Fiona Bruce

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On 'Question Time,' I've noticed great anger from the audience. When we discuss Brexit, emotions range from white-hot fury to cold, grey apathy. As soon as we move off Brexit, debate is much more nuanced and considered.
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To me it's always been a no-brainer. Maybe I'm just simplistic about it, but if you believe in equality of opportunity, and want to champion equality of opportunity, that makes you a feminist.
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Most visitors to Iceland tend to spend just a few hours in Reykjavik before moving on to the geological wonders beyond. I think they are missing out.
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Thailand was a revelation to me; the landscapes, the culture, the food and the people.
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I haven't done Botox. Although there are a few women on screen who do, and if you don't do it, which I don't, you look pretty rough by comparison.
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There is a thing about women, in particular, being endlessly grateful for the opportunities in life, rather than saying, 'I'm here because I'm good.'
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I saw 'The Theory of Everything,' which I loved, but I'm afraid I hardly ever get to go to the cinema.
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I was at a film premiere that George Clooney was attending and I was very star-struck. We weren't having a long conversation or anything, but I was definitely slightly in awe of him.
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This is going to make me sound 100 years old, but I really loved David Cassidy in 'The Partridge Family.'
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I really like sitting down with my daughter to watch programmes like 'Call the Midwife,' '24 hours in A&E,' 'One Born Every Minute' and 'Our Girl.' It's just the two of us, which is really nice.
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After 'Question Time,' I find my mind is racing. So I try to watch something that's a million miles away from all that, like 'Poldark' or 'Call the Midwife' or 'Derry Girls.'
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I don't go into the newsroom and people start salivating. I can't think of anything further from the truth.
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I remember my dad saying to me, 'But Fiona don't you want to go and do the dramatic society. You can still do your women's groups as well.' And I said, 'Dad, feminism is a way of life! It's not a hobby!'
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Age is definitely an issue for women in TV. There comes a point - especially if you're a woman - when your career just falls off a cliff. I'm not being self-pitying. That's just the way it is.
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I learnt a salutary lesson when I was being hired for the 'Six O'Clock News' and others were being fired, people who I thought were great, like Jill Dando. Letting her go was a big mistake, in my view. But that is probably going to be me one day - I'll read about it in the press and that will be that.
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The atmosphere in the newsroom could be pretty poisonous. When I arrived, the people who worked on the 'Six' were sitting there slagging off what had gone out on the 'One.' I thought: 'What is this place? And what are you saying about me?'
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Coming to Rajasthan had been my idea, my dream. In the weeks before we arrived, I had tried and failed on numerous occasions to enthuse my family with the joys of travel in India; reading bits from the guidebooks, telling the children about the history of the Mughals, insisting to my daughter that she really would enjoy curry if it was in India.
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The one good thing about jet lag when you fly to the United States is that you wake up so madly early, you can beat everyone else to the big tourist attractions and miss the queues.
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You don't have doubts when you get offered 'Question Time.' You think, thank you very much.
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I think the BBC has come a long way in equal pay. I think it's come the furthest of all in the representation of women on screen.
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There's not much opportunity to learn to read the news. By and large, you either can or you can't do it pretty much straight away.
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I have a few grey hairs. I dye them. I don't let them show when I'm reading the news.
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I love 'Chicago,' I love the musical and the movie and I thought Catherine Zeta-Jones was amazing.
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My father John taught me about hard work and the importance of manners.
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Pudding is my favourite part of any meal and I always have one if I can manage it.
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I wouldn't consider cosmetic surgery.
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There are a million and one things I'd love to get stuck into. Travel, finally getting to spend some time with the family. And I'd love to become a magistrate.
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You don't present a show like 'Crimewatch' without developing a real respect for the justice system in this country.
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I've been a journalist for too long to stop calling myself a journalist, and also when I'm doing 'Fake or Fortune?' I'm going through a rigorous investigation.
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I'm very fortunate in the things I've done and I've worked really hard at them. It's always ultimately up to the viewers whether they like it or not.
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The BBC is a huge part of the nation's cultural life.
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I couldn't imagine life without Radio 4.
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People are more than two-dimensional, and again I think the complexities in life, and in one's makeup, grow as you get older, partly through experience.
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I talk about feminism being a spectrum.
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My mum, who died in 2011, was the most loving mother you could ask for. She was very compassionate, always a good listener, and her love was a constant throughout my life. She was very sympathetic, kind and understanding and I think these values can be underrated.
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My parents' set-up was very traditional, whereas that's not the life I've chosen to lead.
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They're all good-looking men - I can't think of a male presenter who isn't a good-looking bloke - but, you know, they're not judged by their suits and ties.
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I met someone with a title on my first day, Baronet von Something, and I thought: 'Look at me, I've really grafted. Who are these people who have just waltzed into Oxford? I don't want to hang out with those people. They're nothing like me.'
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When both my parents were unwell I was in that situation that will be very familiar to many women. I had young children in one part of the country, and elderly unwell parents in another. I was in a constant state of guilt. Was I there enough for my mother? Was I there enough for my children?
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If you work and you want to see your children, something's got to give and for me, it's my social life.
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When I started presenting I'd get invited to red carpet events and I went to a few premieres. But pretty soon I thought, 'Life's too short.'
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Don't ask me the secret to a good long-term relationship - I have no idea! Honestly, I think it's just luck.
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If I want to watch things I'm on, I end up watching on my own.
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My own valuation moment: When I started 'Antiques Roadshow,' John Benjamin looked at my engagement ring, which is Victorian. I sat there as a visitor would and he dated it, talked me through the stone, which is an opal, and which mine it would have been from.
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I love 'The Master And Margarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov, which is about repression in Soviet Russia in the 1930s.
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You can't beat a good millefeuille, which is basically a posh custard slice. Yum!
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I conquered my phobia of camping, although I doubt I'll be pitching my tent at a muddy festival any time soon.
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If you crave a bit of adventure and the unknown, Singapore is not for you.
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With two older brothers, I was a tomboy in one sense, but on the other hand I really loved dolls. My brothers weren't very happy when I nicked their Action Men to play with my dolls and they were appalled when I made them kiss my Barbies.
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My Duke of Edinburgh interview for his 90th in June 2011 was not one of my successes. I knew what to expect: there were some very uncomfortable moments and put-downs, but I think it made for entertaining viewing.
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