Sandi Toksvig
- 66 years old
- From Denmark
- Actor, writer, script editor, comedian and presenter
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Feel Good wins at Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards
Feel Good writers Mae Martin and Joe Hampson won the Best TV Situation Comedy prize at the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards. Prizes also went to the writers behind radio series Olga Koch: Fight, film The Personal History Of David Copperfield and online sketch Remember Getting the Period Talk at School? #Menopause.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2022Sandi Toksvig interview
Toksvig's life from bizarre phobia of Basil Brush to living on a London houseboat.
Dan Wiggins, My London, 3rd November 2021Toksvig's school warned her dad she wasn't keeping up
Sandi Toksvig has recalled how a school she attended once warned her father she was not keeping up in lessons, and would be better off studying agriculture. She went on to get a first at Cambridge.
Roisin O'Connor, The Independent, 5th July 2021Comics campaign to add subtitles to kids shows
Children should watch television with the subtitles on, because it "dramatically improves" their reading, according to a new campaign. Celebrities including Sir Lenny Henry, Stephen Fry, Sandi Toksvig and Phillip Schofield are supporting the drive, which wants subtitles to be the default setting on all children's TV programmes.
Shingi Mararike, The Sunday Times, 28th February 2021My culture fix: Sandi Toksvig
The writer and presenter lets us into her cultural life.
Sandi Toksvig, The Times, 6th February 2021Preview: QI - Rejoice! A Christmas Special, BBC Two
Sandi Toksvig returns to host a festive edition of QI based around the letter R, so let's all Rejoice!
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 23rd December 2020My fantasy bookshelf: Sandi Toksvig
The writer and presenter shares her top reads as her latest book hits the shelves.
Bethan Rose Jenkins, Radio Times, 22nd November 2020Sandi Toksvig interview
The comedian and activist on the invisibility of women in the public sphere, homophobia and why it was time to leave Bake Off.
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 30th August 2020Sandi Toksvig interview
Now a national treasure, the comedian and presenter was once vilified for being gay. She talks about those dark days, the lighter side of lockdown and why Bake Off was just another gig.
Zoe Williams, The Guardian, 25th May 2020Sandi Toksvig to publish almanac with Trapeze
Toksvig's Almanac 2021, "an eclectic meander through the historical year" from the writer and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig, has been acquired by Trapeze to publish this November.
Katherine Cowdrey, The Bookseller, 21st May 2020