Fern Britton was the cohost of ITV flagship show This Morning for 10 years making her a household name.
The 64-year-old left the daytime TV programme in 2009, saying at the time she wanted to 'explore other things' and spend time with her family. But it later emerged that Fern had moved on from the This Morning sofa because she felt she was 'treated poorly'.
Fern began her career on TVS on Coast to Coast in 1984 before hopping to Top of the Morning on GMTV in 1993. With other stints on shows like Ready Steady Cook, the she is still best known for her work on This Morning which began in 1999 when she became the prominent Friday host alongside John Leslie.