Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.

Some of the most interesting questions needing to be asked today can best be asked on television, or on stage, and they can be wonderful, great dramas, but they won't necessarily be blockbusters.

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.

I was having my teens in my 30s.

As soon as I gave birth, it was as if you understand them. They become people, not kids. You start to identify with them. You see yourself in them.

I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles.

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.