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Presenter set to be Fern favourite for Strictly

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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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TV PRESENTER Fern Britton, who started her broadcasting career in Plymouth, is among the line-up for this year's Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1.

Fern, famous for presenting This Morning and Ready Steady Cook, started out at Westward in Plymouth in 1979.

  1. ABOVE: Fern Britton, sixth from left, with Sue Lawley, Angela Rippon, Hugh Scully, Craig Rich and others at the 1982 BBC celebration of 21 years presenting news from the South West. RIGHT: Fern in a Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special in 2010

    ABOVE: Fern Britton, sixth from left, with Sue Lawley, Angela Rippon, Hugh Scully, Craig Rich and others at the 1982 BBC celebration of 21 years presenting news from the South West. RIGHT: Fern in a Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special in 2010

She stayed with the ITV company until 1981 and then moved to Spotlight in Plymouth on BBC, before moving to replace Selina Scott on National TV later in the 80s.

Fern will take part in the show which sees celebrities dancing alongside professional partners in Latin and Ballroom categories, from Saturday.

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Other celebrities taking part are Johnny Ball, Olympians Louis Smith and Victoria Pendleton, model Jerry Hall, Kimberley Walsh of Girls Aloud, cricketer Michael Vaughan, Denise Van Outen, actor Colin Salmon, EastEnders' Sid Owen, Westlife's Nicky Byrne, actress Dani Harmer, presenter Richard Arnold and actress Lisa Riley.

Fern, who starred on This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield as well as heading a number of other TV shows, is also an author.

She has previously appeared in a Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.

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