Sandi Toksvig has landed two new journey reveals.
The previous Nice British Bake Off presenter will entrance a pair of sequence for Channel 4, with the four-part Sandi Toksvig’s Nice Riviera Rail Journey seeing the 67-year-old star take viewers on one of many world’s most glamorous practice journeys, from Marseille to Menton, as she explores the gorgeous French coast.
Alongside the way in which, the present – which is made by Cornelia Avenue Productions – sees Sandi go to a string of iconic areas beloved by the wealthy and well-known, together with Monaco, Cannes, Good, and Saint-Tropez, and inspecting the tales of monarchs, artists, and celebrities who remodeled the area right into a prestigious vacation vacation spot.
And a second new present from Salamanda Media, titled Sandi’s Hidden Wonders, follows on from her earlier journey sequence Extraordinary Escapes and sees the presenter discover a few of the world’s finest secrets and techniques.
A supply informed the Every day Mirror newspaper “Sandi might not have felt she was intellectually challenged sufficient on Bake Off, however her new reveals are filled with journey so there’s no room, or time, for boredom. Removed from it! That is Sandi at her heat and witty finest.”
The 67-year-old comedian beforehand admitted she thought she was “going loopy” throughout her three-year stint internet hosting Nice British Bake Off from 2017 to 2020 as a result of she was so bored.
She informed the Stirring It Up podcast: “It was the largest pay cheque of my life… no disrespect to individuals who prefer to prepare dinner, however watching meringue dry and being informed what number of completely different varieties there are?
“I truthfully thought I used to be going out of my thoughts.
“I’d ring (my spouse) Deb and go, ‘I’m going loopy, I’m going loopy’, as a result of a five-hour bake, which is 20 minutes on the telly – it’s 5 hours lengthy.
“I used to be simply getting depressed. However it’s about integrity. You probably have that then you may sleep.
“You probably have integrity and also you suppose, ‘I’m doing a great factor for different folks, I’m being good to my buddies, my household,’ that’s tremendous.
“There’s no cash on the earth that may then take that from you.”
Sandi was joined by her associate Debbie on the present, who mentioned the host grew to become “rather more seen” within the press after signing up for the present which additionally made it “very worrying”.
Psychotherapist Debbie added: “Psychological well being is far more essential than how a lot cash you earn.”
