It's getting better but men still earn more and there are more jobs for them. Ageism is a big thing. Parts for women disappear as you get older.

I went through bits of the 60s and thought myself a bit of a hippy.

There were all us baby boomers who had a grammar school education, started to learn, then went on the pill, the whole thing, and so there are today a lot more women writers, editors, producers, and so a lot more women's stories. God, the BBC's practically run by women.

Suddenly, you are very much in the present, and you learn it's really the place where you should always live.

Self worth is everything. Without it life is a misery.

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

I'm interested in politics, what's going on in the world, how people behave and how your life is often in the hands of other people.