Ruth Langsford Audiobooks

Twenty-odd years of British daytime television behind the advice in Feeling Fabulous

1 audiobook reviewed

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Who is Ruth Langsford?

Ruth Langsford, born in 1960, is one of the most familiar faces on British daytime television. She presented This Morning from 1999 to 2022, making her the programme’s longest-serving presenter, and she has been part of the fabric of ITV’s Loose Women since 1999, returning to the programme as a presenter in 2014.

Beyond the sofa, her credits include Gift Wrapped, How the Other Half Lives and Ruth Langsford’s Fashion Edit, which she has fronted since 2017. That same year she took her turn on Strictly Come Dancing, finishing ninth in the show’s fifteenth series. Few broadcasters have been so consistently present in British living rooms across the past quarter of a century.

Ruth Langsford in audiobooks

Feeling Fabulous is the Langsford title on our shelves, and it plays straight to her strengths. Anyone who has watched her fashion strand knows the register: practical, warm and refreshingly unpatronising – a trusted friend telling you the truth rather than an expert talking down to you.

That manner carries into audiobook form very naturally. The pleasures here are the pleasures of good daytime broadcasting: an easy, conversational tone, no wasted words, and a presenter’s instinct for keeping things moving. For UK listeners who have spent years with her on the telly, this is comfortable, cheering company – the audio equivalent of a good catch-up.