Phillips was born in Kent and Canterbury hospital in 1961. Her grandparents ran the Duke's Head pub on Church Street in St Paul's, and her parents had got married in St Paul's church. The family lived in St Stephen's Close, off St Stephen's Road and Fiona attended Kingsmead school. The family later moved to Southampton where Phillips completed her schooling at Millbrook Community School. Fiona did work for while at Mr Kipling's Bakery in Eastleigh which is near Southampton. Fiona graduated from the University of Birmingham with a BA (Hons) in English, she undertook a PGC in journalism.
Phillips was born in Kent and Canterbury hospital in 1961. Her grandparents ran the Duke's Head pub on Church Street in St Paul's, and her parents had got married in St Paul's church. read more...
Phillips started her career in independent radio working for local stations County Sound in Surrey, Hereward Radio and Radio Mercury in Sussex as a reporter.
Phillips made read more...
Phillips joined GMTV at the beginning of 1993 as entertainment correspondent and was promoted to GMTV/Reuters Television's LA correspondent in December 1993. For over two years Fiona read more...
Phillips has also presented other programmes, including as the celebrity lifestyle show OK!TV, Loose Women, Baby House and Room to Rent, Carlton's entertainment guide Good Stuff, read more...
On November 18, 2007, according to the Mail on Sunday and News of the World, Fiona 'was offered a job as a government minister' in the summer by Prime Minister Gordon Brown, becoming read more...
Already a supporter of many charities, Phillips mother suffered from Breast Cancer, before dying on 15 May 2006 from Alzheimer's. Phillips took a break from presenting GMTV, and read more...
Phillips' father Neville lives in Haverfordwest in Wales.
Already the Los Angeles based entertainment reporter for GMTV, Phillips had previously thought her replacement for read more...
Fiona Phillips (January 1, 1961 to August 16, 2008) was an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter. She was one of the main regular presenters of the GMTV breakfast read more...