Simon Mayo Drivetime
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| Other names | Drivetime From Radio 2 |
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| Genre | Music, Talk |
| Running time | 2 hours |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 2 |
| Hosted by | Simon Mayo |
| Starring | Matt Williams |
| Recording studio | Western House, London |
| Original release | 11 January 2010 – present |
| Audio format | 88–91 FM, DAB digital radio, TV and online |
| Opening theme | Enjoy Yourself by Prince Buster and Jools Holland |
| Ending theme | As opening |
| Website | Official BBC Website |
| Podcast |
The Weekly Mayo Simon Mayo's Confessions |
Simon Mayo Drivetime is the current incarnation of the drivetime show on BBC Radio 2, which airs on weekdays between 17:00 and 19:00 in the United Kingdom. It is presented by broadcaster Simon Mayo, who moved to drivetime from his weekday afternoon show on BBC Radio 5 Live after Chris Evans moved to take over the Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
Matt Williams is the sports reporter on the show, presenting Matt's World of Sport at 17:50 and 18:50 each day. On Fridays, in the second report he interviews somebody who is involved in a sport that is not regularly reported in the general media, known as the Friday Fixture. He also announces the weekly rock tune on Wednesdays as "Doctor Mosh", as well as participating in the daily confession as 'Brother Matt'.
Bobbie Pryor is the regular weekday afternoon travel reporter on Radio 2, and reads the travel news at 17:20, 17:55, 18:30 and 18:55 each day. Pryor was previously the Friday afternoon and weekend travel reporter but from 11 August 2014 became the regular weekday reporter, replacing Sally Boazman who moved to weekends. She participates in the daily confession as 'Bobbie from the Priory'.
Radio 2's resident chef, who cooks for the team every Thursday. He participates in Thursday's confession as 'Novice Nigel'.
Stand-in presenters on the show have included Patrick Kielty, Liza Tarbuck, Ryan Tubridy, Richard Allinson, Richard Bacon, Mark Goodier and Amol Rajan.
Sally Boazman was the regular travel reporter on the show, but in August 2014 made the move to weekends on Radio 2. Due to holidays, her final show with Mayo was on 24 July 2014, but her last report was on 7 August 2014.
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