Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig
03:15 am - 04:05 am, Wednesday, April 29 on Channel 4 +1 (15)
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Season 3, Episode 3
Sandi and comedian, actor and writer Roisin Conaty explore Wales from the Pembrokeshire Coast to the English border staying in the best retreats the country has to offer. Starting with Seren Mor near the Nevern Estuary, Roisin is blown away by the contemporary architecture and dogs on the beach. Electric bikes take the pair over to Powys where they stay at the Hergest Lee Cabin and Lean-To, styled with quirky design and mid-century furnishings. Finally, the pair top off their escape in Moor Tower, a refurbished folly by Hay on Wye just a mile from the Welsh boarder boasting views of the Black Mountains, The Brecon Beacons and the Wye Valley
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Cast & Crew
Sandi Toksvig
(Presenter)
Roisin Conaty
(Guest)
Colin Lennox
(Series producer)
Ed St Giles
(Series director)
Steph Harris
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Sandi Toksvig
(Presenter)
Born:
May 03, 1959
in
Copenhagen, Denmark
Best Known For:
Whose Line is it Anyway? and The News Quiz.
Early-life:
Sandra Birgitte Toksvig was born in Copenhagen on May 3, 1958. Due to her father's job as a foreign correspondent for a Danish TV station, she grew up in Europe, Africa and the US. She studied anthropology, archaeology and law at Cambridge, and hoped to become a human rights lawyer. She won several prizes for academic achievements, and also appeared with the famous Footlights entertainment group. Sandi took a year off her studies to work as a lighting technician at a London theatre - and never looked back.
Career:
Toksvig went on to work at Nottingham Playhouse and for the New Shakespeare Company before landing a job as a writer and performer on children's show No 73 in 1982. She then moved onto the comedy circuit and began to gain a wider following thanks to regular appearances on Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, hosting the station's News Quiz, and Channel 4's Whose Line is it Anyway? She became a Call My Bluff team captain in 1997, and began presenting a revival of Fifteen-to-One in 2014. In 2015, she left her job as the presenter of The News Quiz to help set up the Women's Equality Party.
Quote:
On the intellectuals she met while a Cambridge student: 'They could split the atom, but not wire a plug.'
Trivia:
Toksvig was awarded an OBE in 2014. She has written several novels.
Roisin Conaty
(Guest)
Born:
March 26, 1979
in
London
Best Known For:
Being a comedian and starring in Man Down.
Early-life:
Roisin was born in London on March 26, 1979. In 2010, she won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival. In the same year, she appeared on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three and performed alongside other female comedians for charity on Victoria Wood's Angina Monologues on Sky One.
Career:
Conaty stars in the BBC's hidden camera series Impractical Jokers and she has appeared as a guest on a number of panel shows, including Have I Got News for You, 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2013, she began playing Jo in Channel 4 sitcom Man Down.
Quote:
'I'm a terrible dresser. I wouldn't know what's in or what season I'm in. It's a real effort for me not to look mad.'
Trivia:
Conaty also performs as one half of female double act The Cakes with Caroline Ginty.
Colin Lennox
(Series producer)
Ed St Giles
(Series director)
Steph Harris
(Executive producer)
