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Exclusive – Watch the first trailer for Sandi Toksvig's travel series Extraordinary Escapes". radiotimes.com . Retrieved 7 February 2021. Between the Stops: The view of My Life from the Top of the number 12 Bus. Virago. ISBN 978-0-349-00637-6.

Liberal England: Time for Sandi Toksvig to give up The News Quiz". liberalengland.blogspot.co.uk. Liberal England (blog). 2 February 2013 . Retrieved 13 April 2015. a b "The Great British Bake Off: Sandi Toksvig to leave after three years". BBC. 16 January 2020 . Retrieved 16 January 2020. This book is apparently based on Sandi Toksvig’s father and how he remembered growing up in Denmark during the Nazi occupation. A mix of fact and fiction but an overall picture of how the Danes viewed that time.Toksvig's party-political sympathies have developed over the years. She was part of Red Wedge's comedy tour in the 1980s, which supported the Labour Party. By the 2004 elections, she was a high-profile celebrity supporter of the Liberal Democrats. [59] [60] She has received some criticism for joking about the Tories in 2011 (they've " put the 'N' into cuts" to child benefit), [61] but has said Prime Minister Theresa May is "a good person". [41] She has also joked about UKIP leader Nigel Farage. [62] In 2012, she said in an interview that "I don't think there's a party that represents anything I believe in". [63] When I see comedian—and 'comedienne', of course I hate it—I think 'Oh, really?’ because I think of myself as a writer and broadcaster. Sometimes it's funny but I've just done a piece for Radio 3 all about Mary Wollstonecraft, and there's not a joke in it.

Sandi Toksvig made Portsmouth University Chancellor". BBC. 31 October 2012 . Retrieved 21 June 2020. Daly, Emma (2 April 2014). "Fifteen to One returnos: behind the scenes with Sandi Toksvig". Radio Times . Retrieved 5 August 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.Coleman, Pamela (9 November 2003). "Relative values: Sandi Toksvig and her sister Jeni". The Sunday Times . Retrieved 18 December 2019.

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] 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. 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. Political Humourist of the Year at the Channel 4 Political Awards [87] and 2007 – Radio Broadcaster of the Year by the Broadcasting Press Guild [88] Thorpe, Vanessa; Graham-Harrison, Emma (8 September 2018). "Sandi Toksvig sparks new gender pay row over QI fee". The Guardian . Retrieved 8 September 2018.Toksvig presented Channel 4's four-part travel series Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig, which premiered on 10 February 2021. [43] In December 2021, Channel 4 renewed the series for a second series, [44] which premiered on 17 February 2022. [45] Series three premiered on 7 June 2023. [46] Politics and activism [ edit ] Toksvig, Sandi (24 January 2013). The Chain of Curiosity. London, UK: Hachette UK. ISBN 9781405527231. Beresford, Lucy (27 September 2012). "Valentine Grey by Sandi Toksvig: review". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 26 January 2016. 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. I wouldn't care if they came from Tesco. I don't care about the blood thing. They call me Mummy and I earned it. We love each other. You can't do better than that. Lots of families don't.

Have I Got News For You episode guide". TV.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2009 . Retrieved 16 May 2008.Maqbool, Aleem (8 February 2023). "Sandi Toksvig: I can't let the Church of England hurt LGBT people". BBC News. BBC . Retrieved 8 February 2023. Sandi Toksvig: 'I was groped on air in the 1980s' ". The Guardian. 7 October 2012 . Retrieved 9 October 2012. Blake, Heidi. "BBC in decency row over obscene joke by Sandi Toksvig". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved 13 April 2015. Behind the scenes at the Channel Four Political Awards". Channel 4 Newsroom Blog. Archived from the original on 27 May 2012 . Retrieved 16 May 2008. The villa was built by wealthy engineer Gustav Winter just before the war broke out. Picture: Villa Winter/Alex M Peel