The Marathon Show

BBC Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief, more commonly known as The Marathon Show, was a 52 hour long broadcast by Chris Moyles and David Vitty which occurred between 16th and 18th March 2011 in order to raise money for Comic Relief.

Background

The premise of the show was to break the previous record for the longest Radio 1 show, held by Simon Mayo since 1999. On the first day of the challenge, the team announced they would attempt to set a brand new Guinness World Record for 'Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)'. This would have involved broadcasting for 51 hours 30 minutes, but Chris decided to round it up to 52 hours.

Listeners were asked to donate £1 by sending in a text message. On the evening of the final day of the show, 18 March 2011, the total amount raised by Chris and Dave was £2,622,421. the final total was later announced as £2,821,831.

The show was broadcast live on BBC Radio 1, in sound and video on the Radio 1 website and available to watch on the BBC Red Button.

Shows

Wednesday 16 March 2011

0630 - 1000 The Chris Moyles Show

The show began with the usual breakfast show. The team were joined by chef Gino D'Acampo, who played a game of Car Park Catchphrase.

1000 - 1245 Fearne Cotton

The team joined Fearne Cotton, and pop band The Wanted played a song live.

1300 - 1600 Greg James

During this show, Greg James stripped naked. Guests included former This Morning presenter Richard Madeley and current presenter of the same show, Phillip Schofield.

1600 - 1900 Scott Mills

Scott and the team were joined by fellow Radio 1 presenter Edith Bowman and Radio 2 presenter Paul O'Grady.

1900 - 2100 MistaJam

MistaJam, Chris and Dave were joined in the studio by rapper Chipmunk.

2100 - 2200 Vernon Kay & Jimmy Carr

After Chris did a live link on BBC One, he was joined by fellow Radio 1 DJ Vernon Kay and comedian Jimmy Carr for an hour. Greg James did a surprise outside broadcast from London's BT Tower, which displayed messages of support for Chris and Dave on its giant LED screen.

2200 - 0000 Nick Grimshaw

Chris and Dave joined Nick Grimshaw on his evening show. During the show, it was alluded to that Chris and Nick didn't get on very well, with the two pledging to give friendship a go. Nick took over as host of the Breakfast Show 18 months later. During the show, guests included singer Katy B, Lily Allen, Kelly Osbourne and EastEnders actor Shane Richie, who was a mystery guest who Chris and Dave had to guess who he was.

Thursday 17 March 2011

0000 - 0200 Davina McCall

TV personality Davina McCall joined Dave and Chris and the rest of the Breakfast Show team at the beginning of day two.