Judy Finnigan
| Judy Finnigan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Judith Adele Finnigan 16 May 1948 Newton Heath, Manchester, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Briscoe Lane Primary School |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, columnist |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Television |
This Morning (1988–2001) Richard and Judy (2001–2009) Loose Women (2014–2015) |
| Spouse(s) | David Henshaw (1974-1986) Richard Madeley (m. 1986) |
| Children | Dan Henshaw (b. 1977) Tom Henshaw (b. 1977) Jack Madeley (b. 1986) Chloe Madeley (b. 1987) |
Judith Adele "Judy" Finnigan (born 16 May 1948) is an English television presenter, author and columnist. She has usually co-presented with her husband, Richard Madeley (collectively known as Richard and Judy), including ITV's This Morning (1988–2001) and a Channel 4 daily chat show called Richard & Judy (2001–08). Her debut novel, Eloise, published in 2012, was a Sunday Times bestseller. Her second novel, I Do Not Sleep, was published in 2015.
Finnigan was born in Newton Heath, Manchester, on 16 May 1948. The middle of three children, she has two brothers: Callum, who is older and Roger, who is younger. Finnigan attended the local Briscoe Lane Primary School. Finnigan then went on to attend Manchester High School for Girls, an independent school in the city, and later studied English and Drama at Bristol University.
In 1971, Finnigan joined Granada Television as a researcher and in 1974, she moved to Anglia Television in Norwich to become the first female reporter on the About Anglia news team. In 1980, Finnigan returned to Granada in Manchester, working on a range of programmes including Flying Start (with Anthony Wilson), Granada Reports and Scramble.
The couple's best known programme was This Morning, which they hosted from 1988 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. Madeley and Finnigan were so closely associated with the show, that many people referred to the show as This Morning with Richard and Judy or simply Richard and Judy.
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