Power, Ed (21 October 2016). "QI Sandi Toksvig triumphs in her first appearance as host". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 21 October 2016. O'Donovan, Gerard (25 December 2013). " Call the Midwife, Christmas special, review". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 31 December 2013. 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]

Saner, Emine (26 August 2012). "Sandi Toksvig: 'I don't understand boredom' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 26 August 2012. St James Theatre in London's West End opens". BBC News. 18 September 2012 . Retrieved 17 March 2017. On 16 March 2017, she was announced as the new co-presenter of The Great British Bake Off on Channel 4, alongside Noel Fielding. They replaced the previous hosts, Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc. In January 2020, she announced she was leaving the show to focus on other work commitments, and was replaced by Matt Lucas. [4] Poignant, respectful, and historically accurate while pulsating with emotional turmoil, adventure, and suspense.In 2012–13 Toksvig presented 1001 Things You Should Know for Channel 4 daytime. Toksvig began presenting the revival edition of the daytime game show Fifteen-to-One in April 2014. [39] It is an hour-long instead of the original half-hour edition presented by William G. Stewart. After two series had been broadcast, in June 2015, Channel 4 announced that a further eight series would be made, hosted by Toksvig until the revived series ended on 28 June 2019. [40] Staff writer (29 March 2014). "Sandi Toksvig renews wedding vows in public event". ITV news. ITV . Retrieved 1 April 2014. Press Association (23 January 2012). "Sandi Toksvig becomes chancellor of Portsmouth University". The Guardian . Retrieved 31 December 2013. In the 2013 Christmas Special of BBC's Call the Midwife, Toksvig made a cameo appearance as grumpy ward nurse Sister Gibbs. [24] [25]

CoScan – Confederation of Scandinavian Societies". coscan.org.uk. Archived from the original on 18 October 2018 . Retrieved 18 April 2017. Sandi Toksvig: 'I was groped on air in the 1980s' ". The Guardian. 7 October 2012 . Retrieved 9 October 2012.BBC News – Sandi Toksvig made Portsmouth University Chancellor". BBC News. 31 October 2012 . Retrieved 26 April 2013. a b Furness, Hannah (30 April 2015). "Sandi Toksvig quit The News Quiz for Women's Equality Party". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 3 May 2015. Women's Equality Party announces first policies and campaigns". Women's Equality Party. 20 October 2015 . Retrieved 21 October 2015. Told in a series of Acts as Bamse’s family is one of actors who love performing on the stage, this is his story of how war came to Denmark in 1940 and how all Germans are not bad and all the Danes were not good. He says there are good and bad people all over and it’s not always easy to tell the difference. 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]

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. a b "The Great British Bake Off: Sandi Toksvig to leave after three years". BBC. 16 January 2020 . Retrieved 16 January 2020. Sandi Toksvig interview: The history woman". The Scotsman. 27 November 2008 . Retrieved 26 January 2016. On 11 June 2019, Toksvig appeared on former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard's podcast. Notably, Toksvig states "Wikipedia is a marvelous idea and the idea is that it is a crowd sourced encyclopedia of knowledge, what a fantastic notion. But what's happening is that women are disappearing, so 90% of Wikipedia's content is about men and their achievements, and 9% is about women. 1% are still making up their mind. So that proportion is completely out of kilter and we desperately need to do something about it. Part of the problem is that it is edited by volunteers but there are about 350,000 "uber" volunteers that tend, no offence to them, to be the same kind of guy who has the time to sit and do it and doesn't have laundry to do and are actively editing women out. There are two issues: 1) women's achievements are not being inputted and 2) women are actively being edited out... I am intent on trying to change this if we can." [31] Londoner's Diary: Women's party is ready to be a player". Evening Standard. London. 20 April 2015 . Retrieved 23 April 2015.In 2009, her collected columns for The Sunday Telegraph were published in book form as The Chain of Curiosity. In 2012, she published her book, Valentine Grey, an historical novel set in the Boer War. [34] Her 2006 young adult book, Hitler's Canary is a Holocaust story told by a boy named Bamse and his family. [35] [36] The characters are based on Toksvig's own father and grandmother; the family heroism in the story closely resembles the author's father's own experiences during the war. [37] Her memoir Between the Stops: The View of My Life from the Top of the Number 12 Bus was published on 29 October 2019. a b "Sandi Toksvig". Desert Island Discs. 29 November 2015. 33:10 minutes in. BBC. Radio 4 . Retrieved 20 September 2020. Channel 4 Commits to Sandi Toksvig's Fifteen to One". News on News. 8 June 2015 . Retrieved 5 August 2015. Sandi Toksvig to embark on a second series of Extraordinary Escapes". channel4.com/press . Retrieved 20 December 2021.