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.”

Another added: “Moyles is still the saviour of Radio 1, but he will go sooner rather than later.

“But it works both ways, he only signed a one-year extension deal as he didn’t want to be tied down, he wanted the freedom to move on.”