She appeared as a guest presenter for the show, Have I Got News for You on 27 April 2007 and again on 17 October 2008. In December 2007, she went on a secret trip to Basra to broadcast behind-the-scenes footage of the troops. At the Royal Albert Hall, on, Fern Britton presented the Classical BRIT Awards and also co-presented the British Soap Awards that year.įern Britton anchored her own ITV1 Saturday night series, That's What I Call Television in 2007. She hosted the reality television show, Soapstar Superstar, and the British Soap Awards 2006. In 2006, the song, “The Fern Britton Experience”, which featured in the album, Hang The DJ was named after her by the UK DJ Shitmat. It also clinched the 2004 National Television Award for the ‘Most Popular Daytime Show’.įern Britton anchored the Pride of Britain Awards in 2002 and was one among the panellists on the satirical panel show, Have I Got News for You. The show was a big hit and won the 2003 & 2004 TV Quick Award for the ‘Best Daytime Viewing’. Since 1999, Fern Britton has been hosting the show and the couple was known for their hilarious presentation. She joined hands with the British television presenter, Phillip Schofield to host the famous television magazine show This Morning. She hosted the show for a long span of six years until she was succeeded by chef, Ainsley Harriott. She also featured in the first two series of The Brian Conley Show and in 1994, Fern Britton went onto present the famous television cookery game show, Ready Steady Cook.
Since then, Fern Britton has hosted several programmes, which include Carlton Television's After Five, BBC's Breakfast Time, London News Network's London Tonight and BBC 1’s Holiday. She has also presented other programmes, like Coast to Coast People, The Television Show and Magic Moments. Fern Britton then moved to work for TVS in Southampton, where she hosted the South edition of the news programme, Coast to Coast, together with Fred Dinenage. She became a known as the youngest national news presenter to present News After Noon on BBC1. Later, she switched to present BBC’s Southwest news programme, Spotlight. She worked as a newsreader and continuity announcer on Westward Diary, the nightly local bulletin. She is married to the celebrity chef, Phil Vickery and lives with her family at Holmer Green in Buckinghamshire.įern Britton worked with a touring theatre company and in 1979, she started her career with Westward Television in Plymouth. Her older sister, Cherry Britton, is a script writer and her younger half brother, Jasper Britton, is an actor. Fern Britton spent the early days of her life at Buckinghamshire. She is the daughter of the English actor, Tony Britton and Ruth Britton. She was educated at Dr Challoner's High School in Little Chalfont and underwent training in stage management at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Fern Britton, an English television presenter, was born on 17 July 1957 in Ealing, London.
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