‘I’d bloody love to do Strictly’: Charley Marlowe on dream gigs and Radio 1

Her break came when she began creating her own online content, showing off the warmth, humour and quick wit that have since become her trademarks. That self-starter attitude led to opportunities on screen, on the red carpet and, eventually, on air. “I never take it for granted,” she says. “Sometimes I’m on air and forget for a second that it’s Radio 1 – then it hits me, like, wow, I’m broadcasting to the nation. It’s surreal.”