Fern Britton | |
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 Britton in 2009 | |
| Born | 17 July 1957 London, England |
| Education | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (BA) |
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| Years active | 1980–present |
| Employer(s) | BBC (1994–2000, 2009–) ITV (1999–2010, 2017–) Channel 4 (2009, 2011, 2016) Channel 5 (2021–) |
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| Children | 4 |
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| Relatives | Jasper Britton (half-brother) |
Fern Britton (born 17 July 1957)[1] is an English television presenter and author. She co-presented Breakfast Time in the 1980s and hosted the cookery game show Ready Steady Cook between 1994 and 2000 on BBC Two.
Britton presented ITV's This Morning programme from 1999 to 2009. In 2012, she participated in Strictly Come Dancing, where she was paired with professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev. Since 2010, she has also published a number of bestselling novels and books of short stories and non-fiction.
In March 2024, she was a finalist on Celebrity Big Brother, and finished in 5th place.
- ^ "The Observer profile: Fern Britton, cuddly queen of the breakfast sofa". The Guardian. 29 March 2009.