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The Guardian - UK
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Monkey

Radio 1 roadshow hits the rails

Edith Bowman
Edith Bowman had her Day of the Diesels. Photograph: James Curley / Rex Features

What do Radio 1 DJs do of a weekend after the festival season is over? Go to the premiere of the new Thomas the Tank Engine film of course. Edith Bowman, Zane Lowe and Nihal joined famous faces including BBC world affairs editor John Simpson with their children on Saturday at the launch of Day of the Diesels in London's Leicester Square. Monkey hears the Fat Controller asked Edith how long it had taken her to wash the mud off her boots. And how long it had taken Simpson to wash the mud of his flak jacket. Actually Monkey heard that last bit from some Unreliable Sources.

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