Overview

• In new interviews published on 16 October, the 63-year-old recalls leaving the set to cry between segments before reapplying her makeup at the Blue Peter gardens.
• She says she kept a cheerful on-air persona by separating a "public face" from a "private face."
• Kirkwood's 18-year marriage to Scottish property developer Jimmy Kirkwood ended in 2008.
• She later married serving police officer Steve Randall in 2023 after what she calls a "Sliding Doors" encounter at a function neither planned to attend.
• The couple wed at Cliveden House with no guests, exchanged self-written vows, and coped with Storm Gerrit as she still described the day as perfect.