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Sandi Toksvig Biography
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A prolific comedienne, writer, pundit and presenter, Sandi Toksvig is much in demand in the corporate sector and is an excellent presenter, after dinner speaker and awards host.
The Highlights
Sandi regularly presents The News Quiz and Excess Baggage on Radio 4 and has published a great number of children’s and adult books. Sandi has appeared as a panellist on shows such as I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, QI, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Mock The Week, Have I Got News For You and Call My Bluff. She is the current host of What the Dickens, a Sky Arts quiz show and appears on The One Show. Other TV credits include Question Time, Behind the Headlines and Great Journeys featuring her canoeing down the Zambezi. Sandi also co-wrote the sitcom The Big One, in which she also starred alongside Mike McShane and Island Race, a documentary series co-presented with former Beirut hostage John McCarthy.
The Beginning
Sandi began her career, performing with the Cambridge Footlights, where she was Director/Writer and performed in the first ever all female Cambridge Revue. Following a first-class degree from Cambridge, Sandi went into the theatre, where she both wrote and performed before becoming one of the founder members of the Comedy Store Players. This early success set the tone for what has been a wonderfully varied and accomplished career - her unique style and sense of humour are sure to liven up any broadcast or event.
Radio
Sandi regularly presents The News Quiz and Excess Baggage. She is also a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4's Loose Ends with Ned Sherrin, and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. She also presented a daily lunchtime programme on LBC, where she was joined by a high profile lunch date from the worlds of entertainment, politics or the arts. Sandi took a refreshing and at times irreverent look at the day's top stories plus her unique perspective on issues affecting Londoners.
Theatre
Theatre credits include a season with the Nottingham Playhouse appearing in The Boyfriend, A Little Night Music, Old King Cole and Comedy of Errors. Sandi also spent a season with the New Shakespeare Company at Regents Park and The Pocket Dream which she also co-wrote at the Albery Theatre, London. Most recently, Sandi appeared in Sandi Toksvig’s Christmas Cracker at the Southbank Centre.
Author
Sandi has published a number of children’s and adult books as well as some non fiction. She also writes a weekly column in Seven Magazine (Sunday Telegraph), a monthly column for Good Housekeeping and a monthly column for The Lady.
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Sandi Toksvig Books
The Chain of CuriosityPrice: £9.99
Hitler's CanaryPrice: £5.99
Girls are BestPrice: £4.99
Sandi Toksvig DVDs
Island Race [1995] [VHS]Price: £19.99
Island Race [VHS]Price: £19.99
Sandi Toksvig News
A selection of relevant news related to Sandi Toksvig and Women stories. For more information on Sandi Toksvig or details as to how to book Sandi Toksvig for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 20 8365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
The 60th anniversary of the Cheltenham Literary Festival will be the biggest festival to date.
9th October 2009Today is the start of the Cheltenham Literature Festival and more than 100,000 people have bought tickets to this year's events. The 60th annual festival, which runs until October 18 at venues across town, includes more than 440 talks, readings and activities by authors, gardeners, comedians, chefs, politicians and explorers and Man Booker Prize winners. There are ten guest directors, including Sir Richard Eyre and Sandi Toksvig, the novelists Monica Ali and Jonathan Coe, Rageh Omaar, the foreign correspondent, and the children’s writer Anthony Horowitz. Today alone, Sebastian Faulks, Ben Fogle and James Cracknell, Jo Brand and Simon Armitage host events.
9th October 2009Today is the start of the Cheltenham Literature Festival and more than 100,000 people have bought tickets to this year's events. The 60th annual festival, which runs until October 18 at venues across town, includes more than 440 talks, readings and activities by authors, gardeners, comedians, chefs, politicians and explorers and Man Booker Prize winners. There are ten guest directors, including Sir Richard Eyre and Sandi Toksvig, the novelists Monica Ali and Jonathan Coe, Rageh Omaar, the foreign correspondent, and the children’s writer Anthony Horowitz. Today alone, Sebastian Faulks, Ben Fogle and James Cracknell, Jo Brand and Simon Armitage host events.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel tops the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women for the 4th year
20th August 2009The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women 2009 list has been announced and for the fourth year running, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is number one. The list includes the 100 top women in politics, business and philanthropy.
20th August 2009The Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women 2009 list has been announced and for the fourth year running, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is number one. The list includes the 100 top women in politics, business and philanthropy.
The Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards
4th September 2008The director of civil rights group Liberty won the Inspiration of the Year award. Shami Chakrabarti won the prize at the 2008 Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards, with other winners including artist Tracy Emin.
4th September 2008The director of civil rights group Liberty won the Inspiration of the Year award. Shami Chakrabarti won the prize at the 2008 Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards, with other winners including artist Tracy Emin.
Feeding Britain since 1947
15th October 2007She is too modest to admit it, but 60 years ago Marguerite Patten was the Jamie Oliver of her day. Now, at 91, she is about to be named Woman of the Year
15th October 2007She is too modest to admit it, but 60 years ago Marguerite Patten was the Jamie Oliver of her day. Now, at 91, she is about to be named Woman of the Year
Speakers Corner are delighted to welcome Tom Conti as an after dinner speaker & awards host
1st December 2009Speakers Corner are delighted to welcome Tom Conti to the corporate sector as an after dinner speaker and awards host. The British award-winning film, television, and stage comedy actor who won an Olivier and Broadway Tony award for his role in Whose Life Is It Anyway?, is an accomplished director, an author and with many anecdotes and his charismatic personality, is an ideal after dinner speaker & awards host
1st December 2009Speakers Corner are delighted to welcome Tom Conti to the corporate sector as an after dinner speaker and awards host. The British award-winning film, television, and stage comedy actor who won an Olivier and Broadway Tony award for his role in Whose Life Is It Anyway?, is an accomplished director, an author and with many anecdotes and his charismatic personality, is an ideal after dinner speaker & awards host
Revealed: 100 most powerful women
31st August 2007ONE is the monarch, one the head of a male-dominated bastion of the business world and the other a controversial architect.
31st August 2007ONE is the monarch, one the head of a male-dominated bastion of the business world and the other a controversial architect.
Speakers Corner on Inclusivity and Diversity
1st October 2009Links between diversity and company image and inclusivity and staff retention are well known but it is new factors coming to light around increased creativity and better customer service that are ensuring diversity and inclusivity are keys to success.
1st October 2009Links between diversity and company image and inclusivity and staff retention are well known but it is new factors coming to light around increased creativity and better customer service that are ensuring diversity and inclusivity are keys to success.
Parents don't spend enough time playing with their children says Professor Tanya Byron
27th August 2010Professor Tanya Byron's latest report indicates that family games are becoming a lost art, as time pressures, miscommunication, boredom, and lack of clear advice are cited by parents as contributing factors to not spending enough time playing with their children.
27th August 2010Professor Tanya Byron's latest report indicates that family games are becoming a lost art, as time pressures, miscommunication, boredom, and lack of clear advice are cited by parents as contributing factors to not spending enough time playing with their children.
International Woman's Day is today as the first woman, Kathyrn Bigelow, wins Best Director
8th March 2010International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some countries like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, IWD is a national holiday. The first IWD was run in 1911.
8th March 2010International Women's Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future. In some countries like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria, IWD is a national holiday. The first IWD was run in 1911.
Jamie Oliver cooks for the G20 Wives and some of the UK's most influential women at No.10
3rd April 2009As the world leaders dined while discussing the current economic crisis, their wives mingled with some of the UK's top female talent. Michelle Obama and Sarah Brown were joined by Olympic Gold Medallist, Dame Kelly Holmes, and Harry Potter author, JK Rowling on their table at the Summit Dinner on wednesday evening.
3rd April 2009As the world leaders dined while discussing the current economic crisis, their wives mingled with some of the UK's top female talent. Michelle Obama and Sarah Brown were joined by Olympic Gold Medallist, Dame Kelly Holmes, and Harry Potter author, JK Rowling on their table at the Summit Dinner on wednesday evening.
Sandi Toksvig Reviews
Sandi Toksvig has spoken and appeared at a number of recent corporate events. Please find some client speaker testimonials and reviews for Sandi Toksvig for a number of these events and conferences. If you would like some additional information as to how to book Sandi Toksvig for your corporate event, then please contact one of the Speakers Corner booking agents on +44 (0) 208 365 3200 or email info@speakerscorner.co.uk
"Pitched just right - the aidience were kept amused and the awards were kept going at a nice pace."
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