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 Music Introducing Jamie Cullum, Twin B, Annie Mac, DJ Target and Jo Whiley. BBC Music Introducing has hosted a stage at festivals since 2007. In the last ten years Introducing has been present at Glastonbury, Reading & Leeds, Latitude, T In The Park, Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Cheltenham Jazz festival, Reeperbahn, 6 Music Live, Winter Jazzfest in New York, SXSW in Texas and more. In 2017 BBC Music Introducing was present at Creamfields and the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), focusing solely on DJs and electronic acts for the first time. Previous acts to have played the Introducing stages include Jack Garratt, Ed