She broke the mould as a BBC Breakfast presenter. Now she hopes her new Channel 4 show will bring some much-needed comfort to the nation In an east London studio, Channel 4’s biggest new signing, Steph McGovern, is telling me how her daytime TV show is going to work in the midst of the coronavirus. ‘We are all in this together,’ she says, ‘and none of us know what the next few hours will bring, let alone the future.
The world is in meltdown – restaurants, banks, engineering, hospitality, the entertainment industry… everything.’ One thing is clear, however: The Steph Show could be her moment.
Because it is surely strong, smart, unflappable women like her who we need right now. Channel 4 was ahead of the curve in appointing this 37-year-old