Synopsis
The best bits of nonsense from BBC Radio 1's The Greg James show every week. Including big name interviews, Star Caller, Ask The Nation and other guff from Gregs weird head.
Episodes
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Basic Big Shop Boasts
21/01/2019 Duration: 14minA Norwich City footballer in a Q&A said the best thing about the area is the Argos! Greg loves the Pets At Home in Cornwall and asks what basic shops make your area that little bit more special? Also, today’s Jan Slam winner called to apologise for sounding slightly underwhelmed at his win so Greg give him another chance to shine.
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Ainsley Harriott is here!
17/01/2019 Duration: 16minAfter trying to book Ainsley in for so long, it finally happened. Greg admitted that he’s such a huge fan of his after the “Why Hello Jill” moment and decided to surprise some listeners with a big hello!
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Big Bath Club & Hairy Dinosaurs
16/01/2019 Duration: 25minGreg spoke to three callers about their morning bath time including one who was milking cows this morning and had a messy accident whilst under one of the cows. Also, Yesterday's Quiz contestant Angharad proved to be a handful and George our dinosaur correspondent told us about their hairstyles!
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Fact Controller With Margot Robbie & Saoirse Ronan
15/01/2019 Duration: 18minMargot and Saoirse reacted to listeners’ beliefs like: cauliflower isn’t just white broccoli! Greg does a radio version of the 10 Year Challenge and also has trouble thinking up some Sam Smith puns.
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Zoe Or Greg? The Big Question
14/01/2019 Duration: 13minGreg was in trouble for running past the scary Luther house and did Zoe Ball’s daughter listen to her mum on Radio 2 today or was she loyal to Radio 1?!
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Buttery Mash & Fine Beans
10/01/2019 Duration: 13minGreg welcomes back Josh from Tuesday’s Yesterday Quiz to give us his top 3 crushes (which feature some very odd choices) and enjoys another episode of ‘Inside the Factory’ which see’s Gregg Wallace in a pasta factory trying to do an Italian accent. Also, Will The 1975’s next album be called Roast Chicken, Buttery Mash & Fine Beans?
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Beale More Buff Than Beckham?
09/01/2019 Duration: 14min‘David Beckham is not god’s gift to women’ – it can only be the return of Unpopular Opinion! Plus, following a sad fact tweeted by BBC Weather’s Carol Kirkwood Becky from Jersey came on to give the listeners a Jersey weather update and Greg tries an experiment that sends everybody’s Siri into meltdown.
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The Fact Controller Is Back!
08/01/2019 Duration: 15minThe Fact Controller is back and we find out that ambulances don’t have a special switch to turn traffic lights green. Plus, Josh ‘The Catherine Wheel’ plays Yesterday’s Quiz, and Greg considers getting a new laugh for the New Year.
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Jason Bell & Osi Umenyiora Kick Off 2019
07/01/2019 Duration: 15minJason & Osi from The NFL Show give a pep talk to a listener suffering from major holiday blues. Plus, Greg is hoping to get Stormzy out on a karaoke night and is suspicious that the BBC Four Documentary on twin musicians Bros was in fact a parody of People Just Do Nothing.
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Queer Eye’s Tan France Gives Some Christmas Advice
19/12/2018 Duration: 29minIt’s the day before the Festive Feeling Christmas party for our young carers… Nick Knowles told Greg he’ll be there tomorrow! Today we also had Queer Eye’s Tan France in to give listeners some Christmas advice, and Greg imagined what the ‘punch Santa’s beard off’ kid would sound like in Eastenders.
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Fantastic Priests And Where To Find Them
18/12/2018 Duration: 18minThe Reverend Kate Bottley plays Fantastic Priests And Where To Find Them. Festive Feeling continues with more listener donations, and the suggestions that animal man Steve Backshall and the hand bell ringers from Britain's Got Talent should be at the party… Plus we have a Festive Edition of Unpopular Opinion!
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Emily Atack Is On The Phone
17/12/2018 Duration: 26minGreg spoke to Carly who wanted to give something back to some young carers. There’s a venue booked, but we need YOUR help to make this the best party ever on Thursday! Also Emily Atack was in the Radio 1 phone room and spoke to someone who calls himself the ‘cheese grader’
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The Festive Feeling Finale
13/12/2018 Duration: 27minRyan from Blackburn, decided to raise money for charity off his own back by running every day this year – all alongside doing an apprenticeship and at only 19 years old! Greg and the team decide to give him a victory lap round a local course accompanied by a 35-piece choir, a team of cheerleaders, a hula-hooper and the Mayor of Blackburn!
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Nick Knowles And The Truth About Biffy Clyro
12/12/2018 Duration: 21minDay 3 of Festive Feeling brings a surprise for a grandmother in Neath, South Wales. Plus Greg speaks to Nick Knowles and gets his side of the story on the Biffy Clyro collaboration claim and we cross live to Downing Street for an update on…Porridge?
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Greg Davies Mans The Radio 1 Phone Lines
11/12/2018 Duration: 34minAdele was hiding in what she thought was a ‘bilberry’ bush as she attempt to surprise another special listener in Radio 1’s Festive Feeling - It was actually a blueberry bush. Plus, comedian Greg Davies was in the phone room speaking to callers who claim to have sold him a filing cabinet and a pair of swimming goggles.
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Radio 1's Festive Feeling
10/12/2018 Duration: 18minGreg has one last Harry Redknapp story time and catches up on Theresa May’s rubbish Christmas lights countdown. Plus Radio 1 launches its Festive Feeling with a big surprise for a very special listener, who thought he was getting a call from his nan.
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Tom Walker Sings The Baby Shark Song
06/12/2018 Duration: 20minYesterday Greg mentioned that he’d had a dream that Tom Walker had done a Christmas advert with the baby shark song and overnight, Tom Walker brought the dream to life. Also, Annie is moving house tomorrow, and there’s still one space left in the van. We’ve had offers from Chris Stark and Baby Shark but more offers are coming in. Who will Annie choose?
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Donald Trump Is Not Rich Uncle Pennybags!
05/12/2018 Duration: 21minThe (deputy) Fact Controller finds out who Rich Uncle Pennybags is and Postman Pat is a rubbish postman! Do you watch TV and see someone doing your job all wrong? Plus we have another catch up with listener Annie who's moving house and needs a celebrity to help her.
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Kim Jong Who?
04/12/2018 Duration: 22minFollowing the shock revelation that Harry Redknapp has never heard of Toy Story we find out what some of our listeners have never heard of. Plus, in the search for a celebrity to help listener Annie move house, Chris Stark has put himself forward and Greg catches up with Skip Lady (AKA ‘Non’) about her week since being made famous for standing in skips.
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Abacus To Zanzibar - The New Phonetic Alphabet Game
03/12/2018 Duration: 15minListener Annie is moving house this Friday and Greg has agreed to help – but which celeb would be nice enough come along and help? Also we introduce the 1-2-3-5 Kid and a new game in which the answers could be Abacus, Bongos, Cat, Daffy Duck, Elephant and Flapjack.