Jamie Rickers
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Jamie Rickers in 2011
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| Born | James Rickers 21 May 1974 Chelmsford, Essex, England |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Known for | Toonattik |
James "Jamie" Rickers (born 21 May 1974, Chelmsford, Essex) is an English television presenter, best known as the co-presenter and co-creator of GMTV's Toonattik alongside Anna Williamson.
Early life
Jamie was born in Chelmsford, Essex, and grew up in Burnham-on-Crouch. He attended St Peter's High School in Burnham.
Leaving school aged 16, Rickers joined the Colchester Institute School of Music and Drama, studying for his Music Foundation A-level. He gained a BA Honours Music degree in 1993.[citation needed]
Jamie has two sons with his ex-partner.
TV career
In 2000, Rickers joined GMTV. He co-produced, conceptualized and presented GMTV's Sunday kids' show Up on the Roof until February 2005 when Toonattik was launched, with Rickers as co-host. On 6 March 2010, it was announced GMTV Kids presenters Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson would be made redundant following ITV plc taking full control of GMTV, their last broadcast aired on 9 May 2010.[1]
In 2012, Rickers appealed to members of the public to support him with sponsorship as well as tip-offs about where celebrities might be. His challenge was due to start in early 2012 and finish with an appearance on ITV1's Daybreak with Adrian Chiles and Kate Garraway. [1] No update can be found in attributable sources.
Jamie is also one of the presenters of a late night roulette programme on ITV for Jackpot247.com.
In 2016, he announced that he had started working at Volopa as a Sales Consultant (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002133327147&fref=ts), Volopa is a specialised money transfer and Foreign Exchange organisation (http://www.volopa.com/about-us/latest-news).
External links
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