16 Facts About Liza Tarbuck

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Liza Tarbuck is an English actress, comedian, and television and radio presenter.

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Liza Tarbuck was born in Liverpool and grew up near Kingston upon Thames.

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Liza Tarbuck is the daughter of comedian Jimmy Tarbuck and his wife Pauline, with an older sister, Cheryl, and a younger brother, James.

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Liza Tarbuck trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA graduating in 1986 alongside Clive Owen, Rebecca Pidgeon, and Mark Womack.

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Liza Tarbuck stayed with Watching for its entire seven-year run.

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Liza Tarbuck appeared as Angie in the 1988 Falklands War drama Tumbledown, which starred Colin Firth, Paul Rhys and David Calder.

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Liza Tarbuck guest starred on the Ricky Gervais comedy Extras, and appeared in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries as DI Fiona Knight.

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Liza Tarbuck presented the fashion programme She's Gotta Have It in 1998 and The Big Breakfast with Johnny Vaughan, Sara Cox and Richard Bacon.

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Liza Tarbuck hosted a late-night edition of Win, Lose or Draw, and has presented Britain's Top Dog, as well as narrating the last series of the documentary Airport in 2005.

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Liza Tarbuck presented a one-off quiz for Five called I Blame the Spice Girls to celebrate Five's tenth birthday.

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Liza Tarbuck has appeared in advertisements for the supermarket Asda.

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Liza Tarbuck signed a deal with Sky One to present a show called Pet Nation alongside Huey Morgan in 2010.

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Liza Tarbuck narrated the Channel 4 dieting show Supersize vs Superskinny since 2008.

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In 2015, Liza Tarbuck narrated the Animal Planet series Meet The Orangutans.

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Liza Tarbuck played Helen Golightly in the BBC Radio 4 programme Clare in the Community from series 5 to series 9, taking over from Gemma Craven.

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Liza Tarbuck has appeared in other shows for BBC Radio 4, such as Just a Minute and a story about Jayne Mansfield.