James Hill (born 9 August 1989) is an English radio, television and YouTube personality who is best known for his work with

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and

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. He currently hosts ''The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill'', which broadcasts across the Capital network from Sunday to Thursday from 7pm to 10pm.

Early life

Hill is from

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, Staffordshire. He attended Chasetown High School. He has two half-sisters and two step-brothers. He graduated with a first-class

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with Honours in History from the

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in 2009.

Career

YouTube

Hill's first YouTube video, now private, was uploaded in 2006 to his main channel jimmy0010. In 2014, Hill made a joint channel Chels and Jim with Chelsea Fisher. From 2013 to 2015, Hill co-hosted ''The 4:01 Show'' with Carina Maggar, an advice-giving and pop culture web series. In 2015, Hill and fellow YouTuber

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(formerly Charlie McDonnell) began hosting '' Cereal Time'', a YouTube-based breakfast talk show pitched and produced by

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Television and radio

Hill made his television debut when he starred in the 2009

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documentary series ''

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''. He also participated in the

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''YouTube Takeover'', ''The 5:19 Show'', and ''Jimmy vs. the Penguin of Doom''. Hill has done presenting work for

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and several companies, such as

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and

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. He hosted backstage coverage of

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in 2014. Hill began working with

in 2015 when he hosted ''Stacked: Pop Up Pile''. Hill hosted ''Trending Live!'', a Monday-Thursday show about music and pop culture, with

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and

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from 2015 to 2019. He also presented the ''Pop Powerlist 2016'', ''UK Music Video Chart'' with Bethan Leadley, ''Fusion Festival'', ''Breakers'', ''#YouNews'', and ''The UK Hotlist'' for the network. In 2015, Hill starred in the Disney XD UK miniseries ''Mega Awesome Super Hacks'' alongside Oli White and

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. Hill started his radio career with a gig on Radio X in late 2016 and early 2017. He covered Sunday mornings from 11am to 1pm before moving to Saturday and Sunday's 6 to 8am slot. In 2017, Hill landed a show on Capital. Initially, he presented Sunday mornings from 9am to 12pm before moving to Sundays from 7pm to 10pm after a few months. He also presented events such as the Summertime Ball for the network. In 2019, ''The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill'', a weeknight show from 7pm to 10pm, was launched across the network. Hill also took over Saturday afternoons 4pm to 7pm at this time. At the start of 2021, Hill returned to Sunday evenings as his show got extended to Thursday. He left Saturday afternoons at this time and was replaced by Niall Gray.

Podcast

In 2018, Hill and Fisher hosted a true crime and supernatural podcast titled ''The Ghost Museum'' (formerly ''The Slab'').

Personal life

Hill lives in North

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. He is gay and came out publicly via a video on his YouTube channel in 2015. He has since opened up about several topics regarding sexuality.

References

External links

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