Sandi Toksvig admitted to hospital with bronchial pneumonia



Presenter and comedian, who's being treated successful Australian clinic, cancels New Zealand limb of circuit

The 64-12 months-antique presenter and comedian, recognised for website hosting The Great British Bake Off and QI, go successful the halfway of a drawstring of unrecorded dates. Photograph: Ian West/PAThe 64-year-vintage presenter and comedian, recognised for hosting The Great British Bake Off and QI, became wrong the halfway of a drawstring of unrecorded dates. Photograph: Ian West/PAHarry Taylor@harrytaylrSat 3 Dec 2022 05.Fifty 7 ESTLast changed connected Sat 3 Dec 2022 06.Eleven EST

Sandi Toksvig has cancelled a portion of her modern excursion aft being admitted to sanatorium with bronchial pneumonia.

Toksvig, a erstwhile Great British Bake Off co-host, is successful infirmary successful Australia aft playing dates successful Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide arsenic a portion of her drama excursion, Sandi Toksvig Live.

According to a declaration posted connected Twitter by means of the writer and broadcaster’s group, 3 dates successful New Zealand were cancelled. She had been due to the fact that of look successful Christchurch connected Sunday.

“Our important precedence is getting her location to the United Kingdom arsenic soon arsenic she is nicely enough,” the connection said.

“Due to contamination, Sandi has cancelled the New Zealand limb of her tour. She has been admitted to wellness halfway with bronchial pneumonia portion nevertheless successful Australia and is not capable to travel and transportation out.”

Ticketholders had been instructed they'll beryllium eligible for wealth back. The circuit go owed to beryllium added to a adjacent connected Tuesday successful Auckland. She had defined herself arsenic “pleased” to execute her caller show successful Australia and New Zealand.

Bronchial pneumonia is simply a benignant of pneumonia presenting acute corruption of the bronchi, the 2 immense tubes that bring aerial from the windpipe to the lungs, and is often followed via inflamed patches successful the adjacent by lobules.

Toksvig, 64, is thought for fronting Channel 4’s deed baking show from 2017 to 2020 alongside Noel Fielding. She took implicit from Stephen Fry astatine the helm of drama sheet show QI successful 2016.

Outside of broadcasting, she co-founded the Women’s Equality day enactment successful 2015.