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Jenny Hanley (born 15 August 1947) is an English actress. She was one of the presenters of the ITV children's magazine programme Magpie. She currently presents a show on Boom Radio. Early life and education Hanley is the daughter of actress Dinah Sheridan and actor Jimmy Hanley. After her education at schools in Southern England and in Switzerland, she trained as a nanny and did modelling work. Through her mother she is of Russian-Jewish and German descent. Personal life and family Hanley's grandmother was a photographer who, as Studio Lisa, had privileged access to the royal family, photographing both Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in relaxed, family poses and the next generation, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward in informal shots. She also helped to launch the career of a male model who later became an actor, Roger Moore. Her brother, Sir Jeremy Hanley, had a career as an accountant and later became a Conservative Party MP. Hanley married Herbie Clark in 1980, and they had two sons before divorcing in 1997. Television and film career Her film appearances include the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970), and the Hammer horror film Scars of Dracula (also 1970). She appeared in the 3D film The Flesh and Blood Show (1972). She has also appeared on television as an actress in such series as Department S, The Persuaders!, The Adventurer, Softly, Softly: Task Force, Warship, Man About the House and Return of the Saint. Hanley appeared on Magpie from 1974 to 1980. In 1980, Hanley stepped in to co-present one edition of Saturday Night at the Mill following the dismissal after just five shows of Arianna Huffington. This proved a success with viewers and she returned as co-host for the entire 1981 season. She has appeared in the dictionary corner of Countdown. She teamed up with Tony Blackburn to present a morning chat show on Sky Channel. Radio career Hanley has had regular radio shows as a presenter, including on BBC Radio Berkshire, Radio SAGA (on which she played music and interviewed guests) and, since February 2021, Boom Radio. Filmography References External links Jenny Hanley at IMDb Jenny Hanley on Boom Radio. Discover the Jenny Holmes popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jenny Holmes books.

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  • The Nurses of Steeple Street synopsis, comments

    The Nurses of Steeple Street

    Donna Douglas

    FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NIGHTINGALE SERIES COMES THE FIRST BOOK IN DONNA DOUGLAS' NEW NURSES OF STEEPLE STREET SERIES.Welcome to the district nurses...

  • As the Sun Breaks Through synopsis, comments

    As the Sun Breaks Through

    Ellie Dean

    THE FIFTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, June 1944As the planes continue to circle over Cliffehaven, Peggy Reilly’s sister Doris mu...

  • Secrets of the Railway Girls synopsis, comments

    Secrets of the Railway Girls

    Maisie Thomas

    The second novel in the uplifting railway girls series. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell and Margaret Dickinson. Manchester, November 1940As the war continues and secrets threaten...

  • All My Tomorrows synopsis, comments

    All My Tomorrows

    Ellie Dean

    THE SIXTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt was a time of friendship, family, love and loss . . .In defending herself against her brutal husband, ei...

  • With Hope and Love synopsis, comments

    With Hope and Love

    Ellie Dean

    THE SEVENTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN. Cliffehaven, 1945The war in Europe is over, but for Peggy Reilly and the residents of Beach View Bo...

  • Nest Of Sorrows synopsis, comments

    Nest Of Sorrows

    Ruth Hamilton

    This emotional and uplifting saga full of twists and turns by the Sunday Times bestselling author Ruth Hamilton is a must read for fans of Catherine Cookson, Dilly Court and Josep...

  • Far From Home synopsis, comments

    Far From Home

    Ellie Dean

    THE SECOND CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt is 1940 and Staff Nurse Polly Brown has been granted a posting at Cliffehaven Memorial Hospital on the ...

  • The Nightingale Nurses synopsis, comments

    The Nightingale Nurses

    Donna Douglas

    ‘Pay attention please, nurses. The next six months will be the most important of your lives’It’s the final year of training for three young nurses at The Nightingale Hospital… Hele...

  • Shipyard Girls at War synopsis, comments

    Shipyard Girls at War

    Nancy Revell

    THE SECOND SHIPYARD GIRLS NOVEL FROM SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, NANCY REVELL.‘Nancy Revell knows how to stir the passions and soothe the heart!’ Northern Echo1941: it takes s...

  • Frontline Nurses On Duty synopsis, comments

    Frontline Nurses On Duty

    Holly Green

    Can they do their bit for the war effort?A gripping historical saga based on a true story, following wartime nurses during the First World War. Perfect for fans of Lizzie Page’s Th...

  • District Nurse on Call synopsis, comments

    District Nurse on Call

    Donna Douglas

    THE BRAND NEW BOOK BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLASHer second book in The Nurses of Steeple Street series The Nightingale Christmas Show is available to PREORDER N...

  • The Shipyard Girls on the Home Front synopsis, comments

    The Shipyard Girls on the Home Front

    Nancy Revell

    THE TENTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING SHIPYARD GIRLS SERIES'Emotional and gripping' Take a BreakDecember 1943 As the war effort gathers steam in Europe, it's all hands on deck on the...

  • Paradise Lane synopsis, comments

    Paradise Lane

    Ruth Hamilton

    This dramatic, heartwrenching and emotional saga full of twists and turns, leading up to a violent and terrible climax, by the Sunday Times bestselling author Ruth Hamilton is a mu...

  • Ambulance Girls Under Fire synopsis, comments

    Ambulance Girls Under Fire

    Deborah Burrows

    In times of war, how do you know who to trust?Celia Ashwin has driven ambulances throughout the Blitz for the Bloomsbury Auxiliary Ambulance Depot. Cool under fire, she revels in h...

  • The Spitfire Girls Fly for Victory synopsis, comments

    The Spitfire Girls Fly for Victory

    Jenny Holmes

    Don't miss Jenny Holmes's latest wartime series, The Air Raid Girls. Part 3 The Air Raid Girls: Wartime Brides is available now!Planes to deliver. A war to be won. Bobbie Fraser,...

  • On a Turning Tide synopsis, comments

    On a Turning Tide

    Ellie Dean

    PREORDER NOW:THE SIXTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, October 1944 As the Allied troops draw closer to victory, life at Beach View ...

  • Half a Sixpence synopsis, comments

    Half a Sixpence

    Evie Grace

    THE FIRST SAGA IN EVIE GRACE'S MAIDS OF KENT TRILOGY.'An intriguing tale of family relationships and of finding love a second time around . . . I’ll be sure to look out for the nex...

  • A Nightingale Christmas Carol synopsis, comments

    A Nightingale Christmas Carol

    Donna Douglas

    All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas… The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires...

  • Steel Girls on the Home Front synopsis, comments

    Steel Girls on the Home Front

    Michelle Rawlins

    As the war rages on, can they be there for each other?Spring 1940As the war rages on, Vickers steelworks is busier than ever which is proving tough for Nancy as she juggles working...

  • Nightingales on Call synopsis, comments

    Nightingales on Call

    Donna Douglas

    From the author of The Nightingale Girls, The Nightingale Sisters and The Nightingale Nurses – perfect for fans of Call the Midwife1937 sees new challenges for the trainee nursesDo...

  • A Place to Call Home synopsis, comments

    A Place to Call Home

    Evie Grace

    THE THIRD AND FINAL SAGA IN EVIE GRACE'S MAIDS OF KENT TRILOGY.'An intriguing tale of family relationships and of finding love a second time around . . . I’ll be sure to look out f...

  • A Nightingale Christmas Promise synopsis, comments

    A Nightingale Christmas Promise

    Donna Douglas

    For the first time, a Nightingale nurses novel set during the First World War. Follow the senior staff as they overcome the trials of their training years. From Sunday Times top te...

  • Under a Spitfire Sky synopsis, comments

    Under a Spitfire Sky

    Ellie Curzon

    Can they find love in the darkest days of war?It's 1944, and Florence is a talented engineer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, patching up planes to make sure that the brave Spit...

  • The Gypsy Girl synopsis, comments

    The Gypsy Girl

    Val Wood

    Would she ever find somewhere she truly belonged?When Polly Anna's mother died when she was just three years old, it seemed the workhouse was the only place for her to go. But with...

  • A Nightingale Christmas Wish synopsis, comments

    A Nightingale Christmas Wish

    Donna Douglas

    As Christmas 1938 approaches, the staff at the Nightingale Hospital have their own wishes for the festive season. Ward sister Frannie Wallace is hoping she won’t have to live throu...

  • Sweet Memories of You synopsis, comments

    Sweet Memories of You

    Ellie Dean

    THE TENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN‘I’m not working on a factory floor or digging for victory, but in my own small way I do what I can for tho...

  • Nightingales at War synopsis, comments

    Nightingales at War

    Donna Douglas

    As the war takes its toll, the Nightingale nurses must do their bit for king and country…Dora is the devoted mother of twin babies but, determined to help the war effort, she goes ...

  • Until You Come Home synopsis, comments

    Until You Come Home

    Ellie Dean

    THE TWELFTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN‘We’ll just have to carry on in the belief that the end of the war is finally in sight'It is 1944 and Ann...

  • The Servant Girl synopsis, comments

    The Servant Girl

    Maggie Hope

    She is the downstairs maid; he is the Master’s son...Forced to become a kitchen maid at Fortune Hall, Hetty Pearson strikes up an unlikely friendship with the younger son of the ho...

  • Ambulance Girls At War synopsis, comments

    Ambulance Girls At War

    Deborah Burrows

    Young Maisie Halliday has escaped the grinding poverty of the northern town where she was born and now lives in the glittering world of professional dancing. At the outbreak of the...

  • The Nightingale Sisters synopsis, comments

    The Nightingale Sisters

    Donna Douglas

    To the student nurses at The Nightingale hospital, the ward sisters are heartless and frightening, with impossibly high standards. But the sisters have troubles of their own... Vi...

  • Workhouse Child synopsis, comments

    Workhouse Child

    Maggie Hope

    All she wants is a family of her own...Lottie is just three years old when her Mammy dies and she is sent to the workhouse. A childhood spent in poverty, skivvying for other people...

  • Keep Smiling Through synopsis, comments

    Keep Smiling Through

    Ellie Dean

    THE THIRD CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANJune 1940. Rita Smith swore she would never lose heart . . .Despite losing her mother at a young age and he...

  • The Waiting Hours synopsis, comments

    The Waiting Hours

    Ellie Dean

    THE NEW CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN'The Waiting Hours is a gem of a book, which will touch readers' hearts. Ellie Dean effortlessly evokes a sen...

  • Shelter from the Storm synopsis, comments

    Shelter from the Storm

    Ellie Dean

    THE ELEVENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANIt is 1943 and April Wilton is devastated when she is forced to leave Portsmouth and the WRENs where she...

  • Frontline Nurses synopsis, comments

    Frontline Nurses

    Holly Green

    Can she follow her heart while doing her duty?A heartwarming saga following nurses during the First World War. Perfect for fans of Donna Douglas's A Nightingale Christmas Promise, ...

  • Homecoming synopsis, comments

    Homecoming

    Ellie Dean

    THE EIGHTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANPeace has finally been declared in the Far East, but for those living at Beach View Boarding House, th...

  • With a Kiss and a Prayer synopsis, comments

    With a Kiss and a Prayer

    Ellie Dean

    THE FOURTEENTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANCliffehaven, May 1944 The tension is rising for Peggy Reilly and the inhabitants of Cliffehaven as the...

  • The Nightingale Girls synopsis, comments

    The Nightingale Girls

    Donna Douglas

    Three very different girls sign up as student nurses in 1936, while England is still mourning the death of George V. Dora is a tough East Ender, driven by ambition, but also desper...

  • Nightingales Under the Mistletoe synopsis, comments

    Nightingales Under the Mistletoe

    Donna Douglas

    Christmas 1941 and the nurses at the Nightingale are facing their toughest winter yet.With shortages everywhere, and every news bulletin announcing more defeats and losses, the Bri...

  • Always in my Heart synopsis, comments

    Always in my Heart

    Ellie Dean

    THE FIFTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANUnited by love, separated by war . . .As the Japanese begin their assault on Singapore, Sarah Fuller is for...

  • Where the Heart Lies synopsis, comments

    Where the Heart Lies

    Ellie Dean

    THE FOURTH CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEANFebruary 1941. Can love survive in a time of war? Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwif...