Konnie Huq

Since I've left 'Blue Peter' I've presented all sorts of different things. I've done a music show, for instance, and 'Blue Peter'…

— Konnie Huq

In this [show] business you do something rock 'n' roll and then that's it, finished, heads roll. It's best not to take…

— Konnie Huq

My husband Charlie says I get ready five minutes before I go out the door. I am one of those people who…

— Konnie Huq

I've worn a chainmail suit to swim with sharks, glided over Cirencester with a James Bond-style paramotor strapped to my back, eaten…

— Konnie Huq

I wear mascara, eyeliner, a bit of foundation and blusher. I always think lip gloss makes you appear properly made-up. Slap it…

— Konnie Huq

My parents really wanted me to have an arranged marriage when I was younger, but I think they have updated a bit…

— Konnie Huq

The brilliant thing about 'Blue Peter' is the variety of the stuff you do and the experiences that you have, just amazing…

— Konnie Huq

About the only useful thing my economics degree taught me was that, in all decisions in life, you have to do a…

— Konnie Huq

I was mindful that clothes, objects and items had all been designed and manufactured. Thought had gone into those processes, so to…

— Konnie Huq

Growing up in a Muslim family, I didn't eat pork and was tactically vegetarian at school in a bid to avoid accidentally…

— Konnie Huq

I used to watch TV in the days that I was on TV. But in that time, streaming has come along. So…

— Konnie Huq

My A-levels were physics, chemistry and maths. Science is fascinating but I wouldn't say I have used it since then. I decided…

— Konnie Huq

From a young age I was really into pop music because I had these two older sisters who were into it, and…

— Konnie Huq

My husband has a wife who is happy to wander round in old leggings held up with worn elastic. I'm happy with…

— Konnie Huq

I say throwaway, jokey things. When you're young-looking and you are presenting something that has gravitas you can't look down your nose,…

— Konnie Huq

I guess when you're on 'Blue Peter' there's that goody-two-shoes image which people find attractive.

— Konnie Huq

At eight or nine I passed the exam for Notting Hill and Ealing High, a private school. I had an assisted place;…

— Konnie Huq

My dad moved to Britain from Bangladesh in the 1960s to work as an actuary for Prudential. However, after seeing an empty…

— Konnie Huq

You're an example as a kids' presenter, so there is a responsibility there. But they got lucky with me - I'm not…

— Konnie Huq

Journalists know other journalists - that's the only reason my engagement made it into the papers. I don't think real people are…

— Konnie Huq

When we oldies were kids, there was little on offer, food wise, particularly for people with restricted diets.

— Konnie Huq

I'm not extravagant, so I won't need to rein it in too much. Me and my friend make each other cards. I…

— Konnie Huq

We as parents, and the control culture, it is our responsibility to make sure we give the right perceived norms and the…

— Konnie Huq

Forget quantitative easing - I've always thought the idea of injecting virtual money into the system is an accident waiting to happen.

— Konnie Huq

I had an instamatic wind-on camera and remember buying the flashcubes and fixing on top of the frame. The flash credits were…

— Konnie Huq