Personal Life
Good's family emigrated to Australia in when she was four, and returned when she was twelve. She has an elder brother Nigel, who now lives in Amsterdam. Her mother Eileen was still working as a yoga teacher in 2009, aged 83.
She married actor Richard Walker in 1978, and they were together for four years. Her partner and fellow BBC London 94.9 presenter Big George died in May 2011.
She owns a British bulldog called Matilda.
She lives in Brighton and in a studio flat in Marylebone, London. and her friends include Julie Burchill and Julian Clary.
In 2010, Good spoke about having suffered from anorexia nervosa for many years.
Good has been critical of how women in radio, she says, continue to play subservient roles to men.
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