Since winning the Glitterball trophy on Strictly Come Dancing last year, Stacey Dooley, 32, has seemingly been inundated with job offers as well as filming more hard-hitting documentaries for the BBC. But as she reflected on starting out in her career, she revealed she misses working in a shop. In an extract from her new book, Stacey spoke out about her first television appearance on Newsnight to discuss globalisation with Jeremy Paxman, following her stint on BBC's TV series Blood, Sweat and T-Shirt back in 2007. Despite raising awareness for globalisation, she admitted her schedule swiftly dried up after the show.
I sometimes miss working in a shop, even now. I was happy.
Stacey Dooley
She said: “Nothing much happened after that.
“I was broke, and I got a job working in a clothes shop, Jigsaw, in St Albans.
“Then I started working in a pub in the evening as well.
“At one point I had three jobs: I was working in Jigsaw, in another shop called the Dressing Room and at the pub.”
She added: “I sometimes miss working in a shop, even now. I was happy.
“But then Danny Cohen, the controller of BBC3 at the time,
