BBC Radio 1 part of a Guinness World Record attempt, in aid of Comic Relief. The pair stayed on air for 52 hours in total setting a new world record for 'Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)’ after already breaking Simon Mayo's 12-year record for Radio 1's Longest Show of 37 hours which he set in 1999, also for Comic Relief. The presenters started on 16 March 2011 and came off air at 10:30am on 18 March 2011. During this Fearne Cotton made a bet with DJ Chris Moyles that if they raise over £2,000,000 she will appear on the show in a swimsuit.
BBC Radio Scotland 4's "Today" programme, but from a Scottish perspective. It also features the daily religious slot "Thought for the Day", again similar to that broadcast on Radio 4's "Today" programme. The other daily news and current affairs strands are the "Morning Call" phone-in with Kaye Adams and Louise White (0900-1200), "John Beattie" (1200–1330) and "Newsdrive" (1600–1830). BBC Radio Scotland also air live First Minister's Questions from the Scottish Parliament (Thu, 1200-1230 (MW)) and "Brian Taylor's Big Debate" hosted by BBC Scotland's political editor and is in a similar format to "Question Time" (Fri, 1215–1300). Weekend current affairs programming includes weekend editions