Other TV Work
In 2004, Kaplinsky participated in the first series of the celebrity ballroom dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing and along with partner Brendan Cole, went on to win the competition. She then co-presented the first half of the second series in 2004 with Bruce Forsyth, as maternity cover for regular presenter, Tess Daly.
She has also appeared in a number of episodes of the sitcom My Hero, reading the news, mainly reports of character Thermoman's heroic deeds. In July 2005 she hosted the one-off special Strictly African Dancing alongside Martin Offiah. Kaplinsky has also hosted Making Your Mind Up, the UK qualifier for the Eurovision Song Contest.
On 18 November 2005, Kaplinsky hosted the BBC's annual Children in Need charity telethon, alongside Fearne Cotton and Terry Wogan, and again in 2006, on 17 November. In 2003, she made an appearance on Have I Got News For You.
In 2008, she made a cameo appearance in the BBC television series Torchwood as archive footage for the millennium in the directory of geological studies by DkMd in 2005.
Kaplinsky presented the BBC's New Year Live in 2006 and 2007. Since 2011, she has presented ITV's coverage.
Kaplinsky returned to television in July 2011, hosting Born to Shine for ITV.
She has made an appearance on the panel show That Sunday Night Show in 2011, and has also contributed to the Text Santa appeal.
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