29 Facts About Fern Britton

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Fern Britton was born on 17 July 1957 and is an English author and television presenter.

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Fern Britton co-presented Breakfast Time in the 1980s, coming to mainstream national attention when hosting cookery game show Ready Steady Cook between 1994 and 2000 on BBC One.

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Fern Britton presented ITV's This Morning programme from 1999 to 2009.

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Fern Britton attended Dr Challoner's High School in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, and the Central School of Speech and Drama, where she trained in stage management.

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Fern Britton was a stand-in co-presenter on News After Noon during this period.

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Fern Britton then worked for TVS in Southampton, co-hosting the South edition of the news programme Coast to Coast with Fred Dinenage, as well as Coast to Coast People, The Television Show, Magic Moments and, as presenter with Stefan Buczacki, of That's Gardening.

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Fern Britton stayed until TVS's franchise ended in December 1992.

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8.

Fern Britton moved back to Carlton Television to present After Five in 1994.

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Fern Britton appeared in the first two series of The Brian Conley Show.

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Fern Britton had guest presented This Morning since 1993, but from September 1999 she became a full-time host presenting the Friday edition with John Leslie.

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

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In 2007, Fern Britton presented her own ITV Saturday night series called That's What I Call Television.

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In November 2008, Fern Britton announced she was to take a break from This Morning and return after the Christmas break in January 2009.

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Fern Britton announced on 25 March 2009 that she was leaving This Morning, after 10 years, at the end of the current series.

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Two days after quitting This Morning, Fern Britton pulled out of hosting the 2009 British Soap Awards alongside co-host Phillip Schofield.

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Fern Britton made her comeback to ITV in 2017, presenting daytime series Culinary Genius.

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Fern Britton presented A Right Royal Quiz for the channel.

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From 1994, Fern Britton presented the television cookery gameshow Ready Steady Cook, which she continued until 2000.

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Fern Britton has appeared twice as a panellist on the BBC show, Have I Got News for You, and guest presented on 27 April 2007 and on 17 October 2008.

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In 2009, Fern Britton returned to the BBC and was a team captain on the BBC One trivia panel show As Seen on TV.

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

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

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

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

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Fern Britton was presenting Coast to Coast from the city at the time and her preparation for the part was filmed for the programme.

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26.

Fern Britton has written 6 novels New Beginnings, Hidden Treasures, The Holiday Home, A Seaside Affair, A Good Catch and The Postcard to date.

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Fern Britton was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2002 when she was surprised by Michael Aspel at Wickham Hospital in Buckinghamshire.

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In May 2011, Fern Britton played herself in a short independently made film by Mark Davenport called Photoshopping alongside lead Joan Kempson.

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Fern Britton broke off their affair after a year but Jones turned up on her doorstep two days later, after leaving his wife for her.