A second series was created by A. J. Coles and published in the (Illustrated) Western Weekly News from July 1905 until the paper ceased publication in October 1939.
The first series sparked a popular correspondence from Devon natives around the world written in affectionate[clarification needed] dialect as recollected at the time, the character even appearing on the BBC in the 1920s.
The Member of Parliament for Plymouth, Devonport, Alison Seabeck, showed her ignorance of the term in 2005 when, while still a candidate, she was asked by the local paper: "What is a Janner?"
[6] The term features in the football team Plymouth Argyle supporters' chants, particularly its variant on the folksong Oggy Land,[7] and in 2010 it was used in a television advertisement for Aviva Car Insurance in which Paul Whitehouse as a Plymouth Argyle supporter driving to an away match exhorts a potential passenger to "geddon you Janner".
[8][9] In April 2012 a new rugby league trophy called the Barum Janner cup was introduced for competition matches between Barnstaple's North Devon Raiders and the Plymouth Titans.