Jay Foreman (comedian)

Jay Foreman (born 4 October 1984) is a British comedian, YouTuber, and singer-songwriter.

Jay Foreman
Foreman in 2015
Foreman in 2015
Background information
Born (1984-10-04) 4 October 1984
Stanmore, London, England
GenresMusical comedy
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2005–present
Websitejayforeman.co.uk
YouTube information
EducationUniversity of York
Channel
Years active2006–present
Subscribers1.43 million[1]
Total views194.69 million[1]
100,000 subscribers2017
1,000,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: 27 September 2023

Early life and education

Foreman was born on 4 October 1984.[2] He was raised in a Jewish household in Stanmore, London, with his brother and sister.[3] His brother Darren is beatboxer and musician Beardyman.[4]

From 1996 to 2003, Foreman was educated at Queen Elizabeth's School,[5] a state grammar school for boys in Barnet, north London, followed by the University of York, where he began performing comedy songs on acoustic guitar in 2005.[6]

Career
Foreman performing at the Musical Comedy Awards 2022

Foreman was featured as the BBC New Talent Pick of the Fringe 2007, won Best Newcomer at the Tuborg Musical Comedy awards 2009,[7] and came third at the Musical Comedy Awards 2010.[8]

In 2009, Foreman contributed jingles to the weekly comedy podcast Answer Me This!,[9] and in 2011 and 2012, supported comedian Dave Gorman on Dave Gorman's PowerPoint Presentation tour.[10]

Foreman presented The General Election Xplained, a film sent to every secondary school in the UK in 2010, which won gold at the New York Festival for Best PR Film.[11]

For several years, he has also performed shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which include Disgusting Songs For Revolting Children (And Other Funny Stories), and No More Colours and Mixtape.[12]

Jay Foreman's songs have been heard on BBC Radio 4, Radio 4 Extra, The One Show, and London Live TV.[13]

In 2016, Foreman appeared on an episode of the ITV game show Go For It, where he successfully named the most efficient route for ten London Underground journeys in ninety seconds, winning £1,000.[14]

YouTube

Foreman created his YouTube channel in April 2006, originally under the username "jayforeman51".[15] It contains various clips from his comedy shows, tongue-in-cheek educational series such as Map Men (presented with Mark Cooper-Jones), Politics Unboringed, Unfinished London, and music videos for his songs; at times some of his original comedy is integrated into his in-video sponsor advertisements. As of 14 May 2023, Foreman has over 1.37 million subscribers and has amassed over 182 million views across all his public videos.[16] In May 2023, he was the guest host for Geography Now's United Kingdom episode.

The Map Men logo, which consists of the word "map" on top of the word "men". The word "map" is integrated into a compass shape, with "N" marked in small capitals at the top.
The logo for Map Men

Map Men

Map Men is a series of educational YouTube videos co-presented with Mark Cooper-Jones. The series premiered in 2016. It consists of five to ten minute long videos about specific maps and abnormalities contained in them.[17]

Politics Unboringed

Politics Unboringed was a series of educational YouTube videos with the first episode uploaded in 2015 and the last in 2017.[18] Each episode is roughly five minutes long and handles various topics relating to British politics. In 2021, Foreman indicated in his Stereo podcasts that he intends to not continue the series as he claims that politics does not need to be "unboringed" anymore.

Unfinished London

Unfinished London is a series of educational YouTube videos with the first episode uploaded in 2009. Each Unfinished London episode is roughly ten minutes long and handles a specific area of the evolution of London's infrastructure, urban planning, and local government. Foreman describes it on its YouTube description page as "A show about London's quirky, unexplained unbuilt infrastructure, exploring bridges over nothing, tunnels to nowhere, and borders that don't make any sense".

Personal life

In June 2019, Foreman and his partner, Jade Nagi, announced their engagement via Twitter.[19] The couple married in 2021.[20][21] The two have a son born in July 2022.[22]

Foreman supported Green Party candidate Siân Berry during the 2016 London mayoral election, and created a political ad voicing his support for her proposed policy to close London City Airport and convert it into a new residential neighborhood.[23] He is also a vocal critic of Brexit.[24]

Foreman is ethnically Jewish, and in a statement written for the London Jewish News in 2018, he described his fondness for his family's Jewish traditions, even though Foreman himself is an atheist.[25]

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2009 Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer Won [26]
2010 Musical Comedy Awards Main Award Third place [27]
2021 11th Streamy Awards Learning and Education Map Men Nominated [28]

References
  1. "About Jay Foreman". YouTube.
  2. @jayforeman (4 October 2020). "I am now the same age as Homer Simpson" (Tweet). Retrieved 19 September 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. "TwitLonger — When you talk too much for Twitter". www.twitlonger.com. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  4. Unfinished London – A Documentary by Jay Foreman (beardyman's brother) and Paul Kendler. Beardyman. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via YouTube.
  5. "Comedian and musician Jay Foreman winning plaudits after building his career online". Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  6. "Jay Foreman". jayforeman.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  7. "Tuborg Musical Comedy Awards". Archived from the original on 9 May 2009.
  8. "Musical Comedy Awards". 20 August 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  9. "The Answer Me This! Players". answermethispodcast.com. 2 January 2007.
  10. "Jay Foreman on tour with Dave Gorman! |". www.dittoproductions.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  11. "The Election Xplained". Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  12. "Jay Foreman, comedian tour dates : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  13. "Jay Foreman: 'One of the most fun things about performing for kids is that it's impossible to out-gross them'". The List. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  14. "Comedian Jay Foreman Claims He Knows Every London Tube Station, But Does He?". YouTube.
  15. "YouTube - jayforeman51's Channel". YouTube. 9 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009.
  16. "Jay Foreman's YouTube Channel About page". youtube.com.
  17. Fitch, Chris (9 August 2016). "Map Men: teaching geography through comedy". Geographical. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  18. How do you become a Lord?. Jay Foreman. 31 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via YouTube.
  19. Foreman, Jade [@Jade_Nagi] (14 June 2019). "Two big announcements!!! 💕 🔑 🏠 🥂 🍾 💍 👰🏻 💕 t.co/ZOGZOIKwUz" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via Twitter.
  20. Foreman, Jay [@jayforeman] (8 August 2021). "Wife! t.co/HPBGiVGGPb" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via Twitter.
  21. Foreman, Jade [@Jade_Nagi] (9 August 2021). "Thank you so much to Mark and Rachel of @expressionwed They made us photophobes feel so comfortable. Can't wait to see the rest of the results!! 🥰 @ Fanhams Hall t.co/xLIwXzHLJA" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021 – via Twitter.
  22. Foreman, Jay [@jayforeman] (21 July 2022). "I have a son!!!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022 – via Twitter.
  23. Let's Close London City Airport, retrieved 22 June 2022
  24. "Quote retweet of the Conservative Party". X (formerly Twitter). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  25. "TwitLonger — when you talk too much for Twitter". TwitLonger. 30 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022.
  26. "About the Musical Comedy Awards". Musical Comedy Awards. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  27. "About the Musical Comedy Awards". Musical Comedy Awards. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  28. "11th Annual Winners". The Streamy Awards. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
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