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4 unusual facts about Simon Mayo


Fatal Charm

By now, there had been many Radio 1 sessions, for some of the station's most respected DJs, including Janice Long, Andy Peebles, Annie Nightingale and Simon Mayo.

London Buses route 23

Radio presenters Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo discussed if the number 23 bus route was in fact more interesting than the movie The Number 23 staring Jim Carrey.

Puressence

BBC Radio 1 DJ Simon Mayo made this his single of the week and it received airplay on numerous radio stations around the UK.

Tori Lacey

Radio Five Live presenter Simon Mayo suggested it made her sound like an X-rated porn star, so she is considering changing her on-screen name to her full married name of Victoria Lacey.


Jackie Brambles

When Sybil Ruscoe left her role as Simon Mayo's weather and travel reporter, Brambles took over that slot, thereby keeping her on air every day over two separate programmes.

Richard Allinson

It was also during this period that he became the main stand-in for many weekday presenters when taking their holidays, such as Chris Evans, Simon Mayo, Paul O'Grady, Terry Wogan, Ken Bruce, Sarah Kennedy and Steve Wright.

The Radio 1 Breakfast Show

Other DJs who have hosted the breakfast show for more than five years are Mike Read, Simon Mayo and Chris Moyles.


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