I'm terrible as I never take my make-up off at night, which I know is really dreadful. Whenever I'm out partying I just can't be bothered and now I a….

I've never once heard my mum shout and she's 83 now. She's incredible. She's very, very happy, slightly eccentric but loves laughing, which I do too..

All I wanted to do was put together one of the best home maths systems in the world, and that's what we've done. I've loved numbers since I was two o….

Change is one of my favourite words..

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private..

Ruby Wax has basically ruined my career. You'll see when you watch the programme. I get more intimate with Ruby than I've ever been with another woma….

My bottom is so big it's got its own gravitational field..

I would put belly laughing at the top of my highlights list. They always say that laughter is the best medicine..

I would never say never to marrying again but for the time being I'm having a great time..

I loved doing 'Countdown.' I now consider that I was very, very lucky - not just because it was such a wonderful show to do, but because it lasted fo….

The divorce is a regret of mine and my mum thinks that we should have stayed together. He's now remarried so there's no chance of us getting back tog….

I drive a tiny Toyota iQ. I'm quite frugal and often cut my own hair..

Next year, I hope there will be even more parties, lots of holidays and just having a good time, really. Plus wing-walking, air shows and learning to….

I cannot do the piece-of-talking-meat thing, the 'Here's your money, wear a pretty dress and take the cheque.' I'm not made that way. I have to be as….

There was a great strain in our family because my father didn't want anything to do with me. He was happy to see my brother and sister, but not me. I….

I do need my independence. I have to have that..

I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want….

My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby..

More than 55,000 men from Bomber Command lost their lives, of whom 38,000 were British. That's one in 10 of all the British servicemen lost in the Se….

Turning 50 changed me and I'm far more accepting of myself. I'm not thin, but I am a size 10. I go in at the middle and very much out at the bottom a….

My father was having an affair with a 16-year-old when Mum was pregnant with me. She found out when I was three weeks old and left, not surprisingly..