Urged by management to look forwards and not back, there wasn't too much nostalgia during the last show. There was however a final handover with Mark and Lard, a final chat with long time newsreader Georgina Bowman - and a special song to close.

==Show archive==

Many edited afternoon shows are currently in the chrismoyles.net archive.

[[The Afternoon Show/Downloads]]

[[Category:Radio Shows]]