Debbie’s career began in radio, but soon developed into TV in the early days of cable. She became the first woman to front the Children's BBC show The Broom Cupboard, has hosted a BBC1 game show called Meet the Challenge, and has interviewed hundreds of celebrities on various entertainment shows.

Her talents don't stop there either. Over the years she’s written a book, run a small importing company, and worked in finance utilising her accounting degree. But her heart never really left shopping telly, so after nine years away she returns to QVC and she feels more at home than ever…

Read Debbie Flint's full biography

Epiphany moments, favourite sayings and Kim & Co's live audience

This week, I ‘are’ mostly been discussing…. Diet Chef! (to be said with a west country accent, a la Fast Show!)

Yes, it’s true. After my first week on the programme, having lost over 1.9 pounds, I’ve been finding out how some of the others at QVC have been doing. Some of my colleagues are discussing eating habits and following each others’ progress as they embark upon QVC’s easy-choice weight loss product, Diet Chef. (see below for info about forum).

An insight to how I deal with problems

Comfort eating has come up a couple of times, hence the discussions about how to deal with things differently. So it’s made me wonder… what are your favourite philosophies in life? What’s helped you in times of trouble? Has someone ever said something that’s changed your life? (she says in a cheesy, presenter-type way!). 

I’m a great lover of books and CD sets and it all began in 1997 on QVC when I was asked to do the first Tony Robbins shows. His tapes later helped me cope with lots of life-changing events, especially during my nine years away from QVC, coping with being a single mum, running a business, redundancies and lots more.

What are your main concerns? What makes you reach for the biscuit tin? Is it teenage kids, challenges in career, troublesome people? One common theme crops up time and again when I talk with my mates about why we stick to a diet or not – our problems and how we eat our way through them! So instead, how do we change the way we deal with them and make a diet more successful? Any ideas?
 

Diet Chef and my girly trip to Dorset

Hi everyone,

Well, the Gatineau TSV seems a long time ago now. Apologies for a slightly delayed blog post - I'll try to make sure a new one is always up by the end of each week for you regulars! Plus, do look out for the next wonderful beauty TSV from Decleor - catch it on Sunday 22nd November.

I've been using the Gatineau, and a little of the Prai, and finding my skin's got an extra glow to it, which is lovely and specially handy when I don't get enough sleep due to early starts (I'm not a morning person for sure!).

Last week I loved doing the Pilates hour - that also brings a glow to your cheeks, bouncing on that rebounder, I can tell you! But no stress on the joints. I'll definitely add it to my list of purchases from QVC to tie in with the health kick I'm putting myself on. Yes, I got a little lazy over the last few years.

Reaquainting myself with fab brands and getting pampered...

One of the nicest things about coming back onto QVC is reacquainting myself with old brands and old pals. I particularly can’t wait to meet up again with the lovely ladies Tova, Joan Rivers, and Liz Earle, whose skincare I've continued to use for most of the last nine years I’ve been away from QVC!

However, now I’m back I’ve been put on a schedule of catch-ups, training with the various brands – it’s very hectic but I'm loving it! (Some of the training and behind-the-scenes catch-ups, I’ll ask the guys to put up on our new Facebook page – more about that next week!)

I have been specially impressed so far with the nails ranges – ProStrong being the one that’s helping my nails improve at the moment – and of course some of the impressive hair and skincare brands! Gosh, it’s such a joy to be able to find out about so many premium ranges. Philip Kingsley joined me in the shower last week (!) and the comments I got about the shine on my hair that day were amazing. We also go out of our way to find out more about the products for you. And it’s often more of a pleasure than I expected it to be!

Thank you for such a warm welcome

Wow, what an absolutely stunning response from everyone! I’m so pleased to be back on air and thrilled with your comments – do keep them coming! Especially if you have other memories of the ‘early days’ on QVC, and your fave products or guests!

I’m going to do my best to post a reply or two onto the comments section to answer some of your queries, so look out for it. And thanks so much to all of you for making me feel so welcome! In the meantime, here are a couple of those infamous out takes you’ve asked me to find for you – two classics.

Which is your favourite? Or is there an even better one with me or my fellow presenters? I’d love to know.

Happy Halloween from the Flints

When my kids were 13 and 11, we started really getting into the spirit of Halloween. I'd just been doing a lot of business in San Diego and some of the US traditions rubbed off on me. I began collecting ornaments and we started our annual tradition of inviting most of their dozen or so cousins over for a cool Halloween party!

Every year, little scary creatures and animated witches, model ghosts, skull candles and pumpkin lights, decorated our house and my kids' cousins all turned up dressed up to kill! We'd serve up a nightmarish array of edible spiders, fabulous 'finger' sandwiches made with red food colouring to look like cut off fingers, green and orange fairy cakes and anything else we could find that was orange - full of E numbers (bad mummy!).

The band of cousins then went touring round the neighbourhood collecting 'booty' in their little black plastic cauldrons. Then they'd come back and watch a horror film on the telly together and share out their collection of sweets.

Take a look at my video diaries

Hi everyone,

If you hadn't noticed in my previous post, I've been busying filming my own footage of my first couple of weeks back here at the QVC towers. So, to make it easier for you to watch the footage, simply click on the links below and pop-up window will appear. Be patient, they may take a few moments to load.  

Clip 1 - Catching up with old friends

Clip 2 - Finding myself on the hi-tech internal communications - how funny!

Clip 3 - Me with Wayne Dyer

Clip 4 - My date dilemma

Hope you enjoy them!

See you soon.

Debs XX

Debbie Flint is back in the building... (again)

Well what can I say, after nine years and eight months away it's so lovely to return to QVC!

So many of the people are the same, and the skeleton of the building is the same, but it's like someone's moved all the major internal organs around. It’s all much more efficient and modern from what I remember, but wandering round so many memories have come flooding back!

There are lovely new studios, sets and fabulous new technology; hi-tech internal communications, and production processes which all go to make it the smoothest shopping telly machine around, so that what comes out of your screens is as enjoyable and professional as possible.

The products are amazing too. Anyone who remembers me (and if you do, tell me what you remember by leaving a comment below) may recall that I used to be my own best customer and nothing's changed! Skincare in particular and household items, clothes and the technology, wow that's a lot. Having just ordered a new Acer netbook I can see a trend has begun!