Female television viewers paid attention to Catherine Gale.

In fact, I'll be taking a lot of Cathy Gale with me. I expect that was why I was chosen for the part.

I'm very fond of Norfolk. My husband came from there and the kids love it. Devon is beautiful, too.

I've travelled around the UK a lot recently and have discovered that I really like trains. If you're in the quiet carriage, nobody can get hold of you and you can relax.

My father was in the civil service. I can remember standing in a bus shelter in the pouring rain, and that we were allowed candy floss at the end of the holiday if we had behaved.

South Africa is the most beautiful country I have been to. Canada is also hugely underrated.