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Jean Broke-Smith has filmed two prime time series: The Family Ch4, observed an average extended family when they are sent to live in a grade 2 listed building in Notting Hill to live as aristocrats with a butler and full domestic staff. Jean coached them on grooming and etiquette and they competed against each other as to who came across in the best way. She has also appeared on Ladette to Lady, on ITV1 prime time. Jean became head of a residential finishing school in Darlington set up for the series where ordinary girls are taught grooming, manners, posture and etiquette in order to turn them into ‘young ladies’.

Jean originally trained as a fashion designer, milliner and dress designer, she also trained at Max Factor as a Make-up specialist, becoming Principal of the Lucie Clayton grooming and model school for thirty years.

She has taught many well known models, actresses and media people including Esther Rantzen, Lesley Joseph, Henry Kelly, Lorraine Kelly, Bonnie Tyler, plus the Wimbledon Football Team..... to name but a few !!!!.

She has covered etiquette and posture in a number of television programmes both nationally and regionally, not the least of which was the first of the Faking It programme where she turned a working class, northern girl into a society lady. She also appeared on Snobs on Ch 4.

She does general work for national and regional radio including 'live' link-ups on a regular basis.

She is involved in the daily teaching of etiquette and posture, deportment and make-up with my client base in my studio workplace.

Recently, she has completed a reality television programme for NBC Television in America.
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