- She is a producer, director, journalist, author, co-founder of Transatlantic Films and Chair of the Hay Festival.
- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2018 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to Literature. She is the Chair of the Hay Festival and lives in Whitney on Wye, Herefordshire, England.
- With Transatlantic Films she directed or produced—often doing both—over 150 films and series, many reflecting her own passions. Her personal favorite, according to her son, was The Horse in Sport (1987), told in 8 episodes.
- Her father, Oscar Guest, served twice as a British Member of Parliament.
- In 1968, she and her husband, Robert Albert, co-founded Transatlantic Films, a British production company. It was the first truly independent documentary film company to co-produce quality films for the international television market.
- Her father, Oscar Guest, was a cousin of Winston Churchill; her grandparents, Lady Cornelia (Spencer-Churchill) Guest and Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne, were Churchill's aunt and uncle.
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