Radio 1 shake up as show lands new hosts – and fans will recognise star from legendary kids TV moment

RADIO 1 has had another shake up as one show lands new hosts – and fans will recognise a star from a legendary kids TV moment.

The station has undergone a number of changes recently, with Jordan North departing his Going Home show and Mollie King and Matt Edmondson moving time slots.

Now it has been revealed that Radio 1’s Life Hacks is getting two new presenters.

Taking to X – formerly Twitter – earlier today, the station announced that Lauren Layfield and Shanequa Paris will co-host the show every Sunday from 4pm until 6pm.

The duo’s first show will be on Sunday, April 7 and Lauren shared her excitement underneath the post, writing: “Lets gooooooo” with a rocket emoji.

Lauren and Shanequa will replace the show’s original hosts, Katie Thistleton and Vick Hope, who are moving to the new Going Home show alongside Jamie Laing.

Following the announcement, Katie wrote: “This does of course mean
@VickNHope and I will be bowing out of a show we adore to focus on drive time.

“A decision that wasn’t easy to make! This show is my baby but more babbling to come when we do our last show…here’s a pic from our first!”

Aled Haydn Jones, the Head of Radio 1 wrote on X: “Amazing news for @BBCR1 Life Hacks and Official Chart Update.

“Welcome to the family @LaurenLayfield and @ShanequaParis. Thank you to @VickNHope and @KatieThistleton who made the tough decision to leave the show but at least they’ll continue together on the new Going Home show.”

Listeners will remember Lauren from a viral moment on kids TV with Hacker T Dog.

The brazen puppet – performed by Phil Fletcher – made Lauren burst out laughing and snort after saying “We’re just normal men….we’re just innocent men.”

Speaking about the moment during an interview with in 2022, Lauren said: “Pretty sure that snort is when my career peaked.

She added: “I’m just letting the snot flow now. I used to try and contain it. But it’s a part of me, I can’t deny it.”

Since his shock departure from Radio 1, Jordan, 34, has been revealed as the new host of Capital FM’s breakfast show, taking over from Roman Kemp.

Roman, 31, announced his departure last month, before welcoming his successor Jordan.

Meanwhile, The Sun revealed that former Saturdays singer Mollie, 36, and Matt, 38, are taking over from Dean McCullough and Vicky Hawkesworth on the afternoon show which airs from 1-3pm from Monday to Thursday.

The duo currently host their own show every Friday to Sunday from 1pm to 4pm.