Liana Bridges
Born
Liana Bridges

(1969-12-25) 25 December 1969
Harwich, Essex, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materColchester Sixth Form College
Occupation(s)Film, television actress
Years active1995–present
Children2

Liana Bridges (born 25 December 1969) is a British actress and presenter. Best known for co-presenting Sooty & Co. with Matthew Corbett and Richard Cadell in 1998,[1] and Sooty Heights with Richard Cadell from 1999 to 2000.[2]

When Sooty Heights ended, her place as co-presenter was taken by Vicki Lee Taylor in the replacement series, Sooty.

She wrote a panto diary for BBC Radio Cambridgeshire from 1 December 2003 to 11 January 2004.[3]

Bridges was appointed artistic director at Kingsway Hall in Dovercourt in December 2007.[4]

Liana co-presented a radio show, the Essex Quest, on BBC Essex every Sunday morning between 10 am and 2 pm.[5] The programme sees Bridges (with Barry Lewis) on the roads of Essex searching for locations based on clues set by the producers at the radio station's headquarters in Chelmsford. Listeners call and message the show in an effort to help the team solve the clues. The final Essex Quest was broadcast on 3rd September 2023.

Personal life

Bridges was born in Harwich, Essex and attended Harwich School, Colchester Sixth Form College, and Mountview Stage School.[6] She is married and has two sons, born in 2004 and 2007.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Sooty & Co: Matt Remembers". BFI. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "Sooty". Toonhound. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "Diary of a professional panto fairy!". Cambridgeshire. BBC. 1 December 2003. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  4. ↑ Leate, Frances (9 December 2008). "Dovercourt: ice skating treat will bring more shoppers to town". Harwich and Maningtree Standard. Newsquest. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "BBC Essex Quest". BBC. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Harwich, Dovercourt: Ex-Sooty Girl's New Challenge". Echo. Newsquest. 13 December 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  7. ↑ "Can't sell how about a swap?". Essex - Credit Crunch. BBC. 6 October 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2008.


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