Amanda Lamb (born 19 July 1972) is an English

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, property expert and former model who was notable for presenting '' A Place in the Sun'' from 2001 until 2009 and ''You Deserve This House''. Lamb has also had notable appearances on various television programmes as a panellist or as a guest in shows such as '' The Games,

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Biography

Amanda Lamb was born in

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and was brought up in

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, Hampshire. She now lives in London. She worked as an

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in Havant and part-time as a barmaid for five years before becoming a model. She is currently a television presenter.

Modelling

In 1994, she took over the role of the "Scottish Widow" from

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in a long-running series of advertisements for the investment company, Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society. David Bailey once asked Lamb to glide across the screen wearing

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in a scene which never made the final cut. Lamb's final advert and her favourite was called "The Lighthouse", this contract lasted ten years. In June 1998, she appeared in a silver

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for ''

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''.

Television

In 2001, Lamb became the main presenter of the

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programme '' A Place in the Sun''. She also presented "Hot Shots", an

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-funded programme shown on

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about digital photography which was notable as being the last television appearance of photographer

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. She competed in the reality television show '' The Games'' in March 2006. Lamb then returned to filming '' A Place in the Sun'', in which she still appears. She co-hosted the cookery programme ''

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'' (

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) and regularly appears on ''

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'' ( Channel 5), also on ''Family Super Cooks'' (

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). In 2011 Lamb filmed the first of three series of ''My Flat-Pack Home'' for the Home Channel. In March 2012, she began presenting ''You Deserve This House'', a new

daytime show in which the homes of 'community heroes' are secretly refurbished. From 2014 to 2018, Lamb presented a prime time property show on

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called ''Selling Houses with Amanda Lamb''. On 20 August 2020, Lamb announced on Instagram that she would be presenting a new show called ''My Mortgage Free Home''. Her new series 'My Mortgage Free House' will air in 2023.

Personal life

Lamb married Mike Carter in 1998; they divorced in 2003. Lamb married cameraman Sean McGuinness at

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, Somerset, in 2012 and they have two daughters, Willow Rose (born in February 2009) and Lottie (born in July 2013). In 2007, Lamb bought a flat in the medieval town of Nardò in the

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region, southern Italy. Lamb has supported the charities Mind, Cancer Research and Shelter.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

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Bio at Channel 4 Homes
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lamb, Amanda 1972 births Living people Mass media people from Hampshire English female models English television presenters People from Havant