Yeah it all seems a bit odd, you’re probably right there re budgets. Hopefully this is a stop gap before they make it onto 6MusicConfirmed on today's show - in a confusing way - it'll be early Feb, but think there will be a break after Christmas until then as John is burnt out after his tour.
It'll be podcasts on Friday and Tuesday, with highlights from the previous week on the radio Fridays 1-2.
Elis said on the FB group that they will still be recording them at the same time so they will still have Adrian Chiles on for anyone who loves those bits. All sounds a bit odd and is a bit of a thing for the BBC to pay them out of a different budget.
To be honest I love them but always thought they'd be taken off 5Live after a year as it doesn't really fit the station at all!