Background
Hunniford was born in Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland, into a Protestant family. Her father was a member of the Orange Order.
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Career
She has been a regular reporter on This Morning and The One Show. Since 2010, Hunniford has co-presented Rip Office Britain, a consumer complaints programme on British Broadcasting Corporation with Angela Rippon and, for the first two series, Jennie Bond, and then, for the third series, with Julia Somerville replacing Bond. Strictly Come Dancing In 2005, Hunniford appeared in the third series of the British Broadcasting Corporation"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 2003, Hunniford appeared in two episodes of Loose Women as a guest panellist. In 2008, Hunniford was a regular panellist on Through the Keyhole.
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 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Radio Hunniford had her own daily radio show on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2, starting off with the lunchtime show before moving to the early afternoon slot in 1985, where she remained for 10 years.
Hunniford also hosted Sounding Brass, a music phone-in request programme with a live brass band, devised by radio producer Owen Spencer-Thomas.
Politics
On The Alan Titchmarsh Show on 6 May 2011, Hunniford revealed her support for David Cameron"s Conservative-led coalition government, describing herself as "a bit of a David Cameron fan", although she criticised the government"s decision to continue giving aid to Pakistan when it was making cuts in the United Kingdom.
In August 2014, Hunniford was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September"s referendum on that issue.
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