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Being a 'Blue Peter' presenter is not well paid.
If there are people who do it better than you, why do it?
Getting the spot of 'Blue Peter' changed the path of my life.
I'm no less rock 'n' roll than anyone else, I'm pretty normal.
I've been quite lucky - everything I've done has been quite varied.
My first ever interview for 'Blue Peter' was a film with JK Rowling.
I'd love to rent a private villa in a resort complex with a kids' club.
Maybe I could do some indie film and get my kit off. I'd never say never.
I do sometimes like cheesy music like 'Africa' by Toto; naff songs and music.
I have surreal dreams, so much so that I can never make head nor tail of them.
As for other radio, I dip in and out of various channels depending on my mood.
I'm all for education - in fact, I have spent my career extolling its virtues.
No one went to the ballot box to vote for something worse than the status quo.
There were no small brown kids as the centre of the children's fiction I grew up with.
The one thing more important to my parents than my career is that I am happily married.
I like interiors as much as exteriors but 'interior designer' just sounds naff as a job.
Because my parents are Muslim, there's no doubt they wished I would marry someone Muslim.
The internet creates a mask and you are talking to people who you don't necessarily know.
Motivation levels differ person to person, as does the time since failing new year resolutions.
Ethnic minority women generally have poorer outcomes from their pregnancy compared to white women.
I guess when you're on 'Blue Peter' there's that goody-two-shoes image which people find attractive.
My parents are very proud that I was a 'Blue Peter' presenter and of me going to Cambridge to do economics.
When we oldies were kids, there was little on offer, food wise, particularly for people with restricted diets.
Let's have a People's Vote to safeguard gender equality and continue the drive towards a fairer world for us all.
Mental health really is a search to be happy, I think that's what people want in life - and if you're happy you're winning.
My parents really wanted me to have an arranged marriage when I was younger, but I think they have updated a bit with the times.
My parents were first-generation immigrants. My mum wore a sari but at school and as a teenager and in my 20s I wanted to fit in.
I've just watched the whole series of 'Flight of the Conchords'. I absolutely love it - the humour, the actors, everything about it.
About the only useful thing my economics degree taught me was that, in all decisions in life, you have to do a cost-benefit analysis.
The brilliant thing about 'Blue Peter' is the variety of the stuff you do and the experiences that you have, just amazing experiences.
Forget quantitative easing - I've always thought the idea of injecting virtual money into the system is an accident waiting to happen.
You're an example as a kids' presenter, so there is a responsibility there. But they got lucky with me - I'm not into heavy nights out.
In a 24/7 landscape of rolling news, social media, phone alerts and notifications it's all too easy to feel numbed by all the shouting.
West Wittering in Chichester is perfect for a short break and if I've got longer, Devon and Cornwall are my favourites places in Britain.
I've become more cause-driven as I've got older. Maybe that's a result of having kids; you become less carefree and more worried about things.
My A-levels were physics, chemistry and maths. Science is fascinating but I wouldn't say I have used it since then. I decided to do economics.
An emergency on the labour ward needs to be addressed within minutes or else lifelong disability or even death can follow for the baby or mother.
We as parents, and the control culture, it is our responsibility to make sure we give the right perceived norms and the right cultural conditions.
In all aspects of our society we overcomplicate things under the guise of making things easier and simpler, when in fact we are doing the opposite.
When I was in the sixth form I presented a cable and satellite programme about music, television and video. I used to do public speaking competitions.
In the UK we have general elections roughly every four or five years because we know circumstances, situations and therefore opinions change over time.
I used to watch TV in the days that I was on TV. But in that time, streaming has come along. So I can honestly say, I have no idea what's on real-time TV.
I get recognised a lot. If there are a load of school kids together, they'll shout at me, but I'm quite good at giving grief back. I give as good as I get.
When they do actually get pregnant, most expectant mothers understandably keep the whole thing a secret because of how fragile the first four months can be.
Growing up in a Muslim family, I didn't eat pork and was tactically vegetarian at school in a bid to avoid accidentally dining on swine, a galling prospect.
I don't really buy a weekly magazine but do flick through them if they're in front of me. A bit of style and a dose of gossip is just what you need sometimes.
I'm lucky in that the media is much more freelancey. So I didn't have that pressure that lots of people have if you jump off the ladder, then you get left behind.
I wear mascara, eyeliner, a bit of foundation and blusher. I always think lip gloss makes you appear properly made-up. Slap it on and suddenly you look glamorous.
My husband Charlie says I get ready five minutes before I go out the door. I am one of those people who can't do anything unless it's imminent - that's how I roll.
Growing up as the youngest daughter to immigrant parents, it was instilled in me from an early age to not be wasteful and to be respectful of money and possessions.