Ruth Langsford

Infobox Person
name = Ruth Langsford
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imagesize = 180px
birth_date = 1960
birth_place = Singapore
occupation = Television presenter
spouse = Eamonn Holmes
children = 1

Ruth Langsford is a British television presenter, born in Singapore, 1960.

She began her career as a continuity announcer and newscaster with ITV regional station TSW in the South West of England. She left TSW when Westcountry Television took over the franchise on 1 January 1993, even closing down the station with fellow announcer, the late Ian Stirling.

Since then she has presented such programmes as "Loose Women", "Langsford Late", "Gardens of the Millennium" and "The Really Useful Show". Since 2000 she has been a guest presenter on ITV's "This Morning", and was made a regular presenter in 2006 and now presents every Friday, with her partner Eamonn Holmes. Together they also host This Morning during school holidays, when Phillip and Fern are on a break.

Ruth was also one of the main presenters on the now defunct TV Travel Shop which was on air from April 1998 to March 2005.

In March 2002 she had a child, Jack Alexander, with her partner and fellow television presenter Eamonn Holmes.

In April 2007 Ruth and her husband Eamonn Holmes appeared as fictionalised versions of themselves in Rob Brydon's satirical sit-com on life behind the cameras on a topical news quiz, Annually Retentive.

In December 2007, Ruth was revealed as the new face of ScS Furniture, replacing Martin Kemp.

Television appearances

Programme credits (1999 – present)

*"This Morning", ITV co-presenter (Fridays and school holidays) - a live daytime television magazine programme.

*"Gardens of the Millennium", ITV presenter - a series highlighting the south of England's best public gardens and the history of gardens over the past 2000 years.

*"TV Travel Shop", TV Travel Shop presenter – Holiday destinations.

*"Granada Breeze", (Granada Television) presenter – financial issues.

*"Food Network Daily", (Carlton Television) presenter – gastronomic topics.

*"Loose Women", (ITV) presenter - a live topical debate show.

*"Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive", BBC Three TV - featured in show on 31 April 2007

*"The Keith Barret Show", spoof BBC chat show - featured in show on 4 February 2005

*"Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway", (scheduled 6 October 2007)

Programme Credits (1992 - 1999)

*"The Answer Lies in the Soil", (ITV) presenter - Television’s first gardening quiz show.

*"The Great British Garden Show", (BBC Two) presenter - series of six half-hour programmes shown at 7.30pm.

*"Countryfile", (BBC One) reporter - various wide-ranging reports and interviews on countryside issues.

*"Langsford Late", (Carlton/Westcountry Television) presenter - Ruth's Friday night chat show.

*"Plates From the States", (Carlton Food Network) presenter - series of fifty programmes educating the Brits about food from the USA.

*"Really Useful Show", (BBC One) presenter – live daytime consumer/current affairs programme.

*"Stranger Than Fiction", (Westcountry Television) presenter – a series of programmes that unraveled some enduring mysteries surrounding the Westcountry, and its history.

*"Down To You", (Central Independent Television) presenter – live antiques programme. Series of 10 half hour programmes beginning January 1998 in which members of the public bid to buy the antiques of their choice.

*"Dressing Up", (Westcountry Television) presenter - fashion show.

*"Treasures", (LWT/Westcountry Television) presenter - series of eight half-hour programmes exploring the world of antiques and collecting in general. Filmed in most of the major auction houses in London interviewing their in-house experts.

*"Bried Encounters", (Westcountry Television) presenter - for two series of light entertainment programmes taking a wry look at people's passions and pastimes – often getting involved. Everything from hot air ballooning to underwater hockey.

*"Healthy By Nature", (Westcountry Television) presenter - for series of six half-hour programmes investigating alternative health.

*"The Mysterious West", (Westcountry Television) presenter - for series of ten half-hour programmes exploring the world of the paranormal. Interviewing people living with ghosts, UFO sightings, alien abductions, past lives etc.

*"Home Movies", (HTV/Westcountry Television) narrator - for series of six half-hour programmes looking back at peoples' lives using their old cine film footage. Sold to Channel 4.

Programme Credits (1986 – 1992)

*"TSW Today", (TSW) presenter/newsreader - nightly, live six o'clock regional news programme.

*"The Boat Show", - presenter for an innovative series of twelve half-hour sailing/holiday programmes directed by Chris Watson.

*"Interpub", - presenter for two series of pub team quiz shows. (Filmed as live.)

Thomas Cook TV Presenter, Crusie Deals.

External links

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