- Gluten Intolerant (histo compatibility antigen HLAB8/DW3 which causes Coeliac Disease). Diagnosed at age 22. Quote from interview 26 Apr 1998 "'I was put on a strict diet for two months of no dairy foods, no alcohol, no caffeine and no wheat or grains. I took vitamin supplements and then slowly reintroduced different foods into my diet."
- Saw hypnotist Paul McKenna on his show to help her get over her fear of snakes. It worked so well that she got his self-hypnosis tapes for herself to relax to.
- Appeared in pantomime at Croydon in 1994.
- Since getting married in 2004, she has gone by her married name of Philippa Hamilton-James for both professional and private purposes.
- Has university degrees in: - English (Birmingham University, 1990) - Ecology and Conservation (Birkbeck College, 1998 - First Class)
- Her husband, Charlie Hamilton-James, is a BBC wildlife cameraman.
- Son, Fred Brian William Hamilton James, born 2000.
- Collects old 1st edition children's books.
- Son, Angus, born October 2003.
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