She worked with many of the top UK comedians in the 1970s including Benny Hill,[1] Dick Emery, The Two Ronnies, Frankie Howerd, Jimmy Tarbuck, Dave Allen, Mike Yarwood, and Bernie Winters.
She has appeared in numerous TV and radio programmes and in the media in subjects covering Page 3,[2] mistresses, child abuse and The Fluffy Club.
She was severely lambasted by feminists who thought she was damaging their cause and who objected to her suggestion of using feminine wiles to get things from men.
[6] She wrote a regular column called "Cherri's Secret Diary" in Hot Gossip e-zine in which she championed the innocence of Colin Stagg, who had been accused of the murder of Rachel Nickell on Wimbledon Common in 1992.
In May 2005, Gilham stood against Prime Minister Tony Blair in his Sedgefield constituency as a candidate for the Pensioners Party on an anti-war ticket.
[10][11][12][13] Gilham is writing her memoirs, which she is entitling Menoirs, as it is about some of the men in her life and their importance to her emotional and spiritual growth.