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‘People say I’m po-faced, but they’d be amazed how mischievous and naughty I am away from the telly’

definite my friends. I’d end the day at home in London with my three Irish setters, quietly reflecting on an amazing day. The happiest moment you’ll cherish forever... Ringing my mum on 12 April 1993 and saying, ‘It’s a boy. You’re a article grandma!’ I didn’t know at the time but We ask a celebrity a set of devilishly she was very ill. She’d had breast cancer when she was 50 and it had come back. probing questions – and only accept The saddest time that shook your world... Walking with my mum a few THE definitive answer. This week weeks later, pushing the buggy, when she told me about the cancer. I said, ‘I it’s presenter Kay Burley can’t manage without you Mum.’ She The prized possession you value above The temptation you wish you could was my world. She died on 11 Decem­ all others... My sense of humour! It’s resist... Having the last word, whether ber when she was only 59. essential for the job I do. The team at Sky I’m arguing with friends or interviewing The unfulfilled ambition that contin- are very serious, but in the downtime someone on TV. I can’t help myself. ues to haunt you... Never breaking 12 they’re hilarious. If it wasn’t for humour, The priority activity if you were the seconds for the 100 metres when I was I’d probably not be quite as sane as I am. The unlikely inter- The misapprehension about yourself Invisible Woman for a day... I’d go a kid. The best I did was 12.4. est that engages you wish you could erase... That I’m The biggest regret you wish you could to No 10 and listen to your curiosity... po-faced. People have a go at me on The philosophy that underpins your amend... My parents died quite young, so to Formula 1 motor Twitter and say I’m too serious. They’d life... It’s Kipling’s line, ‘If you can meet serious regret isn’t in my DNA. I live every find out why he racing. I used to be surprised to know how mischievous with Triumph and Disaster, And treat day as if it were my last because one day it really doesn’t find it ridiculous and and naughty I am away from the telly. those two impostors just the same...’ will be. That said, I wish I hadn’t bought want to take part boring but I’ve grown to The order of service at your funeral... my Range Rover Evoque last year. It cost in the party lead­ The poem that touches your soul... If by love it thanks to my son. Gin. Laughs. Gin. No songs. More gin about £40,000 and has been terrible. I’m ers’ General Election debates. I think Rudyard Kipling. I first read it when I – I just want people to get drunk and going to replace it with a Porsche Macan. it’s because, as Prime Minister, he has The figure from history for whom you’d was 11 after my mum gave it to me. It’s most like to buy a pie and a pint... The tell a few stories. The book that holds an everlasting reso- the most to lose, but he can’t admit it. a brilliant guide to how to live life. American writer Dorothy Parker. She The way you want to be remembered... nance... Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina. The song that means most to you... The pet hate that makes your hackles was a great wit who’d be terrific company. Great mother, loyal friend, dog lover. It’s the best love story ever told. rise... Drivers at traffic lights who Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody. I remem­ The treasured item you lost and wish you Kay Burley presents Sky The film you can watch time only indicate to turn right after the ber watching the video on Top Of The The Plug... could have again... A 9ct gold necklace News from 2pm-5pm Monday to Friday. and time again... The Best light’s turned green. You’re then stuck Pops in 1975 and it blew my mind. behind them if you want to go straight my mum Kathleen bought for my 12th Follow her on Twitter @kayburley. n Exotic Marigold Hotel. The way you would spend your fantasy on. It drives me nuts. birthday. It had my sign of the Zodiac, As told to Rob McGibbon It’s funny but deals with Sagittarius, on it but I lost it while play­ 24 hours, with no travel restrictions... serious issues like The person who has influenced ing in a park. I still think about it. I’d corral all my friends at Heathrow ageing and unrequi­ you most... My dad Frank. He and take a private jet to Ulusaba, ted love. Maggie was wise and had a great The event that altered the course of Richard Branson’s game reserve in Covering the Smith and Judi sense of humour, which my your life and character... South Africa. We’d see the animals P

Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry disaster hoto Dench are bril­ 21-year-old son Alexander then have a big lunch in the bush. liant. I can’t wait in Zeebrugge in 1987 for TV-am. I was has inherited. Dad died from a Antelope burgers are tasty, but I g a very a junior reporter but I volunteered d raphs: for the sequel. heart attack in 1995 at 65. wouldn’t tell my friends what they’re to go. When I got back I was promoted eating. After, I’d leave my friends a The piece of wisdom you would to presenter and my career took off. there and go to base camp at Mount n kenned pass on to a child... There is no Right: Dame Judi The crime you would commit knowing Everest with my son Alexander. Later rush. Take your time, you have Dench in The Best you could get away with it... I’d break I’d trek along the Inca trail at Machu y, ge your whole life ahead of you. Exotic Marigold Hotel. into Buckingham Palace and have a nose Picchu, in Peru. It’s meant to be quite allstar tty, Above right: a Formula 1 a spiritual journey, so I’d go alone to car. Far right: the Rock The unending quest that drives around. I want to know what the private Lodge at South Africa’s you on... To be first with the news. rooms are like and if the Queen really give me time to think. After that I’d Ulusaba Game Reserve If I’m beaten to it, I’m gutted! keeps food in Tupperware. nip back to Ulusaba for cocktails with Next week PS... l Claire Foy – who plays Anne Fifty Shades Of Grey with Jamie Dornan finally hits cinemas on Boleyn – takes us behind the l Friday. Wolf Hall’s Mark Rylance is Philippe V in Farinelli And scenes on Wolf Hall How to cook classic Jewish food The King at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre from Wednesday. And l Monty Don on an unsung Valentine’s flower l PLUS Katherine Jenkins starts a UK tour in Cambridge the same day Britain’s best TV listings

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