Overview

• Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival to promote Lush!, Page said she told her mother and husband about the Christmas finale despite instructions to stay silent.
• She added that she showed them the script and later deleted a covert iPad recording her daughter had placed under a bed while she was learning lines.
• Page said she cried throughout production and then again after watching the behind-the-scenes documentary, though she stayed composed when viewing the episode on Christmas Day.
• An unexpected missed call from co-writer James Corden first signalled to her that the long-awaited conclusion was happening under tight secrecy.
• The finale was reported as drawing more than 19.3 million UK viewers, and Page says she now plans to focus more on family life and writing and presenting.