Fern Britton
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| - | Former Westward TV announcer/newsreader who later had stints on BBC's ''Breakfast Time'' and "News After Noon" and then at TVS, presenting the nightly news programme ''Coast to Coast'' alongside [[Fred Dinenage]]. After a short stint at London News Network as entertainment correspondent, she became a household institution from six years of fronting the ever-popular [[Ready Steady Cook]]. She moved on to present ''This Morning'' with [[John Leslie]] and, later, [[Phillip Schofield]] | + | Former Westward TV announcer/newsreader who later had stints on BBC's ''Breakfast Time'' and "News After Noon" and then at TVS, presenting the nightly news programme ''Coast to Coast'' alongside [[Fred Dinenage]]. After a short stint at London News Network as entertainment correspondent, she became a household institution from six years of fronting the ever-popular [[Ready Steady Cook]]. She moved on to present ''This Morning'' with [[John Leslie]] and, later, [[Phillip Schofield]]. |
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
Revision as of 23:26, 21 April 2021
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Shows
As Seen On TV (team captain)
Britain's Got Talent (judge: non-broadcast pilot)
Have I Got News for You (guest host)
Strictly Come Dancing (participant)
Biography
Former Westward TV announcer/newsreader who later had stints on BBC's Breakfast Time and "News After Noon" and then at TVS, presenting the nightly news programme Coast to Coast alongside Fred Dinenage. After a short stint at London News Network as entertainment correspondent, she became a household institution from six years of fronting the ever-popular Ready Steady Cook. She moved on to present This Morning with John Leslie and, later, Phillip Schofield.
Trivia
She is the daughter of sitcom actor Tony "Don't Wait Up" Britton and the sister-in-law of the actor and kids' presenter Brian Cant.
Later credits have included the one-series-wonder TV nostalgia show, 'That's What I Call Television' for ITV1, (where her co-hosts included Matthew Kelly, Des Lynam, Julian Clary, Bradley Walsh and Ronnie Corbett), a short-lived Channel 4 talk show, Fern, and the religiously-inclined BBC One interview series Fern Britton Meets....
