James King (film critic)

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James King is a British film critic who presents a weekly film review show The Movie Show on ITV2 (previously known as ITV at the Movies)[1] 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, presented by Angela Griffin.[2] 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.[3]

He presented the

King made contributions to

Top Of The Pops
.

King began his broadcasting career at

Community Service Volunteers
.

After obtaining his BA at Warwick, King went on to obtain a Post Graduate Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from

University Of Westminster. He was educated at Ipswich School, where he excelled in English Literature, is known to be a supporter of Ipswich Town
and is a vegetarian. He married in 2008.

In 2004 King featured in a cameo role in the horror-comedy

Freak Out
.

References

  1. ^ "James King: I like the escapism of being a film fan". Metro. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  2. ^ "James King - Angela & Friends". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  3. ^ "BBC Blast launches new bursary in partnership with BAFTA". BBC. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Goldsmiths, University of London". Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2019.

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