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. Hunniford recorded two albums that were released in the 1970s. In 1985, she sang at the
Royal Variety Performance. As part of the film musicals theme, she sang "
Secret Love" from
Calamity Jane, as originally performed by
Doris Day. In 1995, Hunniford became one of the presenters of the long-running BBC chat show series
Pebble Mill at One where she also presented a special one-off episode interviewing Doris Day. 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 regular panellist on ITV chat show
Loose Women. She was previously a guest panellist in 2003. She has guest anchored the show on 4 occasions between October 2014 and August 2016. 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. In January 2022, Hunniford appeared on the
third series of
The Masked Singer as "Snow Leopard". She was second to be unmasked.
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 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?''
Radio Hunniford had her own daily radio show on
BBC Radio 2, starting with the lunchtime show in January 1982 before moving to an afternoon slot between 2.00 pm and 3.30 pm in January 1984, where she remained for 11 years until April 1995, when she was replaced by
Debbie Thrower. 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==