James Richardson (presenter)
James Richardson | |
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Born | James Oliver Richardson 29 May 1966 Bristol, England, UK |
Occupation(s) | Television presenter Journalist |
Years active | 1992–present |
James Oliver Richardson (born 29 May 1966), also known as AC Jimbo,[1] is an English television presenter and journalist.
He is best known as a former presenter of
He is an
Football Italia
Later broadcasting career
From 2002 until 2005, Richardson moved with the Serie A rights first to British
Prior to his move to BT Sport in August 2013, he presented
Since 2016 to 2021, together with Jules Breach, he has hosted the Fantasy Premier League Show by Premier League Productions. Starting from 2021, Kelly Somers has partnered with Richardson for the Fantasy Premier League Show. It is available for viewing on the Premier League website and also the Premier League Facebook Page.
Richardson has also presented non-football related content and presented
In 2018, he started co-presenting The Great Model Railway Challenge on Channel 5 with Tim Shaw, a show that sees teams of railway model enthusiasts compete against each other in a series of tasks with the aim of winning a prize in the grand finale.[11]
Other media
Richardson also contributes articles to the football magazine, FourFourTwo, as their Italian football correspondent. He has contributed articles to The Guardian.
He hosted The Guardian's
In summer 2017, after spending just over a decade with them, Richardson left The Guardian and Football Weekly, to join the brand new podcast The Totally Football Show. This podcast is produced by Muddy Knees Media, of which Richardson is a shareholder, along with other former Football Weekly alumni: Iain Macintosh, and producer Ben Green.[13] In November 2017, they staged their first live show in The Glee Club, in Birmingham. Richardson also hosts another Muddy Knees Media podcast, Golazzo: The Totally Italian Football Show a show featuring James Horncastle and Gabriele Marcotti, which in its initial run featured a weekly round up of Italian football, along with an historical look at Italian football of the past. Its second run now exclusively looks at historical stories and personalities of Italian football.[14]
Providing Internet content, Richardson hosted the online coverage of England's World Cup 2010 qualifying game with Ukraine on 10 October 2009 alongside former England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson.[15]
Outside of football, in late 2015, Richardson became an online movie critic, creating his own YouTube channel JimboVision.[16] In 2017, he started hosting a movie podcast Truth & Movies,[17] which he left in 2018.[citation needed]
References
- ^ The42.ie. 27 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ The Totally Football Show [1], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ sportsvibeTV, James Richardson Talks Italian Football, 20 Sep 2013, [2], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ a b The Observer, "Arriverderci Roma, buongiorno Reading", 12 August 2007, [3], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ Jane Morgan Management, James Richardson, [4], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ a b Ingle, Sean, The Guardian, "Arrivederci, James, and thanks for the memories", 20 Dec 2006, [5], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ Football365, "A Football365 love letter to… Gazzetta Football Italia", 9 Jul 2017 [6], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ RCUK, Tour de France 2005 on TV, 1 Jul 2005, [7], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ Sport On The Box, "Tour de France 2013 live on ITV4 & Eurosport", 23 Jun 2013, [8], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ British Film Institute, James Richardson [9], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ Curtis Brown, James Richardson presents The Great Model Railway Challenge for Channel 5, 4 Oct 2018 [10], accessed 26 April 2020
- ^ The Guardian, World Cup Show, June/July 2006 [11], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ Williams-Grut, Oscar, Business Insider, "Football journalist Iain Macintosh wants to build a podcast empire — the Totally Football Show is just the start", 30 Sept 2017, [12], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ Golazzo, [13], accessed 26 April 2020
- ^ Gibson, Owen, The Guardian, "Online broadcaster defends decision only to show England match on web", 5 Oct 2009, [14], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ Butler, Mark, Wow24/7, "James Richardson: from cult football presenter to YouTube movie critic", 22 Mar 2016, [15], accessed 3 December 2017
- ^ Truth & Movies, [16], accessed 3 December 2017
External links
- James Richardson at IMDb
- Football Weekly archive The Guardian
- European football papers review column