Sandi Toksvig OBE

Born in Copenhagen and raised around the world, Sandi Toksvig began her comedy career at Cambridge, where she studied at Girton College. She is currently a bye-fellow at Christ’s College, working on a female-friendly version of Wikipedia. A beloved broadcaster, Sandi’s television career spans Number 73, Call My Bluff, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Fifteen-to-One, and The Great British Bake Off. In 2015, she became the host of QI, BBC2’s notoriously tricky quiz. She also explored the UK’s most unusual hideaways in Extraordinary Escapes (2021–2023) and will present Sandi’s Great British Woodland Restoration in 2025. For a decade, Sandi chaired The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4, earning her a place in the Radio Hall of Fame. A prolific writer, she has been President of the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain since 2019 and has published nearly 30 books. Her latest novel, Friends of Dorothy, was released in 2024. An activist for gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights, Sandi co-founded the Women’s Equality Party in 2015 and received an OBE in 2014 for her contributions to broadcasting and charity.