I'm a bit frightened of the idea of a full facelift because, when you look in the mirror, you want to look like yourself..

I have had stalkers over the years. The police deal with it but it is very scary. One man kept turning up where we filmed 'Countdown in Leeds,' which….

My commitment is to my kids and my mum and I'm having a whale of a time..

The photoshoot glitz and TV studio make-up isn't the real me. I spend most days at home in Bristol in jeans and a T-shirt running around after the ki….

The photoshoot glitz and TV studio make-up isn't the real me..

I was away a lot on 'Countdown' when the children were young and I couldn't have done it without Mum's help. Because she was at home running all of t….

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

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….

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….

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….

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

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..

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….

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….

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….

After 30 years of television, I want to play more than I used to..

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..