BBC Antiques Roadshow’s Fiona Bruce’s ‘life-changing’ passion and movie industry husband

Fiona Bruce is a familiar face to BBC viewers, having presented Antiques Roadshow and Question Time, but what do we know of the life she leads away from the cameras?

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Fiona Bruce, a well-known television personality, has enjoyed a long and distinguished broadcasting career. The 60 year old presenter began her journey at the BBC as a journalist in the 1990s before progressing to present the BBC News at Six and BBC News at Ten.

Fiona Bruce is a familiar face on the BBC, hosting Antiques Roadshow and Question Time. However, what is known about her personal life outside of television?

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Fiona’s personal life with her husband of 30 years and children.

Fiona has been married to Nigel Sharrocks, a businessman and non-executive chairman of Digital Cinema Media, which supplies cinema advertisements to Cineworld, Odeon, and Vue, for 30 years.

Before the switch to advertising, Nigel previously held the position of Managing Director of Warner Bros Pictures UK in the 2000s.

The couple met while working at an advertising agency and married in July 1994, reports the Mirror.

Fiona and Nigel have two children, Sam, 27, and Mia, 23. Speaking about the challenges of balancing her career and motherhood, Fiona once revealed to Good Housekeeping: “Did I spend enough time with my children? I think scratch the surface of any working woman and she will always think, ‘Probably not.'”.

“I don’t think there’s such a thing as quality time with your children,” she continued. “I think it’s quantity. But there’s never been any question that they take precedence over everything in my life, and always have done.”

In a candid interview with Woman and Home in 2024, Fiona Bruce revealed her more moderate approach to drinking since becoming a mother.

“I’ve turned up for work with a hangover before, but not since the kids came along,” she confessed as she looked forward to her 60th birthday celebrations. “I’m a very light drinker these days.

“If I’m out, I don’t particularly want to go to bed early, and if I have more than a couple of glasses of wine, I get really sleepy, and I don’t want to be sleepy because I want to enjoy the night!”.

Her ‘life changing passion’

Fiona’s passion for antiques has only deepened since she began presenting Antiques Roadshow in 2008. Speaking to The Sunday Post in 2019, Fiona expressed how the show has significantly impacted her life.

“I know more than when I started, that’s for sure, and I’m a hugely enthusiastic antiques buyer, auction bidder and junk shop devotee,” she said. “It sounds a bit dramatic, but it has changed my life. I’m not interested in shopping for modern things. It started as an interest on the programme and now it’s a passion,”.

Away from the television screen, Fiona enjoys spending time in her garden. During an appearance on The One Show in 2022, she discussed her gardening hobby with former host Jermaine Jenas, humorously remarking: “Not a very talented one though!”.

See Fiona on the Antiques Roadshow, BBC iPlayer and Sunday evenings.

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