Celebrity Escape to the Country: Janet Street-Porter
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm, Tuesday, December 23 on BBC One London (1)
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Janet Street-Porter
Season 3, Episode 3
Alistair Appleton faces his toughest assignment to date, as he tries to find broadcasting icon and one of TV's most opinionated panellists, Janet Street-Porter, a Suffolk sanctuary - away from the many daily irritations she'd happily banish from existence. Despite Janet's refreshingly short and sweet wishlist, it proves to be a tricky challenge satisfying this exacting house hunter, but Alistair has an ace up his sleeve, which sees the property search take an epic detour to a remote Hebridean island
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Alistair Appleton
(Presenter)
Janet Street-Porter
(Contributor)
John Comerford
(Executive producer)
Emma Smith King
(Executive producer)
Taylor Richardson
(Series producer)
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Did You Know..
Alistair Appleton
(Presenter)
Janet Street-Porter
(Contributor)
Born:
December 27, 1946
in
Brentford
Best Known For:
Her unique appearance and voice.
Early-life:
Born Janet Vera Ardern on December 27, 1946, in London. She had a younger sister, Pat, and claims to have disliked her parents, describing her childhood as miserable. In her autobiography, she writes of her outrageous teenage behaviour and how she had two abortions before reinventing herself after leaving home. She studied architecture for two years in the mid-1960s but switched to journalism and by her early twenties was an established name on Fleet Street.
Career:
Street-Porter's first job was as a writer for a girls' magazine. She then worked on the Daily Mail and various glossies. In 1973, she featured on LBC Radio, before hosting TV's The London Weekend Show. Eight years later she became a producer, then became responsible for around 35 series at the BBC. In 1995, she helped set up short-lived TV station L!ve TV. In 2004, she took part in I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! She's also appeared in So You Think You Can Teach, So You Think You Can Nurse, Deadline and as Gordon Ramsay's roving reporter on the The F Word.
Quote:
"You get the telly you deserve. Turn it off if you don't like it."
Trivia:
Away from TV, Street-Porter has been president of the Ramblers' Association and written several books.
John Comerford
(Executive producer)
Emma Smith King
(Executive producer)
Taylor Richardson
(Series producer)
