Carol Vorderman

Once you have children it's love without bounds. You would die for them in an instant, without question. How can you better that?

My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby.

My father was having an affair with a 16-year-old when Mum was pregnant with me. She found out when I was three weeks old and left, not surprisingly.

My commitment is to my kids and my mum and I'm having a whale of a time.

I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone.

I'm a bit frightened of the idea of a full facelift because, when you look in the mirror, you want to look like yourself.

Since I turned 50, I've had the best year of my life and I now throw as much effort into the social side of my life as I do work - more so now than ever before.

After 30 years of television, I want to play more than I used to.

How you look has become ridiculously disproportionate to what you do. Critics are more harsh on female presenters.

I would never say never to marrying again but for the time being I'm having a great time.

The divorce is a regret of mine and my mum thinks that we should have stayed together. He's now remarried so there's no chance of us getting back together.

Turning 50 changed me and I'm far more accepting of myself. I'm not thin, but I am a size 10. I go in at the middle and very much out at the bottom and top. And now I think, 'Well, that's how I am.'

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private.

There was a great strain in our family because my father didn't want anything to do with me. He was happy to see my brother and sister, but not me. I don't know why. Maybe it was shame. I don't know. But he never wanted anything to do with me. That rejection was terribly hurtful and it went on for years.

Change is one of my favourite words.

I drive a tiny Toyota iQ. I'm quite frugal and often cut my own hair.

The photoshoot glitz and TV studio make-up isn't the real me. I spend most days at home in Bristol in jeans and a T-shirt running around after the kids or shopping in the Co-op.

For now I'm building up stories for the retirement home!

I've never once heard my mum shout and she's 83 now. She's incredible. She's very, very happy, slightly eccentric but loves laughing, which I do too.

Everything has to be organised for kids in London - you can't just walk three roads to see a friend.