Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan return to This Morning this Friday as Holly and Phil take half term break
RICHARD Madeley and Judy Finnigan will return to the This Morning sofa to present this Friday.
The husband and wife duo, who presented the ITV show for 13 years until 2001, will be keeping the seats warm for Ruth Langsford and her husband Eamonn Holmes.
Ruth, 59, and Eamonn, 60, usually front the show on a Friday, while usual hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield enjoy a three day weekend.
But as it’s half term this week, Richard, 63, and 71-year-old Judy will enjoy a temporary return to the much-loved programme.
This Morning revealed the news via Twitter earlier today when they posted a video of Eamonn and Ruth.
The pair announced: “Richard and Judy are back. There they are on the sofa and they’re going to be playing the classic ‘It’s Behind You’.
“We love that game. We did that once and it was an utter disaster, but they’re the experts that’s why – it’s their game really.”
Eamonn went on to tell viewers that they should email in if they want to get involved with the game this Friday.
Ruth then declared she loved the game show music playing in the background and began randomly dancing.
As her husband looked on, he joked: “Well, that’s sold it to me anyway.”
Richard and Judy returned to This Morning in October 2019 for the first time in 18 years, and viewers were not disappointed.
As they began the show, Richard admitted that it was bizarre being back on the famous sofa, saying to Judy: “It’s actually weird to be back.”
She agreed: “It’s very, very weird,” before the couple joked that time had definitely passed since their last appearance as they both needed the help of reading glasses.
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Richard has also been helping out on fellow ITV show Good Morning Britain this week.
On yesterday’s edition he shocked viewers when he admitted that he was beaten by his dad as a child.
Television host Sarah Cawood, who fronted BBC Children’s Saturday flagship morning show Live & Kicking, argued smacking is acceptable, when Richard said: “I was badly beaten as a child by my dad.
“When I look back to my childhood, most of my friends, I got the cane several times. And I was seriously beaten…”
Speaking about his experience at school, he added: “I got three strokes at (school) for throwing a paper dart. The scars lasted six months and I am still angry about it.”