Sandi Toksvig
- 66 years old
- From Denmark
- Actor, writer, script editor, comedian and presenter
Press clippings
Sandi Toksvig: 'I'm not someone who's going to sit and watch a meringue dry'
The quizshow host, activist, wedding officiator - and now Santa Claus at the Royal Albert Hall - is still reaping the rewards of saying yes to life. Just don't ask her about Bake Off...
Fiona Sturges, The Guardian, 6th December 2024Sandi Toksvig and the QI Elves review
This QI onstage experiment is worth repeating.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 14th November 2024Dinosaur receives four nods in BAFTA Scotland Awards
Dinosaur, the new sitcom by Matilda Curtis and Ashley Storrie, has been nominated four times in the BAFTA Scotland Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd October 2024Sandi Toksvig: 'I'm as wary of the soft left as I am of the hard right'
Ahead of her one-woman version of QI, the host talks about homophobia, quitting Bake Off and Keir Starmer.
Claire Allfree, The Telegraph, 27th September 2024Sandi Toksvig officiates wedding of Abba's Björn Ulvaeus
Abba's Björn Ulvaeus has married his partner Christina Sas in a ceremony hosted by the comedian and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig.
Guy Lambert, BBC, 22nd September 2024Rosie Jones makes the Pride List
The comedian made No. 7 in The Independent's Pride List, behind the likes of Ncuti Gatwa, Alex Scott and Wes Streeting. Also in the top 50 are comics Joe Lycett, Graham Norton, Jack Rooke and Sandi Toksvig.
Chortle, 3rd June 2024Stephen Mangan faces The Island in Radio 4's Desert Island Discs spoof
Desert Island Discs meets Lord Of The Flies in The Island, a new Radio 4 sitcom spoofing the channel's classic interview format, starring Stephen Mangan.
British Comedy Guide, 9th May 2024The secret life of Paul O'Grady - by his friends
He rose to fame as foul-mouthed drag star, Lily Savage, then abandoned the wig and became a national treasure. Friends including Sandi Toksvig, Amanda Holden and Gaby Roslin remember a true, terrific one-off.
Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 27th March 2024Stephen Fry and Sandi Toksvig urge Labour to recognise humanist weddings if elected
Stephen Fry and Sandi Toksvig have called on the Labour Party to grant legal recognition of humanist weddings in England and Wales if they win the upcoming general election.
Chantelle Billson, Pink News, 22nd March 2024Sandi Toksvig gets regular death threats for being gay and needed police at her wedding
Sandi Toksvig, the host of the BBC's QI, has opened about receiving regular death threats to this day, after she married psychotherapist wife Debbie Toksvig.
Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 10th January 2024