James currently presents the flagship mid-morning talk show on LBC 97.3 where he continues to challenge the traditional phone-in format by focussing on people’s experiences rather than opinions!
His broadcasting career began entirely by accident when, as the youngest show business editor on Fleet Street, he notched up so many TV appearances that he was approached by Channel 5 to launch and co-present "The Wright Stuff".
The move to a Norwich location, led to a late night chat show for Anglia TV (Alan Partridge comparisons ceased to be funny when the bloke who commissioned it for a national run really did lose his job the following morning), win a Sony Award for his first outing as a radio presenter ("The Magnificent Seven" for Five Live) and, with his wife Lucy McDonald, front "Five Talk" - Channel Five’s groundbreaking nightly phone-in for the 2001 election. Reviewing the programme in The Independent, Clive James called James ‘a walking encyclopaedia of political savvy.’ Perhaps less impressively, he has also been called ‘the new Michael Parkinson’ by Bernard Manning and a ‘knee-jerk mong’ by Loaded magazine.
A stint at the helm of the legendary late night debate show, "Central Weekend Live", brought him to the attention of LBC in 2002. In the space of a year, and backed by record-breaking ratings, he moved from presenting a single Sunday night programme to the current mid-morning daily talk show, which recently became the biggest in London in that particular timeslot.
Despite the demands of a daily radio show, he continues to make regular appearances on screen and in print. His versatility and comfort with both light and heavy subject matter is best illustrated by his journalism, appearing everywhere from Cosmopolitan to the Spectator and the fact that he is as comfortable on the GMTV sofa or chatting with Richard & Judy as he is discussing policy announcements on the BBC or Sky News!
To hear more from James please click a link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx5wCkqzYJI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UL8WYYcud1k
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