Shaun Tilley, Smiley Miley, Gary Davies and Mike Read celebrate the special relationship Wales had with the legendary Radio 1 Roadshow during the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.

When the Radio 1 roadshow visited Tyneside. With Radio 1 broadcast from London over the decades, for North East listeners one-to-one contact with the station came in the shape of the Radio 1 ...

The Radio 1 roadshow was a remarkable beast and one which toured the nation during July and August from 1973 to 1999. But it proved no less popular than the behemoth which would eventually replace it.

The typical roadshow summer season started in July and ran for eight weeks, broadcasting live on Radio 1 from the roadshow locations from 11 am to 12.30 pm each weekday.

At the end of the 90s, BBC Radio 1 bosses decided to ditch the roadshow and opt for one-day mini-festivals instead. Show more. It was the start of a journey which would lead us to the Big Weekend, ...

The very first Radio 1 Roadshow in Newquay on July 23, 1973. Picture: Tony Miles. And Kent was a regular stop-off, hosting more than 30 shows from the roadshow's very first year through to 1996.

The sun's shining, everyone's in shorts, and Chesney Hawkes is rolling up to Markeaton Park. It can only be May 1991, when the Radio 1 Roadshow came to rock Derby in a massive open-air gig. The ...

In the eighties and nineties, there was always a keen sense of anticipation to discover when and where the summer's biggest event would be held. The Radio 1 Roadshow promised to deliver fun, laughter ...

Sun, seaside fun at Cliffe Park and the Radio 1 Roadshow. Can you believe, it was 30 years ago when Sunderland used to regularly host the DJs we knew and loved from the 1990s. Did you know with a ...

BBC Radio 1 is celebrating its 50th birthday – and the party is set to last all weekend, with fans treated to 50 themed “golden hours” of archive material.. The special broadcast promises to ...

The sun's shining, everyone's in shorts, and Chesney Hawkes is rolling up to Markeaton Park.It can only be May 1991, when the Radio 1 Roadshow came to rock Derby in a massive open-air gig.