Angellica Bell
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| Angellica Bell | |
| Born | March 24, 1976 London, England |
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| Occupation | Television presenter |
Angellica Bell (born 24 March 1976) is a British television and radio presenter.
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[edit] Education
Bell was educated in Ealing, West London at Notting Hill & Ealing High School. She later earned her BA Honours degree in Politics.
[edit] Television career
Bell joined CBBC in May 2000. She became its main anchor of shows, including That's Genius!, Xchange, 50/50 and Short Change. She also presented EastEnders Xtra. A cellist and pianist, she has also co-presented BBC Radio 3's Making Tracks programme for children.
She presented Holiday Hitsquad, the BBC travel programme formerly known as Departure Lounge. She has run the London Marathon in 2002 and the Great North Run four times, with her quickest time being 1 hour and 42 minutes.[citation needed]
On 30 November 2006, Bell announced she was leaving CBBC with immediate effect.
Bell's break into adult-mainstream programming appeared on BBC1 where she presented The Great British Village Show, with Alan Titchmarsh and James Martin, which was broadcast in the spring of 2007.
Between 3 and 16 March 2007, Bell appeared in the celebrity Comic Relief does Fame Academy.
Also in 2007, she presented Dance Xtra for BBC3 and Children in Need.
She is currently one of the presenters on the new series of The One Show.
[edit] Personal life
Bell works regularly for a number of different charities and is on the board of governors at her local school.[citation needed]
