Trivia

As of 2017 ranked as the highest-paid BBC female employee (£450,000 - £500,000).

She has three children, Jake (b. 17 March 2003), Matilda Martha (b. 5 June 2006) and Arthur (6 July 2011), with her husband Kris Thykier.

Graduated from Cambridge University with an MA Hons in History of Art.

Half sister of Sophie Winkleman.

Daughter of Eve Pollard.

Educated at the City of London School for Girls and later at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, where she earned an MA in History of Art,.

She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2025 King's Birthday Honours List for her services to Broadcasting in London, England.

Born on exactly the same date as Ernie Reyes Jr..