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Philippa: (On how her style has changed over the years) As a teenager in the 1980s, I really experimented with fashion and wore some pretty outrageous clothes, as did everyone back then. But, as I've grown older, I tend to stick to greys, blacks, browns and neutral colours. Also, back then, I had both of my ears pierced twice and wore a lot of those horrible huge plastic earrings that were all the rage back then. Now, I hardly ever wear earrings at all, and on the odd occasions when I do, its usually just a pair of small diamond studs or something like that.
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Philippa: If there's one thing I can't stand it's fussy, frou frou fashion. I don't like being trussed up or wearing a lot of colour, but I like my clothes to feel good - tactile and comfortable. Textures and fabrics are important to me.
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Philippa: A few weeks ago, it was Fred's birthday, and we hired a magician to entertain the kids at his party. Afterwards, when we asked Fred what his favourite bit of the magician's show was, he said it was 'watching Mummy get sawn in half' - The things you do for your children!!
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Philippa: (On her husband's choice of gifts for her) I tend to get a new camera for Christmas and birthday and Easter! He probably buys them so I don't touch his precious photographic equipment. At least they are my toys to play with.
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Philippa: I can honestly say that working with my husband is a joy. We've been working together for about 10 years and I cannot imagine (and wouldn't really want to) working with anyone else. We work really well together.
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Philippa: (On the filming of her nature series Halcyon River Diaries) We invited TV cameras into our family to live with us for a whole year. What was I thinking?
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Philippa: (Speaking about her home town) For me Winchester is the perfect package. It's beautiful, it's historic and the geology of the area makes its plants and countryside unique. You can walk everywhere from the shops, to the Cathedral, to the water meadows. You never feel lost or insecure and you always meet someone you know.
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Philippa: (On working on Tomorrow's World) I was no techno-expert. People still think I am a gadget-freak even after all these years. I just learned things as I went along. I turned the garbled technical details into a script that people could find interesting, easy to understand, but that was still accurate. Finding a way of demonstrating a gadget so people could see clearly how it worked, while they sat and ate their tea was the challenge.
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Philippa: (on being diagnosed gluten-intolerant) I was put on a strict diet for two months of no dairy foods, no alcohol, no caffeine and no wheat or grains. I took vitamin supplements and then slowly reintroduced different foods into my diet.
