I'm In My Prime At 60!

Linda Robson on celebrating 50 years in showbusiness and turning 60…

- Victoria Wilson

CHAT SHOW

Loose Women

MON-FRI / ITV / 12.30PM

Best known for playing Tracey Stubbs in the long-running sitcom Birds of  a Feather and, more recently, as a regular on ITV’s daytime chatfest Loose Women, Linda Robson celebrates an impressive 50 years in showbusiness this year.

‘I can’t believe it – 50 years is such a long time but it’s been fun,’ says Linda, who’s also gearing up for another significant milestone this year as she celebrates her 60th birthday on 13 March. ‘I’m still working and still happy and healthy – I feel better than I have done for a long time.’

Here, Linda talks exclusively to TV Times about her career highlights so far, family and friends, and reveals the TV shows that she’d love to be offered a role in…

So, how are you feeling about turning 60 next week?

I feel really good actually. I stopped drinking, cut out sugar and I’ve been going to Barry’s Bootcamp twice a week and I’ve lost weight. A few years back I climbed Ben Nevis in Scotland and, recently, I went swimming with sharks in Miami. If someone had told me I’d be doing these things at nearly 60 I’d never have believed them. I feel like I’m in my prime.

Are you having a birthday bash to mark the occasion?

Yes. My kids have organised a big party for me at a venue in London. All my close family will be there and I’ve also got about 40 relatives coming over from Ireland. Pauline will be away and Lesley is doing Young Frankenstein in the West End [Linda’s Birds of a Feather co-stars Pauline Quirke and Lesley Joseph] but Lesley’s hoping to come along after that night’s show, and I know a lot of the Loose Women will be coming, too.