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Family excitement follows The Hunger Games cast to Radio 1

Joseph Zada, Mckenna Grace, Whitney Peak and Elle Fanning recall the reactions at home, while Freya Skye brings sombr to the Live Lounge.

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Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Joseph Zada's sister is obsessed with Mckenna Grace (and Whitney Peak too, obviously)

What did you think?

Who gets most excited when you land a Hunger Games role? For Joseph Zada, the answer is his little sister, though her excitement has quite a lot to do with his co-stars.

In BBC Radio 1's most-watched new upload, Zada names Mckenna Grace and Elle Fanning before adding Whitney Peak. Peak supplies the mock offence: "Good to know that's how far down the list I am." Fanning has a premiere invitation planned for her Hunger Games-loving cousin; Grace remembers crying with her mum on a Zoom call, then having to return to work. The clip has reached roughly 129,000 views.

It's a family-sized excerpt from Ali Plumb's longer Sunrise on the Reaping interview, which also finds room for Zada's troublesome goose co-stars, the cast group chat and Jesse Plemons discussing a role previously played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. That full conversation and the family-reaction clip are among the channel's busiest videos right now.

Music supplies the other strong thread across eleven uploads. Freya Skye's Live Lounge cover of sombr's 'My Body Isn't Ready' has passed 100,000 views and is drawing the next-largest daily audience after the cast clip. Jamie Miller reacts to 'Babydoll' memes, while Olivia Colman makes her case to Greg James about drivers who can't reverse. A Denis Villeneuve interview from 2021 returns with his favourite Bond moments.

Subscribers held steady, while daily views are modestly above the channel's usual level. Among its music-media neighbours, Atlantic Records is also drawing above-usual daily views; NPR Music and COLORS are having slower days than normal. For Radio 1, the week's most active uploads neatly span its two familiar invitations: hear a cover, or pull up a chair with a film cast.

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Whitneyyyy!!! You are SEEN!
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