NB: Our celebrity takeovers took place from Monday 12 Jan through to Thursday 22 Jan - check out the star line-up!
Hoop Dogg from the Radio 1 webteam gives you a blow by blow account of the night's proceedings via : - 20:55 No tears.The pair do their final link and go out with Kanye West - "If he's good enough for Barack, he's good enough for you."
- 20:52 Jimmy attempts to make Iain cry by playing Death Cab for Cutie's 'I Will Follow You Into The Dark'
- 20:47 Text: "When I see 'lock the taskbar' on my computer I think of 'Rock the Casbah' by The Clash"
- 20:34 Overheard: "Covered in mucous? No, he was born like it" Meanwhile, Jimmy has named Sam from the show Che Guevara
- 20:32 Adam Buxton's 'Help the Police' is played - possibly from a cassette by the sound of it
- 20:24 "Penguins - are they birds or fish?"
- 20:02 Jimmy muses how 'D.A.N.C.E.' by Justice reminds him of St Winifred's School Choir (another 80s reference)
- 19:58 Jimmy plays a song by his little brother Patrick Carr
- 19:54 "Why are all fire engines called Dennis?"
- 19:47 Iain making references to 'dropping the science' but not sure what this means
- 19:34 Jimmy reveals an exclusive announcement about U2 and Glastonbury that is highly unlikely to be true so we won't repeat it here
- 19:31 'Pretty Vacant' by The Sex Pistols is Jimmy's first ever record
- 19:26 Jimmy plays '50 Ways to Leave Your Lover' - a bit of Paul Simon from 1975, and wonders whether any of his listeners remember the 70s.
- 19:23 We hear Jimmy's distinctive laugh as Iain reminisces about once falling into a gutter
- 19:17 The pair discuss stupid questions, embarrassing dads, and debate whether Zane himself is one
- 19:13 Jimmy is all about the caffeinated pop drink and coffee - perhaps his appearance on Moyles this morning means he now needs a perk-up.
- 19:10 Carr is wearing dark navy and Iain is sporting a navy T-shirt. They claim The Killers are unsigned. Jimmy says he feels old.
- 19:07 More Iain facts: He co-wrote Flight of the Conchords, and The Inbetweeners.
- 19:05 The pair are announcing who is 'on the board' as they demonstrate a charming misunderstanding of Zane's catchphrases.
- 19:04 Tonight Jimmy is doing the show standing up. He's with his friend Iain Morris. They used to present on another radio station together.
- 19:00 - Jimmy has only just started and already accused Zane of being the laziest man in the world due to his two-hour days & month-long hols
- 18:56 - Hello, hoopdogg here - eagerly anticipating the start of the show... and the great news is that Jimmy Carr is actually here!
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