Richard Madeley

Richard Madeley
Madeley (left) in 2012
Born	Richard Holt Madeley (1956-05-13) 13 May 1956 (age 60) Romford, Essex, England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Broadcaster, writer
Years active	1988–present
Television	This Morning (1988–2001) Richard and Judy (2001–09) The Wright Stuff (2012–)
Spouse(s)	Lynda Hooley (1977-1983) Judy Finnigan (m. 21 November 1986)
Children	Chloe Madeley (b. 1987) Jack Madeley
Website	Official Website

Richard Holt Madeley (born 13 May 1956) is a British television presenter, journalist, columnist and novelist. With his wife Judy Finnigan, Madeley has presented This Morning and later the weekday chat show Richard & Judy. Solo projects of Madeley's include the ITV show Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway and standing in on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show for BBC Radio 2. Since 2012, he has been the main relief presenter of Channel 5's The Wright Stuff.

Madeley was born in Romford, Greater London on 13 May 1956, the son of Mary C. (MacEwan) and Christopher Holt Madeley. His mother was Canadian. His sister, Liz Lawrence, was a teacher at Gilbert Miles renamed in 1977 Mayfield High school Dagenham, The Anglo European School in Ingatestone. He attended the Coopers' Company School in Bow, now relocated to Upminster, Greater London. When he was about 14, he transferred to Shenfield High School in Brentwood; where he was a classmate of the now Chancellor Exchequer Rt. Hon. Philip Hammond MP.

Madeley began his media career in local newspapers, 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 Yorkshire TV, and then on to Granada Reports in the early 1980s. Here he met Judy Finnigan who was assigned to assist him on his first day.