Jamie has a reputation as a young and cheeky celeb
memorabilia, antiques, collectables and ‘de-clutter’ presenter
expert.
7 years of network TV series presenting including:
BBC2’s
The Life Laundry & The Antiques
Show
ITV1’s
This Morning & Everything
Must Go!
Hundreds of weekly newspaper columns including:
6
years at The Sunday Mirror & 1 year at
The Daily Mail
Hundreds of informative magazine articles
Jamie’s antiques background is with his family who operated
from London’s famous Portobello Road. As a teenager he set up
on his own at Camden Stables market.
After achieving a first class honours degree in Art and Design, his
first TV break was on BBC2’s popular primetime series The
Antiques Show.
Jamie went on to present for Channel 4’s Collectors’
Lot; HTV/Meridian’s Antiques Trail
and Trade-It. He was also the weekly collectables
expert on network Channel 5’s Breakfast News.
Numerous other stints have included BBC1’s flagships The
Generation Game and an anniversary special for Blue
Peter.
Most recently he has been recording his fourth series
for ITV1’s network series, Everything Must Go!
(20 x 1 hour). This is presenter led and features families selling
up and moving on: Jamie hosts, values their worldly goods and helps
sell them in a madcap house sale and later, an auction.
Prior to this, he presented BBC2’s primetime
series The Life Laundry and has added ‘clutter-busting’
to his skills. In this series Jamie helped individuals deal with hoarding
issues. Jamie also co-devised and hosted the regular 20-minute live
slot - ‘Cash or Trash’ - on ITV1’s This
Morning.
For six years, Jamie (also known as James) has been
penning the weekly antiques column Treasure Hunters for the Sunday
Mirror. He is also a columnist with Just Jamie: a monthly
spread with the international Collect-it!
Magazine. He has written for other papers, magazines and websites
and is an auctioneer/judge at charity events. He is a ‘generalist’
expert with many special interests including eBay, celeb, rock and
pop and film memorabilia.
Prior to the Mirror he was the antiques expert for
the national Daily Mail with the successful
weekly column Treasure Seekers, and a dynamic weekly competition (which
he devised): TV Treasure Hunt. This attracted hundreds of thousands
of entrants.
Jamie’s other specialist interests include
history… and filmmaking/reviewing: an area in which he has an
active involvement with several credits as writer, producer and director.
He has presented the four-part filmmaking series Brief Encounters
and film reviews for The List, both for ITV West, and sold a movie
screenplay.
