Personal Life
Roberts lives near Bristol with her daughter and husband, whom she met in Cardiff in 1997 when she was a medical student and he was an archaeology student. She is a vegetarian and an atheist.
Her conspicuous dyed red hair (its precise shade varies at different times from a comparatively subtle brown with mild copper tint to bright orange) was often commented on by viewers – in more recent TV appearances her hair colour has changed to a more natural look. She enjoys watercolour painting, surfing, cycling, gardening and pub quizzes. She owns an old lime green Volkswagen van which has appeared in some episodes of Coast, and which she bought second-hand from Mick Aston, professor of landscape archaeology at the University of Bristol and lead archaeologist of the Time Team TV series. Roberts is an organiser of the Cheltenham Science Festival and school outreach programmes within the University of Bristol's Medical Sciences Division. In March 2007, she hosted the Bristol Medical School's charity dance show Clicendales 2007, to raise funds for the charity CLIC Sargent.
Roberts took her baby daughter with her when touring for the six-months filming of Digging for Britain.
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