Schedule

BBC Radio 1 Dance Schedule 25 - 31 May 2026

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00:00	00:00 Radio 1's Essential Mix—horsegiirL horsegiirL takes you on a two-hour musical ride!	00:00 The Residency on Radio 1 Dance—One night with MK One of dance music's finest, MK, brings the party with his one-off Residency show!	00:00 Martha—Celebrating 20 years of dubstep label DEEP MEDi MUSIK Martha celebrates 20 years of dubstep label DEEP MEDi MUSIK.	00:00 Radio 1 at Tomorrowland Winter Steve Angello and Agents of Time live at Tomorrowland Winter in Alpe d'Huez, France.		00:00 Radio 1's Essential Mix—Diffrent German UKG courtesy of Diffrent!	00:00 Radio 1 Dance Drum & Bass Mix—DNB60, DNB60 with Gray! Mixed up D&B from Gray on Radio 1 Dance.
01:00					01:00 Radio 1 Dance Presents...—Teletech: Azyr Teletech begin their Dance Presents takeover with Azyr in the mix.		01:00 Radio 1's Classic Essential Mix—Basement Jaxx 2001 We revisit Basement Jaxx's second Essential Essential Mix from September 2001.
02:00	02:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	02:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	02:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	02:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	02:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	02:00 Radio 1 Dance Presents...—Teletech: Mandidextrous Teletech close out their takeover with Mandidextrous in the mix.
03:00						03:00 Danny Howard's Club Mix—Dunmore Brothers, Nausica, Us Two and loads more! Danny goes in with another Club Mix.	03:00 Pete Tong's Hot Mix—Franky Wah Franky Wah has a Hot Mix full of exclusive new music and edits. 03:30 Pete Tong's Hot Mix—MESTIZA Spanish duo MESTIZA provide the Hot Mix for Pete Tong.
04:00		04:30 The Official Radio 1 Dance Chart—with Arielle Free Arielle Free counts down The Official Radio 1 Dance Chart.				04:00 Future Dance Mix with Sarah Story—Future club music with Hot Since 82, Deborah Aime La Bagarre and JackyBoom Sarah serves up another Future Dance Mix. 04:30 Pete Tong's Hot Mix—Sparrow Sparrow (formerly of Sparrow & Barbossa) makes his solo debut in the Hot Mix.	04:00 Radio 1 Dance Presents...—Teletech: Faster Horses Teletech continue their Dance Presents takeover with Faster Horses in the mix.
05:00	05:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Nonstop classic anthems Nonstop classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges.	05:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Nonstop classic anthems Nonstop classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges.	05:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Nonstop classic anthems Nonstop classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges.	05:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Nonstop classic anthems Nonstop classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges.	05:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Nonstop classic anthems Nonstop classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges.	05:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Nonstop classic anthems Nonstop classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges.	05:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Nonstop classic anthems Nonstop classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges.
06:00	06:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Banging new, current and classic DANCE with Matty Chiabi!	06:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Banging new, current and classic DANCE with Matty Chiabi!	06:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Good DANCE vibes with Matty Chiabi!	06:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi All the DANCE feels with Matty Chiabi!	06:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Hot new, current and classic DANCE with Matty Chiabi!	06:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Banging new, current and classic DANCE with Matty Chiabi!	06:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Good DANCE vibes with Matty Chiabi!
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09:00	09:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	09:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	09:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	09:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	09:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	09:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.	09:00 Radio 1 Dance Morning—with Arielle Free The best new, current and classic dance tracks with Arielle Free.
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11:00	11:30 The Official Radio 1 Dance Chart—with Arielle Free Arielle Free counts down The Official Radio 1 Dance Chart.					11:30 The Official Radio 1 Dance Chart—with Arielle Free Arielle Free counts down The Official Radio 1 Dance Chart.
12:00	12:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Banging new, current and classic DANCE with Matty Chiabi!	12:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Good DANCE vibes with Matty Chiabi!	12:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi All the DANCE feels with Matty Chiabi!	12:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Hot new, current and classic DANCE with Matty Chiabi!	12:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Banging new, current and classic DANCE with Matty Chiabi!	12:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi All the DANCE feels with Matty Chiabi!	12:00 Radio 1 Dance—with Matty Chiabi Hot new, current and classic DANCE with Matty Chiabi!
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15:00	15:00 Radio 1 Dance Party Starters—Armand Van Helden, Kygo, Switch Disco, Calvin Harris, D.O.D One hour full to the brim of Dance bangers from Jess Iszatt.	15:00 Radio 1 Dance Party Starters—Alice Deejay, Koven, David Guetta, Axwell, Propsa One hour of absolute bangers from Jess Iszatt on Radio 1 Dance.	15:00 Radio 1 Dance Party Starters—Armand Van Helden, Riton, Sonny Fodera, Dom Dolla Jess Iszatt brings you 60 minutes of some of the biggest dance floor fillers.	15:00 Radio 1 Dance Party Starters—Alice Deejay, Nathan Dawe, Calvin Harris, Alexis Jordan, Peggy Gou Jess Iszatt's last Dance Party show with an hour's worth of the biggest dance bangers.	15:00 Radio 1 Dance Party Starters—with Sam and Danni Sam and Danni hit play on the UK's biggest party anthems!	15:00 Radio 1 Dance Party Starters—Alexis Jordan, Alok, Beyond Limits, Joel Corry, Chloe Caillet A full hour rammed full of some absolute bangers by Jess Iszatt.	15:00 Radio 1 Dance Party Starters—Peggy Gou, DJ Sammy, David Guetta, BL3SS, Calvin Harris A huge hour packed full of dance bangers from Jess Iszatt.
16:00	16:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges Charlie Hedges brings all of your favourite classic anthems back to back!	16:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges Charlie Hedges brings all of your favourite classic anthems back-to-back!	16:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges Charlie brings all of your favourite classic anthems back to back!	16:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges Charlie Hedges brings all of your favourite classic anthems back to back!	16:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges Charlie Hedges brings all of your favourite classic anthems back to back!	16:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges Charlie Hedges mixes up classics that are hotter than the heatwave!	16:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—with Charlie Hedges: Ibiza special Charlie brings all of your favourite classic anthems back to back in this Ibiza special.
17:00						17:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Classic dance anthems with Charlie Hedges D.O.D brings his high energy Track2Track mix, and Charlie mixes up more classics!
18:00	18:00 Pete Tong—MESTIZA Spanish duo MESTIZA gear up for the season ahead in the Hot Mix.	18:00 Pete Tong—Brunello Brunello provides a guest Hot Mix for Pete.	18:00 Pete Tong—Sorley Ahead of Radio 1's Big Weekend in Sunderland, Sorley provides a guest Club Heat Mix.	18:00 Radio 1's Dance Party Warm-Up with Danny Howard—Another chance to hear Danny go B2B with Patrick Topping from Big Weekend! Danny gets you weekend ready early!	18:00 Radio 1's Dance Party with Danny Howard—Barry Can't Swim Hottest Record + Femi Koleoso House Party Playlist Party your way into the weekend with Danny.	18:00 Radio 1's Dance Anthems—Today's dance anthems with Charlie Hedges The hottest current dance hits to soundtrack your Saturday day rave!
19:00						19:00 Pete Tong's Essential History of Dance—EDM EDM - the origins, the hits, the biggest drops and the legends of the scene.	19:00 Pete Tong's Essential History of Dance—Techno It's time to up the tempo and take you on a journey through all things techno!
20:00	20:00 Radio 1's Classic Essential Mix—LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad 1995 Another chance to hear LTJ Bukem and MC Conrad's truly classic 1995 Essential Mix.	20:00 Radio 1's Classic Essential Mix—Gerd Janson 2017 Running Back boss Gerd Janson delivered two quality hours in March 2017.	20:00 Radio 1's Classic Essential Mix—Paul Oakenfold in Sydney, 1999 Paul Oakenfold kicks off his 1999 Essential Mix world tour in Sydney, Australia.	20:00 Radio 1's Classic Essential Mix—Dennis Ferrer 2008 Relive a deep house masterclass from New Jersey's Dennis Ferrer.	20:00 BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend—Radio 1 Dance @ R1BW, Clementine Douglas (Sunderland 2026) One of UK dance music's most sought-after singers, Clementine Douglas, on the Main Stage. 20:25 BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend—Radio 1 Dance @ R1BW, Ahadadream B2B Arthi (Sunderland 2026) Catch the latest action from Radio 1's Big Weekend, from Ahadadream and Arthi.
21:00					21:10 BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend—Radio 1 Dance @ R1BW, Marlon Hoffstadt (Sunderland 2026) Hands-in-the-air bangers from Berlin DJ and It's That Time hitmaker Marlon Hoffstadt. 21:40 Radio 1 Playlists—29/05/2026 Huge tunes from Radio 1 Dance.	21:00 Radio 1's Essential Mix—Layton Giordani New York City's Layton Giordani takes control of the Essential Mix decks.	21:00 BBC Introducing on Radio 1 Dance—with Jaguar... May wrap-up Jaguar brings you some of the biggest BBC Introducing Dance tracks from May.
22:00	22:00 Defected on Radio 1 Dance—Melé Headliner Mix Radio 1 Dance teams up with Defected Records for two hours of quality House Music.	22:00 HE.SHE.THEY. on Radio 1 Dance—Samantha Togni Headliner and CRYME Showcase Mix Radio 1 Dance teams up with HE.SHE.THEY. for two hours of House & Techno.	22:00 DnB Allstars on Radio 1 Dance—Gino Headliner Mix and Flash Showcase Mix Radio 1 teams up with DnB Allstars for two hours of heavy Drum & Bass.	22:00 BBC Introducing on Radio 1 Dance—with Jaguar... May wrap-up Jaguar brings you some of the biggest BBC Introducing Dance tracks from May.	22:00 Pete Tong—The Month in Dance: May 2026 Your essential guide to the very best dance and electronica to emerge during May 2026.		22:00 BBC Introducing on Radio 1 Dance—with Jaguar: Anish Kumar's Set from Big Weekend Jaguar brings you Anish Kumar's Set, recorded at Big Weekend in Sunderland.
23:00				23:00 The Residency on Radio 1 Dance—L.P. Rhythm - Club bangers L.P. Rhythm takes us to the club with his favourite big club bangers!		23:00 Radio 1's Drum & Bass Show—with Charlie Tee: Drop of the Week from Harriet Jaxxon! Charlie Tee dishes up the hottest D&B.	23:00 Danny Howard's Club Mix—ALISHA, Max Dean, Fleur Shore and loads more! Danny goes in with another Club Mix.

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