Radio One is reportedly considering replacing Chris Moyles with the annoying Vernon Kay, on their breakfast show next year.
A BBC source told The Daily Mail: “Vernon is extremely popular and the radio bosses love him. No formal offer has been put in yet – there’s still seven months left on Moyles’ deal after all – but he is definitely in the frame.”
Chris Moyles has admitted that he isn’t happy about receiving a pay cut this year, but accepts that it was a necessary move.
Moyles told The Mirror: “I have taken a cut because they wanted me to take a cut. And hopefully that will help the BBC out a little bit. Everyone is taking a cut. It is very frustrating but budgets are down.
“I don’t like the fact that I am earning less than I was two years ago and I don’t think I deserve to be, because we’re working harder and the figures are up. But, at the same time, if the BBC are saying, ‘Help us out, take a cut for a bit’, then that’s fine.”
I’ve always liked Chris Moyles; he’s large, he’s gobby, he’s down to earth and he’s funny, and, judging by last night’s latest instalment of Who Do You Think You Are, he’s done well to overcome the misery and adversity – DNA-wise – that dogged his ancestors.
His forebears all hailed from Ireland and according to Chris, “Before I came along, I don’t think our family amounted to anything.”
Well, maybe not, but they were sorta busy coping with famines, wars and rampant dying from TB.
Chris’s family history is liberally littered with sad stories, one of which was that of his granny who grew up in the slums of Dublin and ultimately found herself sharing one room with her very large family. Also, Chris’s great-grandmother was just 33 years old when she died of TB in a workhouse. She’d been sent there so as not to infect her children. And on his paternal side, things weren’t a whole lot better… Read more & comment »
Tonight Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles traces his Irish roots by travelling to Dublin and Ballina, Co Mayo, where he uncovers the trials and tribulations of his ancestors, including those of his maternal grandmother who was separated from her parents at a very early age.
He also discovers the fate of his great-grandfather, who fought in the World War One
Tonight at 9:00pm – BBC1
Radio One DJ Chris Moyles has admitted that he broke down in tears whilst filming for BBC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are.’
He told ITV1’s This Morning: “I did cry at the end … it was long 12 hour days, all done in a week, and you know nothing – you’re drip fed bits of information, and it is information overload.”
“I had to sit in my hotel at night and make my family tree to remind me who all these names were, and there’s a bit right at the end of the show where I get upset.
Chris Moyles is rumoured to be considering quitting his Radio 1 brwakfast show after finding out the BBC were secretly planning to axe him in the near future.
Friends have told The Mirror that Chris was “totally shellshocked” when hearing about the planned station reshuffle.
A close friend said: “Chris is considering his options. He is due to meet with Radio 1 bosses in a few weeks because his contract is coming up for renewal in July.
Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night is a weekly topical entertainment show in which Chris and three guests compete in a quiz about the week’s events. Each celebrity comes on the show for a chat with Chris and then to play a round of the quiz. It’ll be competitive as Chris has donated a prize for the winner, which he’ll desperately want to keep, and the loser sings out the show with the all female house band. All the questions are asked by different celebrities, from our celebrity sketcher who paints topical stories, to exclusive clips from favourite TV shows asking questions in the context of their own show.
Sunday 22 March 2009
10:00pm ITV1
Vernon Kay is teaming up with BBC Radio 1 breakfast regulars Comedy Dave, Aled, Dom and Carrie for a week in March while Chris Moyles tests his endurance climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.
Vernon will host the show from Monday 2 to Friday 6 March, and on Monday 9 March, between 6.30 and 10.00am
Moyles will spend seven days climbing the 19,341 feet to raise money for Red Nose Day 2009, reporting back to Vernon with the aches, pains and progress, via satellite, weekday mornings from 9.00am.
Chris Moyles is to host his first TV show in five years as Channel 4 hire him to present ‘Quiz Night.’
Chris Moyles’ Quiz Night will be a quiz show with a difference as host Chris will be competing in the show himself against three celebrities. And what’s more he’s putting up his own possessions as prizes! The winner each week will take home a prize that Chris has donated while the person who comes last will have to sing out the show accompanied by an eight-piece, all-female big band.
Radio One DJ, Chris Moyles is reportedly in talks with Coronation Street bosses to appear on the ITV soap.
According to the The Sun, Moyles may be cast as Lloyd Mullaney’s (Craig Charles) “scally” cousin.
An ITV source commented: “Coronation Street is Chris’s favourite soap and he’d welcome the chance to film some scenes.
“He loves Craig Charles’ character, so to come in as one of his relatives would be perfect.”
Chris Moyles is reportedly being paid £50,000 to host an episode of Chanel 4’s comedy show, The Friday Night Project.
Chris will be pleased as this is around £20,000 more than usual guest presenters receive.
A telly source told The Sun: “Moyles is a big draw, everyone loves him — and we were prepared to pay whatever it took.
“Our guest stars normally get £30,000 but Moyles is worth more.”
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