[10][11] She then wrote Bonnes Vacances ,[12] a comic travel memoir recounting a journey around the French Overseas Territories with her children, published by Summersdale, 2011.
Millard started her career as a junior researcher on Granada TV's daytime show "This Morning", before later becoming the arts correspondent for the BBC between 1995 and 2004.
[17] On 20 June 2014 BBC News announced that Millard was to be appointed the role of chairwoman of the company running Hull's UK City of Culture[broken anchor] activities in 2017.
[18][19] Having arrived at the University of Hull more than 30 years ago to study for a degree in English and Drama, arts specialist Millard maintains close links with the city.
[20] The first article Millard wrote for a national newspaper was about the Humber Bridge; she was live on ITV’s breakfast show to support Hull when the City of Culture 2017 announcement was made; and her article in celebration of Hull published in the Daily Telegraph on the same day highlighted the beauty of a city “on the edge of the earth” and on the cusp of cultural, social and economic change.
As a student reading English and Drama at the University of Hull in the mid-1980s, Millard worked on arts engagement projects in the city.
Croissants in the Jungle, a 6-part documentary series for the Travel Channel, was made on Millard's journey around the French Overseas Territories with her family.
Millard co-produced a documentary in Perspectives for ITV1, Kick Out The Jams, which was presented by Gary Kemp and looked at the legacy of the Young British Artists.