James King is a
British
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film critic who presents a weekly film review show
The Movie Show on ITV2 (previously known as ITV at the Movies) and also appears regularly on ITV London Tonight on Friday evenings and on Sky News as the channel's movie critic. He also appeared as the resident entertainment expert on Sky One's ''
Angela and Friends
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'', presented by
Angela Griffin
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. and until March 2011 was the resident movie critic for BBC Radio 1, where he worked with Greg James on his Friday afternoon show and with Edith Bowman on her weekend breakfast shows.
Whilst with Radio 1 he became the face of the BBC's teen film-making strand,
BBC Blast
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.
He presented the
BBC Radio 1
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show ''OneClick/Film'' from 2004 to 2006. In 2004, the
BBC Radio 1
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show ''James King's Movie News'' was nominated for a
Sony Radio Academy Award
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in the Information Award category. In the past at
BBC Radio 1
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he has worked alongside
Jo Whiley
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, has presented the ''Early Breakfast'' show, numerous Christmas Film Specials and one-off documentary programmes and has also stood-in for fellow film critic and friend
Mark Kermode
Mark James Patrick Kermode (, ; ; born 2 July 1963) is an English film critic, musician, radio presenter, television presenter and podcaster. He is the chief film critic for ''The Observer'', contributes to the magazine ''Sight & Sound'', prese ...
on
Kermode and Mayo's Film Review
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on
BBC Radio 5 Live
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. He also presented a weekly DVD review slot for
BBC Radio 7
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. In 2005 he presented
Homegrown Hollywood, a late-night
television show
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on
BBC2
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.
King made contributions to
Film4
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's ''
50 Films to See Before You Die
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'' on the launch night of a
free-to-air
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channel on 23 July 2006, as well as many other 'talking head' shows. He presented on the
Eat Cinema channel and
BBC Two
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's
Learning Zone and for several years presented with
Vernon Kay
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and
Josie D'Arby on a digital TV spin-off of
Top Of The Pops
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.
King began his broadcasting career at
Radio Warwick
RAW 1251AM is the student radio station at the University of Warwick and winner of the 2000 and 2003 BBC Radio 1 Student Radio Association Best Station awards.
Formerly known as W963, during the years when broadcasts were conducted via an in ...
whilst an undergraduate studying Film & Literature at the
University of Warwick
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. He presented a radio show called "Jingus' Smash Hits" (Jingus is his nickname) and also featured in a programme created by fellow Warwick student and friend
Stephen Merchant
Stephen James Merchant (born 24 November 1974) is an English comedian, actor, director, presenter and writer.
Alongside Ricky Gervais, Merchant was the co-writer and co-director of the British TV comedy series ''The Office'' (2001–2003), and ...
. During university vacations, King spent time as a volunteer presenter at
BBC Radio Suffolk
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, where along with others, he presented the 'Suffolk Action Helpline' for
Community Service Volunteers.
After obtaining his BA at Warwick, King went on to obtain a Post Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from
University College Falmouth
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and an MA in Film & Television studies from the
University Of Westminster
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, endowment = £5.1 million ...
. He was educated at
Ipswich School
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, where he excelled in English Literature, is known to be a supporter of
Ipswich Town
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The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...
and is a vegetarian. He married in 2008.
In 2004 King featured in a cameo role in the horror-comedy
feature film
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''
Freak Out''.
References
External links
*
James King's Movie Reviews*
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Alumni of the University of Warwick
British film critics
English film critics
People educated at Ipswich School
English male non-fiction writers