Gregory James Alan Milward was born on 17 December 1985 and is an English radio and television presenter and author.
52 Facts About Greg James
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Greg James rose to fame as a presenter on BBC Radio 1 since 2007, hosting shows including his old drive-time show and the station's flagship breakfast show.
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Since 2017, James has co-hosted the BBC's cricket podcast Tailenders alongside the England cricketer James Anderson and former guitarist for the Maccabees, Felix White.
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Greg James was born to Alan and Rosemary Milward on 17 December 1985 in Lewisham, London.
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Greg James's parents were both teachers; Alan a headteacher, and Rosemary a special-needs teacher.
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Greg James is an alumnus of The Bishop's Stortford High School, where he was deputy head boy.
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Greg James studied drama at the University of East Anglia in Norwich and achieved a 2:1.
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Greg James later said that being station manager was a job he did not enjoy.
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Greg James presented several breakfast shows on Future Radio in Norwich and on Pulse Rated in Salhouse before he got his break at BBC Radio 1.
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Greg James won 'Best Male Presenter' at the Student Radio Awards 2005.
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Greg James joined BBC Radio 1 in June 2007 to present Early Breakfast on Friday and cover for other presenters such as Sara Cox and Vernon Kay.
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Greg James presented his first show on Friday 1 June 2007, the day after graduating from university.
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Greg James presented his first full-time show on Monday 1 October 2007, and his first ever Record of the Week was Hometown Glory by Adele.
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Greg James was the host of The Official Chart Update, on Wednesday afternoons between 3:30pm and 4pm, and 4pm to 4:30pm when he moved to drivetime, from its inception in March 2010 until January 2013 when Scott Mills took it over, at the original time of 3:30pm.
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The podcast features the best elements of Greg James' show each week, guest interviews, and special bonus content just for the podcast.
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Greg James guest hosted the edition of 16 February 2013 of the 5 Live comedy sport programme Fighting Talk, standing in for Colin Murray.
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Since 2019, Greg James has presented the BBC Radio 4 series Rewinder, a show where he digs through the BBC archives to find classic material to reflect on current stories of the week.
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Greg James once hosted his show for an entire week broadcasting from the BFBS radio studio in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan; he staged "G In the Park", a mini-music festival from the BBC in Glasgow prior to the T in the Park festival.
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On 19 June 2017, Greg James chose the name "RoboCrop" from "thousands and thousands" of listeners' suggestions for a tractor on loan to Dorset Police to tour agricultural shows to raise awareness of rural crime.
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On 20 August 2018, Greg James took over Radio 1 Breakfast from Nick Grimshaw.
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Greg James has presented Sound on BBC Two's Switch and he hosted the backstage winners' podium at the 2009 BRIT Awards, which he did again in 2010.
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In 2011, Greg James had a non-speaking cameo role in the Doctor Who episode "Closing Time".
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Greg James presented the BBC Three's coverage of Glastonbury Festival 2011 and in August 2012, the Reading and Leeds Festival.
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Greg James presented coverage of T in the Park 2012, alongside Edith Bowman in July.
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In 2013, Greg James co-presented extensive coverage of Radio 1's Big Weekend on BBC Three with Alice Levine.
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In June 2013, Greg James hosted BBC Three's coverage of Glastonbury, alongside Gemma Cairney.
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Greg James again hosted the BBC's coverage of festivals including Radio 1's Big Weekend, T in The Park, Reading, and Glastonbury in the summer of 2014.
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In 2012, Greg James co-presented two series of Unzipped on BBC Three with Russell Kane and later How to Win Eurovision, a special two-hour show, on 11 May 2013.
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In 2014, Greg James appeared as a contestant in the CBeebies gameshow Swashbuckle with his niece Pia.
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In September 2014, Greg James hosted the closing ceremony of The Invictus Games with Clare Balding live on BBC Two.
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Also in 2015, Greg James co-wrote and starred in the Comedy Feeds episode Dead Air.
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Greg James has guest presented several episodes of The One Show.
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In November 2016, Greg James co-presented the BBC's Children in Need appeal for the first time.
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Greg James presented the Children in Need Rocks for Terry concert at the Royal Albert Hall with Fearne Cotton.
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Between 2016 and 2017, Greg James presented BT Sport's cricket coverage of the South Africa tour to Australia.
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In 2022, Greg James became an executive producer for the Sky documentary series The Man Who Bought Cricket, focusing on billionaire and fraudster Allen Stanford.
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In March 2023, Channel 4 announced that Greg James would be the host of its new reality show Rise and Fall.
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Together with newsreader Chris Smith, Greg James wrote the children's book series Kid Normal which is a 6-book series about a normal boy in a superhero world.
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In January 2013, along with Jack Dee, Melanie C, Dara O Briain, Philips Idowu and Chelsee Healey, Greg James took part in Comic Relief: Through Hell and High Water.
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On 2 March 2013, Greg James appeared on the Let's Dance for Comic Relief judging panel alongside Arlene Phillips and Lee Mack.
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In 2014, Greg James was part of 'Team Coe' in the Sport Relief: Clash of the Titans.
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Greg James's team won the competition held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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Greg James took part in the cycling, synchronized swimming and swimming relay.
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In February 2018, James undertook his second Gregathlon for Sport Relief: Pedal to the Peaks.
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Greg James cycled over 500 miles and climbed Snowdon and Scafell Pike before the challenge had to be postponed because extreme weather conditions caused by the Beast from the East.
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Greg James is godfather to Ruby, the youngest daughter of England cricketer Greg James Anderson.
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Greg James is a keen cricket fan, and used to play for Hertfordshire Under-18s.
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Greg James is a keen supporter of Aviva Premiership Rugby Club Bath Rugby.
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Greg James lived with comedians Pat Cahill and John Kearns at university.
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Greg James is an ambassador for two charities; The Stroke Association and The Lord's Taverners.
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Greg James took part in the 2012 NHS Team Give Blood campaign, representing O+.
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On 1 June 2018, Greg James announced his engagement to his girlfriend Bella Mackie, the daughter of newspaper editor Alan Rusbridger and the author of bestselling dark novel How to Kill Your Family.