Lorraine Kelly is a Scottish television presenter and journalist who has graced our Daytime TV screens for over three decades - not bad for someone who was told by a very snooty executive that she'd never make in TV unless she had elocution lessons, (something she thankfully never did). That advice made her go home that very same day and apply for a reporting job for the breakfast show Tam, where she was snapped up and her life changed forever.

in our conversation today, Lorraine talks about how swallowing her pride led to another turning point in her career, after getting fired from breakfast TV while still on maternity leave, only to be asked back soon after because of her popularity with sponsors and viewers. The small segment she was given on her return went on to become the most enduring show on British Daytime television.

Lorraine tells me about how being a space geek led to her being mistaken for a real-life astronaut, what it was like meeting the Queen to receive her OBE, and why appearing on Strictly will never be on the cards!

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