Jamie Rickers
| Jamie Rickers | |
|---|---|
 Jamie Rickers in 2011 | |
| 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.
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. 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).
References
- ↑ Children's TV presenters lose their jobs as GMTV bosses continue to wield the axe, accessed 6 March 2010.