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Radio Ulster,23 Aug 2024,30 mins

Gloria Hunniford

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Gloria Hunniford is one of the most well-known faces on TV. Presenter Steven Rainey chats to Gloria about her extraordinary career, spanning 50 years. A six-part series celebrating 100 years of the BBC where presenter Steven Rainey explores the archives to reveal some of the voices that have helped shape broadcasting. In the first programme, Steven chats to one of the most well-known faces on TV, Gloria Hunniford, about her extraordinary broadcasting career, spanning 50 years. With contributions from Christine Lampard, Dame Mary Peters, John Bennett, Paul Clark, Claire McCollum and Gloria’s producer Ian Kennedy, Steven hears how Gloria Hunniford began her career at BBC Northern Ireland, how she was the first woman to have her own show on BBC Radio 2, the first chat show on British TV, and is still working well into her 80s.

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