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Gloria Hunniford

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Gloria Hunniford

Mary Winifred Gloria Hunniford (born 10 April 1940) is a British television and radio presenter, broadcaster and singer from Northern Ireland. She is known for presenting programmes on the BBC and ITV, such as Rip Off Britain, and her regular appearances as a panellist on Loose Women. She has been a regular reporter on This Morning and The One Show. She also enjoyed a singing career from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Infobox

Born
Mary Winifred Gloria Hunniford (1940-04-10) 10 April 1940 (age 85)Portadown, Northern Ireland
Occupation(s)
Television and radio presenter, singer
Years active
1947–present
Television
Open House with Gloria HunnifordRip Off BritainLoose Women
Spouses
mw- Don Keating (m. 1970; div. 1992) Stephen Way (m. 1998; died 2024)
Children
3; including Caron Keating
Occupations
Television and radio presenter, singer

Tables

· Filmography
1978–1987
1978–1987
Year
1978–1987
Show
Good Evening Ulster
Role
Presenter
1982–1990
1982–1990
Year
1982–1990
Show
Sunday, Sunday
Role
Presenter
1984–86
1984–86
Year
1984–86
Show
We Love TV
Role
Presenter
1988, 1992–93
1988, 1992–93
Year
1988, 1992–93
Show
Eurovision Song Contest Previews
Role
Presenter
1995
1995
Year
1995
Show
Pebble Mill At One
Role
Presenter
1998–2002
1998–2002
Year
1998–2002
Show
Open House with Gloria Hunniford
Role
Presenter
2003, 2014—
2003, 2014—
Year
2003, 2014—
Show
Loose Women
Role
Guest panellist (2003)
Note(s)
Guest Anchor (2014–2016)
Regular panellist (2014—)
Regular panellist (2014—)
Year
Regular panellist (2014—)
2004–05, 2011
2004–05, 2011
Year
2004–05, 2011
Show
This Morning
Role
Guest presenter
Note(s)
Newspaper reviewer
2005
2005
Year
2005
Show
Strictly Come Dancing
Role
Contestant
2009
2009
Year
2009
Show
The One Show
Role
Guest presenter
Note(s)
Regular contributor and reporter
2010
2010
Year
2010
Show
3@Three
Role
Panellist
2009—
2009—
Year
2009—
Show
Rip Off Britain
Role
Presenter
2012
2012
Year
2012
Show
Doorstep Crime 999
Role
Presenter
2013—
2013—
Year
2013—
Show
The Travelling Picture Show
Role
Presenter
Note(s)
Broadcast in Northern Ireland
2014
2014
Year
2014
Show
Home Away From Home
Role
Presenter
Note(s)
1 series
2016—
2016—
Year
2016—
Show
Food: Truth or Scare
Role
Co-presenter
Note(s)
3 series; with Chris Bavin
2017
2017
Year
2017
Show
When Chat Shows Go Horribly Wrong
Role
Narrator
Note(s)
1 episode
Britain's Home Truths
Britain's Home Truths
Year
Britain's Home Truths
Show
Presenter
Role
1 episode
2018
2018
Year
2018
Show
Get Away for Winter
Role
Narrator
Note(s)
1 series
2022
2022
Year
2022
Show
The Masked Singer
Role
Contestant (Snow Leopard mask)
Note(s)
2 episode; season 3
2023
2023
Year
2023
Show
B&B by the Sea
Role
Herself
Note(s)
1 episode
Year
Show
Role
Note(s)
1978–1987
Good Evening Ulster
Presenter
1982–1990
Sunday, Sunday
Presenter
1984–86
We Love TV
Presenter
1988, 1992–93
Eurovision Song Contest Previews
Presenter
1995
Pebble Mill At One
Presenter
1998–2002
Open House with Gloria Hunniford
Presenter
2003, 2014—
Loose Women
Guest panellist (2003)
Guest Anchor (2014–2016)
Regular panellist (2014—)
2004–05, 2011
This Morning
Guest presenter
Newspaper reviewer
2005
Strictly Come Dancing
Contestant
2009
The One Show
Guest presenter
Regular contributor and reporter
2010
3@Three
Panellist
2009—
Rip Off Britain
Presenter
2012
Doorstep Crime 999
Presenter
2013—
The Travelling Picture Show
Presenter
Broadcast in Northern Ireland
2014
Home Away From Home
Presenter
1 series
2016—
Food: Truth or Scare
Co-presenter
3 series; with Chris Bavin
2017
When Chat Shows Go Horribly Wrong
Narrator
1 episode
Britain's Home Truths
Presenter
1 episode
2018
Get Away for Winter
Narrator
1 series
2022
The Masked Singer
Contestant (Snow Leopard mask)
2 episode; season 3
2023
B&B by the Sea
Herself
1 episode

References

  1. Sunday Express Magazine, 'I don't think of myself as a trailblazer', London, 23 January 2022, page 16.
  2. Liverpool Echo
    http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-life-features/liverpool-special-features/2007/08/08/work-was-my-way-of-coping-with-loss-64375-19585939/
  3. the Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/25/gloria-hunniford-my-family-values
  4. Belfast Telegraph
    https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/moving-to-canada-as-teen-broadened-my-horizons-says-tv-presenter-gloria-hunniford-40799003.html
  5. 'Moving to Canada as a teen broadened my horizons, says TV presenter Gloria Hunniford'. Sunday Life, 29 August 2021. Ret
    https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/moving-to-canada-as-teen-broadened-my-horizons-says-tv-presenter-gloria-hunniford-40799003.html
  6. 'Portadown born star Gloria Hunniford "thrilled" at being awarded Freedom of the Borough of Armagh, Banbridge and Craiga
    https://www.northernirelandworld.com/news/people/portadown-born-tv-star-gloria-hunniford-thrilled-at-being-awarded-freedom-of-the-borough-of-armagh-banbridge-and-craigavon-3502156
  7. Lily Savage's Blankety Blank
  8. www.royalvarietycharity.org
    https://www.royalvarietycharity.org/royal-variety-performance/archive/detail/1985-london-theatre-royal
  9. 3@Three Presspack, ITV Press Centre, 26 July 2010 Archived 25 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine
    http://www.itv.com/presscentre/3three/week31overview/default.html
  10. "Angela Rippon Rip Off Britain" Archived 20 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine 14 November 2010, TV Choice Magazine
    http://www.tvchoicemagazine.co.uk/interviewextra/angela-rippon-rip-britain
  11. "BBC One – Rip Off Britain"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wck32
  12. "Charlie's Consumer Angels"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D23dZhuB5pw
  13. Digital Spy
    https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a594483/judy-finnigan-returning-to-tv-as-loose-women-panellist.html#~oOSnkq7iaxw8qX
  14. Digital Spy
    https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a38651627/the-masked-singer-uk-series-3-unmasks-second-celebrity/
  15. "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Episode 1 | presscentre"
    http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week5/who-wants-be-millionaire#.UuFyBNLFJH0
  16. Gloria Hunniford
    https://web.archive.org/web/20220107152602/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/dee5226020564fe7accf305ef17d6816
  17. BBC London Homepage URL accessed 13 June 2008.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2007/02/08/bbclondonradio_history_feature.shtml
  18. www.ekhuft.nhs.uk
    https://www.ekhuft.nhs.uk/patients-and-visitors/news-centre/news-archive/news-archive-2015/celebrating-two-years-of-bringing-chemotherapy-into-the-community-in-east-kent/
  19. https://stagsevenoaks.co.uk/ [bare URL]
    https://stagsevenoaks.co.uk/
  20. Belfast Telegraph
    https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/mixed-emotions-for-gloria-hunniford-as-son-weds-at-church-where-caron-buried-31433795.html
  21. "The Caron Keating Foundation homepage"
    https://www.caronkeating.org
  22. The London Gazette
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61962/supplement/B12
  23. BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
    https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/gloria-hunniford-says-death-of-husband-stephen-way-will-leave-enormous-void/a708861210.html
  24. Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
    https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/community-health-online/gloria-hunniford-opens-new-sevenoaks-garden/
  25. Yahoo News
    https://uk.news.yahoo.com/gloria-hunniford-hospital-breaking-bone-face-fall-083423552.html
  26. Gloria Returns To The Panel & Opens Up About Breaking A Bone Under Eye In Nasty Fall – Loose Women
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5EHKMLTTE
  27. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text
  28. bbc.co.uk
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/p0df1tpb
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