Judith Chalmers has died

[Needtosoundoffandbreathe]

Just heard that Judith Chalmers has died. She was 90. Gone to the great beach in the sky.

Thought she'd died years ago tbh...

Sorry to hear this. She had a lovely presenting style. I liked watching the old clips of her with Mary Berry on MB's last TV series.

She had Alzheimer's which I guess is why she'd disappeared from public view.

She was part of my childhood and I remember having a little crush on her tv presenter son many year’s ago. A new destination awaits for Judith.

Rest eternal peace Judith.
I loved the holiday programmes xxx

I only knew of her holiday programme in 1980's/90's but from reading Wiki she on loads of things in her youth in 50', 60's.

Horrible to hear her last few years were spent living with dementia.

I had a chat with her and her husband in a restaurant a few years ago. They were both charming and unpretentious

That's very sad.

She was part of my childhood too.

I loved Wish You Were Here. It was my only pre internet way of seeing other places.

Oh yes, if you are as old as I am, the holiday programmes are the last thing you remember when her name is mentioned.

She was the queen of British TV back in the day.

Her son is an arsehole. I have dealt with him a few times. His wife however, is lovely. I have no idea what she sees in him!

I used to love watching her on Wish You Were Here. There are some wonderful clips of her on the Thames TV archive channel on YouTube.

This one is a gem!

Oh dear is he? What a shame when his mum seemed lovely. I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t find him remotely attractive now, pity his poor wife.

That and Wicker’s World which I loved.

I can’t remember who she used to co-present with because she was the most memorable one. Seemed a lovely lady.

She pinched my sofa in an airport lounge but was uttily charming as was her husband. I think I expected them to be a bit snobish

I googled her last weekend to see if she was still alive 😬

I loved it when she did a cameo on Duty Free.

Yes, and Holiday on BBC, and Wicker's World as pp mentioned. Brilliant escapism, and undoubtedly contributed to my neverending wanderlust 😊

Me too.

I never went abroad as a child, didn't really have holidays in that kind of way either, but absolutely loved that show.

Always reminds me of the factory scene in ‘Dinnerladies’ when one of the husbands says Judith is his ideal woman….
Charming, well-groomed and never at home!
For a whole generation calling someone ‘Judith Chalmers’ was a warm comment, as in, ‘Who do you think you are, Judith Chalmers?’
And she really did bring holidays to us, at a time when so many more of us started going abroad.

We never went abroad as my parents wouldn't fly. They were convinced every plane was going to crash!

I remember once her being described as a peripatetic lobster by a TV critic - I think I had to look up the word peripatetic !

May she rest in peace.

I met her in the 1980s at a travel fair, and somewhere I have a group photo with her and the others I was at a stall with. The person I met was the same as you imagined seeing her on tv.

Have lovely childhood memories of Wish you were here. There wasn’t as choice and you couldn’t get reviews like trip advisor.

We did travel quite a bit but once on proper package to Spain, otherwise lots visiting family. I was incredibly excited, I expect my parents were looking to the kids club!

Then you had the other side with Watchdog and That’s life with all the disaster trips and scams.

Victoria Wood made a number of references to Judith Chalmers over the years. IYKYK.