So Richard Madeley is to replace Piers Morgan from June!

Excellent. Always good for a laugh. Usually at him rather than with him but hey. ?

I never listen to it so it doesn’t make much difference to me who the presenter is.

Oh my God. Hes awful.

My DD worked on the newspaper where he started and he had a mirror and comb in his drawer which he used frequently she was told.

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Don’t watch it but he is a very silly man.

Oh no, can’t stand the man. I like Piers Morgan, hadn’t used to but I did warm to him over the years. Not afraid to say it how it is.

I quite like him. He doesn't half spout some rubbish. Certainly won't be as bad as Piers

Didn’t watch the programme, certainly don’t want to now

Madeley reminds me too much of Alan Partridge!

Nooooo! Can’t stand the pompous man

His interview technique is pretty dire!

A classic Richardism:

“So tell me, in your own words - we only have just about 30 seconds left, why you chose to do that - briefly please because we only have a few seconds left and we're very quickly running out of time..."

Guest: "well I did it because..."

Richard: "I'm very sorry to cut you off but we ran out of time”

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I have a soft spot for Richard . He's like an embarrassing uncle (and yes, I'm sure that Alan Partridge is modelled on him to some extent), but I get the impression that he means well but is just a bit clumsy about how he puts things across.

I won't be watching, but just because I only watch early morning TV if I have an appointment somewhere and need to see the local news in case of train delays or similar.

My son Found himself in the same hotel as R M ? In Australia and said hello ....got a filthy look for his pains,

Lucca

My son Found himself in the same hotel as R M ? In Australia and said hello ....got a filthy look for his pains,

Interesting, isn't it, that some whose screen personae are friendly and chatty, sometimes even very amusing are just plain rude in real life.

I love Richard Madeley, but he will be utterly crap at serious news stuff.
It will be good for ratings though I should imagine.
I might have a little look, but I can't stand SR

Didn't he and his wife used to present it years ago?

I'm not sure, have very rarely watched it.

Can't wait, great choice! Always entertaining! GMB is going down the plughole without Piers atm. Say what you like about RM, but I bet the ratings will go back up with him presenting.

Urmstongran, that is spot on

I feel sorry for poor Judy he randomly tells everyone about their private life and we don't have the honour of seeing her scowling at him if he is on his own

Callistemon, they were the original hosts of This Morning

I heard that she used to put him in his place on air.
Perhaps they were successful as a duo but he would be too anodyne on his own.

Urmstongran ???
You are on top form today ?

I call it scraping the barrel.

I watched them when they did a morning programme, Richard
got so excited if there was any discussion on sex