Having spent the last six decades working in TV and radio, Gloria Hunniford needs little introduction. And the presenter, who celebrates her 84th birthday this week, is showing no signs of slowing down.
She’s as driven now, in her current roles on Loose Women and Rip Off Britain, as she was in her early broadcasting days on Good Evening Ulster in the late 70s.
And she tells us it’s her work that keeps her mind healthy and active. “I just want to keep my brain ticking over,” she says. “I’ve worked since I was seven.
I was a singer originally and that’s what I was going to be.Through a record I made, I was offered a job as a broadcaster on BBC Belfast.