Gloria Hunniford
Mary Winifred Gloria Hunniford, OBE, is a Northern Irish television and radio presenter and singer on programmes on the BBC and ITV, such as Rip Off Britain with Julia Somerville and Angela Rippon, and her regular appearances as a panellist on Loose Women. She has been a regular reporter on This Morning and The One Show.
Early life
Hunniford was born in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, into a Protestant family; her father was a member of the Orange Order.Career
Television
Hunniford started as a BBC production assistant in Belfast, and a local radio broadcaster. In the 1970s and 1980s, she was the presenter of Good Evening Ulster and on the ITV Network Sunday Sunday and We Love TV. She has also appeared on many programmes over the years including Lily Savage's Blankety Blank and on Call My Bluff.From 1998 to 2003, Hunniford presented Open House with Gloria Hunniford for Channel 5. In August 2010, she appeared as a panellist/presenter on the ITV daytime programme 3@Three.
Since 2009, Hunniford has co-presented Rip Off Britain, a consumer complaints programme on BBC One with Angela Rippon and, for the first two series, Jennie Bond, and then, for the third series, with Julia Somerville replacing Bond. Together, the trio of Hunniford, Rippon and Somerville also presented Charlie's Consumer Angels.
In 2012, Hunniford presented the BBC One documentary series Doorstep Crime 999.
From 8 September 2014, Hunniford became a presenter on ITV chat show Loose Women. She was previously a guest panellist in 2003. From September 2014 to July 2015, Hunniford appeared on the panel in 31 episodes of the programme - three of which she anchored. As of 6 April 2017, Hunniford has appeared 93 times, 4 of which she anchored and 2 where she was a guest panelist.
In 2014, Hunniford presented the first series of BBC One programme Home Away from Home. Gyles Brandreth presented the second series. She has also presented three series of Food: Truth or Scare with Chris Bavin from 2016.
''Strictly Come Dancing''
In 2005, Hunniford appeared in the third series of the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, dancing with Darren Bennett and was eliminated from the competition on the third week.Guest appearances
Hunniford has appeared on numerous programmes including Gloria Live, Wogan, Holiday, Songs of Praise, That's Showbusiness, Kilroy and Sunday, Sunday.In 2003, Hunniford appeared in two episodes of Loose Women as a guest panellist.
In 2008, Hunniford was a regular panellist on Through the Keyhole and was a celebrity homeowner on an episode in 2018. On 27 September 2013, Hunniford appeared on an episode of Piers Morgan's Life Stories. On 28 January 2014, Hunniford took part in an episode of Celebrity Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? She appeared in an episode of Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule in 2017.
Radio
Hunniford had her own daily radio show on BBC Radio 2, starting off with the lunchtime show before moving to her very successful early afternoon slot between 2.00pm and 3.30pm in January 1984, where she remained for 11 years until April 1995, when she was replaced by Debbie Thrower 2 months later. Hunniford also hosted Sounding Brass, a music phone-in request programme with a live brass band, devised by radio producer Owen Spencer-Thomas.Other work
Hunniford has made a health and exercise video called Fit for Life. Hunniford has also appeared on the UK music video of the muppets cover to "She Drives me Crazy". She also has written an Irish Cookery Book with her sister Lena entitled " Gloria Hunniford's Family Cookbook'.Personal life
Hunniford was married to Don Keating from 1970 to 1992. They had a daughter, Caron Keating, and two sons. In September 1998, she married hairdresser Stephen Way in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.Caron Keating
Hunniford's daughter Caron Keating died of breast cancer in Kent. Hunniford set up a cancer charity in her daughter's name; the Caron Keating Foundation.Hunniford was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to cancer charities.
Political views
On The Alan Titchmarsh Show on 6 May 2011, Hunniford revealed her support for David Cameron's Conservative-led coalition government, describing herself as "a bit of a David Cameron fan", although she criticised the government's decision to continue giving aid to Pakistan when it was making cuts in the UK.In August 2014, Hunniford was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.
Filmography
;Television| Year | Show | Role | Note |
| 1970s–1980s | Good Evening Ulster | Presenter | |
| 1970s–1980s | Sunday, Sunday | Presenter | |
| 1984–86 | We Love TV | Presenter | |
| 1988, 1992–93 | Eurovision Song Contest Previews | Presenter | |
| 1998–2003 | Open House with Gloria Hunniford | Presenter | |
| 2003, 2014— | Loose Women | Guest panellist | |
| 2003, 2014— | Loose Women | Regular panellist | |
| 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 | |
| 2016— | Food: Truth or Scare | Co-presenter | 3 series; with Chris Bavin |
| 2017 | When Chat Shows Go Horribly Wrong | Narrator | 1 episode |
| 2017 | Britain's Home Truths | Presenter | 1 episode |
| 2018 | Get Away for Winter | Narrator | 1 series |