JOINED BY DAUGHTER EMMA AT HOME IN THE COTSWOLDS ANNE ROBINSON THE NEW HOST OF ‘COUNTDOWN’ SPEAKS FRANKL ABOUT FAMILY LIFE AND BEING A FEMALE FRONTRUNNER
'We had times of annoying each other in lockdown, but it was fabulous' Anne
One person who will be celebrating the return of Anne Robinson to our TV screens this week is her daughter, Emma Wilson.
“It’s a lifesaver,” she says of her mother’s new job as the host of Countdown , the long-running Channel 4 daytime programme. “She was driving us all crazy because she was bored – she’s terrible when she’s idle. But suddenly she has a skip in her step, and we’ve got Anne Robinson back.”
We are talking in the large, light-filled living room of Anne’s beautifully converted Cotswolds barn where Emma, 50, husband Liam Kan and sons Hudson, 12, and Parker, 11, along with their two English setters, spent most of lockdown.
“They arrived just in time from London, and I couldn’t believe what came out of the car – two dogs, cricket bats, footballs, badminton and tennis rackets, plants. I didn’t think it was ever going to stop,” says Anne, sitting on one of the elegant sofas, which, along with her many books and eclectic artwork, makes the space so welcoming and comfortable. A ping-pong table, put up for her grandsons, still stands as a reminder of when her home was overtaken with family
