Unflappable Fiona

IT’S not just Fiona Bruce’s clipped headgirl tones and impish humour that make her a perfect Question Time host. It’s that nothing fazes her – not even an unexpected intervention as she gave birth to daughter Mia.

She recalls: ‘The labour went on for ages, and they asked if they could bring some students in. My legs are in stirrups, right at the point of the pushing – so a bit of huffing and puffing goes on, then there’s a little silence when you catch your breath before the next contraction.

‘And just in that little well of silence this voice plopped into it, from somewhere around my feet, saying, “This probably isn’t the right time to mention it, but you are my favourite presenter.”’

Ever the pro, Fiona replied: ‘That’s nice to hear, thank you.’

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