Angellica Bell

Angellica Bell (born 24 March 1976) is a British television and radio presenter, best known for her presenting on CBBC between 2000 and 2006. She is also known for providing occasional cover on The One Show and for co-presenting The Martin Lewis Money Show. Bell won the 2017 series of Celebrity MasterChef.

Angellica Bell
Born (1976-03-24) 24 March 1976
London, England
EducationNotting Hill & Ealing High School
Alma materUniversity of the West of England
OccupationTelevision presenter
Years active2000–present
Employer(s)BBC, ITV, Scala Radio
Spouses
Stuart Amory
(m. 2007; div. 2008)
    (m. 2010)
    Children2
    Websitewww.officialangellicabell.com

    Early life

    Bell is of St. Lucian heritage. Born in 1976, Bell was raised a Mormon and educated in Ealing, West London at Notting Hill & Ealing High School. She also studied at the University of the West of England, gaining a BA Honours degree in Politics in 1996.

    Career

    Bell started off her career as a roving reporter on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast in the late 1990s.[1] She then had a spell presenting on Carlton Kids's live afternoon programme The Max, with Paul Leyshon, before joining CBBC in May 2000 mainly working as a presenter between shows. She became the main anchor of shows, including That's Genius!, Xchange, 50/50 and Short Change. She has also presented EastEnders Xtra and Dance Xtra.

    From 2004 to 2005, she presented CBBC's The Saturday Show. On 1 December 2006, Bell announced she was leaving CBBC.

    She presented Holiday Hitsquad, the BBC travel programme formerly known as Departure Lounge.

    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. In March 2007, Bell appeared on Comic Relief Does Fame Academy.

    Also in 2007, she presented Dance Xtra for BBC Three and Children in Need, and was one of the reporters on The One Show.

    In Autumn 2008, she hosted the CBBC show Election, and the ITV2 reality show CelebAir. In 2009, she appeared on All Star Mr & Mrs with her then-fiancė Michael Underwood.

    In 2010, Bell presented the ITV programme The Zone with Michael Underwood. That same year, she also presented CBBC's Project Parent.

    On 17 July 2011, she appeared as a contestant on Born to Shine. Bell learnt tap dancing but did not make it to the final. On 23 October 2011, Bell co-hosted Something for the Weekend with Tim Lovejoy standing in for Louise Redknapp.

    On 1 November 2011, she was runner-up to Rav Wilding on reality series 71 Degrees North. On 21 June 2014, Bell guest-hosted an episode of Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose with Steve Jones and guest hosted on other occasions.

    On 31 March 2014, 31 March 2015 and 23 November 2015, Bell was a guest co-presenter on The One Show. She also co-presented four days of shows from 26 October 2015. She regularly is asked to stand in to host the show. On 5 January 2016, Bell appeared on BBC Two in Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.

    Bell stood-in for Barney Harwood on the CBBC show Blue Peter for three months. In 2016, she took part in episodes of Tipping Point: Lucky Stars and The Chase: Celebrity Special on ITV.

    From 7–11 March 2016, Bell took part in a challenge for Sport Relief, called 'Hell on High Seas', in which she, along with five other celebrities: Suzi Perry, Doon Mackichan, Alex Jones, Hal Cruttenden and Ore Oduba sailed 1,000 miles from Belfast to London. Coverage of this challenge was shown on The One Show and a special programme aired called Hell on High Seas in March 2016.[2][3]

    In 2016, she narrated the daytime BBC series Family Finders and co-presented Ill Gotten Gains alongside Rav Wilding.[4] She took part in the 2016 series of Tour De Celeb on Channel 5.

    In September 2017, Bell won the twelfth series of BBC's Celebrity MasterChef, beating Dev Griffin and Ulrika Jonsson.[5]

    In October 2019, Bell was a panellist on BBC celebrity quiz show Richard Osman's House of Games Series 3, Week 2.[6]

    Personal life

    Bell married personal trainer Stuart Amory in January 2007. The marriage ended in July 2008.[7][8]

    Bell began a relationship with her former BBC co-star Michael Underwood and they married in New York in December 2010.[9] They have two children.

    In August 2014, Bell was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.[10]

    Filmography

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    2000–2002XchangePresenter
    2000–2006CBBC
    2000–2004Short Change
    2003That's Genius!
    2003–200450/50
    2005, 2014—EastEnders Xtra
    Holiday HitsquadCo-presenter
    2007The Great British Village Show
    Comic Relief Does Fame AcademyContestant
    Dance XtraMain presenter
    Children in NeedBackstage presenter
    2007—The One ShowReporter/Guest presenter
    2008CelebAirPresenter
    2008–2009Election
    2009All Star Mr & MrsContestantWith Michael Underwood
    2010The British Soap AwardsAwards co-presenter
    The ZoneCo-presenter
    2010Project ParentPresenter
    2011Born to ShineContestant
    71 Degrees North
    Something for the WeekendGuest presenter
    2014Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose1 episode
    2015Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBCHerselfOne-off special
    2015 Police Interceptors Presenter Series 9, Ep 11
    2016Blue PeterCo-presenter1 episode
    Hell on High SeasParticipantOne-off TV special
    Ill Gotten GainsCo-presenter1 series
    Family FindersNarratorSeries 2
    Tour De CelebParticipant
    2017Let's Sing and Dance for Comic ReliefAs part of The One Show
    Celebrity MasterChefWinnerSeries 12
    2017—The Martin Lewis Money ShowCo-presenter
    2019—The Big Family Cooking ShowdownCo-presenterSeries 2
    2019Richard Osman's House of GamesParticipantSeries 3, Week 2
    2020A Very Country ChristmasCo-presenterWith Ellie Harrison[11]
    2023The ApprenticeHerselfSeries 17. Episode 3 “Cartoons”
    RHS Chelsea Flower ShowCo-presenterEpisode 10[12]
    2023—Shop Smart, Save MoneyCo-presenterAlongside Ortis Deley

    References

    General
    Specific
    1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz7RyDDjIao
    2. "SportRelief: Hell on high seas". Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
    3. "BT News".
    4. "BBC - Criminals' prized possessions auctioned off for good causes on new BBC One series Ill Gotten Gains - Media Centre". www.BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
    5. Power, Ed (22 September 2017). "Angellica Bell crowned Celebrity MasterChef 2017 winner". The Telegraph. Retrieved 14 April 2019 via www.Telegraph.co.uk.
    6. Iplayer, BBC. "Richard Osman's House of Games on iplayer". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
    7. "Could Michael Underwood and Angellica Bell be TV's next Richard and Judy?". 30 March 2011.
    8. "Angellica Bell dates 'GMTV's Underwood". Digital Spy. 12 July 2008.
    9. "Underwood and Bell tie the knot". BBC News. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
    10. "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories | Politics". theguardian.com. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
    11. "A Very Country Christmas". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
    12. "RHS Chelsea Flower Show". radiotimes.com. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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