Greg James Shares Father’s Health Struggles on Radio 1

has offered followers an update on his father Alan Milward's health after missing time on his Radio 1 show to be with his family.

The star has missed the show on both Wednesday and Thursday and has now taken to Instagram to reveal his father's surgery took 'a lot longer than everyone hoped' and joked about being in the struggles of the Intensive Care Unit. 

He wrote: 'Real talk, surgery went OK but he’s far from out of the woods so I’m gonna take it easy tomorrow and hopefully back on Friday.' 

In his initial post shared on Wednesday, he placed writing over a video of a water feature, he wrote: 'Hello from my mum’s garden!...

'I wasn’t on the breakfast show today as my dad was in for another go at heart surgery (it’s been a wild few months and I didn’t want to bore you with it all)...

'But here we are. Back to square one. Waiting for news and staying distracted and keeping calm by making water features. All being well, back on tomorrow morning'.

The following day, he returned to the photosharing site to reveal why he was not on the show, writing: 'What a great day! An absolute hoot in ICU! LOVE IT THERE! Surgery was MUCH LONGER than everyone hoped...

'Big up my mum and my big sis. And the surgeons. And the nurses. And the NHS. What a gang. We’ve all gone mad. Real talk, surgery went OK but he’s far from out of the woods so I’m gonna take it easy tomorrow and hopefully back on Friday....

'Plus I’m in no fit state to be on the radio - I mean, look at me. I’m posting photos from intensive care ffs. Thank you for your lovely messages. Ps. It’s coming home. Pps. Alan isn’t for a while'.