First viewed : Uncertain
I think I must have seen some of ITV's flagship daytime programme before March 1990 but that's the time I can definitely pinpoint an episode as I remember seeing the Gene Pitney lip-synching gaffe as it happened.
The programme has been running since 1988 and is most associated with its original hosts , husband-and-wife team Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. It was a Granada production originally broadcast from the reclaimed Albert Docks in Liverpool.Disgraced weatherman Fred Talbot and his floating map were a regular feature of the programme.
The production switched to London in 1996 and Richard and Judy quit the programme in 2001. It's curently presented by a four man team of Philip Schofield, Ruth Langsford, Holly Willoughby and Eamonn Holmes.
Madeley started out up in Cumbria, and folk of a certain age where I grew up are more than likely to try a "I called Richard Madeley a wanker" story out.
ReplyDeleteMy memories of This Morning are watching it occasionally with my nan as I was growing up, always hoping Talbot would take a dive into the murky depths.
Always hated Madeley. Memories of him trying to be Tony Wilson's Mini Me around Granada. He's still a twunt now, but at least he's tucked away on Radio 2 or something these days with all the other has beens, middle class suburban heroes and Z listers.
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