104-551: The Chris Moyles Show is the title given to two differing versions of a radio programme hosted by Chris Moyles , originally broadcast as Radio 1 Breakfast from 5 January 2004 to 14 September 2012, before transferring three years later on 21 September 2015 to the Global Radio -owned commercial radio station Radio X . The show is broadcast between 6:30 and 10:00 each weekday (originally broadcasting from 6:55–10:00 between 2004 and 2007). On 21 September 2015, Moyles relaunched
208-654: A 15-month period, from September 2000 to December 2001. Like Mastermind , 2 Minute Drill featured a leather chair, dramatic lighting and sound effects. Willy Gibson of Columbus, Ohio , was the grand champion of the first two series; he was defeated in the second round of the third and final series. The highest overall Mastermind score is 41 points, set by Kevin Ashman in 1995, his specialist subject being "The Life of Martin Luther King Jr. " Ashman went on to become six times IQA world champion. In addition he holds
312-431: A Celebrity edition by Gogglebox ' s Amy Tapper who scored two points overall; one on her specialist subject of the films of Adam Sandler and another in the general knowledge round. Prior to these, the record for the overall lowest score was five points, set on 29 January 2010 by software analyst Kajen Thuraaisingham, scoring four points for his specialist subject of the life of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk . Previous to this,
416-485: A bald lump of uninhabited rock in the eastern Atlantic. The 2003-onwards version has been spoofed by the Dead Ringers team, with Jon Culshaw playing John Humphrys. In one send-up, which appeared on the television edition of Dead Ringers , the contestant offered to answer questions on Mary Queen of Scots , but when an answer was given, John Humphrys was shown saying "Yes, but you sexed that answer up". The sketch
520-412: A contestant whose speciality was "questions to which the answer is two." In 1974, Morecambe and Wise performed a sketch based on Mastermind , which featured Magnusson and the black chair. The format was different, however, with Wise, then Morecambe, being asked ten questions each. In 1975 The Goodies featured Mastermind in the episode " Frankenfido " when a dog ( Bill Oddie in a suit) appeared on
624-406: A more distinguished rock-led sound. Dominic Byrne returned for news, sport and weather. Similarly Pippa Taylor, also previously at Radio 1, returned as producer joining previous XFM Breakfast Show producer Dave Masterman. Current Former Johnny Vaughan initially covered the programme when Moyles and the team were absent and presented the programme under the title The 6.30 till 10 Thang -
728-475: A new show on Channel 4 , called Chris Moyles' Quiz Night on 22 March 2009. The show consisted of Moyles alongside three other celebrities partaking in a traditional pub-style quiz. The original series had the four competing to win an item that belonged to Moyles but this has since developed into a more traditional quiz with the loser singing karaoke-style at the end of the show. The opening show received poor viewing figures attracting just 6% of total audience for
832-530: A parody of "We Have Got to Zero Baby", a take on Enrique Iglesias 's " Hero ", which describes how his football team, Leeds United , managed to claw back a 15-point deficit in League One in only 5 games. In November 2007, he used Hoosiers – " Goodbye Mr A " for "Goodbye Mr. M" where he sings about the England football manager Steve McClaren being sacked. Often Moyles will pick a track because of
936-405: A parody song around this time to promote the climb, mentioning all the names of the people that were also taking part – it was based on Lily Allen's "The Fear", and was called "(A month off of) The Beer". From 3 February – 23 March 2009, Moyles was joined by Kimberley Walsh , Cheryl Cole , Gary Barlow , Ronan Keating , Ben Shephard and Fearne Cotton to help raise money for charity by reading
1040-454: A parody song called "Dreaming of Debbie McGee ". The song was about a man who has recurring dreams of the assistant on The Paul Daniels Magic Show . Comedy Dave wrote the song, and Paul Daniels asked for it to be made into an MP3 file after hearing it on air. It was a parody of the Kings of Leon song " Revelry ". In April 2009, McGee recorded a reply which was played on air and was a parody of
1144-465: A particular athlete or sports team from the past). In each series, winners advanced in a bracket-style playoff format, with cash prizes increasing from $ 5,000 in the first round to $ 50,000 (doubling to $ 10,000–$ 100,000 by answering the final question) in the final round. Prizes such as trips to the Super Bowl or ESPY Awards were also given, known as "ESPN Experiences". The show had three series over
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#17328015635281248-587: A re-write of the Estelle song " American Boy ", named "Somerset Boy". In the past, he has parodied include Billie Piper 's " Honey to the Bee " as " Guinness For Me", All Seeing Eye's "Walk Like a Panther", Will Smith's " Gettin Jiggy Wit It ", and McFly 's " All About You " as "He Don't Use Shampoo". Moyles has also written Baked Beans , a parody of Same Jeans by The View , and "Lunch in this Pub", originally
1352-580: A team captain on the Channel 4 show Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong and on 18 July 2008 he appeared on Jimmy Carr's show on Channel 4, 8 Out of 10 Cats . On 23 February 2009, Moyles was the guest on BBC One's The One Show to promote the BT Red Nose climb of Mount Kilimanjaro . He appeared again on the show on 26 February 2010 to talk about and promote the second series of Chris Moyles' Quiz Night . In July 2009, he featured in an episode of
1456-460: A variation on his normal 4 till 7 Thang drive-time slot. Vaughan used most of his own features from his afternoon slot and would be joined on air by his usual team of Gavin Woodman, Sunta Templeton, Big Si and Little Si. As of 2019, Toby Tarrant typically covers Moyles and the team, retaining the usual format of the show. Also as Adam Brown, only in the weekends though and sometimes when Chris and
1560-563: A version called Mastermind Rejects — the premise being that the specialist subjects were too ludicrously obscure even for Mastermind . In the final show of the series, Magnus Magnusson took over as the quizmaster — it was the last time he would utter the catchphrase "I've started so I'll finish" on any form of Mastermind . The specialist subject was The History of the Home Video Recorder, 1972 to 1984 . On their 2005 Christmas Special, comedy duo French & Saunders parodied
1664-433: A week for 13 weeks. Moyles was replaced by Christian O'Connell , before the programme was cancelled. He and sidekick Dave Vitty had their own TV show, also entitled The Chris Moyles Show like their former Radio 1 show, which was aired from 1998–99 on the now-defunct UK satellite and cable channel UK Play . Moyles voiced the fourth and final series of Sky1 show The Villa and has occasionally presented Top of
1768-489: Is an English radio and television presenter, author and presenter of The Chris Moyles Show on Radio X . Previously he presented The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 from 2004 to 2012 and Chris Moyles' Quiz Night from 2009 to 2012 on Channel 4 . Moyles worked at various radio stations, including Radio Luxembourg (under the pseudonym Chris Holmes) and Capital FM . Moyles moved to BBC Radio 1 in July 1997 and left
1872-496: Is on air on Radio X 6 days a week. Moyles was one of a team of celebrities who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Comic Relief, reaching the summit on 7 March 2009. He was joined by his show's producers, Rachel Mallender and Pippa Taylor, and BBC Radio 1 controller, Andy Parfitt . Also on the climb were Girls Aloud members Cheryl Cole and Kimberley Walsh , Fearne Cotton , Ben Shephard , Gary Barlow , Ronan Keating , Denise Van Outen and Alesha Dixon . He recorded
1976-477: Is renowned for his boorish manner, quick temper, and put-downs. It is this approach which most commonly leads to criticism of Moyles. It has also caused him to become involved in numerous controversies related to perceived offensive statements. However, Moyles generally accepts counter attacks in the same manner and routinely derides himself for being overweight and so forth, often in the lyrics of jingles. Due to his fascination with radio, Moyles regularly discusses
2080-408: Is the contestant with the highest total score after two rounds. Ties are broken in favour of the contestant with the fewest total passes. If contestants have the same score and number of passes, a five-question tiebreaker is played. Each of the tied contestants answers the same set of questions individually, with the others exiting the studio so that they cannot hear the results. The contestant who gives
2184-530: Is the only contestant to receive a prize, in the form of a cut glass engraved bowl. During Magnus Magnusson's tenure as presenter, the trophy was specially manufactured by Caithness Glass . A special guest would always be invited to present the trophy to the winner, with the exception of the final edition in 1997, in which Magnusson presented it himself. Every trophy used by the main series has been made by Scottish artist Denis Mann . Mastermind (1972 to 1997), presented by Magnus Magnusson , aired on BBC1 . It
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#17328015635282288-579: The 2008 League One Play-off Final . During the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany , Moyles organised a parody of England World Cup songs, to ridicule the number of songs there were out at the time. "José – The Special One" (a parody of " Rosé " by The Feeling was written on team manager José Mourinho 's departure from Chelsea and was banned after the club complained to the BBC (although subsequently played repeatedly on Moyles' show and on Radio 5 Live ). He made
2392-592: The Gestapo during World War II . The show features an intimidating setting and challenging questions. Four (and in later contests five or six) contestants face two rounds, one on a specialised subject of the contestant's choice, the other a general knowledge round. Mastermind ' s theme music is "Approaching Menace" by the British composer Neil Richardson . The show was recorded, with original presenter Magnus Magnusson , on location at UK universities. Later, it
2496-736: The Guinness World Record for the 'Longest Marathon Radio DJ (team)' and by the end of the show (at 10:00), they had hit the 51 and a half hour mark. The duo opted to "round it off" by going to 10:30 and thus set a new record of 52 hours. In doing, so they raised a final total of £2,406,648 for Comic Relief, which is an average of £46,282 for each hour they were on air. During the attempt, the duo were joined by many celebrity guests, including Paul O'Grady , Phillip Schofield , The Wanted , Chipmunk , Jimmy Carr , Craig David , Katy Perry and Ricky Gervais . The grand total has since increased to £2,821,831 and with an audience of 2.84 Million,
2600-587: The ITV show The X Factor: Battle of the Stars and had minor success. He was voted out of the show on 4 June 2006 in the semi-final. Following this appearance, stories in the New Statesman and The Sun both reported that Moyles was looking to relaunch his television career; rumours suggested that he had been offered his own show by ITV. Moyles has spoken of a desire to transfer the format of his radio show to
2704-616: The Radio 1 Breakfast Show , Moyles' next promotion came in October 1998 when he took control of the drivetime show from 4.00 pm–5:45 pm. The show was extended to 3.00 pm–5:45 pm in February 2001. Moyles presented the show from 1998 with his sidekick . On 5 January 2004, Moyles started presenting Radio 1's breakfast programme, named The Chris Moyles Show , switching places with Sara Cox . He had been appointed to increase
2808-534: The United States , the game show 2 Minute Drill on sports network ESPN had its roots in Mastermind . Contestants faced questions fired at them by a panel of four sports and entertainment celebrities for two minutes; like Mastermind , there were two rounds of questions, but the first round had each panellist's questions representing a different sports category pertaining to their area of expertise, and
2912-582: The Usher single "Love in this Club". One of his recent parodies, "No Hair" – sung by "follicly-challenged" newscaster Dominic Byrne – is a cover of Jordin Sparks 's "No Air (ft Chris Brown )". Another two of Moyles' recent parodies are "Lorry Driver" which is a cover of Britney Spears ' song " Womanizer " and "The Boy Does Plenty" by "Adrian Dixon", originally a song by Alesha Dixon , both of which are written by 'Comedy Dave' Vitty. In March 2009 Moyles released
3016-668: The genealogy documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? on BBC One where he explored his Irish ancestry. He visited Ireland and Belgium , where his great-grandfather fought and died in the First World War . On the programme Moyles discovered that his surname means bald servant from the Irish " Ó Maolmanach ". He also co-presented Children in Need Rocks Manchester in November 2011. Moyles appeared on
3120-413: The 2011 series. Instead, there is now a brief monologue from the winner at the end of each episode about how pleased they are to have won. There is no discussion with the other contestants. It is also distinguished from the original BBC TV series because many more of the specialist subjects come from popular culture. This probably reflects cultural changes in the British middle classes in recent years. Unlike
3224-471: The 2022 series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . On the promo video Moyles says "It's only three weeks in the middle of a jungle; What could possibly go wrong?" He was voted out sixth on 24 November. Moyles' autobiography, The Gospel according to Chris Moyles: The Story of One Man and His Mouth was released by Ebury Press on 5 October 2006. On 4 October 2007 a follow-up book Chris Moyles: The Difficult Second Book , published by Ebury Press ,
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3328-500: The Breakfast Show, taking the average listenership up to 6.79 million. On 10 May 2007, RAJAR figures confirmed that Moyles had increased his listening figures to 7.06 million, breaking the seven million barrier for the first time with the station having 10.55 million listeners overall. Moyles again increased his audience to 7.72 million as of 1 May 2008 slightly narrowing the gap between him and Terry Wogan ,
3432-671: The Pops . He has also worked for the Comic Relief and Children in Need charities on their telecasts. Moyles has presented a number of episodes of Big Brother's Big Mouth . Daily Mirror journalist Rob Leigh once said of his Big Brother's Big Mouth presenting that "Chris Moyles may be Marmite for the ears on radio but never quite nails it on TV, even with his relative star power". He also presented The Big Breakfast on Channel 4 several times between 2000 and 2002. Moyles launched
3536-466: The TV, but otherwise has thus far stayed clear of a conventional TV format. Moyles regularly appears on This Morning and Celebrity Juice . Moyles played himself in an episode of the drama Hotel Babylon which aired on 15 February 2007 and appeared on a celebrity version of Supermarket Sweep that broadcast on the same day. He has appeared as a guest on numerous British television shows, including
3640-524: The Year, and he was styling himself as 'The Saviour of Early Morning Radio'. Within the year Moyles was promoted to a Saturday breakfast, then Saturday mid-morning slot from 10.00 am–1.00 pm. At Radio 1, he presented most of his shows with David "Comedy Dave" Vitty , who worked behind the scenes at the station before Moyles' arrival. After standing in regularly for Kevin Greening and Zoe Ball on
3744-643: The air and in the press. Moyles was born in Leeds , West Riding of Yorkshire , to Christopher, a postman, and housewife Hannah Veronica "Vera" Moyles, (from Dublin) and he was educated at Mount St Mary's Catholic High School . While at school, he began his broadcasting career at WBHS (Wakefield's Broadcast to Hospitals Service), a voluntary staffed hospital radio station in the West Yorkshire city. After WBHS, Moyles moved to local radio station Aire FM as an assistant for DJ Carl Kingston. During this time, he
3848-425: The amount of time available for answering questions and lasted just one series. This was also the first to go "interactive". By using the red button viewers could play the general knowledge section throughout the series. These questions had been written specifically to afford both standard and multiple-choice format in presentation. There was a one-off competition between the four highest scoring viewers. In 2003,
3952-560: The beginning of the show, Moyles announced that they would attempt to break the Guinness World Record for "Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)" and attempt to continuously broadcast for 51 hours 30 minutes. At 19:30 on 17 March they were joined by Simon Mayo who held the previous record and also revealed that they had raised £1,009,033. Moyles and Vitty were presented with a cake by Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt . On Friday 18 March 2011 at 08:30, Moyles and Comedy Dave broke
4056-411: The breakfast show and the station on 14 September. It was announced later the same day that Nick Grimshaw would replace him. On 7 September 2015, it was announced Chris Moyles would return to radio on the newly re-branded Radio X (previously XFM) hosting the new Chris Moyles Show . The show began airing on 21 September 2015 from 6.30 am–10.00 am, returning to his former breakfast slot and
4160-510: The celebrations, commentators made reference to his song. The single debuted, Monday 8 February 2010. Moyles resides in Highgate , London with his girlfriend Tiffany Austin. Mastermind (TV series) Mastermind is a British television quiz show for the BBC , currently presented by Clive Myrie . Its creator, Bill Wright, drew inspiration from his experiences of being interrogated by
4264-420: The contestant responds incorrectly, the questioner gives the correct answer before continuing to the next question; answers to passed questions are read out only after time has expired. In early series, the score and time were kept by Mary Craig who sat next to Magnusson. If time runs out while a question is being read, the questioner will finish it and give the contestant a few seconds to answer. This has led to
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4368-511: The course of a show. In October 2004, Moyles and The Chris Moyles Show team replaced U2 's " Vertigo " at number one in the UK Official Download Chart with their download-only charity song "Dogz Don't Kill People (Wabbitz Do)", under the name 'Mouldie Lookin' Stain'. The song was a spoof of Goldie Lookin' Chain 's " Guns Don't Kill People Rappers Do " (itself a spoof rap song) and proceeds went to Comic Relief . At
4472-476: The current BBC Two version premiered, hosted by John Humphrys . Whereas the original series had kept talk to a minimum (asking contestants only their name, occupation and specialist subject), the new run had at first included some conversational elements with contestants, at the start of the General Knowledge round (normally about the contestant's specialist subject). But these have been dropped since
4576-463: The evening show from 7.00 pm–10.00 pm, before taking on the late show from 10.00 pm–1.00 am. This show was simulcast on Horizon Radio , Chiltern Radio , Severn Sound and Northants 96 . In 1996, Moyles joined London station Capital FM , hosting his weekend show The Late Bit , which went out on Friday and Saturday evenings, and covering for other DJs. It was at Capital that Moyles fell out with fellow DJ Neil Fox . After declining
4680-564: The event was the most popular live BBC Red Button radio feature ever. 3.8 million people watched on the Radio 1 website. On 18 November 2011, their record was broken by a breakfast show on the German station 98.8 KISS FM Berlin , when presenters Nora Neise and Tolga Akar were on air for 73 hours. Starting on 28 July 2005, a weekly podcast entitled the Best of Chris Moyles was released containing
4784-507: The experts, the show was a hoax, and incorrect answers were included to frustrate them whenever they supplied the correct answer. The BBC Three comedy show Snuff Box had the two main characters Rich Fulcher and Matt Berry both appear on Mastermind . Berry chose his specialist subject as Alton Towers and only scored 3 points before a blackout, in which he apparently shoots the host after being told to sit down. Fulcher chooses ' Anglo-Saxon architecture ', though displays no knowledge of
4888-494: The first few minutes. The show relied in a variation of the " zoo " format, with members of the production team, news and sport readers and other studio guests contributing throughout the show. Numerous other features of past shows include "Celebrity Tarzan", "Celebrity Two Word Tango", "Who Knows Dom?", "One Word Weather with Nelson Mandela", "One Road Travel", "Yesterday's Weather", "Truth or Gunge", "Listen, Watch, Cher", Half Time, when Dave would say "Let's get ready to Ramble!" in
4992-453: The first game. It allowed the user to write their own questions. Home Computing Weekly reviewed both games and gave them two out of five stars and said: "I have no doubt that someone, somewhere, will find these two programs of use." ZX Computing also reviewed both games and the computer's ability to recognise key words in the answers was praised but the loading times in a four-player game were criticized as too long. The programme has been
5096-465: The first listener figures for the Radio X show. However these figures were only for FM listeners in London. Moyles provided a 39% boost in listeners for Radio X and gave the station its best breakfast show figures in London in almost a decade. The Chris Moyles Show 's rebrand on Radio X consisted largely of the same format used in the Radio 1 version. The "Cheesy Song" and similar jingles were replaced by
5200-494: The highest-rated radio show in the UK at the time. The station's overall listener figure is now over 11 million. On 12 May 2008 The Chris Moyles Show won its second Sony radio gold award for 'best breakfast show'. At this time he was given another half-hour on his show going from 7.00 am–10.00 am to 6.30 am–10.00 am. On 7 September 2009 Moyles became the longest serving breakfast presenter on Radio 1, breaking
5304-637: The highlights from the past week of the show. Originally updated every Thursday, and then Friday from January 2006, the podcast featured highlights from the five previous broadcasts. It was the most downloaded podcast in the UK iTunes Music Store for much of 2005; however, in December 2005, it was overtaken by the Ricky Gervais Podcast. The podcast was regularly downloaded by over three hundred thousand people worldwide . The podcasts also contain original opening and closing links. From July 2011,
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#17328015635285408-472: The lowest attained score had been seven points, which was first set by Colin Kidd in 2005. His specialist subject was "The World Chess Championships". The score was equalled in November 2009 by gas fitter Michael Burton; he only scored two for his specialist subject, Angels . Mastermind Champion of Champions was televised Monday to Friday at 7:30pm on BBC Two in the first full week of August 2010. It featured
5512-424: The most correct answers is the winner. The winners advance to the next round, for which they must choose a different specialised subject. In the early years of the programme, finalists were allowed to reuse their first-round subjects in the grand final. However, from 1992 onwards, the finalists are required to choose a third subject. The winner of the final of the BBC version is declared "Mastermind" for that year and
5616-587: The ninth series of Top Gear , Never Mind The Buzzcocks , which immortalised Moyles as an "oily pig in a dunce hat" The Charlotte Church Show , The F-Word , The Friday Night Project , Richard & Judy and The New Paul O'Grady Show . In 2008, Moyles appeared on the Brit Awards to present the award for the best live act, and appeared in the BBC documentary series Comedy Map of Britain . He has appeared on Channel 4's Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack TV programme as well as an appearance as
5720-528: The offer of presenting the breakfast show on rival station Kiss 100 , Moyles joined Radio 1 in July 1997. Moyles was voted one of the Faces for 97 by SKY magazine and presented his first show on Radio 1 on 28 July 1997, hosting the 4.00 am–7.00 am Early Breakfast show – soon called The Early Bit . In May 1998, his work was recognised with the award of the Silver Sony Awards DJ of
5824-406: The original black chair was taken by a group of students during the BBC crew's evening meal break, and held to ransom to raise money for charity; this delayed the recording of two programmes. The BBC commissioned a duplicate chair which was kept locked in the scenery truck at every recording to thwart similar ransom demands. The duplicate chair was never used on air, except in the title sequence, which
5928-604: The original version, this version is studio-based. It is now made in MediaCity in Salford . However, due to asbestos being found at Granada's Manchester studios parts of the 2006 series were filmed at Yorkshire Television 's Leeds studios ). In February 2021, Humphrys announced that after eighteen years at the helm of the show, he would leave the show. On 22 March 2021, it was announced that Clive Myrie would take over as host. Myrie made his debut on 23 August 2021. In
6032-448: The parodies the show was called "Masterbrane". In each, Benny played the role of Magnusson while Jackie Wright played the hapless contestant. Spitting Image used the Mastermind format in a sketch where a Magnus Magnusson puppet asked questions of a Jeffrey Archer puppet whose specialist subject was himself. The twist was that Archer's puppet, being incapable of answering questions about himself without exaggeration or evasion, ends
6136-447: The part of King Herod in an arena tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber 's musical Jesus Christ Superstar . Moyles reprised his role as King Herod when Jesus Christ Superstar began another arena tour on 1 October 2013. Moyles also toured a solo stage show, "Chris Moyles Live". Moyles uses a zoo format , and therefore relies on his team members and audience participation for his show's games and quizzes and for other sources of comedy. He
6240-523: The podcast was referred to as a "Free Download" and this was marked by the team on the 24 June 2011 episode. The current Radio X show has a podcast available via iTunes and RSS . There have been a number of complaints about The Chris Moyles Show on the BBC in the past. These have included complaints of swearing, bullying, racism, homophobia and sexism. Some of these complaints have been upheld by Ofcom , while others were dismissed. Chris Moyles Christopher David Moyles (born 22 February 1974)
6344-472: The process of making the show, often spoofing clichéd radio practices. Many of his show's features are homages to or exaggerations of other radio features. In December 2000, he parodied the Eminem song "Stan" that was No. 1 in the charts at the time, with a seasonal Christmas themed variation called "Stanta", instead. It became one of the most popular requested parodies and was often played more than once during
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#17328015635286448-410: The programme's catchphrase , "I've started so I'll finish." If a question has been read out in full when time expires, but the contestants have not yet given an answer, they are allowed a few seconds to do so. The contestant's score is displayed on screen; beginning with the 2016–17 series, the border around the score gradually turns blue (black in the 2019–20 series) during the final 10 seconds. During
6552-403: The quiz show The Million Pound Drop along with Andi Peters in February 2012, they won £25,000 to divide between their chosen charities. Moyles appeared on Children in Need on 16 November 2012, performing Bring Me Sunshine on stage with holograms of comedy duo Morecambe and Wise in an effort to raise money for the charity. On 31 October 2022 Moyles was announced by ITV as a campmate of
6656-465: The ratings for the show and did so, putting on an extra 1,000,000 listeners to the audience in the first quarter of 2004. After a successful first year, Moyles was awarded 'DJ of the Year' by readers of The Sun . By 2005, Moyles and his team had succeeded in increasing the morning audience, with his programme's audience rising to 6.5 million. This was coupled with an increase in the overall Radio 1 audience share. With 895,000 listeners in London in
6760-577: The record for the highest ever score on Brain of Britain and has been a member of the Eggheads since that series debut. In August 2010 during an edition of Mastermind Champion of Champions , the 2010 series champion, Jesse Honey , scored 23 out of 23 on "Flags of the World" in the specialist subject round, an all-time record. He finished as runner-up with a combined score of 36 points, losing out to Pat Gibson by having two more passes. Honey's score
6864-525: The record previously set by Tony Blackburn . In March 2011, Moyles and his colleague David Vitty beat the record for the longest continuous Radio 1 show, on Radio 1's Longest Show Ever with Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave for Comic Relief . Between 16 and 18 March they beat both Simon Mayo 's 1999 record of 37 hours and the 'Radio DJ Endurance Marathon (Team)' Guinness World Record by broadcasting for 52 hours for Comic Relief initially raising £2.4 million, and with an audience of 2.84 million, it
6968-580: The round with zero points. The BBC's satirical current affairs quiz show Have I Got News for You has parodied the show several times, by turning the lights down – except for spotlights above select chairs – and playing the theme tune, before subjecting at least one of the panel to some rigorous questioning. The first occasion was on the 1995 video special, when only regular captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton were asked questions; Hislop on "The Life and Lies of Jeffrey Archer ", and Merton on "Absurd Newspaper Stories Between 1990 and 1995". The second occasion
7072-548: The same song called Dreaming of Moylesy. Moyles released "Waterproof" in July 2009, a parody of the La Roux song " Bulletproof ". This song has an approved record deal to be used on a parody album, should Chris wish to do so. Moyles has released an album entitled The Parody Album . Recording began in September 2009, and the album was released on 23 November. The official Moyles Parody Album game entitled Parody Island
7176-410: The second round had no categories and the contestant could not control who asked the questions; they were fired at random. The contestant with the highest score after two rounds would win a cash prize, and would have a chance to double those winnings by correctly answering the untimed "Question of Great Significance," as host Kenny Mayne called it, from a speciality category chosen by the winner (usually
7280-411: The second round, each contestant in turn answers a series of general knowledge questions. The rules from the first round apply, except that the time limit is extended (usually two and a half minutes since 2010, or two minutes in semi-finals and until 2010). Originally, the contestants played in the same order as in the first round; currently, they play in ascending order by first-round score. The winner
7384-465: The show and managed to correctly answer questions asked of it as they all had answers that could be represented by growls, such as "bark" and "ruff". In the late 1970s, Noel Edmonds ' Sunday lunchtime radio show featured a send-up called "Musty Mind" where a phone-in contestant would be asked ludicrous questions on a parody of a serious subject, such as the "Toad Racing" or, on another occasion, "The Cultural and Social History of Rockall" – Rockall being
7488-516: The show began with the "Cheesy Song", an opening song performed by session singer Richard Oliver in the style of the "Station Song" jingles which were commonly used in radio before the advent of 24-hour broadcasting. Starting on 5 January 2009, the song had its own day, for example, if it was Wednesday, it would go "the Wednesday Cheesy Song" repeatedly. A typical half-hour segment contained fifteen to twenty minutes of chat, discussing
7592-399: The show on Radio X , the rebranded XFM, reviving the show under the same title. The new show incorporates elements of the Radio 1 incarnation of the show, in particular referencing the opening "Cheesy Song" at the start of the show before reverting to the Radio X imaging, Paul Turner providing prerecorded voice over, and Richard Oliver singing the show's jingle. In February 2016 RAJAR published
7696-499: The show with Jennifer Saunders playing Abigail Wilson, a pensioner whose special subject is ceramic teapots. She passes on all but one question, which she answers incorrectly. In 2005, the show was spoofed on BBC Radio 4's The Now Show where the specialist subject was "Britishness", relating to the proposed test immigrants may have to take, to prove they can fit in with British society. Benny Hill parodied Mastermind on The Benny Hill Show on at least two occasions. In one of
7800-621: The silliness of its lyrics, for instance "Smile" by Lily Allen was parodied by Moyles's invention "Silly Allen", in a song called "Piles" and Natasha Bedingfield 's " I Wanna Have Your Babies " written by Comedy Dave and performed in May 2007. In the same month, he performed a parody of Hellogoodbye 's hit " Here " called "Beer in My Arms" in which he describes how much he really dislikes the song, calling it 'daft'. Moyles also covered Puretone " Addicted to Bass " with "Addicted to Plaice", which covers
7904-488: The specialist subject round, is jointly held by Troy Deeney and Dana on 22 December 2023, Harry Pinero on 2 February 2024 and Aaron Evans on 16 February 2024, all of whom scored no points when answering questions on the Sam Raimi trilogy of Spider-Man films , UK hit singles of 1969–76, Lewis Hamilton and cephalopods respectively. The current record for the overall lowest score is 2 points, set on 5 November 2022 in
8008-505: The station in September 2012. He has presented the early breakfast show, a Saturday morning show, and the drive time show (from September 1998 to December 2003), before presenting the breakfast show from 5 January 2004 to 14 September 2012. Moyles is BBC Radio 1's longest serving breakfast presenter. Moyles became famous for his maverick bad-boy broadcasting style on BBC Radio 1 and was embroiled in numerous controversies, including accusations of sexism and homophobia, due to statements he made on
8112-476: The style of Michael Buffer and "Birthday Corner". Other former regular competitions hosted included Viaduct (named by Simon Mayo when asked for a suggestion about what to call the quiz when Moyles stood in for Zoe Ball on the breakfast show). It was based on a Two Ronnies sketch (in turn based on Mastermind , with a specialist subject of "answering the question before the last"). The team members of The Chris Moyles Show on Radio 1 were: As well as
8216-543: The subject and makes up answers such as "Toto from The Wizard of Oz " and " Elvis ", and scoring no points. In 2011, The Chris Moyles Show on BBC Radio 1 parodied the show with a feature called "Disastermind". Using the back-up chair from the Mastermind studio, each team member chose a specialist subject, only to have them swapped before being questioned in the chair on their randomly selected subject and general knowledge. The specialist subjects were The World of Glee ; UK dialling codes ; U2 ; Husky Dogs and Back to
8320-415: The subject of being addicted to fish. In September 2007, he performed "Suicidal" a parody of the UK number one Sean Kingston 's "Beautiful Girls", in which he talks about how the song makes him feel suicidal and wonders why it reached number one. Although of 2008, UK's chart no.1 Basshunter was renamed "Chuffhunter" in which he mocks the song and those that would buy it, Kylie Minogue 's "Bow Wow Wow" and
8424-479: The target for many television spoofs, including a Two Ronnies sketch written by David Renwick (a less polished version had previously appeared in the Radio 4 series " The Burkiss Way ") in 1980, featuring Ronnie Barker as Magnus Magnusson and Ronnie Corbett as a contestant named Charlie Smithers, whose specialist subject was "answering the question before last". A different sketch featured Monty Python alumni Michael Palin as Magnusson and Terry Gilliam as
8528-493: The team is off for their holidays, Polly James presents the show. At eight years and 253 days, The Chris Moyles Show holds the title of the longest running breakfast show in Radio 1's history, having overtaken original Radio 1 breakfast show presenter Tony Blackburn 's tenure of five years between 1967 and 1973. The original Radio 1 show lasted for three and a half hours, with news and sport read half-hourly between 06:30 and 10:00, except at 09:00. Starting on 1 January 2007,
8632-432: The team members' lives, Radio 1's features, music or popular culture. There were regular celebrity guest interviews usually between 08:00 and 09:00, with the occasional live music performance and frequent first exclusive plays of new single releases. At 10:00, when Fearne Cotton took over (who took over the slot previously occupied by Jo Whiley from 21 September 2009) Moyles and the team would typically talk to Cotton for
8736-414: The team members, other contributors also regularly featured on the show: Scott Mills covered the programme when Moyles and the team were absent, and presented the programme under the title The Chris Moyles Show with Scott Mills . Mills used most of his own features from his afternoon slot, and was joined on air by radio personalities Rebecca Huxtable , Mark Chapman and Chris Stark . When only Moyles
8840-461: The third quarter of 2005, he succeeded in overtaking Johnny Vaughan to take the position of the capital's most listened to youth breakfast show. Moyles' audience ratings continued to increase each week and led to him winning a gold Sony Radio Award in 2006 for best entertainment show . With the release of the RAJAR listening figures on 3 August 2006, Moyles had added a further 470,000 listeners to
8944-538: The time of its release, it was the fastest selling download on UK charts. Moyles has parodied several Kaiser Chiefs songs under the name "The Kaiser Chefs". These include "I Predict A Diet" (Parody of I Predict a Riot ) and "Donny" (Parody of Ruby ). Chris and Ricky Wilson of the Kaiser Chiefs (both Leeds United fans) said they had accidentally given Doncaster Rovers fans an unofficial anthem with "Donny" after Doncaster Rovers beat Leeds United 1–0 in
9048-562: The time on the Speaking Clock . Moyles has provided his voice and/or likeness to a number of films and games. His face was used in 24: The Game , and his voice can be heard in the films Wimbledon , War of the Worlds and Robots . In some of these films, his voice was only used for the UK version. Moyles has branched out his work into television. In 2002, his own Channel 5 show, Live with Chris Moyles , ran five shows
9152-470: The timeslot. It was continued for a second series between 26 February and 11 April 2010, a third series following between 1 November and 22 December 2010 and fourth between 15 July and 2 September 2011. After 5 series, the show was shelved. On 24 October 2011, The Metro announced that Moyles would co-present a new dating show, The Love Machine , alongside Stacey Solomon for Sky. Moyles confirmed this on his radio show that morning. Moyles appeared on
9256-555: The winners of previous series of Mastermind . Contestants sit in a black leather chair, lit by a solitary spotlight in an otherwise dark studio. The inspiration for this was the interrogations faced by the show's creator, Bill Wright, as a prisoner of war in World War II. The original black chair was given to Magnus Magnusson as a souvenir when he retired from the show, and is now owned by his daughter Sally Magnusson who inherited it following her father's death in 2007. In 1979
9360-571: Was a contestant on Mastermind, and it was implied that his specialist subject was the microwave cooking instructions on supermarket ready meals. As the camera panned out it became evident that the chair itself was on a platter, slowly turning in a giant microwave oven. The Channel 4 Prank programme Balls of Steel parodied Mastermind with its sketch The Alex Zane Cleverness Game , in which experts were quizzed on their specialist subjects (included were "The Life of Anne Frank ", " Eurovision Song Contest Winners ", and " Hercule Poirot "). Unbeknown to
9464-532: Was a reference to the controversy caused by the aftermath of the Iraq War . One episode included Mastermind: The Opera . Another spoof was featured in Armando Iannucci 's 2004: The Stupid Version , where a contestant's specialist subject was "The television series Thunderbirds and Lady Penelope's Cockney chauffeur". Also in 2004, Johnny Vaughan 's BBC Three show Live at Johnny's featured
9568-549: Was also a presenter on Radio Top Shop in the Leeds Briggate branch. After hosting his own Saturday Evening Show on Aire FM (and occasionally serving as a stand-in presenter), he was then employed as a presenter at Radio Luxembourg in 1992, until the station closed. In 1993, he gained a job at the Pulse of West Yorkshire , presenting the evening show from 7.00 pm–10.00 pm. He remained there until early 1994 when he
9672-485: Was also the title of his history of the show. The original series was filmed in academic or ecclesiastical buildings. The last programme of the original series was filmed at St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney. The original series spawned many specials: BBC Radio 4 's Mastermind (1998 and 2000) was hosted by Peter Snow . Discovery Channel 's Mastermind (2001) was hosted by Clive Anderson . The commercials shortened
9776-425: Was away, Vernon Kay or Sara Cox would present in his place, and stay with the usual format of the show. On 28 February 2011, it was announced that Moyles and David Vitty would attempt to beat the record for the longest continuous Radio 1 show in aid of Comic Relief . The previous record of 37 hours was set by Simon Mayo from 1999. Moyles and Vitty began their record attempt on the morning of 16 March 2011. At
9880-568: Was dismissed for comments made about the station's previous programme controller. Moyles subsequently joined Signal 1 in Stoke-on-Trent – again presenting The Evening Bit from 7.00 pm–10.00 pm. He remained there until he was dismissed by the station's programme controller, who he refers to as a "spineless bastard" in his first autobiography. In 1995 Moyles was heard on the Chiltern Radio Network , presenting
9984-407: Was equalled by Iwan Thomas, who scored a record 23 (in two-and-a-half minutes) in the general knowledge round in 2010. On Junior Mastermind in February 2007, an 11-year-old schoolboy called Callum scored 19 points on his specialist subject, cricketer Andrew Flintoff . However, he did not win, being beaten by one point after achieving a final score of 32. The current record for the lowest score in
10088-468: Was going head to head with his BBC Radio 1 breakfast show replacement, Nick Grimshaw . Chris Moyles stated Dominic Byrne , who read the news on his BBC Radio 1 show, would return with him, as would producer Pippa Taylor. On 19 April 2016 it was announced that there would be an additional pre-recorded show on Saturday mornings between 8 am-11.00 am featuring clips from the week, interviews with studio guests plus new content, which means that Chris
10192-414: Was in 1998, when Magnus Magnusson appeared as a guest. All four panellists were asked questions on this occasion. In his early routines Bill Bailey would often parody the Mastermind music, finding it very sinister. He would then play the music on keyboard with an over-the-top hellish sounding climax. In the last episode of " Is It Bill Bailey? " he followed on from this performance with a sketch where he
10296-421: Was officially released. The Difficult Second Book was released in paperback on 1 May 2008. Stewart Lee , on his own programme Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle , commented that the title of the book suggests "a degree of irony and self-awareness largely absent from the text itself" and then went on to deconstruct and mock the book's contents. On 16 May 2012 it was announced that Chris Moyles had been cast to play
10400-437: Was originally broadcast late on a Sunday night and was not expected to receive a huge audience. In 1973 it was moved to a prime-time slot as an emergency replacement for a Leslie Phillips sitcom, Casanova '73 , which had been moved to a later time following complaints about its risqué content. The quiz subsequently became one of the most-watched shows on British television. Magnusson's catchphrase "I've started, so I'll finish"
10504-554: Was recorded in Manchester at studios such as New Broadcasting House and Granada Studios , before moving to dock10 studios in 2011. The show relocated to Belfast for the 2019–2020 series. For the first round, each contestant in turn is given a set length of time, usually two minutes (one minute and a half in semi-finals), to answer questions on a specialised subject which they have chosen. The contestant scores one point for each correct answer and may pass as often as desired. If
10608-483: Was recorded in London while the main chair was on the road. Its current whereabouts are unknown. The current chair, since 2003, is an Eames Soft Pad Lounge Chair , designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1969. A video game adaptation was released for the ZX Spectrum in 1984 by Mirrorsoft . A companion game titled Mastermind Quizmaster was released at the same time and was meant to be used in conjunction with
10712-421: Was released to help promote the album and allow players to hear snippets from his new album. The Chris Moyles Show was credited with the debut of the unofficial England World Cup Song, written and performed by Chico Slimani a parody of his hit single " It's Chico Time " and originally named "It's England Time". Slimani recorded the single after having a 'vision' that England won the 2010 World Cup and that in
10816-490: Was the most popular live BBC Red Button radio feature ever. The event raised a final total of £2,821,831. On 1 July 2011, it was announced that Moyles would remain within the BBC until at least 2014, ending speculation that he would move to a commercial rival. The deal was estimated to be worth £1 million. This would have allowed the presenter to reach his 10-year anniversary on The Chris Moyles Show . However, on 11 July 2012, Moyles announced that he would be leaving
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