What year: Elvis had a hit with Jailhouse Rock, famous musical South Pacific was out at the movies and famous TV lesbian Sandi Toksvig was born?
Sandi Toksvig Sandi Toksvig Sandra Birgitte Toksvig, (, ; born 3 May 1958) is a British-Danish comedian, writer, actor, presenter and producer on British radio and television, and political activist. On 21 October 2016, Toksvig took over from Stephen Fry as host of the BBC television quiz show "QI". She was the host of "The News Quiz" on BBC Radio 4 from 2006 until June 2015. She also presented the quiz show "1001 Things You Should Know" on Channel 4 television in 2012–13, and began hosting a revived series of the same channel's game show "Fifteen to One" on 5 April 2014.
Sandi Toksvig as compere of its 75th anniversary celebrations after she came out, but following a direct action protest by the Lesbian Avengers, the charity apologised. An atheist and humanist, Toksvig is a patron of Humanists UK. In October 2012 she succeeded Sheila Hancock as Chancellor of the University of Portsmouth. Toksvig became a British citizen in 2013. Toksvig describes her "posh" accent as being the result of a deliberate attempt to copy the voice of Celia Johnson in "Brief Encounter", after being ostracised at boarding school for having an American accent. Sandi Toksvig Sandra Birgitte Toksvig, (, ; born 3 May