Sandi Toksvig
Kirsty Young talks to Sandi Toksvig, comedian, writer, broadcaster and political activist.
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Sandi Toksvig.
Host of Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4's News Quiz until June 2015, she is also a writer and comedian and recently entered the world of politics, helping to found the Women's Equality Party.
Her parents were both broadcasters: her mother worked as a studio manager and announcer before she married, her Danish father's job as a foreign correspondent took the family around the world. Sandi and her siblings spent much of their childhood in the United States and when she was "asked to leave" yet another American school, her parents sent her to boarding school in England. She soon decided to lose her strong American accent and went on to Cambridge, where she performed in the Footlights.
In addition to writing, her most recent acting role was in Call the Midwife and she continues to appear regularly on TV and radio shows as a panelist: she is to start as the next host of QI, taking over from Stephen Fry. She's also Chancellor of Portsmouth University.
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Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor & Debbie Reynolds
Good Morning
- Singing In The Rain Original Soundtrack.
- PREMIER.
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Joe Nichols
WhatÂ’s a Guy Gotta Do
- Greatest Hits.
- Show Dog-Universal Music.
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Gustav Winckler
Vi Ønsker Jer Alle En Glædelig Jul
- White Christmas.
- Polydor Associated Labels.
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Stephen Schwartz
Magic to Do
Performer: Patina Miller & The Players.- Pippin, New Broadway Cast Recording featuring Patina Miller.
- Ghostlight Records.
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The Weather Girls
ItÂ’s Raining Men
- The Weather Girls, ItÂ’s Raining Men.
- COLUMBIA.
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Barbra Streisand
DonÂ’t Rain on my Parade
- Funny Girl Original Sountrack.
- COLUMBIA.
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Florence Price
Symphony in E minor, 3rd movement
Performer: New Black Music Repertory Ensemble.- Concerto in One Movement/Symphony in E Minor.
- Albany Records.
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Bonnie Langford
Such Modest Dreams
- Jazz at the Theatre.
- K-Tel.
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BOOK CHOICE
The Ashley Book of Knots
LUXURY ITEM
And endless supply of the Daily Mail
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Kirsty Young |
Interviewed Guest | Sandi Toksvig |
Producer | Cathy Drysdale |
Broadcasts
- Sun 29 Nov 2015 11:15Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
- Fri 4 Dec 2015 09:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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