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.
The Radio 2 Breakfast Show Wogan, and until the end of its run was broadcast between 7.30am and 10.00am. Their banter-filled handover became something of a feature. Wogan remained in this role until the end of 1984; in February 1985 he began to present his own thrice-weekly evening programme on BBC 1 television. Wogan was replaced by Ken Bruce, who had presented various Radio 2 programmes after starting at BBC Radio Scotland. Bruce's tenure was brief, his only "crime" apparently being that he "wasn't Terry Wogan". In 1986 he was moved to the mid-morning slot he still occupies today. During the Bruce era, the show