There aren’t many more familiar faces on British TV than Ruth Langsford, longtime co-presenter of ITV’s This Morning. The TV host, who has since become This Morning’s longest-serving presenter, is also known for presenting other shows such as Gift Wrapped, Loose Women, and How the Other Half Lives.
Lansford has also written columns for FemmeMagazine and Tesco Magazine. With her voice, she has worked to bring attention to issues and groups such as dementia, the Alzheimer Society of which she is an ambassador and the charity Dogs Trust of which she is a patron. Read on to learn more about his early career and other accomplishments.
Ruth Langsford Biography
Ruth Wendy Langsford was born to Joan and Dennis Langsford on March 17, 1960 in Singapore. It is unclear whether this is due to his parents’ work or other reasons, but Langsford spent most of his formative years in various countries, including Germany and four North African countries, before moving on. settling in England where her family settled while she was attending Saltash. School in Cornwall.
After completing her studies, Ruth Langsfordbegan her career in the media. She first worked as an announcer and presenter of continuity programs at Television South West (TSW), a regional ITV station in Plymouth, England. She rose through the ranks at the station and quickly became a regular figure, appearing at peak times and hosting some of its biggest shows. Langsford remained with the station until it was taken over by Westcountry Television. She and colleague Ian Stirling closed the station together for the last time on December 31, 1992, its last day of transmission.
Langsford’s media career was cut short by what happened at his old station. To make ends meet, she held roles as host or presenter of shows such as Mysterious West (1995), and The Truly Useful Show (1997). She was also one of the main presenters of the now defunct TV Travel Shop, which sold holiday packages to viewers. She ran the position from April 1998 to March 2005. Other shows Langsford worked on during this time include The Answer Lies in the Soil (1999), The Great British Garden Show , Langsford Late (1999), and Gardens millennium(1999).
In 1999 Ruth Langsford returned to work at ITV as she became a regular speaker on the network’s live show, Loose Women. She was a guest on ITV’s award-winning daytime television program This Morning in 2000. In 2006 the network made her a regular presenter alongside co-host Phillip Schofield.
While retaining her starring role as presenter of This Morning, in 2010 a guest from Langsford presented five episodes of GMTV with Lorraine and returned as a stand-in anchor of Loose Women. The same year, she was a contestant in the Marco.Kitchen Burnout competition before also taking part in the entertainment program Born to Shine in 2011. In 2017, she began co-presenting Fashion Edit by Ruth Langsford on the home shopping channel British QVC. The same year, she became the third celebrity to take part in the television dance competition series, Strictly Come Dancing.
Family – husband (Eamonn Holmes), son
Ruth Langsford is married to Eamonn Holmes, a Belfast, Northern Irish-born journalist and broadcaster, known for being the presenter of Sky News Sunrise, as well as on Fridays, school holidays or when regular hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby are away from the program, co-host of this morning, alongside his wife.
The couple began seeing each other far back in 1997. In 2002, they welcomed a son named Jack Alexander Holmes. Although they weren’t married and his partner was technically married to his ex-wife, the relationship between the two men was very cordial as they had a very loving working relationship and shared a home. In March 2009, however, after Holmes had successfully divorced his wife in 2005, he chose to take his new relationship to the next level by proposing to his longtime partner.
Langsford and Holmes then exchanged vows on June 26, 2010 at Elvetham Hall, near Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. The wedding ceremony, which was attended by representatives of the English media, as well as then Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson, was covered by Hello! magazine to which the couple sold exclusive rights.
As well as co-hosting This Morning, Langsford and her husband have also co-hosted shows such as the ITV teatime game show Gift Wrapped and the Channel 5 series How the Other Half and the good thing, among others.