Annabel Claire Giles was a British television and radio presenter.
16 Facts About Annabel Giles
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Annabel Giles worked as a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist, model, actress, writer and novelist.
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Between 1977 and 1982, Annabel Giles trained and worked as a secretary, mostly employed in advertising agencies, which is where she was "discovered".
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Annabel Giles was then signed up by agency Models 1, and became the official model for Max Factor.
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Annabel Giles started her media career in the 1980s on Razzmatazz and Night Network, and appeared in the 1993 film Riders.
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Annabel Giles came to prominence as co-presenter of ITV's Posh Frocks and New Trousers with Sarah Greene.
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Annabel Giles was in numerous entertainment shows, and a panellist on game shows ranging from Have I Got News for You to Shooting Stars.
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Annabel Giles was a regular panellist on Through the Keyhole and BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends and appeared on BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute, and on Noel's House Party.
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In 1995, Annabel Giles wrote and performed a one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival called Looking for Mr Annabel Giles, and a second show the following year, Anyone Can Be A TV Presenter.
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Annabel Giles published Crossing the Paradise Line in 2003 and The Defrosting of Charlotte Small in 2006.
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In November 2013, Annabel Giles entered the Australian jungle as a late arrival alongside Vincent Simone on the thirteenth series of I'm a Celebrity.
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From 2014, Annabel Giles regularly guested on the Channel 5 chat show The Wright Stuff hosted by Matthew Wright.
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Annabel Giles was a patron of a charity for parents of children with special needs, Amaze Brighton.
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In 1985, Annabel Giles married the lead singer of Ultravox, Midge Ure.
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Annabel Giles had a son who was born with XYY syndrome and Asperger syndrome; in 2011, having written a blog outlining the difficulties in educating a child with these issues, she received help from an anonymous benefactor towards his education.
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Annabel Giles's children issued a joint statement announcing that she had died on 20 November 2023, at Martlets Hospice in Hove, aged 64.