The BBC is a huge part of the nation's cultural life.
My own valuation moment: When I started 'Antiques Roadshow,' John Benjamin looked at my engagement ring, which is Victorian. I sat there as a visitor would and he dated it, talked me through the stone, which is an opal, and which mine it would have been from.
I've been on camels before, lumbering slowly through the desert - not hugely exciting, but I enjoyed the 'Lawrence of Arabia' vibe.
In my twenties, I was virulently opposed to anyone commenting on my appearance, lest it come at the expense of my ability.
There are a million and one things I'd love to get stuck into. Travel, finally getting to spend some time with the family. And I'd love to become a magistrate.
The best thing, on 'Question Time,' is when the reality confronts the rhetoric.
I am a simple soul.
I had done debate programmes before and quite often you go into them thinking: 'I might need to build some energy in the room.' 'On Question Time,' the reverse is true. A lot of the time, I am just trying to not have it turn into a slanging match.
I think of myself as a journalist first and foremost.
I'm all for a passionate debate, and sometimes things can be heated, which is fine, up to a point. As long as we remember that we are human beings.
If you take over a programme from a longstanding incumbent, not everyone's going to like it.
Antiques Roadshow' was the first job I had taken since my children were born that took me away from them consistently over a period of time. That was a big adjustment for all of us.
Family is the priority. Your job never loves you back, that's the way I look at it.
I'm all about the story. And the stories I remember tend to be the ones of sorrow, or family history, or revelation of the self.
I'm used to doing a lot of live broadcasting.
Question Time' had been on my fantasy bucket list for some time. Of all the jobs in broadcasting that's the job I knew I wanted to do.
I'm not tough. I'm just not a retiring violet when it comes to airing my opinions.
I'm always disappointed by women who say they prefer working with men. What is that all about? I love working with women, I love the company of women.
I wasn't born into money, and you never know when that money's going to stop coming in.
I'm quite famously frugal.
