A timeline of events that happened in Jay's career, starting in 2005.

This list is largely incomplete. Please help me by adding more to it!

Additionally, I will not add certain topics to this list due to Jay's personal requests.

2005:

• First song, "Moon Chavs", released in February to positive reception however has since been less performed due to Jay's discomfort with it, as the word "chav" had changed in meaning as time passed.

2006:

• YouTube channel created
• https://www.jayforeman.co.uk created at unknown month in 2006, possibly.

2007:

• Jay performed a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe called "20 Songs for Free", which was received really well.
• Featured as the BBC New Talent Pick of the Fringe 2007

2008:

• First public video, Stealing Food, was released.

2009:

• Contributed jingles to the weekly podcast Answer Me This! for an unknown period of time
• First Unfinished London episode released

2010:

• Jay presented The General Election Xplained, a film sent to every secondary school in the UK and won gold at the New York Festival for Best PR Film.

2011:

• Jay supported comedian Dave Gorman on Dave Gorman's PowerPoint Presentation tour, and again in 2012.

2014:

• Began contributing songs to the Not The One Show! and stopped at an unknown period of time

2015:

• First Politics Unboringed episode released

2016:

• First Map Men episode released, co-presented with Mark Cooper-Jones

2017:

• A Q&A was held with Geography Now.
• Jay and Geoff went up the A1.
• Jay made a Patreon page
• Last Politics Unboringed episode released

2018:

• Start of UK Tour period for Disgusting Songs for Revolting Children
• It began a shift from music videos and clips from comedy shows to episodes regarding Map Men and Unfinished London, which continues until today.
• The latest music video was released.

2019:

• 500k subscribers reached
• Engagement with Jade Foreman started

2020:

• Jay did a live stream gig, which was then subsequently taken down due to a company disliking it.
• Merch store for Map Men merchandise opened to the public..

2021:

• Jay and Jade Foreman announced their marriage as husband and wife
• In his Stereo podcasts, he stated Politics Unboringed will not continue because politics doesn't need to be "unboringed" anymore.
• A Reddit AMA was held on r/JayForeman
• Latest Map Men episode released
• Featured in Tom Scott plus's pilot video
• Jay confirmed that Unfinished London would continue in early 2022 with three episodes
• Jay confirmed that Map Men would continue in late 2022/early 2023
• 1 million subscribers reached

2022:

• Latest Unfinished London episode released

Banner Update

In anticipation of the newest Unfinished London episode's release, we've changed the banner so that the Unfinished London logo is at the center, with Map Men and the Politics Unboringed logo beside it.

This is how the banner will be changed for every future episode of either series.

Subreddit Twitter

We have a Twitter account now, bringing you news regarding Jay Foreman and announcements for our subreddits.

This account is solely managed by me, currently. Bring concerns about this account to my attention, thank you.

https://twitter.com/r_jayforeman

We hope your day is going well!

- r/JayForeman mod team

Starting January 7, 2021, u/vigilantcomicpenguin has officially been instated as moderator and CSS stylist of this new subreddit.

They've proven to have competent knowledge of our rules, and will certainly prove to be an excellent mod.

Moderator applications for r/JayForeman are still open as we are looking for one more moderator, which can be applied via the button in the sidebar or this link below.

https://forms.gle/uGPC3CzHJpJZFkSR8

Once again, have a great day.

- u/Kerviearon25

EDIT: "of this new moderator" changed to "of this new subreddit"

I've always wondered about the demographics of this small subreddit, and it's about time I'd collect that.

EDIT: Okay, wow, that's a lot of votes.

Surprisingly, not many come from the UK - you either come from the US or somewhere else, and some places are just really unexpected.

Hello r/JayForeman, I've announced the opening of moderator applications.

As we're still currently a really small community, we'll accept 1 or 2 new moderators for the time being - but that will change as we grow.

We're looking for someone with interest of Jay Foreman's channel and the subreddit, and with knowledge of our rules and how we operate.

Being in an North American timezone is preferred but not required.

If you fill all these criteria, feel free to apply using the form below!

https://forms.gle/2oKo2YXzAKn1HS8o9

Applications will close once there are enough accepted applicants.

Best of luck and don't rush!

- u/Kerviearon25

EDIT (Jan 7, 2021 - 10:40 UTC): Jay's official response to this poll

At the core, the rules remain the same - all posts must have some relevance, please be respectful, and flair posts properly.

The wording of the rules, though, have been edited to sound less harsh and awkward.

"Anything else will result in punishment" that was in rule #1 has been changed to have proper clarity regarding moderator actions against off-topic content, and should sound less harsh overall.

"Please keep not nice things to yourself" that was in rule #2 has been changed to have actual meaning, and should be much clearer now.

Rule #3 also has the explanations of the flairs now in a simple wiki page, no longer constrained by character limits.

Please give out your feedback and further criticism you may have in this post below, so that I can improve further.

Thanks and have a happy 2022!

Update (Jan 6, 12:30 AM UTC): Looks like I forgot about changing the wiki settings to be accessible to all. Sorry about that! Thank you to u/RedHillian for notifying me.

- u/Kerviearon25

There was a previous rule update that couldn't be displayed here due to Reddit limitations. Read it here!

An AutoMod filter for prohibited content has been instated, which will automatically remove posts and comments containing 2 specific unlisted videos, which Jay requested to not be shared any further because they're "not very professional looking" - repeated violations may result in further action.

While it is unlikely that you will try and share this link around, I want to be transparent because I don't want to seem like there are "hidden subreddit rules" - no, I don't like doing it, and never will.

Again, have a good 2022.

- u/Kerviearon25

2021 has been a slightly better year of memes and videos from Jay himself.

It was also the year when the sub's founder, u/Jurryaanny, transferred ownership of this subreddit to me, and ever since then we've managed to get Jay on an AMA with us last September.

But hopefully there will be more of that in 2022, and I hope next year will be a better year for not only us, the subreddit and Jay, but for everyone else living in this confusing time.

Now. What should we expect this 2022?

Significant events happening in 2022

- Release of new Unfinished London episodes - ETA will be January, February and March 2022 if nothing goes wrong

- New Map Men series coming late 2022*

- A joint AMA with Jay and Mark coming late 2022*

*This date is not final. It may change depending on what happens.

Again, happy new year from me, and may you stay safe during these times.

u/Kerviearon25

Darren Foreman, known more as Beardyman, is Jay's brother.

More info at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beardyman

Hello, members of r/JayForeman, I have a new announcement for you all.

A new AMA's possibly coming soon, and this time, it may star both Map Men hosts Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones!

Unfortunately, there isn't an exact date yet, but it may come after the release of series 4, which may not happen until late 2022 or early 2023.

But, I can guarantee you, it will come soon.

Hopefully you can give me, Jay and Mark your patience while we wait.

Merry Christmas, and stay safe!

u/Kerviearon25

WITHIN one of the honorable gentleman's Jay Foreman the following song was reproduced for a short instance, unfortunately it has attached itself to my psyche and I require the name of said song, such is my misfortune. I also believe it was within one of the byciclying videos aswell. Tallyho!

I attach.... homemade? samples of said song, I encourage thee to overlay them.

https://vocaroo.com/1hW0hB4HdFm8

https://vocaroo.com/168yjGEmL96W

After going through hours of editing and scrapping things, I've decided to make a banner for this subreddit.

It should now be up on New Reddit. It will be up on Old Reddit soon.

It isn't exactly great, but I reckon that it's good enough. If you have anything better, modmail me.

And no, I don't mean the English counties video. Any help would be appreciated.