I had people who said I was a brilliant producer but I wouldn't get on the news because I was too northern.… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
I think people tend to underestimate you when you have a Northern accent, for instance if you have to talk to the… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
I remember once at the end of a BBC job interview the manager said to me: 'I didn't realise people like you… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
We concentrate too much on ethnic diversity and not enough on class. It's dead important to represent loads of different cultures. But… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
Since becoming a BBC breakfast presenter I have been paid four-figure sums for doing hour-long speeches for associations and at awards dinners.… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
I meet a lot of people with my BBC Breakfast job who have great businesses. — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
When I went on air and people heard my accent, they all said it was really nice to have a northern voice. — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
I remember early in my career people telling me I needed to change my accent, that I needed to sound more professional,… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
If it's a healthy day, I'll head to the gym, then have a steak salad at the cafe next door. — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
I had people who said I was a brilliant producer but I wouldn't get on the news because I was too northern. But there… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
When I come to schools like Norton Primary Academy and meet children who have their lives and careers before them, I hope in some… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
Given how dangerous it is for someone to consume something they are allergic to, you would think that companies would just make sure they… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
I am a young woman, with a regional accent, from a working class family, who has had a pretty standard education. So far, so… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
My first attempt at a business was a jumble sale which I ran at the end of my next door neighbour's drive. I used… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
There's a common problem: if a kid is not good at exams, they often think they are not skilled. Yet many of them do… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
From a young age I had a real sense of the world of work. This is what vocational education gives you. — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
The most rewarding, insightful and challenging year of my life was my 'Year in Industry' working as a trainee engineer at Black & Decker,… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
I'm always on the go, which means my health has often been the thing that suffers. — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image
I think people tend to underestimate you when you have a Northern accent, for instance if you have to talk to the CEO of… — Steph McGovern Copy Share Image