Jill Priscilla Goolden (born 28 September 1949) is an English

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critic, journalist and television personality.

Career

For 18 years Goolden co-presented the popular

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'' television series in Britain, with Chris Kelly, Michael Barry and her friend

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(another

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). She is known for her descriptions of wine tasting appreciation often referring to certain wines as reminiscent of pear drops, liquorice and even rubber. Goolden has presented two television series on antiques for

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, ''The Great Antiques Hunt'' and '' Going, Going, Gone'', and she has travelled extensively as a regular presenter on BBC1’s ''

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'' programme. During 2003, she was presenter on BBC1’s ''Holiday – You Call the Shots''. In 2004, the ''

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'' included Goolden in a list of the top 40 most eccentric TV presenters of all time. In 2005, she appeared in a new

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series ''

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''. She has also starred in a mini-drama written and directed by

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and has performed in ''

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'' at the

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. In November, 2005, Goolden appeared in

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's fifth series of '' I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!''. During her time in the jungle Goolden, along with fellow celebrity

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, was voted to do a

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trial. This involved eating various

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and some local

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. During the trial, Goolden tried to eat a

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as part of the task but failed to do so. In 2006 she appeared on the television series ''

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''. Goolden has written books on wine and food and palmistry. Her books have appeared in the ''Sunday Times'' best-seller list. She has co-written books which include five volumes of ''Food and Drink'', ''Entertaining with Food and Drink'' and ''The Big Food and Drink Book''. She co-authored ''Your Hand – An Illustrated Guide To Palmistry'' () in the early 1980s. In 2008, Goolden took part in a special of '' Wife Swap'' in the UK, swapping with Cynthia O'Neal, the wife of

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. She was a judge on the

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programme ''

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'' for both series since 2007. Goolden is a vice president of the charity the

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Personal life

Goolden married, on 19 May 1984, Paul Marshall, a former

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civil servant. He died in March 2021. They have three children. Goolden lives in

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where she hosts wine tasting evenings.

References

External links

Official Web SiteUnreality TV - News of Jilly Goolden on ''I'm a Celebrity''
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goolden, Jilly 1949 births English television presenters Living people Palmists People from Royal Tunbridge Wells Wine critics I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British TV series) participants