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Will Greg James give up R1 for cricket ?
Im watching Aus vNZ on BT Sport its being presented in the studio by Greg James . I can see him giving up radio 1 to present cricket permanantely
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Im watching Aus vNZ on BT Sport its being presented in the studio by Greg James . I can see him giving up radio 1 to present cricket permanantely
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It would depend on what rights, if any, BT Sport get during the UK domestic summer. I expect he will take a break from Radio 1 next winter, especially if he anchors the Ashes from Australia.
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Who has the Ashes rights? BT?
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Yes for the series next winter, Sky have the summer Ashes in 2019.
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I think his R1 show has always been much of a muchness. The fact that he is considered as one of the top talents on that station says a lot about the dearth of young talent in radio.
Having said that, I think R1 will want at least another 5 years out of him. He's only 30 and it's not as if there's anyone half decent waiting to replace him on drive. How many presenters do R1 even have now who are under 30?? |
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He's surely next in line for R1 Breakfast.
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I don't get the big deal about him really. He's obviously a golden boy at the BBC at the moment
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He's surely next in line for R1 Breakfast.
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Sounds like OP doesn't know the BT Cricket rights... They only have Australian cricket rights so all the presentation is from London for set small periods throughout the year while he can dual that with R1.
Only thing is the Ashes series in Oz next winter. Which is the ONLY trip James will do so 4-6 weeks over a 4 year cycle. |
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I think if he were to get breakfast he would have got it by now. He's not dissimilar in age to Grimshaw so by the time they decide Grimmy is too old Greg will be too old too.
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I think his R1 show has always been much of a muchness. The fact that he is considered as one of the top talents on that station says a lot about the dearth of young talent in radio.
Having said that, I think R1 will want at least another 5 years out of him. He's only 30 and it's not as if there's anyone half decent waiting to replace him on drive. How many presenters do R1 even have now who are under 30?? Andy Peebles also did Music and Cricket, |
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Maybe he will turn up on Five Live.
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Scott Mills is more at risk of being moved to R2.
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i cant wait for innuendo bingo on R2
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Yes, Ginge, he did. 'Twas called Janet and John.
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Sounds like OP doesn't know the BT Cricket rights... They only have Australian cricket rights so all the presentation is from London for set small periods throughout the year while he can dual that with R1.
Only thing is the Ashes series in Oz next winter. Which is the ONLY trip James will do so 4-6 weeks over a 4 year cycle. If Greg James does head to Australia for the England Test series and then was to stick around for the limited overs matches (I suspect Alison Mitchell might host these if they are doing on-site presentation), that'd be an extra month or so (there are 5 ODIs and 3 T20 internationals next winter). In total, the Ashes series will last for three months, between November 2017 and January 2018, so Greg will be off the Radio 1 airwaves for a considerable period of time if he does travel to Australia for it. |
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Greg's young enough he's still got a few years of music radio in him yet if he wants it. He's one of the few current R1 jocks I can see moving across fairly seamlessly to 6 Music if his R1 slots are needed for new blood. And TMS is, as years go by, liable to come to need new voices to understudy and in time replace the current linkmen, so a Colin Murray-style shunt to 5 Live is not impossible...
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While I don't disagree with anything you've written generally, for a five Test match series you are looking at 7-8 weeks accounting for at least a couple of rest weeks between some of the Tests.
If Greg James does head to Australia for the England Test series and then was to stick around for the limited overs matches (I suspect Alison Mitchell might host these if they are doing on-site presentation), that'd be an extra month or so (there are 5 ODIs and 3 T20 internationals next winter). In total, the Ashes series will last for three months, between November 2017 and January 2018, so Greg will be off the Radio 1 airwaves for a considerable period of time if he does travel to Australia for it. |
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