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Greg James | |
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Station(s) | BBC Radio 1 |
Network | BBC Radio |
Time slot | 1:00p.m. - 4:00p.m. Monday - Friday |
Country | United Kingdom |
Website | Official Website |
Other names | Afternoons, The Lunchtime Show, Mid-day show. |
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Running time | 1:00pm - 4:00pm Approx. 180mins |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 1 |
Produced by | Neil Sloan |
Executive producer(s) | Piers Bradford |
Recording studio | Yalding House |
Original release | 21 September 2009 – present |
Audio format | FM and Digital Radio |
Website | http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/gregjames/ |
Podcast | Soon to be available |
Greg James (born 17 December 1985, in Lewisham Hospital, South East London) is an English radio DJ. Having previously had experience at BBC Radio Norfolk and Galaxy North East,[1] he is now a DJ at BBC Radio 1 in London. He started presenting the Early Breakfast show 4.00-6.30am Monday-Friday from 8 October 2007,[2] replacing the previous incumbents of the slot, JK and Joel.[3] He is also a continuity announcer for Dave TV,[4] although he announced on his Radio 1 show on 6 July, that he won't be continuing his Dave TV duties due to "streamlining" reasons. On 21 September 2009, he began presenting the lunchtime show, replacing Edith Bowman.
During his three years studying drama at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, he presented several shows on the student union radio station Livewire 1350AM, becoming the station manager in 2006. He also presented several breakfast shows on Future Radio in Norwich during their RSL's before he got his break at BBC Radio 1.[5] He is an alumnus of The Bishop's Stortford High School, where he was deputy head boy.
He won the award for "Best Male Presenter" at the Student Radio Awards in November 2005, for which the prize was a one hour show on BBC Radio 1.[6] In June 2007 he was asked to present five Friday early morning breakfast shows. Following this he was then asked to present JK and Joel's Early Breakfast Show for a week whilst they were away. He returned for a further two weeks in July and also stood in for Sara Cox on her weekend afternoon show.[5] He was the regular cover presenter for Scott Mills' show for over a year
Greg has a long-term girlfriend called Clare who 'keeps his feet on the ground'.
Greg's Early Morning Breakfast Show is well-known for the "Flash Flash" introductory sequence, in which listeners are encouraged to flash their lights (headlights, room lights, table lamps, etc) to the "Flash Flash" tune, which is a sample of In the Mood by Glenn Miller. Subsequently, listeners also call in to say the words "Flash Flash", "Welcome Along", or "Brap Brap" when the tune is played. Callers are sometimes involved with the "Flash Flash" tune where they will sing: "Flash Flash" to the tune. Greg also chooses a new Single from an artists weekly and requests them to create a jingle for him. Usually the jingle consists of using his name, along with the melody of the chosen song.
Greg is a huge fan of Bodger and Badger, a British childrens television show and he has cited this show for the reason he has an undying love of mashed potato.
Other features of his show include "Greg's Best Bits of the Radio from Yesterday" (or Friday in the case of Monday's Show) where he plays a sample from another radio station. Also, he gives all the newsreaders who feature on his show a certain piece of music. After the Newsbeat bulletins, he talks to the newsreader while playing his or her music and often plays about with the microphone pitch. Other features include: Naked Wednesday, Free For all Friday, Ladies Day, Listener's 4:30 News; Monday, Dress Up Friday, etc. Also constant mocking of his producer, Neil. Recently, "Another Funny Story from Greg's Mum" was added as an additional feature. It consists of a book Greg's mother had given him as a suggestion to read out to the listeners, which are really wacky funny stories, hence the title.
On 21 September 2009 a new schedule was launched on Radio 1. Along with Fearne Cotton who moved from Weekend late-afternoons to Weekday mornings, Greg moved up from Early Breakfast to a Early Afternoon slot; 1pm to 4pm. Greg replaced Edith Bowman, who moves to the weekend breakfast slot.[7][8][9] Greg's early breakfast show was taken over by Dev.