Jay Jay Burridge known as Jay Burridge was born on 12 January 1971 and is an artist and former television presenter.
11 Facts About Jay Burridge
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Jay Burridge fronted the BBC children's art programme SMart from 1994 until 2003, when he left and became a graphic designer and snowboard inventor.
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Jay Burridge was a close friend of colleague Mark Speight.
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Jay Burridge graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design with a degree in art, and in 1994 auditioned for the role as a presenter on the BBC children's art programme SMart.
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Jay Burridge left SMart in 2003, feeling he had "outgrown [his] role as a children's TV presenter," and wanted to move "out of the limelight".
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Jay Burridge worked as a commercial artist before becoming a producer for a TV company, as well as working as a graphic designer and snowboard inventor.
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Jay Burridge is the founder of the design company Laughing Boy and Lucky Seven, a hat company which specialises in crested baseball caps emblazoned with the logos of fictional companies from TV shows and films.
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Jay Burridge directed the music video for the song "Inspired By" by The Brightlights and was art director on Hot Chip's "Boy from School" video, for which he won a Cads Music Vision Award.
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Jay Burridge, who is dyslexic, wrote and designed the book experience to instigate children that struggle with reading to be excited about books and is a firm believer on the use of technology to support new readers.
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Jay Burridge was close friends with Speight and the two formed an "on- and off-screen double act" and regularly attended the Regency Rooms comedy nights together.
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Jay Burridge spoke to Speight on 7 April 2008 and arranged to meet up with him later in the day.