Jamie East

Jamie East
Born James Alexander East
March 27, 1974 (1974-03-27) (age 42)
Birmingham
Nationality British
Occupation Television Presenter, Broadcaster & Journalist
Known for Big Brother's Bit on the Side, Thronecast, Most Haunted Live

Jamie Alexander East (born March 27, 1974) is an English television presenter, broadcaster, journalist and singer-songwriter. He lives in Surrey and is married with four children. He was the lead singer of the band The Beekeepers who signed to Beggars Banquet in the late 1990s. They reformed in 2011 for a series of gigs and continue to gig and write to this day.

He was the creator of entertainment website Holy Moly and ran it until 2012, when he sold it to UK Television Producers Endemol.[1]

He began his TV career presenting Big Brother spin-off show Big Brother's Bit on the Side alongside Emma Willis and Alice Levine from the show's revival on Channel 5 in 2011 until January 2013.

In 2014 he became the presenter of Thronecast, the Game of Thrones fan show on Sky Atlantic, alongside comedian Rachel Parris.[2]

In 2015 Thronecast went live every Monday night, and Jamie was joined by Sue Perkins. Thronecast is due to return in April 2016.

On Halloween 2015, Jamie co-presented Most Haunted Live! with Rylan Clark on Really. It became the highest rated show the channel had ever seen, out performing Channel 4 & 5 in its time slot.

In February 2016 it was announced he would be joining the new Virgin Radio UK team and be presenting every weekday 10-1 alongside Edith Bowman, Kate Lawler, Matt Richardson and Tim Cocker.[3]

In October 2016, East co-presented Celebrity Haunted Hotel Live on the W TV channel, alongside Christine Bleakley and Matt Richardson.

References

  1. ↑ John Plunkett. "Jamie East: I didn't sell half of Holy Moly to Endemol without TV in mind". the Guardian.
  2. ↑ "Thronecast Will Return to Sky Atlantic for Season 4". Find and Watch.
  3. ↑ "Edith Bowman for breakfast at Virgin Radio".


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