Ruth Langsford

Ruth Holmes (born 17 March 1960), also known by her maiden name Ruth Langsford, is an English television presenter. She is best known for presenting numerous shows which include This Morning, Gift Wrapped and How the Other Half Lives.

Ruth Langsford
Langsford in 2008
Born
Ruth Wendy Langsford

(1960-03-17) 17 March 1960
Singapore
NationalityBritish
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active1986–present
EmployerITV, Channel 5, QVC
TelevisionLoose Women
This Morning
How the Other Half Lives
Ruth Langsford's Fashion Edit
Spouse(s)
Eamonn Holmes (m. 2010)
ChildrenJack
WebsiteOfficial website

Holmes was winning Play Your Cards Right in the first ever series, in Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow, and she was also an anchor on ITV's lunchtime chat show Loose Women and presents Ruth Holmes's Fashion Edit on QVC. She took part in the fifteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, where she came in ninth. She is currently the longest serving female presenter of This Morning. Ruth is also known for her exclusive fashion collection for Shopping Channel QVC. After being approached to curate a collection, Holmes signed a multi-million pound endorsement deal that spawned 19 sellout collections; 18 of which debuted at London Fashion Week Women’s Collection.

Early life

Langsford was born in Singapore, to Dennis and Joan Langsford. She lived in five different countries before the age of ten, including Germany and four countries in North Africa. Langsford attended Saltash School in Cornwall from 1977 to 1978.

Career

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.[1] She anchors the show in rotation with Andrea McLean and Christine Lampard.

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. Together they currently host This Morning on Fridays, during school holidays and when Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby are absent from the programme.

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. 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.[2]

In 2014, Langsford and Eamonn Holmes co-hosted ten episodes of the ITV teatime quiz show Gift Wrapped.[3]

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.[4]

On 9 August 2017, Langsford was the third celebrity announced to be taking part in the fifteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.[5] 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.

Other work

In September 2010, Langsford co-hosted the breakfast show on BBC London 94.9 alongside Paul Ross.[6] In 2011, Langsford became the brand ambassador for Playtex.[7]

Langsford has written columns for Woman Magazine and Tesco Magazine. She was an ambassador for two Tesco food campaigns.[8][9]

Langsford was on the judging panel for the Pride of Britain Awards in 2016.

Personal life
Langsford (centre) with her husband Eamonn Holmes (right) and Holly Willoughby (left).

In 1997, Langsford began dating Eamonn Holmes, though the two kept their relationship secret for years out of respect for Holmes' first wife, Gabrielle, from whom he was separated at the time. In 2002, Langsford gave birth to their son, Jack Alexander Holmes.[10][11] They were married on 26 June 2010.[10]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1993–1994 The West at Work Presenter
1994 Ruth Meets the Entertainers[12]
1995–1997 Mysterious West
1997 The Really Useful Show
1999 The Answer Lies in the Soil
Gardens of the Millennium
Langsford Late
1999–2002,
2009–2010,
2012–present		 Loose Women[13][14][15] Panellist/anchor
1999–present This Morning[16] Co-presenter Fridays and school holidays; with Eamonn Holmes
2001 Taste of the West Presenter
2004 Zoo Story Narrator
2010 GMTV with Lorraine Guest presenter
Marco's Kitchen Burnout Contestant
2011 Born to Shine
2014 Gift Wrapped[17] Co-presenter Daytime quiz
2015–present Eamonn & Ruth: How The Other Half Lives[18][19] 5 series
2017–present Ruth Langsford's Fashion Edit Live fashion show
2017 Strictly Come Dancing Contestant
Eamonn & Ruth's 7 Year Itch Co-presenter
2018–2019 Do The Right Thing with Eamonn and Ruth 2 series
2018 How To Get A Good Night’s Sleep One-off special
2019 Wonder Park Aunt Albertine UK version

References
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  2. Matthew Hancock (13 August 2011). "Jake Brown, Drummer, on ITV's Born To Shine". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017 – via YouTube.
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  8. "Interview with Tesco Real Food Judge and TV Presenter Ruth Langsford – Feeding Boys & a FireFighter". Feedingboys.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 May 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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  10. Coleman, Maureen (26 June 2010). "Holmes and partner Ruth walk down aisle". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 26 June 2010.
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  18. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  19. "Channel 5 Orders Super-Rich Documentary Series Fronted By Eamonn Holmes & Ruth Langsford – TVWise". Tvwise.co.uk. 10 September 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

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