You’re now hosting a new TV quiz, Fastest Finger First, but have you had any embarrassments when taking part in quizzes? I appeared on a Children in Need special of University Challenge and really let myself down. I grew up in Yorkshire, I’m a massive Kate Bush fan and I love the Brontës, but I managed to get the wrong sister when asked who had written Wuthering Heights. Everyone was fine about it, but it wasn’t fine for me – someone who comes from Bradford, just around the corner from where the sisters lived.
Before filming a TV or radio show, do you observe any superstitions or little rituals? No, because I grew up with so many superstitions. It’s such a part of being Indian, and my mum is constantly on the phone to me saying things like ‘Make sure you water your plants on a Wednesday.’ I’ve almost gone the other way and don’t have any superstitions at all.
But are you still close to your mum and dad? Very. I moved them down to London from Yorkshire so they could live near my husband and me in the east of the city.
This story is from the September 06, 2022 edition of WOMAN'S WEEKLY.
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