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The moment DJ Chris Moyles set the Radio 1 broadcasting record
Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles has broken the Guinness world record for the longest marathon radio DJ (team) show.
The mark was broken at 8.30 this morning (18 March) as Moyles and on-air partner Dave Vitty, aka ‘Comedy Dave’, passed the 51.5-hour mark.
The pair started their show early on Wednesday morning and also broke Simon Mayo’s record for longest Radio 1 show on Thursday evening.
So far, listeners have donated nearly £2m to their Comic Relief effort.
A host of celebrities dropped in to lend their support, including Katy Perry, Ricky Gervais, Gary Barlow from Take That, Richard Madeley, X Factor runner-up Olly Murs, Davina McCall, rapper Chipmunk, Lily Allen and Jimmy Carr.
The longest ever radio show record is held by an Italian DJ who lasted a total of 183 hours, or just over a week, in May 2009.
Buttock ‘massage’
The duo, who broadcast alongside Radio 1’s regular DJs, have been allowed five minutes break each hour and took the occasional shower to stay refreshed.
Celebrities like Katy Perry and Ricky Gervais supported Chris Moyles
Highlights on Thursday included Chris and Dave getting a rather painful buttock massage from a physio and DJ Greg James stripping off to encourage more donations.
Chris Moyles also pretended to nod off and accidentally turn the CD player off while Arctic Monkeys song Brianstorm was playing.
The previous Radio 1 record of 37 hours was set by Simon Mayo, again for Comic Relief, in 1999.
The record-breaking show was also being filmed and broadcast live on the Radio 1 website and via the red button on digital TV.
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Moyles breaks radio show record