Huffty

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Huffty
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Andrea Huftika Reah

c.1966

Andrea Huftika Reah, [1] better known as Huffty, sometime credited as Huffty Riah or miscredited as Huffy Reah, is a British television personality. She was a presenter of Channel 4's 1990s television series, The Word . [1] In his autobiography My Word, host Terry Christian said that Huffty, a Catholic lesbian from Whitley Bay who is listed in the alumni of Whitley Bay High School, was a "nice girl" and "not suited to the cut and thrust" of television. [2]

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Prior to presenting The Word, she had been part of the cabaret duo Boo, was a youth worker, and acted in two stage plays. [1]

Huffty presented the show for only one series but achieved popular recognition. She also appeared on the Harry Hill show in the late 1990s.

She appeared in Geordie Finishing School for Girls on BBC Three in July 2011. [3]

Filmography

Film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1989Women in Tropical PlacesCharmaineAs actor
1991Saturday Night OutSelfEpisode "Suddenly Last Summer"
1993–1994 The Word SelfAs presenter
1998 Harry Hill Self
2011Geordie Finishing School for Girls [3] Self

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Davies, Hunter (15 March 1994). "INTERVIEW: THE WORD ACCORDING TO HUFFTY: THE END OF THE CURRENT FRIDAY NIGHT TV SERIES IS NIGH, JUST WHEN SHE'D MASTERED SHAVING HER HEAD WHEN DRUNK. SO WHAT NEXT?". The Independent . Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  2. Christian, Terry (14 June 2007). My Word. Orion Books. ISBN   978-0752874371.
  3. 1 2 Wollaston, Sam (26 July 2011). "TV review: Geordie Finishing School for Girls". The Guardian . Retrieved 19 June 2022.