Sandi Toksvig
Sandi has been wowing audiences with her wit and verbal dexterity since her student days, when she appeared in the Cambridge Footlights reviews.
Sandi spent six years at Mamaroneck High School in New York State and went to a boarding school in Guildford, Surrey. Sandi had hoped to become a human rights lawyer and studied Law, Archaeology and Anthropology at Girton College, Cambridge, where she also studied Muslim law as part of her extra studies. She graduated with a first class degree in law.
Sandi spent six years at Mamaroneck High School in New York State and went to a boarding school in Guildford, Surrey. Sandi had hoped to become a human rights lawyer and studied Law, Archaeology and Anthropology at Girton College, Cambridge, where she also studied Muslim law as part of her extra studies. She graduated with a first class degree in law.
A woman
of many
Talents
During a year off from her studies, Sandi worked as a lighting technician on Jesus Christ Superstar at the Palace Theatre, London. She also wrote and starred in the first all-woman show for the Cambridge Footlights Review.
Sandi moved into the comedy circuit, radio, and mainstream television. Sandi first performed on Channel 4’s improvisation show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? An instant hit, she became a panellist on the BBC Radio 4 spoof game show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, and the BBC 2 Television word game Call My Bluff. She co-presented Island Race with John McCarthy.
Now dividing her time between travelling, writing and performing, Sandi presents Radio 4's Excess Baggage and The News Quiz and is a regular panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Call My Bluff. Her many television credits include, Mock the Week, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Points of View, Behind the Headlines and she appeared in the first ever episode of Have I Got News For You.
Sandi has written a number of children's books, starting with Tales From The Norse's Mouth. As well as her many fiction books for adults, she has also been successful with non-fiction, including Island Race, an account of her voyage around the coast of Great Britain with John McCarthy. Back on dry land, she toured as part of another double act; with Bonnie Langford in their two-woman show, Short and Curly.
Sandi writes regular columns in The Sunday Telegraph and Good Housekeeping, and was Channel 4 Political Humourist of the Year. The Broadcast Press Guild named her Radio Broadcaster of the Year.
When Sandi is not presenting her radio show or writing, she is in great demand as an after-dinner speaker and guest host.
Sandi moved into the comedy circuit, radio, and mainstream television. Sandi first performed on Channel 4’s improvisation show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? An instant hit, she became a panellist on the BBC Radio 4 spoof game show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, and the BBC 2 Television word game Call My Bluff. She co-presented Island Race with John McCarthy.
Now dividing her time between travelling, writing and performing, Sandi presents Radio 4's Excess Baggage and The News Quiz and is a regular panellist on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Call My Bluff. Her many television credits include, Mock the Week, Whose Line Is It Anyway, Points of View, Behind the Headlines and she appeared in the first ever episode of Have I Got News For You.
Sandi has written a number of children's books, starting with Tales From The Norse's Mouth. As well as her many fiction books for adults, she has also been successful with non-fiction, including Island Race, an account of her voyage around the coast of Great Britain with John McCarthy. Back on dry land, she toured as part of another double act; with Bonnie Langford in their two-woman show, Short and Curly.
Sandi writes regular columns in The Sunday Telegraph and Good Housekeeping, and was Channel 4 Political Humourist of the Year. The Broadcast Press Guild named her Radio Broadcaster of the Year.
When Sandi is not presenting her radio show or writing, she is in great demand as an after-dinner speaker and guest host.
