A Day With...The Richard Bacon Show

 James and Richard 

A pint with Piers!

 Piers and James at 'The Hansom Cab', in Earls Court, London 

Having interviewed Piers Morgan over the telephone, for my university's radio breakfast show last March, it was great to finally meet the man who is to take over from the broadcasting phenomenon that is Larry King!!!

Chatting at his Victorian pub, The Hansom Cab, in West London, the chat show host was in high spirits as he celebrated his latest success in the States.

Although Piers said, replacing the CNN legend, who announced earlier this summer that he was stepping down from his world-famous show, will be like following, "Sinatra at Vegas", the former Daily Mirror editor explained,  he was "excited at the prospect."

Piers, whose show will be watched in more than two-hundred countries, admitted it was a "dream job" and said he would like to get Obama on the show.

He told me, "We'd like the President. He is the most significant figure on the planet and we are trying to get him."

Well done Piers- you'll be great! Good luck.