Jay Blades leads hour-long BBC special about adult illiteracy

English TV presenter Jay Blades will confront his struggle with literacy in a new hour-long commission for BBC1 and iPlayer. In Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51, the presenter of The ...

July 23, 2021

English TV presenter Jay Blades will confront his struggle with literacy in a new hour-long commission for BBC1 and iPlayer. In Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51, the presenter of The ...

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Andrew Jeffrey joined Realscreen in 2021 as its news editor. Here, he helps to oversee assignment, reporting and editing for Realscreen's daily newsletter. Prior to his work covering documentary and non-fiction film and TV, he worked as a reporter and associate producer for CBC Edmonton, and as a reporter for The Star Calgary, where he covered daily news on beats such as local and provincial politics, health care and harm reduction, sports and education. His work has appeared in other Canadian news outlets such as TVO, the Edmonton Journal and Avenue Magazine.

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