Lynda Bellingham has signed an autobiography deal worth £250,000.
The Mirror reports that Bellingham has the book all planned out and intends to write about her early life and career, as well as her time on Loose Women and Strictly Come Dancing.
A source said: “Lynda has already begun work on Lost and Found and some of it will focus on her earlier acting career.
Lynda Bellingham has revealed that she is dreading being tangoed on Strictly Come Dancing.
“I am dreading the fake tan in case I turn into an orange, but I will probably be begging for more by the end of it,” she told The Sun.
“We have all got parts we don’t want to draw attention to like the tops of your arms. We have all learned over the years to dress accordingly and you think, ‘I don’t look too bad” – and then on come the dancers and you think, ‘Oh no, there is no comparison!’”
Actress Lynda Bellingham has admitted that she is terrified about taking part in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing series.
She said she was chuffed to land the job, but her happiness soon turned to terror when she though about what was involved.
“The idea of being myself out there terrified me,” she told Yours magazine. “I don’t have a lot of self worth.”
She added: “I felt very flattered and thrilled I had got the job and had not been rejected. That was lovely. But within half an hour I was thinking ‘I can’t do it – they’ll find out’. It’s a classic actor’s thing.”
Warm, open, quick-witted and fun, Lynda is a critically-acclaimed and much treasured British actress. Her numerous acting credits include appearances in the cult classics Z Cars, The Sweeney and Doctor Who, alongside roles in All Creatures Great And Small, The Bill and Holby City. She is perhaps best known though for her role in the popular, long-running and multi-award winning adverts for Oxo, which made her the most recognised mum in Britain.
The Oxo lady, Lynda Bellingham has reportedly signed up for the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
Producers are said to be hoping that the appearance of the older actress will help diffuse the scandal caused by the replacement of Arlene Phillips with Alesha Dixon.