Sophie Winkleman in Hello to talk about her work with The Big Issue Group and new initiatives – a series of Community Roadshows, the Big Issue Membership scheme and a new policy call, Poverty Zero.

“I talk to every homeless person I pass. I find it sad when people simply walk past homeless people.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any cash to spare; just communicate so they don’t feel invisible – even just a supportive smile,” adds the actress, who is known as Sophie Winkleman professionally and joined vendors on the streets of London earlier this year to sell copies of the magazine.

The Sanditon and Belgravia: The Next Chapter star, recently celebrated her 15th wedding anniversary with her banker husband Lord Frederick – son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent – whom she met because he recognised her from her role as Big Suze in Channel 4 comedy Peep Show.

“We left two different parties and went for the same taxi,” she recalls. “He said, ‘You’re Big Suze, I love you!’ I laughed and asked the cab to take me somewhere. He pretended he was going to the same place, we shared the taxi and we’ve been together ever since.”