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Lorraine Kelly is a Scottish television presenter and journalist best known as a presenter for GMTV, the ITV morning television station. She currently resides in Berkshire, England. Kelly's husband is Dundonian, and this has led to a misconception that she is too. However, she spends time at a home in Newport on Tay by Dundee and is an avid supporter of Dundee United. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... Image File history File links Loraine_kelly. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... East Kilbride (Cille Bhrìghde an Ear in Scottish Gaelic) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... GMTV (Good Morning Television) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ... For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... For other places named Berkshire, see: Berkshire (disambiguation) Berkshire (IPA: or  ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in the south of England, to the west of London and also bordering on Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Surrey, Wiltshire and Hampshire. ... For other uses, see Dundee (disambiguation). ... , Newport-on-Tay is a small town in the north east of Fife in Scotland. ... For other uses, see Dundee (disambiguation). ... Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. ...

Early life

Kelly attended John St Secondary School in Bridgeton, Glasgow and Claremont High School in East Kilbride. On leaving school, she first worked for the East Kilbride News, and joined BBC Scotland as a researcher in 1983. She moved to TV-am as an on-screen reporter covering Scottish news in 1984. East Kilbride (Cille Bhrìghde an Ear in Scottish Gaelic) is a large town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ... BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1992. ... This article is about the year. ...

Career

In July 1989, she presented TV-am's Summer Sunday programme with chief reporter Geoff Meade, and in February 1990 she became a main presenter of Good Morning Britain alongside Mike Morris.^[1] 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... TV-am was a breakfast television station that broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1992. ... Good Morning Britain was TV-ams flagship breakfast television show, which broadcast from 7am until 9am five days a week between 1983 and 1992. ... Mike Morris is a British Television Presenter, perhaps best known as hosting the Breakfast News and Entertainment show TVam on the ITV Network. ...

In April 1991, she was awarded the TRIC Diamond Jubilee Award for New Talent of the Year. She helped launch GMTV in January 1993, and presented a range of programmes, including the main breakfast show with Eamonn Holmes. She presented Liquid Eurovision and became the national spokeswoman for the United Kingdom during the collation of votes at the Eurovision Song Contest, in both 2003 and 2004, replacing the long-serving Colin Berry. 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Eamonn Holmes (English Edward Holmes) (b. ... A spokesperson (person could be replaced with the gender of the person), or spokesmodel is a person who speaks on behalf of others, but is understood not to be necessarily part of the others (e. ... Eurovision redirects here. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

She writes weekly columns for The Sun and The Sunday Post. Kelly is also an avid Dundee United F.C. supporter and has been in attendance at matches. Between 2004 and 2007, she served a period as Rector of the University of Dundee. She currently resides near Dundee with her family when she is not working in London. She also has a home in Berkshire. This article is about a British tabloid. ... The Sunday Post is a Scottish newspaper, (with a wide circulation in the North of England also ) published in Dundee by DC Thomson, and characterised by a folksy mix of news, sentimental stories and short features. ... Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The University of Dundee is the principal university in the city and Royal burgh of Dundee, Scotland. ...

She has made several notable appearances on Have I Got News For You? and has presented it once herself. She also claims to have an in-built "bullshit detector". She also made a cameo appearance in the BBC Scotland soap opera, River City. Have I Got News For You is a UK television panel game, on the subject of news, politics and current affairs. ... BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Fiction River City (television series) is a soap opera produced by BBC Scotland River City is a fictional city set in Iowa in The Music Man. ...

She currently presents her show LK Today which airs every morning on GMTV. From 2003, she co-presented This Morning with Phillip Schofield, on Mondays and Fridays, to allow Fern Britton to spend more time with her family, but she left in March 2006. GMTV (Good Morning Television) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This Morning logo (ITV1) This Morning is a British, ITV1 daytime television programme that started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ... March 2006 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ...

Kelly acted as the guest host for two shows in 2006. Firstly for an episode in the second series of The Friday Night Project for Channel 4 in January and then later, on 25 October for The Paul O'Grady Show. She did so again for Paul O'Grady on 30 November 2006, her 47th birthday and due to sheer popularity, yet again on 7 November 2007. Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Friday Night Project is a British comedy-variety show by Princess Productions that first aired in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in February 2005. ... This article is about the British television station. ... is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The New Paul OGrady Show (formerly The Paul OGrady Show) is a British comedy chat show on Channel 4, formerly aired on ITV. The Channel 4 show is filmed at the BBC Television Centre in London. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Birthday (disambiguation). ... is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

Kelly also hosted the 9th annual Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards on Thursday November 30, 2006 for STV. is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Scottish television network. ...

According to the Sunday Mirror, Kelly has been banned from appearing in an advertising campaign for ASDA because her boss, GMTV's managing director Clive Couch, feared that such a move would lead to more bad publicity for GMTV, which was fined £2 million by broadcasting regulator Ofcom in September for conning viewers with its premium-rate phone lines.^[2] Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a popular British tabloid daily newspaper. ... This article is about the supermarket chain. ...

Kelly filmed an ITV documentary programme Secrets Revealed - DNA Stories in 2006, made by SMG Productions, although to date, the show has yet to be broadcast. For other uses, see ITV (disambiguation). ... Secrets Revealed – DNA Stories is SMG Productions’ major new, unique documentary series for the ITV Network. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... SMG Productions is the network television production arm of the Scottish media group SMG plc, and incorporates Ginger Productions. ...

During a GMTV Studio tour, she admitted she likes to eat instant porridge oats for her breakfast. In a survey Kelly was voted the celebrity most people would like to buy a car from. ‹ The template below is being considered for deletion. ... Breakfast is the first meal of the day, typically eaten in the morning. ...

Personal life

She is married to Steve Smith, then cameraman when she was covering Scotland for TV-am in 1985. They have a daughter, Rosie, who was born in June 1994. Lorraine returned from maternity leave in late 1994 to present her own show, Nine O'Clock Live, which was later retitled Lorraine Live and then, at the start of 2000, LK Today. This article is about the year. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Parental leave is the right to take time off work, paid or unpaid, to care for your child or make arrangements for your childs welfare. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ...

On 5 September 2006, on GMTV, she examined her own family tree. is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... GMTV (Good Morning Television) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ...

References

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External links

• Lorraine Kelly at gm.tv
• Lorraine Kelly at the Internet Movie Database
• The Lorraine Kelly Appreciation Society
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