I've always taken risks and bought property well. As journalism wasn't particularly well paid, buying homes and selling them for profit improved my income.

Teachers are the worst. Just shameless about kicking off their rivals.

I have been asked to lend people money - I now only ever give whatever amount is comfortable without thinking it will come back, otherwise when you see that person wearing a new coat or going on holiday you think but yes, where is my money?

I was thrilled when a designer shop assistant said I was a size smaller than Madonna!

I have never, for a single moment, been aware of pressure from anyone in television about how I dress, what my shape is or how I speak. I've always written my own scripts. I've always been the first to point out that I need to be fit. I need to look good.

I never wanted to run a production company. I didn't want to convert my life into running a business.... so I always resisted it and kept things simple.

I eventually got a job with a television company, started to see how exciting journalism could be as a career, and decided that was what I wanted to do.