Catriona Harvey

Radio Presenter for Real Radio

Favourite take-away food?

Chicken Chasni. Yum.

Best form of public transport?

I love going on the ferries on the Clyde.

What is the most expensive thing you have ever bought apart from a house or car?

A holiday to Thailand with my mate Nichola a few years ago, the flights were expensive but it was so cheap once we got there.

Do you own an IPod?

I have an IPod Nano that I can sort of work.

What was your favourite subject in school?

P.E .

Chocolate bar of the month?

Back to Maltesers – only 190 calories in every pack, so just like lettuce really.

Have you ever tried an 'extreme sport'?

I have been ca ving, ballooning, water-skiing, abseiling and rock climbing but paragliding off a mountain in Arran was probably the scariest.

Would you like to go travel into space?

No . I hate flying so a space ship would just be daft.

Tell your best one liner joke….

My friend is allergic to rice- she ’s basmatic! I pinched this from the Sunday Mail’s Edinburgh festival guide but it made me laugh.

What do you think has been the best invention ever?

Mobile phone.

I studied for an MA in Theatre, Film and TV at Glasgow University, before completing a post-graduate diploma in Journalism at Strathclyde University.

My first job was as a staff sports writer for the Evening Times in Glasgow, I then moved to Scottish Television for five years presenting Champions League Extra and working as a reporter on Scotsport, Extra Time and Scotland Today. I then realised I was not very good at being a sensible journalist. After a spell freelancing for the BBC and Virgin Radio, Bossman Jay dragged me into his office, fed me hallucinogenic tea and made me sign for Team Real.

I also present Offside on BBC Scotland with Tam Cowan. My first book, 'The Cat's Whispers' is out this October, and I shall be appearing as Tinkercat in the Pavilion Pantomime this year too.

My dad still wants to know when I will get a proper job. I hope the answer is never.....