Jamie Rickers (born 21 May 1977, Chelmsford, Essex) is a British television presenter,
He is best known as the co-presenter of GMTV's Toonattik and Action Stations! alongside Anna Williamson. The programmes are produced by GMTV and broadcasted as live on ITV1, ITV4 and the CITV channel.
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Rickers was born in Chelmsford, Essex and grew up in Burnham-on-Crouch, a small village near Southend. 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 1996.
Ricker's first job in broadcasting was working as a programme runner for LWT. He also worked as researcher and celebrity booker on Michael Barrymore's My Kind of Music, Kids Say the Funniest Things, An Audience with The Bee Gees and An Audience with...|An Audience with The Spice Girls. He also worked on LWT's Caught Red Handed, with Andi Peters on Andi Meets Britney, the CITV Awards and The Richard Blackwood Show.
In 2000, Rickers joined GMTV. He co-produced and presented GMTV's Sunday kids' show Up On the Roof until February 2004 when Toonattik was launched, with Rickers as co-host on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
In 2000 Rickers presented Water Warriors for Carlton TV, which won an RTS Award for 'Best Entertainment Show'. Rickers also co-hosts CITV's Prove It!, alongside Joe Challands.
On 6 March 2010, it was announced GMTV Kids presenters Jamie Rickers and Anna Williamson will be made redundant as part of cutbacks, they will leave in May 2010.[1]
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