Andrea Huftika Reah, better known as Huffty, sometime credited as Huffty Riah or miscredited as Huffy Reah, is a

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television personality. She was a presenter of

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's 1990s television series, '' The Word''. In his autobiography ''My Word'', host

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said that Huffty, a Catholic lesbian from

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who is listed in the alumni of

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, was a "nice girl" and "not suited to the cut and thrust" of television. Prior to presenting ''The Word'', she had been part of the cabaret duo Boo, was a youth worker, and acted in two stage plays. Huffty presented the show for only one series but achieved popular recognition. She also appeared on the ''

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'' show in the late 1990s. She appeared in ''Geordie Finishing School for Girls'' on

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in July 2011.

Filmography

References

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* as "Huffty" * as "Huffy Riah"
Huffty Reah
on the

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