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Trisha Goddard (born 1957) is well known for her presentation of the ITV morning talk show Trisha.

She was born in London and attended school in Surrey, passing 11 O Levels. In her teens, she went to play keyboard for a girlband which split up having made only one record.

She then worked as a stewardess with Gulf Air for five years. She then emigrated to Australia where she worked as a TV reporter and presenter (most notably on Play School) and a government health advisor on mental health. Her first husband during this time according to The Observer 'showed no sexual interest in her and, soon after her suicide attempt, agreed to divorce.' At his funeral the Australian health minister quietly advised her to have an Aids test. This was apparently her first inkling that he was gay. Further details can be found at http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,919723,00.html

In 1998 after returning to Britain she became the host of ITV's new flagship daytime chat show, Trisha, produced by Anglia Television.

However, in September, 2004 Trisha left ITV to join Five in a new programme which made its TV debut on 24 January, 2005. The programme, in similar style to her old show, focuses on relationships, families in crisis and reunions. The show is produced by Town House Productions. It has been observed since the transition that repeats of her ITV show have continued to achieve higher ratings than her new programme on Five.

Goddard has been willing to appear in comic satires of her television programmes. In 2003, a specially-shot clip of her show appeared in the ITV religious fantasy drama The Second Coming. In 2004, she filmed two short scenes for the romantic zombie comedy Shaun of the Dead
. Both scenes were filmed on the set of Trisha. A couple seen arguing in the first scene have reconciled by the second, despite the husband having become a zombie in between. Her show was also featured on the Comic Relief episode of Little Britain where the character of Vicky Pollard met up with her long-lost father. On February 13, 2006, The Daily Mirror reported that Goddard would appear as herself in an upcoming episode of Doctor Who, in which the Doctor would "stumble upon Trisha's show" while dealing with ghosts. The newspaper quoted an unnamed "insider" as saying that Trisha would ask someone (presumably a guest on her programme), "Can you trust him if he's always appearing and disappearing?"

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