Steph McGovern says discussing her family life on TV helps ‘take away prejudices’

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Steph McGovern is full of apologies when she starts our interview a few minutes behind schedule. “The chairman of Channel 4 arrived at the studio, so I had to do a bit of meet and greet,” she explains, before revealing, “but I’ve got two portions of the lasagne that Simon Rimmer just made on the show, so that’s tea sorted!” Such is life for the busy 39-year-old, who presents her chat show Steph’s Packed Lunch every weekday in Leeds, before heading home to her partner and two-year-old daughter in nearby Harrogate.

Steph found fame on BBC Breakfast, moving to Channel 4 to launch her own show just as the pandemic hit. The early episodes were broadcast live from Steph’s own living room, with her daughter only four months old.