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TELEVISION CREDITS:

Present Play the Presenter; The Rail; Live shows - Sky Poker - Presenter and analyst.
Present European Poker Tour - Sunset & Vine (various broadcasters) - Presenter.
2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - Channel - Presenter and lead commentator
European Poker Tour: Season 4 (Series) - Challenge - Presenter and lead commentator
2007 World Cup of Poker (series) - Sky Sports - Presenter and lead commentator
The Open - Sky Poker - Guest
European Poker Tour: Season 3 (series) - Challenge / Eurosport - Presenter and lead commentator
European Poker Masters (series) - Sky Sports / Eurosport - Lead commentator
2006 World Cup of Poker (series) - Challenge / Bravo - Presenter and lead commentator
PokerStars.com Masterclass (series) - Challenge / Bravo - Contributor
Channel 4 News at Noon - Channel 4 - Contributor (on poker stories)
Do it Like… (series) - CNBC / Poker Channel - Contributor
2005 World Cup of Poker (series) - CNBC / Poker Channel - Lead commentator
2005 World Speed Poker Open (series) - Poker Channel - Lead commentator
2005 European Poker Championship - Poker Channel - Lead commentator
Killer Bluffs - Poker Channel - Narrator and commentator
Drama on the River - Poker Channel - Narrator and commentator
The Big Deal with Doyle Brunson - Poker Channel - Narrator

RADIO:
LBC 97.3FM; Classic FM
Drivetime - LBC 97.3 FM - Presenter
(Monday-Friday, 4-7pm - Topical discussions and interviews on London's Biggest Conversation)
The Morning Report - LBC News 1152 - Presenter
(Monday-Friday, 06:00-10:00 – a breakfast news magazine programme featuring breaking stories, live guests, showbiz interviews, sport, paper reviews and London travel and weather)

CORPORATE VOICE-OVERS:
Rentokil - Presenter, in-house radio programmes (2007- )
Financial Services Authority- Presenter, podcast for ‘Money Made Clear’ website (2007)
The Guardian- Narrator, advertising awards DVD entry (2006)
Barclays- Presenter, monthly in-house radio programme (2006)
BT- Presenter, monthly in-house radio programme (2005-06)

MEDIA CONSULTANCY & TRAINING:
PokerStars.com - Co-ordinating UK radio coverage of World Series of Poker
Sense Worldwide / Reuters - Advising on launch of subscription-funded news website
Canterbury Christ Church University College - Lecturing on news-writing and radio presentation
UBC Media Group - Modernising syndicated entertainment news service

BIOGRAPHY:
James began his career in radio – as a film critic at BBC Radio Kent and journalist at County Sound Radio – before joining London’s Heart 106.2 in 1998 as the news presenter and celebrity interviewer on Jono Coleman’s Breakfast Show. He joined UBC Media (Unique) in 2001 to run the production company’s syndicated radio programming and left in early 2004 to return to live broadcasting. He currently presents the weekday breakfast programme on LBC News 1152 – London’s all-news radio station.

As well as being a huge movie fan, James is passionate about poker. He took up the game 15 years ago, running a seven-card stud table at his school sixth form centre, and now plays on-line and (whenever possible) in Las Vegas. Over the last two years, he’s been able to combine his hobby and trade by becoming the face and voice of televised poker on a number of channels, including Challenge and Eurosport.

James is married to Heli, a Finnish-born TV journalist who consistently outplays him at cards.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Post-Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism Falmouth College of Arts
BA Hons (1st Class) in Radio, Film & Television and English Literature Canterbury Christ Church College, University of Kent