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

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and Capital FM. He currently hosts ''The Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill'', which broadcasts across the

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network from Sunday to Thursday between 7pm and 10pm.

Early life

Hill is from

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and 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

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

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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began hosting ''

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'', a YouTube-based breakfast talk show pitched and produced by

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. The show is currently on an indefinite hiatus.

Television and radio

Hill made his television debut when he starred in the 2009

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documentary series, ''

Chartjackers ''Chartjackers'' is a British documentary series, produced by Hat Trick Productions and commissioned by BBC Switch. It documents the lives of four teenage video bloggers over the course of ten weeks, as they attempt to write, record and release ...

''. 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 the backstage coverage of Capital FM's

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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 thru Thursday TV show on

dedicated to new music and pop culture, with

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and

Vick Hope Victoria Nwayawu Nwosu-Hope (born 25 September 1989) is a British TV and radio presenter, journalist and published author. Vick hosts three shows a week across BBC Radio 1 "Going Home with Vick and Jordan", "Life Hacks" and "Official Chart: F ...

from 2015 to 2019. He has 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

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miniseries, ''Mega Awesome Super Hacks'', alongside

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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 11am to 1pm before moving to Saturday and Sunday's 6am to 8am. In 2017, he landed a Capital FM show. Initially, he presented Sunday mornings 9am to 12pm before moving to Sundays from 7pm to 10pm after a few months. He also presented events such as the

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

As of 2018, Hill and Fisher host a true crime and supernatural podcast, ''The Ghost Museum'' (formerly ''The Slab'').

Personal life

Hill currently 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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