Victoria Coren Mitchell has given fans an insight into her private life with husband David Mitchell and their two children. The Only Connect host has two daughters – Barbara, 10, and June, two, with the comic, 51, and they have always kept them out of the public eye. But Victoria, 52, has revealed their kids have TV programmes they never want to miss 0 including one that Barbara loves just like her mum.

She told the new issue of Radio Times magazine: “My 10 year old loves The Masked Singer and old episodes of Poirot, just like her mother. The baby doesn’t have any screen time; she’s only 18 months old.

“She loves Bluey – an excellent TV show – but she doesn’t know it’s a TV show. She just thinks its a source of really great plastic dog Weebles.”

Away from the cameras, the beloved TV presenter also writes a weekly television column in the Saturday Telegraph. But the star recently revealed she will never criticise bad actors because they are trying their best to entertain people.

When she was asked how she remains unbiased when she had to review a programme that Peep Show star David has been in, such as the BBC One detective dramedy series Ludwig, Victoria revealed: “Well, I’m not a critic.

“When Ludwig came out, I just wrote a column about puzzles, but I knew it was a great series. I tend not to write about bad shows – I can’t see any joy in attacking people who are trying to entertain. Mind you, I hated Squid Game and said so. But they seem to have soldiered on without my approval,” she jested.

Victoria has received lots of feedback from viewers who watch the BBC Two game show Only Connect, in which teams compete by finding connections between unrelated clues.

Despite working on the show for 17 years, one letter criticising her comments on a “man’s bottom” has stuck with her. When asked what her most memorable piece of feedback has been, she recalled to Radio Times: “I’ve never forgotten a letter from a few years ago.

“We get all sorts of feedback – be it on a translation, or a clarification of parliamentary procedure. This chap asked, ‘Why is it acceptable for Victoria Coren Mitchell to comment on a man’s bottom?’ I’m not even sure I had.”