Was head of programming for HBO in the UK, and wrote several books.
Was a journalist for several years in the US. She returned to the UK and worked at a TV production company, where she met future husband
Gerry Anderson.
Her parents were a boxing promoter and a dressmaker. She graduated from the London School of Economics with a degree in sociology and political science.
As of January 199 was based in Pinewood Studios, England.
Mother with first husband Jack of Dee Anderson, and with Gerry of Gerry Anderson Jr., an anaesthetist.