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.
Confessions (radio) criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Council. Mayo brought back "Confessions" for short runs on his morning (9am12noon) programme which ran from 1994 to 2001. Since January 2010 Mayo has relaunched "Confessions" on his BBC Radio 2 drive-time show (Mondays to Thursdays), with travel reporter Bobbie Pryor, sports reporter Matt Williams, plus resident chef Nigel Barden (Thursdays only). Matt and Nigel both left in May 2018 when the show was re-launched with new co-presenter Jo Whiley. Confessions (radio) Confessions is a popular and occasionally controversial feature which first appeared on the BBC Radio 1 weekday breakfast show in the early 1990s,