Video: Chris Moyles to leave Radio 1 breakfast show An hour into the Radio 1 breakfast show this morning, presenter Chris Moyles announced that he would be stepping down from his role as presenter. In a four-minute speech he said, "I wanted to say thank you to everyone listening to the show for giving the team and me the best time ever... Even during tough times this show has honestly been the best three hours of my day, every day. Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper - who has been under pressure to make the station's audience younger - said "I'd like to thank Chris. Quite simply he's been the most successful breakfast show host in Radio 1 history. He's done it for more than eight and half years and he's been fantastic. At 38, Moyles is much older than the radio station's target audience of 15 to 29 year-olds and this move follows similar changes that Cooper has recently made to the schedule which has included switching 26-year-old Greg James into 39-year-old Scott Mills's main afternoon slot. Moyles is contracted to remain with Radio 1 until New Year 2014, however. He first joined Radio 1 in 1997 and took over the breakfast show from Sara Cox in 2004. Moyles's show has won two Sony gold awards and he styled himself as "the saviour of Radio 1." Radio 1"s own news bulletin announced that Moyles will be taking a short break from Radio 1 to play the role of King Herod in Andrew Lloyd Webber's upcoming production of Jesus Christ Superstar but will be back. His breakfast show replacement will be announced at 10.30am.