Greg James

Awards & Honours

Awards Won

Honours

Rankings

Covers

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Greg James's career is marked by consistent recognition from the radio industry. His Gold Sony Radio Academy Award in 2021 put him among the elite breakfast show hosts in the UK. The ARIA Award in 2022 showed his international appeal. He also holds a Guinness World Record for the longest continuous radio broadcast by a team, a 35-hour marathon for Comic Relief in 2020. In 2023, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Westminster for his contributions to broadcasting.

AwardsGreg James has won several radio industry awards. In 2021, he took home a Gold Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Breakfast Show. The following year, he won an ARIA Award for Best International Radio Show. He also won a TRIC Award for Radio Personality of the Year in 2022 and a BBC Radio & Music Award for Best Breakfast Show in 2023.

Honours & Distinctions

Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Radio Broadcast by a Team

Guinness World Records·2020

35-hour broadcast for Comic Relief

Honorary Doctorate

University of Westminster·2023

For services to broadcasting

Rankings & Lists

Most Influential Radio Presenters

Radio Today·2024

#12

Top 50 TV and Radio Presenters

The Guardian·2023

Magazine Covers

Radio Times

August 2018

Greg James: The New King of Radio 1 Breakfast

GQ UK

2021

The GQ List

The Times Magazine

September 2023

Profile cover

Records & Feats

Longest continuous radio broadcast by a team

Guinness World Record·2020

35-hour broadcast for Comic Relief in 2020