Angellica Bell
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| Angellica Bell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 24 March 1977 London, England |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
Angellica Bell (born 24 March 1977 in London) is an English television and radio presenter.
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[edit] Biography
Born in 1975, Bell was educated in Ealing, West London at Notting Hill & Ealing High School. She later earned her BA Honours degree in Politics.
[edit] Television career
Bell joined CBBC in May 2000. She became its main anchor of shows, including That's Genius!, Xchange, 50/50 and Short Change. She also presented EastEnders Xtra. A cellist and pianist, she has also co-presented BBC Radio 3's Making Tracks programme for children and has presented so you think you can dance
From 2004 to 2005 she presented CBBC's The Saturday Show.
She presented Holiday Hitsquad, the BBC travel programme formerly known as Departure Lounge.
On 1 December 2006, Bell announced she was leaving CBBC.
Bell's break into adult-mainstream programming appeared on BBC One where she presented The Great British Village Show, with Alan Titchmarsh and James Martin, which was broadcast in the spring of 2007.
Between 3 March and 16 March 2007, Bell appeared in the celebrity Comic Relief does Fame Academy.
Also in 2007, she presented Dance Xtra for BBC Three and Children in Need.
She is currently one of the reporters on The One Show. In Autumn 2008 she hosted the CBBC show with a twist Election, and the ITV2 reality show CelebAir.
[edit] Election (CBBC)
Angellica Bell, returned to CBBC in 2008 to host the first ever political reality television show for children called Election. She presents the show (as the main presenter) and goes to all the tasks, life of skills tests and elimination's with the contestants. Bell is said to have been filming CelebAir at the same time. In Election, political journalist; Jonathan Dimbleby is the series judge who decides who stays in the Leadership House.
The show ends in the Houses of Parliament, where the two best contestants will battle it out for the chance to meet the current Prime Minister, Gordon Brown.
[edit] Personal life
Married to Stuart Armory in January 2007, they separated in March 2008 when she announced her 14-month marriage had ended and that she was in a relationship with TV presenter Michael Underwood.[1] She became engaged to Underwood on Christmas Day 2009.
Bell works regularly for a number of different charities and is on the board of governors at her local school.[citation needed]
She has run the London Marathon in 2002 and the Great North Run four times, with her quickest time being 1 hour and 42 minutes.[citation needed]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000-2002 | Xchange | Main Presenter |
| 2000-2006 | CBBC | Main Presenter |
| 2000-2004 | Short Change | Main Presenter |
| 2003 | That's Genius | Main Presenter |
| 2003-2004 | 50/50 | Main Presenter |
| 2005 | EastEnders Xtra | Main Presenter |
| 2005 | Holiday Hitsquad | Co-presenter |
| 2007 | The Great British Village Show | Co-presenter |
| 2007 | Comic Relief does Fame Academy | Contestant |
| 2007 | Dance Xtra | Main Presenter |
| 2007 | Children in Need | Backstage Presenter |
| 2007-present | The One Show | Reporter |
| 2008 | CelebAir | Main Presenter |
| 2008-2009 | Election | Main Presenter |
| 2009 | Britain's Got More Talent | Celebrity Panel |
| 2009 | All Star Mr & Mrs | Contestant |
[edit] References
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- ^ "Bell tolls on TV star's marriage". The Sun. 12 July 2008. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/article1413310.ece. Retrieved 26 August 2008.
