Other names | Dan Howell and Phil Lester The Internet Takeover with Dan and Phil |
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Genre | Music, chat |
Running time | 60 minutes (9:00 pm – 10:00 pm) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom and Worldwide |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 1 |
Hosted by | Daniel Howell and Phil Lester (Dan and Phil), plus various YouTubers |
Produced by | Victoria Easton |
Recording studio | 82A, Broadcasting House, London |
Original release | 1 September 2014 – 25 April 2016 |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 33 |
Audio format | Stereophonic sound |
Website | www |
The Internet Takeover was a British radio show hosted on BBC Radio 1 on Monday nights, presented by various members of the online video blogging community. [1]
It was the successor to the Dan and Phil show hosted by Daniel Howell and Phil Lester (Dan and Phil), both of whom had a monthly slot on the programme. The show was broadcast until April 2016 when it was replaced by TheStudent Radio Playlist. [2]
Howell and Lester, the main hosts of the show, presented a live version of the programme on the first Monday of every month. Every other Monday, a rotation of other presenters from the video blogging community hosted the show, which were recorded in advance of the air date. Such presenters included:
In February 2015, Howell hosted a #NicerInternet special of the radio show, titled Anti-Social Media Live. [3] They were joined by other internet takeover presenters including Phil Lester, Jack Howard, Dean Dobbs, Jim Chapman, Patricia Bright, Tom Ridgewell, Louise Pentland and Charlotte McDonnell. The panel discussed online bullying, shared stories of their own negative experiences and explored ways in which the internet could be made a nicer place. [4]
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