BBC Radio 1 has become the first radio station in the world to reach a million subscribers on YouTube.

The one millionth person subscribed at 8.01pm yesterday during Dan and Phil’s show.

Radio 1’s channel on YouTube was launched back in 2006 with the aim to provide a visual platform to coincide with its daily radio shows.

Radio 1’s controller Ben Cooper said of the figures: "Radio 1 has to find new ways of finding new young audiences for the BBC and the best way to predict the future of radio is invent it yourself."

Greg James who is one of the station’s DJs said: "It's really important that Radio 1 not only does really good radio stuff, but also does good videos too and to make sure that as many people as possible know about what we do.

"So if it means getting my bits out on a wrecking ball, then so be it - it was all worth it."