Television Langsford began her career as a
continuity announcer and
newscaster with ITV regional station
Television South West (TSW) in
Plymouth,
England. She left TSW when Westcountry Television took over the franchise on 1 January 1993, closing down the station with fellow announcer
Ian Stirling. From 1999 until 2002, Langsford was a regular panellist on
ITV's daytime chat show
Loose Women. In 2010, she returned to the show as a stand-in anchor until 2013. Langsford rejoined
Loose Women on 8 January 2014 as a regular anchor. She currently anchors the show in rotation with
Jane Moore,
Charlene White,
Christine Lampard and
Kaye Adams. In 2000, Langsford became a guest presenter on
This Morning, and was made a regular presenter in 2006 where she co-hosted alongside
Phillip Schofield, making her the longest serving presenter of the programme. Later that year, the show introduced
Eamonn Holmes to co-host with Langsford every Friday. Langsford was one of the main presenters on the now defunct
TV Travel Shop which was on air from April 1998 until March 2005. She also hosted
The Answer Lies in the Soil (1999),
The Great British Garden Show,
Langsford Late (1999),
The Really Useful Show (1997),
Mysterious West (1995) and
Gardens of the Millennium (1999). In 2004, Langsford narrated the television series
Zoo Story set at
Paignton Zoo. She guest presented five episodes of
GMTV with Lorraine in 2010. Langsford was a contestant on ''
Marco's Kitchen Burnout in 2010 and competed in Born to Shine'' in 2011. In 2014, Langsford and
Eamonn Holmes co-hosted ten episodes of the
ITV teatime quiz show
Gift Wrapped. Since 2015, Langsford and Holmes have presented
Channel 5 series
How the Other Half Lives, and a third in 2017. In February 2017, Langsford began co-presenting ''Ruth Langsford's Fashion Edit'' alongside
Jackie Kabler for
QVC. On 9 August 2017, Langsford was the third celebrity announced to be taking part in the
fifteenth series of
Strictly Come Dancing. Her professional partner was
Anton du Beke. She was the seventh celebrity to be eliminated, and left the show on 12 November. From March 2018, Langsford co-presented
Do the Right Thing with
Eamonn Holmes on
Channel 5. In 2019 and again in 2020, Langsford co-presented the
Channel 5 dieting series
Lose a Stone in Four Weeks for Summer, alongside GP Amir Khan.
Other work In September 2010, Langsford co-hosted the breakfast show on
BBC London 94.9 alongside
Paul Ross. In 2011, Langsford became the brand ambassador for
Playtex. In 2013, Langsford became brand ambassador for Clarivu refractive lens exchange procedure sold by Optegra. Langsford has written columns for
Woman magazine and the
Tesco magazine. She was an ambassador for two Tesco food campaigns. She was on the judging panel for the
Pride of Britain Awards in 2016. ==Personal life==