Sophie Aldred has had a varied and busy television career, particularly in children's programming, where she has presented educational programmes such as Corners, Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-grams and the long-running BBC series Words and Pictures.

She has also appeared in a number of theatre productions including a tour of "Daisy Pulls it Off" in which she played the lead, and she played Marjorie Pinchwite in the 1993 West End production of "Lust," a version of "The Country Wife." In 1995 she worked for the Children's Channel on satellite and also Love Call Live for Anglia television with David 'Kid' Jensen.

Sophie has presented several BBC Schools Radio series including Singing Together, Music Workshop, Time and Tune and Music Box.

She reprised her role as Ace in the charity special Dimensions in Time and the Doctor Who audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions.

She co-wrote the hardback reference book, Ace, The Inside Story of the End of An Era with Mike Tucker, published by Virgin Publishing in 1996.

Sophie married Vince Henderson on July 12, 1997. They have two sons, Adam and William.

With Sylvester McCoy at 1998 Convention

With Richard Franklyn and Sylvester McCoy at 2006 Convention