About Gloria Hunniford
Mary Winifred Gloria Hunniford (born 10 April 1940) is a 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. == Early life == Gloria Hunniford was born in Portadown, into a Protestant family. Her father, a magician, was a member of the Orange Order. She had an older sister, Lena, and a younger brother, Charles. In her teens, she spent some time in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, a period she considers important in broadening her outlook. == Career == === Television === After starting off as a singer, Hunniford worked as a production assistant for UTV in Belfast, then as a local radio broadcaster for the BBC; it was at UTV that she met her first husband, Don Keating, a Catholic. In the 1970s and 1980s, she was the presenter of Good Evening Ulster and on ITV's Sunday Sunday and We Love TV. She has also appeared on many programmes as a guest, including Blankety Blank and on Call My Bluff.
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