BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and Contemporary hit radio, current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including ...

regularly releases six

podcast A podcast is a Radio program, program made available in digital format for download over the Internet. Typically, a podcast is an Episode, episodic series of digital audio Computer file, files that users can download to a personal device or str ...

s. The selection has grown over time, originally forming part of the BBC's podcast trial. In November 2005, short clips (typically 30 seconds) of commercially available music began to be used within some shows, after the BBC negotiated a deal with rights holders.

Current podcasts

Radio 1's Minimix

Lasts only five minutes, however the time for the podcast was more than doubled when it was released on 20 February 2009. Occasionally, it is increased if there are more mini mixes. Contains mini mixes, which is a mix of many tracks made for

Danny Howard Danny Howard (born 14 July 1987) is a British dance music producer, DJ, and current host of '' Radio 1's Dance Party''. Early life Howard attended Edge Hill University, where he studied sport and exercise science. During his time at Edge Hill ...

's show, broadcast on Friday evenings.

Radio 1's All Day Breakfast with Greg James

Released every weekday, this podcast started after

Greg James Gregory James Alan Milward (born 17 December 1985) is an English broadcaster and author. He has been a presenter on BBC Radio 1 since 2007, hosting shows including his old drive-time show and the station's flagship breakfast show. Since 201 ...

moved slot to host

The Radio 1 Breakfast Show ''Radio 1 Breakfast'', also known as ''The Radio 1 Breakfast Show'', is a radio show that is broadcast across the UK on BBC Radio 1. It is hosted by Greg James since 20 August 2018 as the show's 16th presenter. The show ran six days a week u ...

, which contains the best bits of the breakfast show.

Radio 1's Screen Time

Released every Friday, presented by

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* * * * * * * * * * * * from BBC Radio 1. The Podcast includes film interviews from radio 1 and reviews with

and

Trevor Nelson Trevor Ricardo Nelson, MBE (born 7 January 1964) is an English DJ and radio presenter. He is best known for presenting a range of shows across BBC Radio. Early life Born in Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, Nelson attended Centra ...

Newsbeat

Five episodes about the story of Izzy Dix recorded in late 2015.

Life and Death Row

A series from Radio 1 and BBC Three about one of the episodes of the BBC series presented by Greg James.

At Home with Vick & Jordan

Updated weekly. A show which shows the best bits of Going Home with Vick & Jordan.

Former podcasts

These podcasts have previously been available from the station.

The Matt Edmondson Show

Released every Sunday, the best bits from

Matt Edmondson Matthew Edmondson (born 27 December 1985) is a British television and Sony Award-nominated radio presenter, best known for his work with BBC Radio 1 and ITV2. Edmondson currently presents the weekday afternoon show on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesd ...

's two weekend shows and from when he covers

Scott Mills Scott Robert Mills (born 28 March 1973) is an English radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor. He is best known for presenting the '' Scott Mills'' show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2022 and since then, on BBC Radio 2, where he has be ...

; but it has seemed to stop as there has not been one since August 2017

Greg James: That's What He Said

Released every Friday, the highlights from

' drive time show. The '' That's What He Said'' podcast includes interviews, Star Caller, Ask The Nation, Nerd Alert and other features from the afternoon show.

Radio 1 Chart Show

Released every Monday, the rundown of the UK Charts presented by

Reggie Yates Reginald Yates (born 31 May 1983) is a British television presenter, actor, writer and director with a career spanning three decades on screen as an actor, television presenter and radio DJ. Yates played Leo Jones in ''Doctor Who'' and has wo ...

Radio 1 Stories

Released every Monday, this podcast is a documentary, that covers topics such as society and youth culture.

Best of Chris Moyles

Selected highlights of the past week's shows of ''

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'', released every Friday. Also available as ''Best of Chris Moyles Enhanced'' with the audio being identical to the ''Best of Chris Moyles'' but distributed with pictures which can be viewed on listeners' computers or

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Zane Lowe Podcast

Presented by

Zane Lowe Alexander Zane Reed Lowe (born 1973) is a New Zealand radio DJ, live DJ, record producer, and television presenter. After an early career in music creation, production and DJing, he moved to the UK in 1997. He came to prominence through pr ...

. Contains Zane's top 10 tracks every week.

Huw Stephens

New unsigned music presented by

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Genres Genre () is any style or form of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other form ...

include

hip-hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hi ...

drum and bass Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music) ...

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mos ...

, indie and

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Best of Nick Grimshaw

Released every Thursday or Friday, it contains highlights from The Radio 1 Breakfast Show with Nick Grimshaw.

Scott Mills Daily

Released every weekday, th best bits from The Scott Mills Show and

when Scott covers for Greg. Podcast archive available on www.unofficialmills.co.uk.

References

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