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Comedian and presenter Tom Deacon is joining ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 1 to present a new Sunday night show, it has been announced today.

Tom, 23, will host a show from 7.00 to 9.00pm as part of a reshuffle of Radio 1's Sunday night schedule.

An award-winning stand-up comedian, Tom has also presented The 5:19 Show on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Switch since September 2008. The programme transmits live every weekday at 5:19pm on bbc.co.uk/switch and on Saturday afternoons on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two – and his new radio show will take on the same name.

Tom says: "I'm really excited to have my own 5:19 Show on Radio 1, I just can't wait to get in the studio and start having fun!"

Tom's new show will be part of a collection of programmes on a Sunday night that will be known as the Switch Zone – kicking off with the Chart Show with Reggie Yates at 4.00pm and running through until midnight.

Tom will be followed at 9.00pm by The Surgery With Aled – the station's weekly social action programme. In a new hour-long slot, The Surgery With Aled will have increased speech content and offer an intensive one-stop shop for teens looking for help and advice on a range of subjects at a more accessible time.

Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac move from their current Sunday show (7.00-10.00pm) into a later slot (10.00pm-12midnight), promising a programme packed full with great music and guests.

Radio 1's Chart Show with Reggie Yates continues to air on Sundays from 4.00 to 7.00pm, counting down to the UK's new official number one.

Ben Cooper, Deputy Controller, ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 1, says: "Tom has been doing a fantastic job with Switch so I'm really pleased to bring him to Radio 1 and his new show means we are strengthening our relationship with Switch even further.

"Our Sunday line-up offers something for all of our younger audiences, from a newly-refocused Surgery, which will be able to react quicker to the stories that are affecting our young audiences every week, to the UK's only official Chart Show with Reggie Yates, and an exciting new going-to-bed show with Nick and Annie."

The new line-up for Sunday evenings starts on Sunday 28 March 2010.

Radio 1 announced last week that Matt Edmondson, 24, has joined the station to appear on Fearne Cotton's show every Friday, reporting on all the latest entertainment news, as well as deputising for presenters when they are off.

Notes to Editors

From 28 March, from 4.00pm, Sundays on Radio 1 will be as follows:

4.00–7.00pm – Radio 1 Chart Show with Reggie Yates
7.00–9.00pm – 5.19 with Tom Deacon
9.00–10.00pm – The Surgery With Aled
10.00pm-12midnight – Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac

³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Switch celebrates British teens through a distinctive and exciting range of multi-platform content, across TV (³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Two), Radio (Radio 1) and online (bbc.co.uk/switch), aimed at 12 to 17 year olds.

Switch programming on Radio 1 is currently from 7.00pm-12midnight.

Nick Grimshaw is also on Radio 1, Monday to Thursday, 10.00pm-12midnight.

Annie Mac is also on Radio 1, Fridays, 7.00-9.00pm.

Tom Deacon

Tom Deacon won the Chortle Comedy Award in 2007. In 2008 he took part in the Edinburgh Festival's longest-running group comedy, The Comedy Zone, which has helped launch the careers of many of the UK's top comedians including Harry Hill, Stewart Lee and Al Murray. In 2009 Tom brought his debut solo show, Indecisive, to the Fringe, playing to sold out houses.

Tom made his TV debut appearing as a commentator in The Most Annoying People Of 2007 for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three and was consequently invited to attend the first stage of NBC's Last Comic Standing in Miami. Tom also recently appeared in Comedy Central's Edinburgh & Beyond.

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