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I was watching How To Look Good Naked and pondering on the way people suddenly become television personalities for doing what they do naturally.

Think of the people who became household names in the past, just for being themselves. DIY expert Barry Bucknell, gardener Percy Thrower, cook Marguerite Patten and mad scientist Dr Magnus Pyke (well, for mad read enthusiastic).

Even someone like dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse managed to sustain a media career in the 80s, just by introducing pets to the concept of "walkies".

Remember the Green Goddess and Mad Lizzie - TV's get-fit girls in the 1980s?

Today the topics are very different - style (Trinny and Susannah), diet (Gillian McKeith) and ...

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