Nicky Campbell swaps BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast for new phone-in show

[Cassia Tuna]

Nicky Campbell is to leave the Breakfast show on BBC Radio 5 Live after almost 20 years at the helm.

Campbell will host a new weekday show based on his current one-hour Your Call phone-in slot, which is presently part of the Breakfast slot.

The new show will launch later this year and will run from 09:00 to 11:00.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57472944

[JayTV]

Nicky's a great communicator and really seems to get the best out of ordinary people. In that respect it's part of his brand - see things like Long Lost Family, too. This seems like quite a good idea to me and something which probably should've been done sooner.

It does however beg the question of who will replace him alongside Rachel. Interesting given she's also been rumoured for BBC Breakfast.

[scottishtv]

This is a case of back to the future though really. Nicky Campbell was on 5 Live between 9am-12noon in the late 90s/early 00s. I think he also took calls.

The show did a series of OBs in the late 90s and our teachers rounded up senior pupils to go and fill up seats in a local theatre. I was disappointed they kept throwing back to HQ in London for the news and travel updates as I really wanted to see a show in full! (in hindsight, it's obvious that's how they would do things).