Ashildr’s on Radio 1 on Christmas Day. Sort Of.

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What’s everybody doing on Christmas Day? Watching Doctor Who, yeah? Good stuff. Except Ashildr/Me/Mayor Me/Me Again will be on Radio 1 for anyone deciding that they’d prefer to listen to some soothing music.

Well, music at any rate. It’s Radio 1. Probably won’t be soothing at all.

Maisie Williams, best-known for Game of Thrones, but she also played an immortal Viking throughout Doctor Who Series 9, will be playing her favourite recent tracks (apart from Jess Glynne and Adele – the latter played endlessly for some reason – I’m clueless), as well as a collection of festive frivolities. She’d better not play that terrible Tom Jones and Cerys Matthews number.

Throughout the special day, Radio 1 will be manned by ‘superstars,’ some of whom you might’ve heard of. The schedule, thanks to Radio Times:

1-2pm: One Direction

2-3pm: Demi Lovato

3-4pm: Troye Sivan

4-5pm: Little Mix

5-6pm: Maisie Williams

6-7pm: The Vamps

Which is kind of sad, isn’t it? They’re excluding a considerable part of the audience by playing Maisie Williams’ segment at the same time as Doctor Who. Madness.

Those guests will follow Greg James announcing the Christmas Number One. Greg was in the background of a scene in 2011’s Closing Time, looking at lingerie, don’t you know? Sorry, that’s all the trivia I have. This is Radio 1 we’re talking about. You’re lucky my attention span has lasted this – – –

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