Davina McCall sparked a healthcare revolution when she investigated the menopause and empowered a generation of overlooked women.
Now, after watching her youngest daughter Tilly, 19, struggle to find the right contraception, Davina is turning her attention to the contraceptive pill with a new Channel 4 documentary.
The TV presenter is shocked that more than 60 years after the pill was invented, women are still enduring a litany of side effects if they don’t want to fall pregnant.
Davina, 55, who is also mum to Holly, 21, and Chester, 16, says: “Both of my daughters took the pill, and one of them got on absolutely fine with it but my younger one had a terrible time in sixth form with her mental health and she has often wondered whether her pill contributed to that.” Davina was just 15 when she decided to take charge of her own body and secretly obtained the contraceptive pill against the wishes of her father. “I went on the pill when I was 15.
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