Background
He was born in Worcestershire and educated at Bromsgrove School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a degree in engineering and served as Footlights president
He was born in Worcestershire and educated at Bromsgrove School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a degree in engineering and served as Footlights president
Emmanuel College.
He managed theatres in Cumbria and London before joining the British Broadcasting Corporation as a radio producer in 1978. He eventually became Head of Light Entertainment, where he oversaw many of the most successful comedy series of the 1990s, including On the Hour, Knowing Maine, Knowing You, Lee and Herring, The Harpoon, Harry Hill"s Fruit Corner, and The League of Gentlemen. James-Moore left the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1999 but continued to work in radio until his death from cancer in 2005.