Editing Fatima Whitbread (section)

==In media==
Whitbread has been a guest on television programmes including ''[[A Question of Sport]]'' (on which she first appeared in 1984),<ref name="QS84"/> ''[[The Little and Large Show]]'' (1987 and 1988)<ref name="LL1">{{cite news |title=BBC1  |newspaper=Nottingham Evening Post |date=21 February 1987 |page=34}}</ref><ref name="LL2">{{cite news |title=BBC1 |newspaper=Gloucester News |date=3 March 1988 |page=12}}</ref> and ''[[The Wright Stuff]]'' (2012).<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Fatima Whitbread |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba85a95af |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=9 June 2022 |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613205610/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba85a95af |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1989, she was one of the celebrities with experience of fostering or adoption who took part in ''[[Find a Family]]'' on [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]]. The series featured the celebrities' own reflections, and also highlighted specific children, inviting viewers to contact the programme if they were interesting in fostering or adopting them.<ref name="FAF"/>

In January 1995 Whitbread was interviewed by [[Andrew Neil]], on his one-on-one show ''[[Is This Your Life?]]'' on [[Channel&nbsp;4]] which included discussion of Cliff Temple's suicide.<ref name="NBS"/> Writing in ''The Guardian'', [[Nancy Banks-Smith]] described how Whitbread had "stonewalled with stoicism and without sweating" and been unclear in her answers about this. Whitbread also spoke about her unhappiness at how [[Ben Johnson (Canadian sprinter)|Ben Johnson]] had been treated after being found [[doping (sport)|doping]] with [[steroids]].<ref name="NBS">{{cite news |last=Banks-Smith |first=Nancy |title=Television: Cheap thrill |newspaper=The Guardian |date=30 January 1995 |page=10}}</ref> Neil's treatment of Whitbread attracted viewer complaints.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rocky meeting |newspaper=The Times |date=11 February 1995 |page=16}}</ref>

She was a featured "masked celebrity" on ''[[Celebrity Wrestling]]'' in 2005, and lost her bout against [[Victoria Silvstedt]].<ref name="CELW">{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Giles |title=Talent pool that has you wrestling for the remote – Sport on television |newspaper=The Times |date=25 April 2005 |page=64}}</ref>

In November 2011, Whitbread took part in the ITV show ''[[I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (British series 11)|I'm a Celebrity{{nbsp}}... Get Me Out of Here!]]'' Whitbread and fellow campmate [[Antony Cotton]] left on 2 December 2011, placing her third.<ref name="IAC">{{cite news |title=Cotton and Whitbread voted off Celebrity |url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2011/1203/434062-whitbreadf/ |publisher=Raidió Teilifís Éireann |date=3 December 2011 |access-date=13 June 2022 |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613205614/https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2011/1203/434062-whitbreadf/ |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the challenges on the show involved her wearing a helmet containing about 7,500 cockroaches. The segment was halted after one of the insects crawled up her nose. It was removed by flushing it out through her mouth with water.<ref>{{cite news |last=Smith |first=Giles |title=A question of snort after Whitbread smells danger |newspaper=The Times|date=29 November 2011 |page=59}}</ref>

In 2012, she was a regular fitness expert appearing on ''[[This Morning (TV series)|This Morning]]''.<ref name="THISM" /> Later that year, the stand-alone documentary ''Fatima Whitbread: Growing Up in Care'' featured Whitbread's reflections on her own troubled childhood, and her conversations with others who had experienced serious problems from their parent and problems with the UK care system. In ''The Guardian'', David Stubbs wrote "More emotional than forensic, this is compulsory viewing nonetheless."<ref name="GROWC"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Warman |first=Matt |title=The Daily Telegraph: Painful reality behind the life of a sporting star |date=9 August 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |page=30}}</ref> In 2020, she trekked the [[Sultans Trail]] for BBC Two's ''[[Pilgrimage (TV series)|Pilgrimage: Road to Istanbul]]''.<ref name="R2I">{{cite news |first=Deepika |last=Rajani |title=Pilgrimage: The Road to Istanbul line-up: cast, when it's on BBC One tonight and the route they take |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/pilgrimage-the-road-to-istanbul-line-up-cast-when-time-tonight-bbc-one-route-411154 |work=i (newspaper) |date=10 April 2020 |language=en |access-date=4 April 2022 |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404061830/https://inews.co.uk/culture/pilgrimage-the-road-to-istanbul-line-up-cast-when-time-tonight-bbc-one-route-411154 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Emily |last=Baker |title=Pilgrimage: Road to Istanbul, BBC2, review: More Duke of Edinburgh than religious education |url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/pilgrimage-road-to-istanbul-bbc2-review-413133 |work=i (newspaper) |date=27 March 2020 |language=en |access-date=4 April 2022 |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404061818/https://inews.co.uk/culture/pilgrimage-road-to-istanbul-bbc2-review-413133 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023, she appeared in ''[[I'm a Celebrity... South Africa]]'', placing third again after losing the penultimate trial to camp mates [[Jordan Banjo]] and [[Myleene Klass]].<ref name="huffingtonpost.co.uk">{{Cite web |date=2023-03-26 |title=I'm A Celebrity Unveils Line-Up For Upcoming All Stars Series In South Africa |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/im-a-celebrity-south-africa-all-stars-series-unveils-line-up_uk_641feb28e4b03793a8b004ec |access-date=2023-03-26 |website=HuffPost UK}}</ref>