How many of us can say that we get up at 5.30am every morning in order to captivate the UK? Nick Grimshaw, better known by his fans and radio show listeners as Grimmy, knows better than most how it feels to fall victim to a job where you've got to work unsocial hours. OK, so he's got his perks of the job: he gets to ad-lib for four hours every morning about youth culture, he gets to tell the world about his life whenever he fancies it - oh, and he's simultaneously friends with half the celebs in London, including Kate Moss, Alexa Chung, Pixie Geldof and Harry Styles. When the Radio 1 Breakfast Show producer took over from the long-standing Chris Moyles in 2012, there was a great deal of anticipation from loyal Breakfast Show fans across the UK: was Grimmy going to be good enough to cheer up the nation at the crack of dawn Monday to Friday? Was he going to be too small to walk in the shoes of the great Moyles, whose fan base was vast? To date, Grimmy has 1.78 million Twitter followers and 6 million out of the 10.4 million Radio 1 listeners, proving he's still drawing in the fans. His show trademarks, including Showbot, his friend Colette, the game Call or Delete, and his easy banter are all appealing to a younger audience. You might listen to the show everyday, and you might think you know Nick Grimshaw pretty well: but here a few facts about him from behind the scenes of his job.
I love Stephen King and music festivals; I eat my toast upside down; I daydream about getting married probably a bit too much; and I wish every day for a pet sausage dog puppy (who never materialises – sob).
