Clare Balding

On the beach, I take my clothes off under a towel.

Having thyroid cancer in 2009 really didn't change my life at all. I wish I could say that I had this epiphany. But I knew I was lucky before that, so it's not like I suddenly realised how lucky I am.

Particularly when you're young, you're terribly flattered by people who like you, so you think you love them.

I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.