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James Rickers (born 21 May 1974) is an English former television presenter, best known as the co-presenter of children's programmes '' Prove It!'', ''
Toonattik ''Toonattik'' was the flagship children's strand of the British breakfast television station, GMTV (known on-air as CITV at weekends), which ran from 5 February 2005 to 26 December 2010. The strand aired on weekend mornings from 07:25 (sometim ...
'' and '' Up On The Roof'' on
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Career


Television

Rickers presented '' Up On The Roof'' between 2002 and 2005. In 2005, Rickers began presenting ''
Toonattik ''Toonattik'' was the flagship children's strand of the British breakfast television station, GMTV (known on-air as CITV at weekends), which ran from 5 February 2005 to 26 December 2010. The strand aired on weekend mornings from 07:25 (sometim ...
'' on ''
CITV CITV (short for Children's ITV, also known as the CITV Channel) is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned by ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive and acquisitions, every day from 6 am to 9 pm which ...
''. On 6 March 2010, it was announced ''GMTV'' children's presenters
Anna Williamson Anna Williamson (born 23 July 1981) is an English television presenter and dating agent. She is known as the former co-presenter of children's programmes ''Rescue Robots'' ''Toonattik'' and ''Action Stations!'' on CITV. In 2019, Williamson bega ...
and Rickers would be made redundant. Their last broadcast aired on 9 May 2010. Rickers and Williamson also presented a show on
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titled ''Jamie & Anna's Big Weekend. When their stint on Nickelodeon came to an end, Rickers moved away from presenting to focus on pantomime. At one point he was also a consultant for global and foreign exchange client Vlopper, but resigned shortly before the
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. Remember Toonattik? - A Restrospective Mini-Documentary (feat. Jamie Rickers) - LJ *Youtube Documentary/Interview)


Filmography


Television


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rickers, Jamie British children's television presenters GMTV presenters and reporters British television presenters Living people 1971 births