A whole new world of taste opened up to me and I put on at last one dress size, if not two during my 12 weeks on the Black Prince.

You never ever expect to win a Bafta. It's unreachable for people like me.

I had the working class ethic. I wanted to make a living and there weren't many opportunities for an opera singer in Yorkshire, so I went onto the club circuit.

Then I trained as an opera singer for four years before I started singing professionally as a pop act.

Holidays are reflection time and I always take 'Excuse Me, Your Life Is Waiting', by Lynn Grabhorn.