Fern Britton is an eminent English author and television presenter.  In the 1980s, She served as a co-presenter of Breakfast Time. Britton came to mainstream national attention when hosting the cookery game show Ready Steady Cook between 1994 and 2000 on BBC One.

Britton presented ITV’s This Morning program from 1999 to 2009. In 2012, She participated in Strictly Come Dancing, where she was paired with professional dancer Artem Chigvintsev. Since 2010, Fern has also published a number of bestselling novels and books of short stories and non-fiction.

Fern Britton Age

Fern Britton was born in Ealing, London, United Kingdom on July 17, 1957. She is 65 years old.

Fern Britton Height

Britton is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 5 inches (Approx. 1.65 m).

Fern Britton Education

She attended and graduated with a high school diploma from Dr. Challoner’s High School in Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire. Later, Fern joined the Central School of Speech and Drama, where she trained in stage management. After working with The Cambridge Theatre Company, Britton started her broadcasting career in March 1980 in Plymouth working for Westward Television.

Fern Britton Family

Fern was born and raised by her caring parents Tony Britton and Ruth Hawkins in Ealing, London. Her father was an English actor. He appeared in a variety of Tv sitcoms and films. She has two siblings namely Cherry and Jasper. Her grandparents are Doris Marguerite Britton and Edward Leslie Britton.

Fern Britton Husband

She was first married to a TV executive called Clive Jones. The duo met while Jones was still married and started an affair. Britton broke off their affair after a year but Jones turned up on her doorstep two days later, after leaving his wife for her. In Southsea, They celebrated their wedding on November 12, 1988.

They have three children together: twin sons Jack and Harry and daughter Grace. Her marriage to Jones disintegrated shortly after the birth of their daughter and the couple separated in January 1998. A year later, she began dating celebrity chef Phil Vickery after they met on the set of BBC Two’s Ready Steady Cook.

After her divorce was finalized, they married in the spring of 2000. The duo has a daughter, Winnie, and has properties in Buckinghamshire and Cornwall. On January 29, 2020, They announced via their Twitter accounts that they were separating after 20 years of marriage.

Fern Britton Career

On November 2, 2009, Fern appeared for two weeks as a stand-in host on The Paul O’Grady Show. On February 2, 2011, it was confirmed that She would be taking over the 5:00 pm chatshow slot on Channel 4 that Paul O’Grady previously hosted.

The show, Fern, started on March 28, 2011. The program drew low audience figures and was reported to be facing a revamp change of timeslot or cancellation after its second week on air. The show has since been confirmed as axed in its present form but Britton may work on other projects for Channel 4. In 2021, Britton started hosting Fishing Scotland’s Lochs & Rivers on Channel 5.

Since 2009, Fern hosted a series for BBC One called Fern Britton Meets… in which she interviewed high-profile personalities about their religious beliefs. The series attracted particular attention for an interview with former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

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