Steph McGovern reveals unexpected career change after Channel 4 AXED her chat show Packed Lunch Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Jessica Janes For Mailonline Published: 15:57 EDT, 20 July 2024 | Updated: 15:57 EDT, 20 July 2024 e-mail View comments Steph McGovern has announced that she's taking on a new career path after her Channel 4 daytime show Steph's Packed Lunch was axed last year. The Channel 4 show was axed after three years amid a slew of cancellations with the broadcaster reportedly battling to cut costs amid financial challenges.
However, the TV show host, 42, has now decided to step away from the camera and try something new as she revealed she's written a novel. According to The Sun , while attending the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Steph revealed: 'Deadline is a book idea I’ve had since my early days on breakfast TV.' She added: 'Writing it has given me the chance to spend the last few years secretly living in a parallel universe where the high-pressured, high-profile environments I’ve worked in, and the colourful characters I’ve met along the way, have all fed into my own invented dark story of power, corruption and lies.
' Steph McGovern recently announced that she's taking on a new career path after her Channel 4 daytime show Steph's Packed Lunch was axed last year (pictured in April 2022) The Channel 4 show was axed after three years amid a slew of cancellations with the broadcaster report.