Fern Britton
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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. She is married to Phil Vickery, one of the chefs from RSC.
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.
Since 2007, she has hosted the enjoyable nostalgia show, 'That's What I Call Television' for ITV1, focussing mainly on 1980's television. Her co-hosts have included Matthew Kelly, Des Lynam, Julian Clary, Bradley Walsh and Ronnie Corbett.
