It turns out there is an art to perching and Sian Williams has it to neat perfection. “Eleven years on the BBC Breakfast sofa,” she says crisply, as we pose for pictures. And then, looking across at me, “Shoulders…
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Sian Williams on meeting the Queen, helping BBC staff and her new show Your Money, Their Tricks, my meeting with Sian Williams comes at the end of the most extraordinary week of her career.…
This article was first published on: 05/05/2012 When Sian Williams turns up at BBC Broadcasting House for this interview, she’s just visited a slightly less dignified London landmark – Topshop. “I needed a new ‘newsreader’ jacket,” she says. Sure enough, cream…
This article was first published on: 08/07/2013 PRESENTER Sian, 48, lives in London with her husband, TV producer Paul Woolwich. She has four children, Joss, 21, Alex, 19, Seth, six, and Eve, four. Not a lot of people know…
When she lines up at the start of the London Marathon this weekend, Radio 4’s Saturday Live co-presenter Sian Williams won’t just be facing the challenge of the 26.2-mile course; she’ll be confronting her biggest fear. The last time she ran a marathon,…
This article was first published on: 16/06/2008 Why did you want to tell us your story? Because I know how vital giving blood is. After the birth of my youngest son, Seth, in 2006 I lost two litres of…
This article was first published on: 23/07/2013 At school I was too small to be good at team sports. Running appealed to me because it was just me on my own. It was when I was at university that…
Emily Maitlis, Sian Williams and Sophie Raworth put on their dancing shoes for charity Emily Maitlis Last partner: I last danced at a party in San Francisco with my mate, Jo. Snoop Dogg was on stage, so my next dance…