In the late 1930s, she was one of the first three BBC Television Service presenters, and she, along with Leslie Mitchell and Elizabeth Cowell, delivered continuity announcements introducing programmes in-vision.
She presented the Thames Television daily magazine show Good Afternoon in 1973 and ran a second-hand mobile clothing business from 1967 until 1976.
[12] After declining to become a debutante, her mother tore up her contract but agreed to a compromise to be presented in court if she may continue acting.
[7] In 1936, Bligh was struggling as an actress and responded to a BBC advertisement for female television 'hostess-announcers' - unmarried and without red hair.
[18] She did a microphone training course with musical comedy and opera producer Gordon McConnel,[19] and was formally employed as a BBC television announcer in July 1936.
[21] On 7 July of that year, she made her BBC Radio début as part of a team with Cowell and Leslie Mitchell.
[22] From late June to early July 1936, Bligh worked as one of the BBC's evening hostesses at Broadcasting House for a week.
[2][24] In an era before autocues or prompting systems, Bligh was obliged to learn 400 words per day that she said straight into the camera.
[27][28] She was also filmed being rescued from atop a 100 ft (30 m) ledge during a fire brigade drill and performing trick motorbike manoeuvres with the police.
[7][21] When her third husband became ill in 1967, she set up the one-person mobile second-hand clothing shop Bargains to earn some money and toured the Berkshire countryside in a red van,[24][7] doing business at agricultural and dog shows, Women's Institute meetings, military camp quarters and housing estates.