Miquita Oliver

I cannot express how much music got me through lockdown. I re-discovered Roberta Flack, Smokey Robinson, and Aretha Franklin.

'The Victorians' show is like no TV I've done.

Black boys always fancy a mixed-race girl. That's my theory anyway.

In my group of friends it's not really a big deal that I'm on telly. They're all much more famous than me.

When I'm interviewing people, the way I bond with them is by encouraging them to complain about how hard their day is.

I'd like to become a female Louis Theroux.

I dropped my prompt cards in front of Josh Hartnett once and I've never recovered.

I've always been very honest about the fact my weight goes up and down, but I think that's the same for a lot of people.

It sucks if you're having a fat day and you still have to go on TV.

I don't think I'll ever shop on the high street in the same way again. It just doesn't have the same excitement for me.

My parents had a six floor warehouse on Curtain Road called Cordy House between 2004 and 2007 where we had some of the most banging and memorable London parties.

I'm used to presenting programs about pop music, interviewing pop stars, and hosting awards.

I started listening to old music that represented Mum and us living in west London when I was younger, and delved deep: SWV, Soul II Soul, Mos Def, A Tribe Called Quest, Young Disciples, D'Angelo and lots of Wu Tang Clan.

Looking back, I had a great lockdown - the vibe of my family got me through it. Every night we'd cook, play tunes and dance.

When London first went into lockdown, Mum and I were in the car listening to the radio. We drove to our local Turkish supermarket and saw queues around the building. Everyone looked terrified. I burst into tears when I got home.

Tupperware! I use every size I can get.

Paloma wool and all of the British Heart Foundation shops - I love checking out the latest donations to find quality, preloved pieces that no one else will have.

That the word 'sustainable' can be a bit intimidating, but it's just about keeping an eye on your daily decisions.

Any nature documentary or TV show will always make you start thinking differently about what surrounds us and how to take care of it.

It's really bad to show kids the only way to be successful is to be famous, anyway.

I was definitely getting too cosy. I would probably have done 'Popworld' until I was 60.

We didn't really like each other, Simon and I, because we didn't understand each other. We're very, very, very different people from very different lives.

I've always wanted to live really high up, and this is the only flat in the building with a balcony, so I feel quite smug up here.

I like to be reminded that life is going on.

I've been going around London obsessing about people's gardens; I take pictures on my BlackBerry.

Fashion shows scare me, and I've always been a bit more of a scruffbag. I'm not really put together like that.

When I turned 21, I really wanted to go to uni, and then I thought about it and realized all I wanted was the experience. All the stuff you do in uni, I did in London, which is hang out and party with friends - but instead of getting up and going to lessons, I got up and went to work.

I was once given a huge LG TV, which was the size of a house... all because I went to a party!

I've received some very creepy letters, from some very creepy men.

I was on holiday in Morocco and in the middle of nowhere some random strangers suddenly shouted out 'T4!' It was so out of the blue; l was terrified for a minute!

I remember one episode trying to be really gassed about The Darkness and thinking, 'This just feels really forced.'

The thing about 'Popworld' is it became such a luxury to be doing this great show every week, and to have people stop you in the street and say it's good.

The interview with Busted changed everything - it was just so funny, and we were all on set and they couldn't stop laughing. And I remember thinking, 'We're onto something.'

I was only 15 when 'Popworld' started. We had no money, no budget, no one knew who we were - they just wanted a nice pop show.

It's quite interesting to hear the different ways boys and girls talk about sex, because they're not so different at all.

Me and most of my girlfriends have said that we would never have a boob job, but we all said that we might have a boob lift. That doesn't sound so surgical, does it?

I do have a personal trainer who I'll go to every day - I lose loads of weight, then I get lazy and put it all back on again.

I'm quite bingey; I'll be really healthy for two weeks, but then I'll be really crap for a week. I don't get ill, though.

You can be very honest about being nervous.

I was declared bankrupt a few years ago, which really made me grow up and look in the mirror, face myself, and find strength.

I started presenting when I was 16, and because TV is such a small world, you often end up working with the same people. I would say I've worked with pretty much the same circle of people ever since, so in a way I have always felt cradled by them, protected; they've looked out for me because they've known me since I was a child.

Do you know what, the reason I haven't worked loads and loads is because I got so lucky working on 'Popworld' and T4. They were such unique pieces of telly, so I got really spoiled.

Just the sound of the paper ripping relaxes me.

It isn't something I expected to be good at, but I am an amazing skier.

I like girls who look like they never brush their hair. That's the key to real style.

When I was 15 I went to live with my aunt and uncle instead of my mum, for money reasons. It was a huge shock to my system, suddenly living with six people rather than one. Hopefully it changed me for the better.

Shopping second hand has always just made me feel good.

Me and my nan dress exactly the same.

I just love second-hand clothes.

We grew up in west London, everyone was poor, and we bought our clothes from charity shops or from Portobello.