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Christine Louise Bleakley (born 2 February 1979) is a television presenter from Northern Ireland. She joined Daybreak on ITV as co-presenter with Adrian Chiles in September 2010. She is a former co-presenter of BBC One's The One Show, and a former contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

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Christine Louise Bleakley (born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish television presenter who co-presents BBC One`s The One Show, and a former contestant on Strictly Come Dancing. Early life and career Christine Bleakley was born on 2 February 1979 in Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry, County Down, Northern Ireland to mother Mina and father Frederick, a musician.[1] She has one sister; Nicola Bleakley started her television career as a runner and then trained to become a floor manager whilst studying for her A-Levels at Bloomfield Collegiate School in Ballyhackamore, Belfast. She continued to work at BBC NI whilst studying for a politics degree at Queen`s University, Belfast. She did not complete her degree course, however, instead moving into television work full time.[2] [edit] Broadcasting career Bleakley began her career in media at Belfast Citybeat as a news reader and presenter. From 1995 - 1997,[citation needed] she was one of the station`s original presenters alongside Stephen Nolan, Chris Buckler and Stuart Robinson. She then moved into television with BBC Northern Ireland hosting a wide variety of shows. Her biggest solo series was called Sky High which saw her flying around Northern Ireland in a helicopter in 2004. A weekly entertainment show called First Stop followed, while big one-off shows like Would You Pass The 11+ and Children in Need allowed her to develop her presenting skills. She also took part in a cookery show, "Spill the Beans". Outside Northern Ireland, she co-hosted the BBC Two talent show Let Me Entertain You and since July 2007 she has been the co-host of The One Show on BBC One.[3] Bleakley appeared as a celebrity panellist on the 26 August 2009 edition of Shooting Stars.[4] She also appeared as a panellist on the comedy show Would I Lie To You? on 7 September 2009.[5] On 26 February 2010 she appeared on Chris Moyles` Quiz Night, coming second.

Bloomfield Collegiate School in Ballyhackamore, Belfast

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