Sandi Toksvig
Sandi Toksvig

Sandi Toksvig

  • 65 years old
  • From Denmark
  • Actor, writer, script editor, comedian and presenter

Press clippings

The secret life of Paul O'Grady - by his friends

He rose to fame as foul-mouthed drag star, Lily Savage, then abandoned the wig and became a national treasure. Friends including Sandi Toksvig, Amanda Holden and Gaby Roslin remember a true, terrific one-off.

Stuart Heritage, The Guardian, 27th March 2024

Stephen Fry and Sandi Toksvig urge Labour to recognise humanist weddings if elected

Stephen Fry and Sandi Toksvig have called on the Labour Party to grant legal recognition of humanist weddings in England and Wales if they win the upcoming general election.

Chantelle Billson, Pink News, 22nd March 2024

Sandi Toksvig gets regular death threats for being gay and needed police at her wedding

Sandi Toksvig, the host of the BBC's QI, has opened about receiving regular death threats to this day, after she married psychotherapist wife Debbie Toksvig.

Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 10th January 2024

Feminist lesbian Sandi Toksvig trolled and harassed over pro-trans comments

'Gender-critical' pundits are targeting feminist lesbian Sandi Toksvig after the comedian, activist and former Bake Off host showed her support for the trans community.

Amelia Hansford, Pink News, 24th November 2023

Sandi Toksvig: I'm so distressed by anti-trans 'radical feminists' I could weep

Ahead of fronting a festive concert for the London Gay Men's Chorus, Sandi Toksvig talks to Louis Staples about hosting GBBO, risking her career to come out and her gripes with modern feminism.

Louis Staples, i Newspaper, 23rd November 2023

Sandi Toksvig invited back to Cambridge University to conduct LGBTQ+ research project

Sandi Toksvig has been invited back to Cambridge University as part of a new initiative that enables LGBTQ+ alumni to conduct a research project.

ITV, 8th October 2023

Sandi Toksvig calls on TUC to support fight for fair streaming residuals

Sandi Toksvig, president of the Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), called on UK unions to support the Hollywood strikes and fight for writers to receive fair streaming residuals.

Ellie Calnan, Screen Daily, 13th September 2023

WGGB joins Global Day of Solidarity in support of WGA strike

The Writers' Guild of Great Britain will today join writers and other workers around the world for 'Screenwriters Everywhere', a global day of solidarity and action. The WGGB protest takes place in London's Leicester Square from 1-2pm. WGGB President Sandi Toksvig OBE and WGGB Chair Lisa Holdsworth will come together with fellow writers including Jack Thorne, Russell T Davies, Alice Nutter and Simon Beaufoy, Dennis Kelly and many more in a show of solidarity from the UK.

Writers' Guild of Great Britain, 14th June 2023

Barry Cryer biography penned by his son to be published this autumn

Barry Cryer, who died last year, is to be commemorated in a new biography by his son Bob, with Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow? The Life And Laughs Of A Comedy Legend featuring exclusive family photos, extracts from recordings and interviews with Cryer's friends and colleagues, including Sandi Toksvig, Rob Brydon and Judi Dench.

British Comedy Guide, 7th June 2023

Sandi Toksvig: I can't let the Church of England hurt LGBT people

Sandi Toksvig says she was reluctant to speak out about the Church of England's position on same-sex marriage - but felt LGBT people were suffering.

Aleem Maqbool, BBC, 8th February 2023