Penny Lancaster June 2015, 6 July 2015. Since series 20 began on 1 September 2015, Lancaster now appears more regularly and has so far appeared three times in September 2015, once in October and November 2015, twice in December 2015, twice in January 2016, twice in March 2016, twice in April 2016, twice in May 2016 and once in June 2016. As of series 21 which began on 5 September 2016, Lancaster now appears weekly. In January 2018, Penny participated in And They're Off! in aid of Sport Relief. In 1999, Lancaster met singer Rod Stewart, who offered to let her take
Rita Hunter week. Among conductors with whom she worked whom she found sympathetic to the singer, she cited Carlo Felice Cillario and Richard Bonynge. In 1980 she was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In 1981 she moved to Sydney and joined the Australian Opera. Her autobiography, "Wait till the sun shines, Nellie", was published by Hamish Hamilton in 1986. She died in Sydney in 2001, aged 67. Rita Hunter Rita Hunter CBE (15 August 193329 April 2001) was a British operatic dramatic soprano. Rita Hunter was born in Wallasey, Merseyside and lived in Limekiln Lane. During