Greg James Audiobooks

All the Best for the Future, the Radio 1 breakfast host on growing up without growing old

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Who is Greg James?

Greg James, born in 1985, is a British radio DJ, television presenter and author – and, for millions of Britons, simply the sound of the morning: he has presented on BBC Radio 1 since 2007 and has hosted the station’s flagship breakfast show since 2018, having previously fronted its drive-time slot.

Since 2017 he has also co-hosted the BBC’s cricket podcast Tailenders alongside the England cricketer James Anderson and Felix White, guitarist of the Maccabees – a sideline that has become an institution in its own right. And then there is the writing: James is a children’s author, best known for the Kid Normal series, written with Chris Smith.

Greg James in audiobooks

Our catalogue features All the Best for the Future, and James’s whole career is an argument for hearing him rather than reading him: radio presenters of his calibre think in sound, pace and the direct address of a single listener, and that instinct transfers naturally to audiobooks. UK listeners already know the register from the breakfast show and Tailenders – warm, quick and allergic to pomposity – and the Kid Normal books proved he can sustain it on the page as well. Easy, companionable listening from a man whose day job is precisely that, and none the worse for it.