You can't help reflecting that when they were in Egton in more than 16 million people listened to Radio 1. These days it's under 11 million. Which is still an awful lot but the drop shows that the world has changed and will presumably continue to do so.
I went there recently at the invitation of Ben Chapman, who is head of popular music, multi-platform. We didn't meet in Tommy Cooper but in every other respect it felt like a scene from W1A. Chapman and the BBC face many challenges. The first is that ownership of a big ass transmitter and a humongous record library no longer gives you the undivided attention of young people.
That old Lou Reed quote "you need two radios in case one gets broken" wouldn't resonate with many of them. Hence Chapman and others are looking to the other platforms on which young people loiter. They're fishing where the fish are. The launch of Playlister last year was a BBC toe in that water. With Playlister you can click songs that you particularly like from the BBC's output, save them in your own playlist and then export a list of them to a site like Spotify or Deezer and listen to them at your leisure.
Chapman says it's one of the ways "the BBC is using music to tell stories". At the moment it still feels like a solution in search of a problem. It's had enough take-up to make the commercial partners very grateful for the profile the BBC has helped build for them but it's not quite a mainstream habit.
Idleness has a habit of winning when it comes to the web and soft benefits are easily forgotten when the next toy comes along. Fashion and beauty vlogger Louise Pentland is the latest celeb to try out Innuendo Bingo. Lydia's the latest famous to take a turn in the wet-seat on this week's Innuendo Bingo! Luisa Omielan makes her debut on Innuendo Bingo - witness the wetness!
Angela Scanlon is in the Innuendo Bingo hot seat! Danny Mac is getting very wet, but he is not taking his shirt off. Adele joins Scott and Chris, and finds something odd in the Innuendo Bingo bin. It's what the world was waiting for Now finally it's here! Meanwhile, in the world famous Radio 1 Live Lounge, a venue which has played host to the likes of Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande and Stormzy in recent years, the legendary Four Lads in Jeans off of the meme will be preparing to make their debut.
All the Radio 1 DJs will be taking part in the marathon preparations throughout the week while carrying out some challenges of their own. Nick Grimshaw will be carrying out his own nationwide talent search to launch brand new band The Drag Dads, while Matt Edmondson will be taking it upon himself to throw Mollie King the most extravagant on-air hen do possible.
The week-long initiative will aim to make the UK laugh again amid continually challenging circumstances, bringing listeners together to celebrate the power of humour in even the toughest of times. Money raised by Red Nose Day will support people in the UK and around the world, and help tackle hunger, homelessness, domestic abuse and mental health stigma. Last time we did a Knock Knock joke at No.
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