Richard and Judy
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Judy Finnigan was born in Manchester on 16 May 1948. Richard Madeley was born in Romford on 13 May 1956. The couple married in 1986. Since then their television appearances have been largely made as a couple, though each has had the occasional lone project. Their most well-known show has undoubtedly been This Morning. The series, a mix of celebrity interviews, household tips, cookery and phone-ins lasted approximately two hours each weekday morning on ITV. This live show set the standard for daytime fare in British television throughout the 1990s. The show first aired in 1988 with Richard and Judy at the helm and before long became synonymous with the couple, usually being called This Morning with Richard and Judy rather than its formal title. For many years the show was broadcast from the Albert Docks in Liverpool, though it did later move to London.
In 2001, they quit This Morning, having been poached by Channel 4 to host a similar show, simply called Richard and Judy, shown for an hour in the early evenings. It has a slightly greater emphasis on interviews. As of 2005 this show is still being screened.
Whilst working on their daytime show, the pair have had time for other projects. Madeley, for example, presented several series of a TV version of the classic board game Cluedo, as well as a series on the World's Wildest Weather.
Whilst Madeley can be a rather punchy figure whilst conducting their interviews, his wife sports a more mumsy demeanour. The tabloid newspapers were delighted therefore that, when the pair received an award for Most Popular Daytime Programme at the 2000 National Television Awards, Judy's svelte velvet dress accidentally dropped down exposing her very practical bra to a television audience numbering in the millions. The story now seems to follow Finnigan wherever she goes.
The couple have two children; Jack (born 1987) and Chloe (born 1988).