Greg James recovers from incredible 1000km Comic Relief bike challenge with a soak in a bath LIVE on BBC Breakfast – after raising £4million for charity

Greg James raised an incredible £4 million for Comic Relief after completing his massive 1,000 kilometer cycling challenge on Friday.

The Radio 1 Breakfast DJ, 40, cycled on a tandem bike for eight days and was surprised by family and friends along the way, including Prince William.

And just a day after his feat, Greg made the best recovery possible and appeared live from his bathtub on BBC Breakfast the next morning.

Greeting the presenters live from a bubble bath, Greg’s head popped out of a mountain of bubbles as he admitted he was ‘literally blown away’.

Describing how he felt after the fight, he said: ‘I’m trying to get myself together today, I feel good all around.’

Greg’s father Alan was unfortunately unable to be at Murrayfield Stadium to see his son cross the finish line after suffering a stroke during planned heart surgery earlier this month.

The Radio 1 Breakfast DJ, 40, cycled on a tandem bike for eight days and was surprised by family and friends along the way, including Prince William.

However, the Radio 1 DJ revealed that he will see his father very soon.

He said: ‘It’s nice to be home and I’ll see my father soon. He was listening and watching and was so excited that I was doing this.’

It comes after the final figure of Greg’s massive 1000km cycling challenge was revealed during Friday’s Comic Relief showcase.

Greg, who hosts Davina McCall as the annual charity campaign returns to BBC 1, said fundraising had snowballed with Coldplay making a huge donation.

A host of celebrities joined in on the fun with a series of skits and challenges for Take Yourself Funny for Money.

But it was Greg who had the audience chanting his name after the total raised by his challenge was confirmed live on air to be £4,225,939.

He told Davina: ‘I’m so happy to be here. ‘I’m so confused because I woke up at the Scottish Borders, cycled to Edinburgh and now I’m in Salford.’

Greg continued: ‘They were shouting in my ear, telling me to turn off the road into the car park and Prince William was standing there.

‘It was very secret, it was there,’ I said, ‘Do you have your own bike?’ And he said, “No, I’m riding yours.” I’ve never held on so tightly.

‘Can you imagine what would happen to me if it fell? Maybe that would be the end of Comic Relief. It just kind of snowballed. Coldplay donated a hundred thousand.

Seeing people’s faces at the top of a hill when you have nothing left on your legs, and seeing a whole primary school and farmers waiting for you when you get to the top.

Greeting hosts Naga Munchetty and Ben Thompson live from a bubble bath, Greg’s head popped out of a mountain of bubbles as he admitted he was ‘literally blown away’

‘This thing has really captured people’s imagination. ‘It was a difficult thing we did, but it was fun.’

As the audience chanted, Greg added: ‘Wow, I’m uncomfortable with this, please stop, I’m uncomfortable with this.

‘When I finished today I said, I said please, I’ve gotten a lot of praise for that now. It was a stupid idea to raise money and awareness for these amazing charities that Comic Relief supports, can I just say one thing?

‘When you treat people like you’re treating a minor celebrity passing by in a tandem, it’s too much coming my way, put it somewhere else!’

The money raised by Red Nose Day goes to organizations helping tackle homelessness, poverty and mental health, among other causes, in the UK and around the world.

Earlier in the day, Greg squealed with joy when he learned he had raised £2.8million for his challenge, just a few kilometers from the finish line in Edinburgh.

He set off from Galashiels on the Scottish border on Friday morning for the final day of his cycling journey and started the day by raising a total of £2.5 million.

Just over an hour later, Greg took a break from cycling for a pit stop in North Middleton, Midlothian, just 16 miles from Edinburgh, his final destination.

During the pit stop, Greg spoke to radio host Matt Edmonson and revealed that the total money he had raised had risen to £2,823,694.

‘2.8 million!! YES!’ Greg screamed before adding: ‘Wow. We’re really moving! This is stupid now. But this is fun. Silly things are fun, right?

‘Let’s keep doing this stupid thing and make it three. Do this for Arthur. ‘Do this for Arthur and his great seat.’

At the start of the clip, Greg said: ‘Today I finally asked for a ridiculous total to be handed over to Comic Relief. What are we doing now? Let’s go.’

Matt said, ‘Okay, our last total was £2.5 million, which is crazy.’

Matt later added: ‘We’ve only been on air for an hour and eight minutes. So let’s find out what the new total is…’

Greg squealed with joy when he learned the £2.8 million total before getting ready to finish the route.