Hitler's Canary

Product Information

Heroines & Harridans – A Fanfare of Fabulous Females. The Robson Press. ISBN 978-1849-54-3385. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) Sandi Toksvig claims she was groped while broadcasting". BBC News Online. 7 October 2012 . Retrieved 9 October 2012.

Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show QI in 2016 (series 'N'), having been a guest a number of times and she spent ten years hosting The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4. From 2017 to 2020 she was co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off, alongside comedian Noel Fielding. In 2020, she stepped down and was replaced by Matt Lucas. [3] [4] Ross, Alice (16 March 2017). "Noel Fielding and Sandi Toksvig to host new Great British Bake Off". The Guardian. London. In 1996, she narrated the Dragons! interactive CD-ROM published by Oxford University Press and developed by Inner Workings, along with Harry Enfield. [20] The software was primarily aimed at children and featured songs and poems about dragons. She also narrated the Winnie the Witch CD-ROM. She appeared in the Doctor Who audio drama Red by Big Finish Productions, released in August 2006. In December 2006, she hosted and sang at the London Gay Men's Chorus sold-out Christmas show, Make the Yuletide Gay, at the Barbican Centre. [21] Over Christmas and New Year 2007/2008, she narrated the pantomime Cinderella at the Old Vic Theatre. In October 2011, she narrated the new musical Soho Cinders at the Queen's Theatre, London. In 2011, she hosted a second season of BBC Two's Antiques Master. Coleman, Pamela (9 November 2003). "Relative values: Sandi Toksvig and her sister Jeni". The Sunday Times . Retrieved 18 December 2019.Minter, Harriet (21 October 2015). "The Women's Equality Party launch is not a moment too soon". The Guardian . Retrieved 21 October 2015. Sandi Toksvig marries partner Debbie in third ceremony: 'Tomorrow, I will love her even more' ". The Independent. 11 December 2014 . Retrieved 12 February 2015. Screen stars join election race". BBC News. 25 May 2004 . Retrieved 16 October 2008. The celebrity bug has bitten the other major parties with the Lib Dems claiming the support of [...] broadcaster Sandi Toksvig.

Toksvig and Stewart separated in 1997. [72] Toksvig now lives on a houseboat in Wandsworth [79] with psychotherapist Debbie Toksvig, [74] whom she joined in a civil partnership in 2007. [80] They renewed their vows on 29 March 2014, the day same-sex marriage was introduced in England and Wales, [81] and in December 2014, their civil partnership was converted into a marriage. [82] Channel 4 Commits to Sandi Toksvig's Fifteen to One". News on News. 8 June 2015 . Retrieved 5 August 2015. Walker-Arnott, Ellie (14 December 2013). " Call the Midwife Christmas special – first look preview". Radio Times . Retrieved 31 December 2013. a b Scott, Caroline (16 December 2007). "A Life in the Day: Sandi Toksvig". The Times. London, UK. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011 . Retrieved 16 March 2012.Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of QI, making her "the first female presenter of a British mainstream TV comedy panel show", a fact she found extraordinary in 2016. [41] Her first appearance as host (or Bantermeister) was the first episode of the show's series "N", which was broadcast on 21 October 2016. [42] In late 2022, Toksvig was hospitalised in Australia with bronchial pneumonia, and was forced to cancel her upcoming New Zealand tour dates. [84] On 6 December 2022, she announced that she had left hospital, but was still not well enough to travel. [85] On 15 December, it was reported that she had returned to the UK. [86] Honours and awards [ edit ] a b Reporters, Telegraph (1 August 2016). "Sandi Toksvig: 'Coming out was terrifying. We had death threats and had to go into hiding with the children for two weeks' ". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 17 January 2019. St James Theatre in London's West End opens". BBC News. 18 September 2012 . Retrieved 17 March 2017. The usual bright blue spring sky of Copenhagen was crowded with heavy grey planes. I didn’t know it then but they were German Junkers. “It was almost like an air show”. The horrors of the Nazi invasion of Denmark as seen through the eyes of a young boy. An air show yes, but one of the most chilling kind.

McQuillan, Rebecca (18 October 2013). "Sandi Toksvig minds her manners". The Herald Scotland . Retrieved 26 January 2016. However, he understood why the property has been dogged by dark rumours as its owner did approach the Nazi Party to ask for the cash needed to build it. In the comedy circuit, Toksvig performed at the first night of the Comedy Store in London, and was once part of their Players, an improvisational comedy team. [16] Between the Stops: The view of My Life from the Top of the number 12 Bus. Virago. ISBN 978-0-349-00637-6. Women's Equality Party announces first policies and campaigns". Women's Equality Party. 20 October 2015 . Retrieved 21 October 2015.Sandi Toksvig interview: The history woman". The Scotsman. 27 November 2008 . Retrieved 26 January 2016. In October 2012, as the scale of the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal became apparent, and amid claims that during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, there was a culture within the BBC which tolerated sexual harassment, Toksvig stated that she was groped by a "famous individual" on air in the 1980s. [53] [54] Toksvig said the allegations of inappropriate behaviour at the BBC "did not surprise me at all". In September 2018, as the BBC gender pay gap controversy continued to unfold, Toksvig reported that she was only paid 40% of what Fry, her predecessor, had received. Toksvig had earlier told the Radio Times it would be "absurd" if she did not receive the same salary as him for chairing QI. [55] Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig Series 3 Preview (Channel 4)". tvzoneuk.com . Retrieved 10 June 2023. Toksvig supports the charity and pressure group Liberty, hosting its 2012 awards ceremony. [50] She was appointed president of the Women of the Year Lunch. [51] An atheist and humanist, Toksvig is a patron of Humanists UK. [52] Toksvig became a British citizen in 2013. [83] She describes her " posh" accent as being the result of a deliberate attempt to copy the voice of Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter, after being ostracised at boarding school for having an American accent. [29]