{"id":679512,"date":"2026-11-09T12:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T12:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/679512\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T12:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T12:58:12","slug":"owain-begins-radio-2s-longest-charity-challenge-radiotoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/679512\/","title":{"rendered":"Owain begins Radio 2\u2019s longest charity challenge \u2013 RadioToday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BBC Radio 2\u2019s longest fundraising challenge is underway, with Owain Wyn Evans cycling nearly 400 miles across all four UK nations.<\/p>\n

Owain, who presents Early Breakfast on the station, left BBC Scotland\u2019s Pacific Quay headquarters in Glasgow shortly after 8am on Monday 9 November, beginning a five day ride in aid of BBC Children in Need.<\/p>\n

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His first stage covers 84 miles to Cairnryan, with a ferry journey to Northern Ireland to follow. Welsh actor Luke Evans revealed the opening route live on Radio 2, while the overall challenge will take him through Scotland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales before finishing in central Cardiff on Friday 13 November.<\/p>\n

At the start line, Owain admitted: \u201cI am very nervous for what the next couple of days have in store for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sara Cox spoke to Owain on Radio 2\u2019s Breakfast Show, while fellow presenter DJ Spoony joined him in Glasgow. A bagpiper played Scotland the Brave, Scottish comedian Susan Calman delivered a motivational speech and drummers from Glasgow\u2019s Samba Ya Bamba Band performed, recognising his 2021 Children in Need Drumathon.<\/p>\n

A listener has named Owain\u2019s yellow, spotted bicycle Shania Chain, prompting a message from Shania Twain, who told him: \u201cWe\u2019ll be cheering you on all the way. Good luck!\u201d<\/p>\n

Radio 2 will carry regular updates throughout the challenge, with coverage also available on BBC Sounds and a live website<\/a> tracker showing his progress.<\/p>\n

A television crew is following Owain for a documentary, Owain Wyn Evans: Four Nations Challenge for BBC Children in Need, which is scheduled for BBC One on Friday 20 November at 7.30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BBC Radio 2\u2019s longest fundraising challenge is underway, with Owain Wyn Evans cycling nearly 400 miles across all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-679512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}