''Open House with Gloria Hunniford'' was an afternoon television show, produced by

Thames Television Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a Broadcast license, franchise holder for a region of the British ITV (TV network), ITV television network serving Greater London, London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until th ...

and broadcast on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom between 1998 and 2003. It was presented by

Gloria Hunniford Mary Winifred Gloria Hunniford, OBE (born 10 April 1940) is a Northern Irish television and radio presenter, broadcaster and singer. She is known for presenting programmes on the BBC and ITV, such as '' Rip Off Britain'', and her regular appear ...

and focused on

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, and

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issues. It was broadcast five days a week from Monday to Friday. The programme was one of Channel 5's earliest shows, attracting relatively strong ratings for Channel 5, with a regular audience of 900,000. However, despite its favourable ratings, it was announced in September 2002 that the show would be axed as part of a revamp of the channel's daytime schedule.

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* . 1998 British television series debuts 2003 British television series endings Channel 5 (British TV channel) original programming Television series by Fremantle (company) Television shows produced by Thames Television {{UK-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub