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Between 1977 and 1982, Giles trained and worked as a secretary, mostly employed in advertising agencies, which is where she was "discovered".<ref name="ind" /><ref name="tel" /> Giles was then signed up by top agency [[Models 1]], and became the official model for [[Max Factor]].<ref name=tel/>
Between 1977 and 1982, Giles trained and worked as a secretary, mostly employed in advertising agencies, which is where she was "discovered".<ref name="ind" /><ref name="tel" /> Giles was then signed up by top agency [[Models 1]], and became the official model for [[Max Factor]].<ref name=tel/>


Giles started her media career in the 1990s on ''[[Razzmatazz (British TV series)|Razzmatazz]]'' and ''Night Network'', and appeared in the 1993 film ''[[Riders (1993 film)|Riders]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 November 2023 |title=Annabel Giles: TV presenter and actress dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67492037# |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=BBC News}}</ref> She came to prominence as co-presenter of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''Posh Frocks and New Trousers'' with [[Sarah Greene (television presenter)|Sarah Greene]].<ref name=tel/> She was in numerous entertainment shows, and a panellist on game shows ranging from ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' to ''[[Shooting Stars (British TV series)|Shooting Stars]].''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rowlands |first=Robert |date=21 November 2023 |title=Children heartbroken as TV presenter and I'm A Celebrity star Annabel Giles dies |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/tv/children-heartbroken-tv-presenter-im-28148858 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=Coventry Telegraph}}</ref> She was a regular panellist on ''[[Through the Keyhole]]''<ref name=":1" /> and BBC Radio 4's ''[[Loose Ends (radio)|Loose Ends]]'' and also appeared on [[BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4's]] ''[[Just a Minute]]'', and on [[Noel Edmonds]]' ''[[Noel's House Party|House Party]]''.<ref name="ind"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ambrose |first=Tom |date=21 November 2023 |title=TV presenter and actor Annabel Giles dies aged 64 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/21/tv-presenter-and-actor-annabel-giles-dies-aged-64 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>
Giles started her media career in the 1980s on ''[[Razzmatazz (British TV series)|Razzmatazz]]'' and ''Night Network'', and appeared in the 1993 film ''[[Riders (1993 film)|Riders]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 November 2023 |title=Annabel Giles: TV presenter and actress dies |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67492037# |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=BBC News}}</ref> She came to prominence as co-presenter of [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''Posh Frocks and New Trousers'' with [[Sarah Greene (television presenter)|Sarah Greene]].<ref name=tel/> She was in numerous entertainment shows, and a panellist on game shows ranging from ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' to ''[[Shooting Stars (British TV series)|Shooting Stars]].''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Rowlands |first=Robert |date=21 November 2023 |title=Children heartbroken as TV presenter and I'm A Celebrity star Annabel Giles dies |url=https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/tv/children-heartbroken-tv-presenter-im-28148858 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=Coventry Telegraph}}</ref> She was a regular panellist on ''[[Through the Keyhole]]''<ref name=":1" /> and BBC Radio 4's ''[[Loose Ends (radio)|Loose Ends]]'' and also appeared on [[BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio 4's]] ''[[Just a Minute]]'', and on [[Noel Edmonds]]' ''[[Noel's House Party|House Party]]''.<ref name="ind"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ambrose |first=Tom |date=21 November 2023 |title=TV presenter and actor Annabel Giles dies aged 64 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/nov/21/tv-presenter-and-actor-annabel-giles-dies-aged-64 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>


In 1995, Giles wrote and performed a one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival called ''Looking for Mr. Giles'', and a second show the following year, ''Anyone Can Be A TV Presenter.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2017 |title=Annabel Giles |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/annabel-giles/21978/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807121751/https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/annabel-giles/21978/ |archive-date=7 August 2017 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=Penguin UK}}</ref>
In 1995, Giles wrote and performed a one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival called ''Looking for Mr. Giles'', and a second show the following year, ''Anyone Can Be A TV Presenter.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 August 2017 |title=Annabel Giles |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/annabel-giles/21978/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807121751/https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/annabel-giles/21978/ |archive-date=7 August 2017 |access-date=21 November 2023 |website=Penguin UK}}</ref>

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Annabel Giles
Born(1959-05-20)20 May 1959
Pontypool, Wales
Died20 November 2023(2023-11-20) (aged 64)
Hove, England
Occupation(s)Presenter, actress, novelist, model
Spouse
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(m. 1985; div. 1989)​
Children2, including Molly Lorenne
WebsiteOfficial website

Annabel Claire Giles (20 May 1959 – 20 November 2023) was a British television and radio presenter. She also worked as a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist, model, actress, writer and novelist.[1]

Early life

Giles was born on 20 May 1959 in Griffithstown, near Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales, as the eldest of three sisters.[2][3][4] She was expelled from boarding school aged 16 for going to see Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel play in Bristol, where she was seen smoking in the street.[4]

Career

Between 1977 and 1982, Giles trained and worked as a secretary, mostly employed in advertising agencies, which is where she was "discovered".[5][4] Giles was then signed up by top agency Models 1, and became the official model for Max Factor.[4]

Giles started her media career in the 1980s on Razzmatazz and Night Network, and appeared in the 1993 film Riders.[6] She came to prominence as co-presenter of ITV's Posh Frocks and New Trousers with Sarah Greene.[4] She was in numerous entertainment shows, and a panellist on game shows ranging from Have I Got News for You to Shooting Stars.[7] She was a regular panellist on Through the Keyhole[7] and BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends and also appeared on BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute, and on Noel Edmonds' House Party.[5][8]

In 1995, Giles wrote and performed a one-woman show at the Edinburgh Festival called Looking for Mr. Giles, and a second show the following year, Anyone Can Be A TV Presenter.[9]

Giles' first novel, Birthday Girls, reached number six in the top ten on the best-seller lists in 2001.[4] She published Crossing the Paradise Line in 2003 and The Defrosting of Charlotte Small in 2006.[5]

In November 2013, Giles and Vincent Simone entered the Australian jungle as late arrivals in the 13th season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!.[10] Giles was the first celebrity to leave the jungle, on 1 December.[11][12][13]

From 2014, Giles regularly guested on the Channel 5 chat show The Wright Stuff hosted by Matthew Wright.[14] In summer 2018 she appeared on ITV2's My Shirley Valentine Summer and was the resident agony aunt on the Eleri Siôn show for BBC Radio Wales.[14]

After retraining, she worked as a counsellor and psychotherapist in Brighton and London.[15][14] Giles was a patron of the charity for parents of children with special needs, Amaze Brighton.[14]

Personal life, illness and death

In 1985, Giles married the lead singer of Ultravox, Midge Ure.[16] Their daughter, Molly Lorenne, was born in March 1987.[16] Lorenne became the lead singer of pop punk group The Faders.[16] Giles and Ure separated in 1989.[17] Giles had a son who was born with XYY syndrome and Asperger syndrome; in 2011, having written a blog outlining the difficulties in educating a child with these issues, she received help from an anonymous benefactor towards his education.[18][19]

Giles had openly admitted to suffering from ADHD.[1] In July 2023, she was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer which had developed to Stage 4.[14] Her children issued a joint statement that she had died on 20 November 2023, at Martlets Hospice in Hove, aged 64.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Annabel Giles". NoPanic. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Birthdays", The Guardian, p. 39, 20 May 2014
  3. ^ "TV presenter and actress Annabel Giles dies following brain tumour diagnosis". Chester Standard. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "I knew I had one last thing to do". The Telegraph. 2 July 2003. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d Murray, Tom; Muir, Ellie (21 November 2023). "Annabel Giles, actor and TV star, dies suddenly aged 64". The Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Annabel Giles: TV presenter and actress dies". BBC News. 21 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b Rowlands, Robert (21 November 2023). "Children heartbroken as TV presenter and I'm A Celebrity star Annabel Giles dies". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  8. ^ Ambrose, Tom (21 November 2023). "TV presenter and actor Annabel Giles dies aged 64". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Annabel Giles". Penguin UK. 7 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  10. ^ "I'm A Celebrity 2013: Strictly's Vincent Simone and model Annabel". The Independent. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  11. ^ "Annabel Leaves The Jungle". HuffPost UK. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  12. ^ Wright, Alice (1 December 2013). "I'm a Celeb – Annabel Giles is evicted". Metro. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  13. ^ Busk-Cowley, Mark (2014). I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!: The Inside Story. Bantam Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0593073483.
  14. ^ a b c d e Smith, Steven (21 November 2023). "TV presenter Annabel Giles has died after brain tumour diagnosis". Nottinghamshire Live. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Annabel Giles, Dip.Couns, Reg'd BACP". www.counselling-directory.org.uk. 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  16. ^ a b c "Midge Ure and his daughter Molly". The Sunday Times. 16 April 2006. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011.
  17. ^ "Ure separates". The Glasgow Herald. 6 July 1989. p. 6. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  18. ^ "TV presenter Annabel Giles selling home to pay school fees". The Telegraph. 12 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  19. ^ "TV presenter Annabel Giles reveals mystery benefactor has paid her son's school fees". The Telegraph. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

External links

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