Susan's Place Logo

News:

Since its founding in 1995 Susan's Place forums have blossomed into a truly global lifeline. To date we've delivered roughly 1.4 billion page views to hundreds of millions of unique visitors, guided more than 41,000 registered members through 1,985,081 posts and 188,474 topics across 193 boards, and—most importantly—helped save tens of thousands of lives by connecting people to vital information and support at their most vulnerable moments.

Main Menu

Cringe king's crowning moment

Started by LostInTime, March 12, 2007, 08:06:58 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages1
User actions

LostInTime

March 12, 2007, 08:06:58 AM
PROFILE: RICHARD MADELEY

In their 18 years with This Morning, the pair bickered their way through discussions on eclectic subjects such as cosmetic surgery, dysfunctional families and lamb casseroles. The programme also featured the first transsexual makeover and the first on-air trial of Viagra, which prompted the Daily Mail to fulminate: "Is this the tawdriest hour of British TV ever?"

But in 2001, it all started to go wrong. A series of rows with the then head of daytime television Maureen Duffy left them with the sense they were being edged out. They made their discontent known where it mattered and soon they were poached by Channel 4 in a multi-million-pound deal.

  •  
Print
Go Up Pages1
User actions