Mel Giedroyc

I can't take UKIP seriously. I should, I must, it's our duty to take them seriously, because they're coming out with some really heinous old crap about immigration.

The Gift' doesn't deal with the neat, tie-me-up-with-a-bow kind of stories - they are grittier, messier, and not all of them have a happy resolution. You are following people and events that are more difficult, more elusive, and therefore harder to pin down.

I feel very lucky. 'Bake Off' has opened more doors for me. I was so delighted to get the job.

For me, Christmas was always about presents. As a child, we each had an allotted place in the sitting room for the ceremonial unwrapping and mine was perched beside the telly on a Moroccan pouffe. We would watch our mum with bated breath as she divided up the gifts.

The world is such a blooming topsy-turvy, fragile, bleak place.

The strength of 'The Gift' is that the people featured and their stories are given the space to speak for themselves.

People can now get to see anything they want, in any shape or form, anywhere, on laptop, iPad or 'phone. What's not controllable, though, is the live element. So there's still a real thrill for TV viewers in watching actors pulling it all together and performing live, and a real challenge for the actors.

I had to sit down and promise the kids I would no longer have any spray tans. My husband started sending me the carrot emoji.

I take each thing as it comes and try and give it 110 per cent - it's just a blessing to be able to do different things.

It's a blessing to be able to do different things really, I feel so lucky.

As someone who is a dedicated fan of the NHS, I'm extremely worried, I think its a very precious thing that needs to be nurtured, looked after.

Of course there's pressure on you whatever timeslot you're doing, but I think there's more pressure on you as you go into the evening and I think being tucked away in a nice teatime arena feels quite nice.