Hilary Whitehall
The Mid•Point with Gabby Logan
The Midpoint
4.3 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Hilary Whitehall is warm, funny, razor sharp and utterly brilliant company — someone who has lived a life full of joy, laughter and love. And right now life is particularly sweet — she's embracing the wonderful chaos of being a grandmother, and with Jack's wedding to Roxy on the horizon, the Whitehall family is about to have even more to celebrate.
Hilary has played hockey all her life and that commitment to staying active hasn't slowed down one bit — she's found a brilliant PT and is more determined than ever to keep fit and healthy for the grandchildren she adores. She is a perfect Midpoint guest because this is a woman who has arrived at this chapter of life with real grace, real energy and a genuine appreciation for everything it brings.
This is a funny, warm and deeply heartfelt conversation about family, love, keeping yourself going and the very particular joy of watching your children find their happiness.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the midpoint. My guest today is someone who by our own admission is having something of a later life renaissance. Her second act is going very well indeed and not in a way she could have ever predicted. |
| 0:15.2 | Hillary Whitehouse was an actress looking for an agent when she went for a coffee with Michael Whitehouse. He wanted a wife, not just a client. |
| 0:21.6 | He was 21 years older than her and divorced, but it turned out to be not just a professional |
| 0:26.4 | match made in heaven, but a personal one to 40 years later they are still going strong. Although |
| 0:32.2 | the business and family continue to be entwined, one of their three children is a certain Jack |
| 0:36.9 | Whitehall who's made |
| 0:38.0 | his father and his family a central tenant of his comedy over the last 15 years or so. As a result, |
| 0:43.3 | Hillary's acting roles in the likes of Miranda and bad education might not have brought her as |
| 0:48.1 | much attention as her podcast, The Whittering White Halls, and the role of being Jack's mum. |
| 0:53.3 | But Hillary is also keen to talk about |
| 0:55.1 | another new role which she stepped into. Being a grandma and how that and being a mother-in-law |
| 1:00.6 | have been more life-changing than any of her later life fame. Let's go meet Hillary. |
| 1:07.3 | Hillary Whitehall, welcome to the midpoint. Thank you so much. I'm very excited about this chat because you approached me and told me you needed to come on. |
| 1:15.6 | There's a few things to get off your chest. |
| 1:16.6 | There are a few things I need to talk about, yes indeed, which we will come on to. |
| 1:20.6 | But you have just referenced the fact that I'm wearing silver today. |
| 1:23.6 | I'm channeling my, because I'm obsessed with this particular topic, with no knowledge |
| 1:28.8 | of it particularly other than I'm fascinated by it. |
| 1:31.5 | This is my Artemis astronaut, a homage. |
| 1:34.9 | Okay. |
| 1:35.5 | So, because I was fascinated by that whole thing. |
| 1:37.1 | Do you dress according to world events? |
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