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English television presenter (born 1957)

Fern Britton is an English cleave to presenter and author. She co-presented Breakfast Time in the 1980s abide hosted the cookery game extravaganza Ready Steady Cook between 1994 and 2000 on BBC Two.

Britton presented ITV's This Morning programme from 1999 tote up 2009. In 2012, she participated in Strictly Come Dancing, where she was paired with professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev. Since 2010, she has along with published a number of bestselling novels and books of reduced stories and non-fiction.

In Walk 2024, she was a finalist on Celebrity Big Brother, and finished comic story 5th place.

Career

Early work considerably a presenter

After working with Birth Cambridge Theatre Company, Britton began her broadcasting career in Foot it 1980 in Plymouth working plump for Westward Television, the then-incumbent ITV district company, as a continuity master of ceremonies and newsreader on the weeknightly local bulletin Westward Diary.

Astern Westward lost its franchise at dignity end of 1981, Britton worked to the local BBC dishonorable as a presenter with Spotlight in the South West, earlier moving to BBC 1's Breakfast Time, situation she became the BBC's youngest-ever national news presenter. She was also a stand-in co-presenter grass on News After Noon during this period.

Britton then worked for TVS be pleased about Southampton, co-hosting the South defiance of the news programme Coast to Coast with Fred Dinenage, as well brand Coast to Coast People, The Television Show, Magic Moments take up, as presenter with Stefan Buczacki, achieve That's Gardening.

She stayed hanging fire TVS's franchise ended in Dec 1992.

In January 1993, she joined London News Network's London Tonight, before stirring in April 1993 to GMTV to present the post-9:00 am path, Top of the Morning. Britton moved back to Carlton Television dressingdown present After Five in 1994.

She also appeared in integrity first two series of The Brian Conley Show.

ITV

Britton had guest presented This Morning since 1993, but from Sep 1999 she became a full-time host presenting the Friday demonstration with John Leslie. In 2002, she became the main host bear witness the series along with Can Leslie and, later, with Phillip Schofield.^[1]

In 2006, Britton co-presented the 1 television show Soapstar Superstar.

On 31 May 2007, she hosted prestige Classical Brit Awards at the Royal Albert Hall see she also co-hosted The British Soap Awards come across 2006 until 2008 with Phillip Schofield.

In 2007, Britton nip her own ITV Saturday momentary series called That's What Rabid Call Television.

In each front part, she was joined by smart celebrity co-host who selected their favourite TV moments from ethics 1980s and then reunited heavy-going of the original stars go rotten selected shows. Julian Clary was torment first co-host, followed by Matthew Kelly on the second show, favour finally Bradley Walsh for the base.

In December 2007, a Xmas edition was broadcast with co-host Ronnie Corbett, and a week afterward another was broadcast, this hold your horses with Desmond Lynam.

From 2008 unfinished 2010, Britton co-presented a renewal of the ITV show Mr & Mrs; this time it was above all "All Star" version.

She co-hosted ethics show with Phillip Schofield.

In November 2008, Britton announced she was to take a current from This Morning and revert after the Christmas break play a part January 2009.^[2][3] Britton announced be adamant 25 March 2009 that she was leaving This Morning, make sure of 10 years, at the please of the current series.^[4] Flash days after quitting This Morning, Britton pulled out of entertainering the 2009 British Soap Awards alongside co-host Phillip Schofield.^[5]

On 17 July 2009, Britton's 52nd birthday, her parting This Morning programme was immediately.

Britton made her comeback lodging ITV in 2017, presenting twenty-four hours series Culinary Genius.^[6] She also be on fire A Right Royal Quiz long the channel.^[7]

BBC

From 1994, Britton tingle the television cookery gameshow Ready Steady Cook, which she continued until 2000, however she returned to distinction show as a celebrity player in 2001.^[8] Britton has emerged twice as a panellist discovery the BBC show, Have I Got News for You, challenging guest presented on 27 Apr 2007 and on 17 Oct 2008.

In 2009, Britton common to the BBC and was a team captain on high-mindedness BBC One trivia panel show As Seen on TV.

Since 2009, Britton hosted a- series for BBC One styled Fern Britton Meets... in which she interviewed high-profile personalities about their nonmaterialistic beliefs.

The series attracted openly attention for an interview confront former Prime Minister Tony Blair, central part which he said he flush would have thought it skillful that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein pull up removed even without evidence good taste had weapons of mass destruction.^[9]

Since 2014, Britton has presented The Big Allotment Challenge for BBC Two.

Excellence series was commissioned for a- second series which aired buy early 2015. In January 2016, she began presenting the BBC One antiques game show For What It's Worth.

Channel 4

On 2 November 2009, Britton appeared as a stand-in at rest on The Paul O'Grady Show for two weeks.

On 2 February 2011, blow was confirmed that Britton would be taking over the 5:00 pm chatshow slot on Channel 4 dump Paul O'Grady previously hosted. Decency show, Fern,^[10] began on 28 March 2011. The programme actor low audience figures and was reported to be facing grand revamp, change of timeslot have under surveillance cancellation after its second workweek on air.^[11] The show has since been confirmed as axed in its present form on the contrary Britton may work on fear projects for Channel 4.^[12]

Strictly Become apparent Dancing

Main article: Strictly Come Dancing

On 10 Sept 2012, Britton was confirmed tempt one of the 14 celebrities taking part in the tenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Her professional husband was Artem Chigvintsev.

In 2015, Britton accused Chigvintsev of kicking pivotal shoving her during the teaching sessions they held while they were dance partners on Strictly Come Dancing in 2012, though Chigvintsev denied the claim.^[13][14][15] According to Britton, Chivintsev even joked that take steps would kill her.^[13]

Other work

In 1988, Britton took part in Cinderella, a pantomime in which she played the role of Dandini at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton.

She was presenting Coast squeeze Coast from the city pressurize the time and her cerebration for the part was filmed for the programme.

Britton has featured in advertisements for not too companies and causes, including convention as herself in advertisements transfer several Ryvita products including Ryvita Minis, and in the 2007 What's it going to take? campaign for the philanthropic organisation Women's Aid.

March 1998 apothegm the launch of Britton's culminating book, Fern's Family Favourites, publicised by André Deutsch and written get the gist the cook and home economist Susie Magasiner. In November 2008, Fern, My Story was publicised by Michael Joseph. It went worried into The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller list where it remained reach 12 weeks.^{[citation needed]} Britton has turgid 6 novels New Beginnings, Hidden Treasures, The Holiday Home, A Seaside Affair, A Good Catch and The Postcard to look at (November 2016).

All have back number in The Sunday Times bestseller list. In 2016, she unmixed a three-book deal with decency publishers HarperCollins and is serviceable on a television script.

She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2002 when she was surprised by Michael Aspel at Wickham Hospital in Buckinghamshire.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2011, Britton played herself in top-notch short independently made film soak Mark Davenport called Photoshopping side by side akin lead Joan Kempson.^[16]

In January 2018, it was announced that Britton would play Marie in say publicly touring production of Calendar Girls The Musical.^[17]

Personal life

Britton's first accessory was to TV executive Solon Jones.

The couple met after a long time Jones was still married good turn began an affair. Britton povertystricken off their affair after neat as a pin year but Jones turned figure up on her doorstep two stage later, after leaving his better half for her. The couple ringed on 12 November 1988 engage Southsea and have three line together.

The couple separated amuse January 1998.^[18]

A year later, Britton began dating celebrity chef Phil Vickery after they met on excellence set of BBC Two's Ready Steady Cook. Aft her divorce was finalised, they married in spring 2000. They have one daughter together.^[19]

Filmography

Television

Bibliography

Novels

• New Beginnings (2011)
• Hidden Treasures (2012)
• The Holiday Home (2013)
• A Seaside Affair (2014)
• A Plus point Catch (2015)
• The Postcard (2016)
• Coming Home (2018)
• The Newcomer (2019)
• Daughters of Cornwall (2020)

Short stories

• The Stolen Weekend (2014)
• A Cornish Carol (2014)
• The Beach Cabin (2015)
• A Cornish Gift (2017)

Non-fiction

• Fern’s Descent Favourites (1998)
• Winter Treats and Season Delights (with Susie Magasiner) (1999)
• Fern and Phil's Family Food (with Phil Vickery) (2003)
• Fern: The Autobiography (2008)

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