A biography for Miquita Oliverhasn’t been written yet.
“When I turned 21, I really wanted to go to uni, and then I thought about it and realized all I wanted was the experience. All the stuff you do in uni, I did in London, which is hang out and party with friends - but instead of getting up and going to lessons, I got up and went to work.”
“Do you know what, the reason I haven't worked loads and loads is because I got so lucky working on 'Popworld' and T4. They were such unique pieces of telly, so I got really spoiled.”
“I find real strength in Drake and I think it's because he's so gentle and confident in his delivery. It's like, he's not panicking and overselling himself or trying to lie.”
“I'd like to become a female Louis Theroux.”
“I started presenting when I was 16, and because TV is such a small world, you often end up working with the same people. I would say I've worked with pretty much the same circle of people ever since, so in a way I have always felt cradled by them, protected; they've looked out for me because they've known me since I was a child.”
“Any nature documentary or TV show will always make you start thinking differently about what surrounds us and how to take care of it.”
“The interview with Busted changed everything - it was just so funny, and we were all on set and they couldn't stop laughing. And I remember thinking, 'We're onto something.'”
“Tupperware! I use every size I can get.”
“I cry at the drop of a hat.”
“I started 'Popworld' at the age of 16 so for me it's a bit like leaving school.”
“We didn't really like each other, Simon and I, because we didn't understand each other. We're very, very, very different people from very different lives.”
“The thing about 'Popworld' is it became such a luxury to be doing this great show every week, and to have people stop you in the street and say it's good.”
“When I turned 30, six years ago, I decided to run the London Marathon and I did not even really train. I thought that it was not even that difficult. I completed it in 5hr 15min, I could have got closer to 4hr 30min if I had trained properly.”
“Looking back, I had a great lockdown - the vibe of my family got me through it. Every night we'd cook, play tunes and dance.”
“That the word 'sustainable' can be a bit intimidating, but it's just about keeping an eye on your daily decisions.”
“If you weren't nervous, you wouldn't have such a good time knowing that you did a good job.”
“It's really bad to show kids the only way to be successful is to be famous, anyway.”
“I'm proud of how long we did it for, I'm proud that we left when we did, I'm proud of everything about 'Popworld.'”
“It is so important to be active when you are young, and I think it would have helped me tenfold if, alongside 'Popworld,' school, T4, Radio One and all those other things I was doing, that I had played a bit of sport at the weekends with my friends.”
“When you skip to a beat, it is a much more pleasurable way to stay active. It becomes a mixture of dance and skip.”