Ellis Ward
"I am so happy to be part of the world's best shopping television family!"
Ellis has been with Ideal World from the very beginning - and is still as enthusiastic as she was on her very first show!"
Ellis started her career when she became one of the youngest dancers ever to grace the stage at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, aged just 16, and continued to dance her way to the West End in London to join the original cast of the smash hit musical, 42nd Street, playing Dianne Lorrimar.
Viewers may well remember Ellis as the co-presenter on the highly successful LXT show, 'You Bet' with Matthew Kelly and Bruce Forsyth.
After five years in 'You Bet', Ellis joined Watch, the BBC's flagship educational series, which went on to win an award from the Royal Society of Television.
Ellis has been married to Robert for 18 years and together they have three children, Milly and twins Jed and Clara. The family has three Norwegian Forest cats, Storm, Ginge and Oreo, and are delighted with their latest addition - a beautiful Red Setter Zeus - who, she says, is "completely bonkers, just like me!"
Ellis has a passion for new products that never abates and she looks forward to the next decade with Ideal World!
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Q & A:
- What did you do before IW?
- I danced at The Moulin Rouge in Paris and the West End in London and co-presented 'You Bet' for 5 years and BBC's Watch for 5 years.
- Most embarrassing on-screen moment?
- Snorting loudly in the most ungainly manner during a show.
- Tell us a secret
- How can I do that? It wouldn’t be a secret then, silly!
- What’s your idea of the perfect Sunday (when you’re not working)?
- Staying in jimmyjams, watching TV with my family and doing absolutely nothing.
- Which living person do you most admire and why?
- My husband and my sister. They are quite simply the bravest people I know.
- What is the trait you most deplore in yourself / others?
- In myself - patience. In others - lies and backstabbing.
- Aside from property, what’s the most expensive thing you've bought?
- My car.
- What is your guiltiest pleasure?
- That would be telling!
- What keeps you awake at night?
- Worrying about everything and everyone I love.
- What is the most important lesson life has taught you?
- Life is what's happening now, not tomorrow, not next week, not next year. Enjoy. You can't take it with you!
- Favourite IW/CC product?
- The Right Choice book and CD.
- Which phrase do you overuse?
- "Fabulous", and "darling".
- If you could travel back in time, which period would you visit?
- Ancient Egypt or the Tudor times.
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