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Since their marriage, their television appearances have been largely made as a couple, though each has had the occasional solo project.

Biography

Judy Finnigan

Finnigan was born in Manchester on 16 May 1948. She attended the Withington Girls' School, an independent school in the city, and later studied English and Drama at Bristol University. She joined Granada Television as a researcher in 1971, and in 1974 moved to Anglia TV in Norwich to become the first female reporter on the About Anglia news team . In 1980 she returned to Granada in Manchester, working on a range of programmes including Flying Start (with Anthony Wilson), Granada Reports and Scramble. Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, North West England. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Withington Girls School is an independent daytime school for girls. ... An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges, gifts, and perhaps the investment yield of an endowment. ... The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Shown within Norfolk Geography Status: City (1195) Government Region: East of England Administrative County: Norfolk Area: - Total Ranked 322nd 39. ... About Anglia, first broacast in 1960, was the flagship television news magazine for Anglia Television. ... Tony Wilson presents So It Goes in 1976 Anthony (Tony) Howard Wilson is an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. // Wilson was (born February 20, 1950, in Salford, Greater Manchester. ... Granada Reports is the flagship news programme of ITV franchisee Granada, transmitting to the North West of England. ...

Richard Madeley

Madeley was born in Romford, east London on 13 May 1956. He attended the Coopers' Company School at Bow, London but did not go to university. He began his media career in local newspapers in Essex, before moving to BBC Radio Carlisle at the age of 19 as a news producer and presenter. He soon moved to nearby Border Television as a reporter on the Lookaround local news slot, before fronting its equivalent Calendar with Richard Whiteley on the much bigger Yorkshire TV, and then on to Granada Reports for Granada from the early 1980s. Here he met Judy who, assigned to look after him on his first day, greeted him with the words "Hello, I'm your mummy". Romford is a town in East London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Havering. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Coopers Company and Coborn School is a 11-18 school in Upminster, in the London Borough of Havering. ... Bow, historically Stratford-le-Bow [1], is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... Carlisle is a city in the far north-west of England, located 16km from the border with Scotland. ... Border Television is the ITV franchisee for the border region between England and Scotland (including the south of Scotland, much of Cumbria and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed), and also the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man. ... Lookaround is the flagship news programme in the ITV Border region. ... Calendar is the local news programme for Yorkshire Television. ... John Richard Whiteley, OBE, DL (28 December 1943 – 26 June 2005) was an English television presenter and journalist. ... Yorkshire Television is the ITV contractor for Yorkshire, England, and the surrounding areas. ...

After the success of This Morning, he hit the headlines when he was arrested on charges of shoplifting champagne from Tesco in 1990, but later acquitted. In February 2006 on Richard & Judy, while discussing the row over the Danish cartoons that have polarised Muslims the world over, Madeley declared himself to be a Christian. Richard & Judy is an afternoon magazine/talk-show in the UK presented by married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. ... The controversial cartoons of Muhammad, as they were first published in Jyllands-Posten in September 2005. ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Christians believe that Jesus is the mediator of the New Covenant (see Hebrews 8:6). ...

In an interview, Madeley named Cuban leader Fidel Castro as the person he most despises. [1] Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born on August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba but on indefinite medical hiatus. ...

As a couple

They met in 1982 when they worked on separate programmes for Granada TV. At this time, they were both at the end of unhappy first marriages. The couple married in 1986. They have two children together - Jack (born 1986) and Chloe (born 1987) - and Finnigan has twin sons - Dan and Tom (born 1978) - from her first marriage.

This Morning

Their most well-known show has undoubtedly been This Morning, which they hosted from its inception until 2001. 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. It first aired in October 1988 and was broadcast from the Albert Dock in Liverpool, although production moved to London in 1996. They were so closely associated with the show, that most people referred to it by their names, Richard and Judy, rather than This Morning. This featured the popular gameshow You Say We Pay satarized in the Lazyhand song Richard & Judy. This Morning logo This Morning is a British, ITV daytime television programme that was started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ... It has been suggested that Channel 3 (UK) be merged into this article or section. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Liverpool, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Richard & Judy

In 2001, they quit This Morning, having been approached by Channel 4 to host a similar show, simply called Richard & Judy, shown for an hour in the early evenings. It has been suggested that Channel Four Television Corporation be merged into this article or section. ... Richard & Judy is an afternoon magazine/talk-show in the UK presented by married couple Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. ...

Criticism

The couple have been criticised for 'glorifying' certain celebrity guests with whom they are friends. For example, they were recently accused of 'protecting' Heather Mills-McCartney by insisting reports of tension in her marriage were "media led" only.

The couple have also been criticised for providing work experience through friend and LBC presenter Nick Ferrari. Their son, Jack, has reportedly been working at controversial London station LBC 97.3.

Commentators have remarked on Judy's nerves on screen. Her nerves vary from noticeable shaking to almost none. [2]

Other work

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, TV Game show Connections,the daytime quiz Runway as well as a series on the world's wildest weather called 'Eye of the Storm'. Madeley is currently fronting the ITV1 show Fortune - Million Pound Giveaway. Cluedo (Clue in North America) is a crime fiction board game originally published by Waddingtons in the United Kingdom in 1948. ... Connections, A Television Game show, which was produced by Granada Television and was aired on the ITV Network from 1984 - 1990. ... Runway was a daytime quiz programme that was made by Granada Television and ran on ITV from 1987 until 1993, the original host was Chris Serle who hosted the first series then Richard Madeley hosted it until it ended. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway is a British television show hosted by Richard Madeley which first aired on ITV1 on Tuesday 2 January 2007[1]. The concept could be said to loosely derive from that of BBC TwosDragons Den, also featuring Duncan Bannatyne. ...

Public Image

Whilst Madeley can be a rather pugnacious figure while conducting their interviews, his wife sports a more mumsy demeanour.

Indeed much of their popularity stems from his frequent mentions of life at home, which Finnigan would much rather leave private. She is often seen squirming with embarrassment as her husband openly discloses an intimate detail regarding their sex life together, or makes a similarly inappropriate or suggestive remark.

The tabloid newspapers were delighted therefore that, when the pair received an award for Most Popular Daytime Programme at the 2000 National Television Awards, Finnigan's dress accidentally dropped down exposing her ample cleavage, shielded only by a portion of her very practical bra to a television audience of millions. Initially, the couple seemed to believe that the crowd was laughing and cheering for a rendition of Madeley's notorious Ali G impersonation rather than the sight of Judy's bust. When Finnigan realised what had happened, she appeared momentarily horrified, whereas Madeley appeared to relish the situation, and quickly ad-libbed: "And if we win next year, she'll show you the other one!" He has also made light of the incident in subsequent interviews, remarking that Finnigan "has fantastic tits", and suggesting that the size of her breasts was one of the factors that first attracted him to her. The National Television Awards is a British television awards ceremony, sponsored by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. ... Ali G delivering the Class Day speech to the Harvard class of 2004. ...

In the early 1990s, Madeley was wrongly accused of shoplifting from the Didsbury branch of Tesco, when he absent-mindedly forgot to produce for payment items that were resting on the base of the trolley that he was using. He has subsequently said that whilst he bears Tesco no malice, his wife refuses to shop there. In 2004, when interviewing President Clinton, Madeley suggested that Clinton's impeachment was akin to his own persecution over the shoplifting allegations - a comparison that rendered the former President somewhat perplexed. Tesco plc is a UK based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain. ... Tesco plc is a UK based international grocery and general merchandising retail chain. ... Order: 42nd President Term of Office: January 20, 1993–January 20, 2001 Preceded by: George H. W. Bush Succeeded by: George W. Bush Date of birth: August 19, 1946 Place of birth: Hope, Arkansas Date of death: Place of death: First Lady: Hillary Rodham Clinton Political party: Democratic Vice...

Madeley is known for his playful banter and sense of humour, as well as his ability to laugh at himself. In 2005, the couple won a competition on the XFM Breakfast Show with Christian O'Connell, to find the best celebrities willing to speak to O'Connell during the show. Madeley secured the title by suggesting that male listeners might want to make their manhoods appear larger by trimming their pubic hair. Xfm is a brand of commercial radio stations focused on current and unsigned alternative music and owned by GCap Media in the United Kingdom. ... Christian OConnell promotional photo Christian OConnell is an English radio DJ who presents the Virgin Radio weekday breakfast show. ... OConnell can refer to: // Anthony OConnell, American bishop Arthur OConnell (1908-1981), American actor Charlie OConnell, American actor Christian OConnell, English radio DJ Dáithí Ó Conaill (David OConnell) (1938-1991), IRA member Daniel OConnell (1775-1847), Irish politician Daniel P. OConnell, American...

In 2000 Madeley was pictured on Jam (TV series), where he was seen beating up a cleaner and was later apprehended for having sex with a coffee machine. Jam is a British comedy television series created by Chris Morris. ...

In 2005 the couple appeared in the music magazine Q in the "Cash for Questions" feature. Q is a music and entertainment magazinepublished monthly in the United Kingdom. ... The cash-for-questions affair was a controversial political scandal in 1990s Britain. ...