''Colin and Edith'' was a radio show broadcast on

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until 12 August 2006, hosted by radio personalities

Edith Bowman Edith Eleanor Smith (born January 1974) is a Scottish radio DJ and television presenter. She hosted '' Colin and Edith'', weekday afternoons, weekend breakfast, and ''The Radio 1 Review'' on BBC Radio 1 until 2014 and has presented a variety of ...

and

Colin Murray Colin Murray (born Luke Wright on 10 March 1977) is a Northern Irish radio and television presenter. In 2010, he became host of BBC Television's ''Match of the Day 2'' on BBC Two, while still anchoring shows on BBC Radio 5 Live, including '' 5 ...

. The show began in 2003 and was scheduled on the station's weekend morning shift. In April 2004, following the departure of Mark Radcliffe and

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, the show was rescheduled to the weekday afternoon slot, from 13:00 to 16:00. Their last show together was part of Radio 1's ''Six Weeks of Summer'' on 12 August 2006. Colin moved on to his own evening speciality music show while Edith continued to present in the same time slot.

Features

Guest interviews

Occasionally a special guest was interviewed in the studio or over the phone. Guests included

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, Tom Jones,

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, Richard Park,

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and

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Regular segments

The show was segmented into different sections which were included on every show, with the exception of 'Take On Me' which cannot be played if either presenter is absent. These segments are listed below.

Bits and Pieces

Colin & Edith brought back the classic

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game for a few months in which much music was mixed together in short bursts, and contestants have to remember as many tracks as they can.

CD Burner

Colin and Edith pick a song which is due to be released which is played everyday of the week for one week. The last song they picked was Baby Boom by The Crimea.

Lunchtime Link-up

An office or group of friends is given the chance to choose the theme of the show's first hour and the public can text or e-mail an anecdotal story related to that theme. The public can also suggest a song related to that theme. The best suggestion is picked and played at the end of the hour.

Five Decades of Radio 1

A feature created to celebrate Radio 1's fortieth anniversary, which over time underwent various format changes. The public vote for the best song out of five picked from the current date in random years in Radio 1's forty-year history. A consistent pattern was noted that if one of the songs is from the mid-1990s it would usually win.

Take On Me

A quiz where a caller challenged either Edith or Colin, or both of them at the same time, in a memory game. Each was given 30 seconds to list items from a specified subject, for example "Disney films from the 90s" or "song titles including names". Despite the challenger being allowed to go first, Colin and Edith normally won which led to changes in the rules giving the challenger more points if they took on both Colin and Edith. The feature was named after the

song, "

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" and parts of the song were used as a

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and background music for the feature. The points won by either Colin and Edith or the public ran cumulatively each day until the last ever game on Thursday 10 August 2006 when the presenters were almost guaranteed to win overall and so took on a regular listener 'Kendle' in a winner takes all game. Colin and Edith won 15-7.

Sucking Diesel

A quiz which pitted members of the public from different

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against each other in their own individually chosen subjects.

The Best Compilation Tape in the World... Ever!

Various songs were collated by a user vote over a number of weeks to create a '

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' of popular songs. The final collection of songs selected was as follows: Ash - Girl From Mars Beastie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me EMF - Unbelievable Faithless - Insomnia Green Day - Basket Case House of Fun - Jump Around Idlewild - American English Michael Jackson - Billie Jean KLF - 3am Eternal John Lennon - Imagine Metallica - Enter Sandman Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Offspring - Pretty Fly For A White Guy The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) Queen - Don't Stop Me Now Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication Stone Roses - Fools Gold Tenacious D - Tribute The Undertones - Teenage Kicks The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag Will Young - Leave Right Now

References

External links

Colin and Edith's biography on Radio 1 Webpage
{{BBC Radio 1 Colin and Edith