Tess Daly
English television presenter
Holding my two babies, Phoebe and Amber, for the first time.
When were you happiest?
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What is the worst job you have done?
Craft & work
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What did you want to be when you were growing up?
Identity & self
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What would you like to leave your children?
Death & what remains
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
Failure & regret
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What is your greatest fear?
Identity & self
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What would you like to be remembered for?
Death & what remains
Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
When I changed the toner cartridge in my printer all on my own – that was a day of pure euphoria.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗
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Whenever all my children and my grandchild are near.
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A drummer in a famous band or an astronaut.
A sense of what’s right, a few quid and some nice paintings.
This was said about me in a Radio 1 focus group: “I don’t pay my licence fee to hear scummy northerners.”
Heights, something happening to my children and Manchester United getting good again (I’m a Man City fan).
As someone who made people laugh, introduced them to good music and wasn’t too much of a pain in the arse.
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