Angellica Bell (born 24 March 1976) is a British

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and radio presenter, best known for her presenting on

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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 ''

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''.

Early life

Bell is of

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n heritage. Born in 1976, Bell was raised a

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and educated in

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Notting Hill & Ealing High School Notting Hill and Ealing High School is an independent school for girls aged 4 – 18 in Ealing, London. Founded in 1873, it is one of the 26 schools that make up the Girls' Day School Trust. It has a Junior Department of 310 girls (ages 4–11) ...

. She also studied at the

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, gaining a BA Honours degree in Politics in 1996.

Career

Bell joined

in May 2000 mainly working as a presenter between shows. She became the main anchor of shows, including '' That's Genius!'', ''

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'', '' 50/50'' and ''

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''. She has also presented ''

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'' and ''Dance Xtra''. From 2004 to 2005, she presented CBBC's '' The Saturday Show''. She presented ''Holiday Hitsquad'', the

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travel programme formerly known as ''Departure Lounge''. On 1 December 2006, Bell announced she was leaving

. Bell's break into adult-mainstream programming appeared on

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where she presented ''The Great British Village Show'', with

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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

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and '' Children in Need''. She is currently one of the reporters on ''

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.'' In Autumn 2008, she hosted the CBBC show ''Election,'' and the

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reality show ''

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''. In 2009, she appeared on ''

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'' with her then-fiancė

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. In 2010, Bell presented the

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programme '' The Zone'' with

. That same year, she also presented CBBC's ''Project Parent''. On 17 July 2011, she appeared as a contestant on ''

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''. Bell learnt

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but did not make it to the final. On 23 October 2011, Bell co-hosted '' Something for the Weekend'' with

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standing in for

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. On 1 November 2011, she was runner-up to

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on reality series ''

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''. On 21 June 2014, Bell guest-hosted an episode of '' Weekend Kitchen with Waitrose'' with

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and guest hosted on other occasions. On 31 March 2014, 31 March 2015 and 23 November 2015, Bell was a guest co-presenter on ''

''. She also co-presented four days of shows from 26 October 2015. On 5 January 2016, Bell appeared on

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in ''

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''. She regularly is asked to stand in to host the show. Bell stood-in for

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on the

show ''

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'' 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

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, called 'Hell on High Seas', in which she, along with five other celebrities:

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and

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sailed 1,000 miles from

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. Coverage of this challenge was shown on ''

'' and a special programme aired called ''Hell on High Seas'' in March 2016. In 2016, she narrated the daytime

series ''Family Finders'' and co-presented ''Ill Gotten Gains'' alongside

. 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 ''

'', beating

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and

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. In October 2019, Bell was a panellist on BBC celebrity quiz show ''

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'' Series 3, Week 2.

Personal life

Bell married personal trainer Stuart Amory in January 2007. The marriage ended in July 2008. Bell began a relationship with her former BBC co-star

and they married in New York in December 2010. They have two children. In August 2014, Bell was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''

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'' opposing

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in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue.

Filmography

References

;General
The Independent 5-minute interview
;Specific

External links

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Angellica Bell on Scala RadioBBC ''One Show'' profileCBBC's TV Special, "Election"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Angellica 1976 births Living people Black British television personalities English television presenters People educated at Notting Hill & Ealing High School People from Ealing English people of Saint Lucian descent Reality cooking competition winners