BBC Radio 1 30 September 2017, Radio 1 celebrated its 50th birthday. Tony Blackburn recreated the first ever Radio 1 broadcast on Radio 2, simulcast on pop-up station Radio 1 Vintage, followed by The Radio 1 Breakfast Show celebration, tricast on Radio 1, Radio 2 and Radio 1 Vintage, presented by Tony Blackburn and Nick Grimshaw, featuring former presenters as guests Simon Mayo, Sara Cox and Mike Read. Radio 1 regularly supports charities Comic Relief, Sport Relief and Children in Need. On 18 March 2011, BBC's Radio 1 longest serving breakfast DJ Chris Moyles and sidekick Dave Vitty broadcast for 52 hours as
Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show The show was then increased to three days (Friday to Sundays) as the weekend schedule was incorporated into Friday's schedule. On 26 October 2018, BBC Radio 1 announced that Matt Edmondson and Mollie King will join the Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show, swapping with Dev and Alice Levine which will be shifted to afternoon slot at 1-4pm. The schedule change may have been sparked by Charlie Sloth's unexpectedly early departure from Radio 1 in October 2018. As a result, Dev has been covering Charlie Sloth's evening show, namely The 8th. According to Radio 1's website, he will continue to do