''Fearne Cotton'' was a British weekday radio show on

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, hosted by

Fearne Cotton Fearne Wood ( Cotton; born 3 September 1981) is an English broadcaster and author''.'' She began her career in the late 1990s presenting various children's television shows for GMTV, CITV and CBBC. In 2007, she presented '' The Xtra Factor'', ...

. The programme was on air from 21 September 2009 until 22 May 2015, when Fearne left the station. It was broadcast each morning from 10:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., and on Bank Holidays from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The show focused on playing and interviewing new bands and styles of music.

History

On 21 September 2009, Fearne Cotton succeeded

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for the 10:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. weekday slot following a major re-shuffle of Radio 1's schedules. The re-shuffle also saw

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replaced with

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in the 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekday slot, as Jo and Edith both move to weekends. The first song she played was Beat It by

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On 12 August 2011 a special show was broadcast from

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. In May 2012 the show won the Gold Award for Best Music Programme at the Sony Radio Academy Awards in London. In August 2012, following the news that Cotton was pregnant with her first child, it was reported that

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, and

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would cover hosting of the show throughout the duration of Cotton's maternity leave. Cotton commenced her leave on New Year's Day 2013, and then Cotton returned from her maternity leave in September 2013. Fearne announced she is leaving the show and

on 22 May 2015 and the last song she played was "

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" by

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replaced her.

Format

The show runs for two and three quarter hours every week day. News and sport are featured at 10:30am and 11:30am and on bank holidays at 10:30, 11:30 and 12:30. The show also features the entertainment news with Chris Smith,

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, or Natalie Jamieson at 12:15pm.

Features

There have been numerous features on the show. *

Live Lounge The Live Lounge is a segment on the British radio stations BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. It was originally hosted by Simon Mayo, and later by Jo Whiley on her weekday mid-morning, and later weekend lunchtime radio shows, then by Fearne Cotton ...

- Inherited from

The Jo Whiley Show ''The Jo Whiley Show'' was a British weekday later weekend radio show on BBC Radio 1 hosted by Jo Whiley. The programme was on air from February 2001 to March 2011 and was broadcast each weekday morning between 10:00am and 12:45pm, and later 13:0 ...

- Artists come into the studio to perform music from their new album/single as well as performing a cover version of a song they particularly admire, giving their own take on it. Selected guests have included,

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who performed "Fly Me Away" and the Ordinary Boys' "Boys Will Be Boys" and

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who sang "Maneater" and covered

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's "Crazy". Several compilation albums of such covered music have been released. Other Radio 1 shows often use the Live Lounge or play songs recording during this feature. *Changing Tracks - Daily feature - This is when a listener would email in and ask for a song that reminded them of a time in their life when music changed everything, particularly if that had had a great experience or whether a song provided some kind of comfort after a traumatic time. This feature was similar to former

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's ''

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''. *Pet Sound - Daily feature - A song considered by Fearne to be something that we need to hear. It usually had not been released or was due to be released in due time. This song would be played once on the show for the week and it changed every week. *I Have Never... - An occasional feature where Fearne embarked on something she had never done in her life. Listeners were also challenged to the same thing, examples including not watching

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for a whole week and trying a sport for the very first time. *What Rocked? What Sucked? - This feature involved listeners e-mailing or texting the show to tell Fearne and the listening audience what went well and what didn't. Fearne sometimes offered her own view from time to time. This feature would take place on a Friday allowing listeners to reflect upon the good and bad points of the week that had passed. *We Love Mondays - Weekly feature - At the start of each week, Fearne would run through various reasons to be happy on a Monday morning, such as what was showing at the cinema, what music albums and singles were being released and what was coming up on television and radio. *Ask the Experts - Weekly feature - For this feature, listeners were able to e-mail in their dilemmas or questions to a certain expert, whether it be about video games, gadgets or relationships.

Awards

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fearne Cotton Show BBC Radio 1 programmes British music radio programmes 2009 radio programme debuts 2015 radio programme endings