Judy Finnigan has opened up about the tears she shed behind-the-scenes when This Morning shifted from its Liverpool roots to London. Launching the show back in 1988 alongside her husband Richard Madeley, the pair were a hit on ITV, broadcasting from the iconic Royal Albert Dock. To front the show, the dynamic duo would travel from their Manchester abode to Liverpool, all while managing their young kids, Chloe and Jack, along with Judy's other two children from her previous marriage to David Henshaw.
After serving eight years on the show, Richard and Judy informed bosses they had thought about calling it quits for various reasons and suggested to big bosses that it might be time to bring in fresh faces. The TV couple have reflected on their lengthy careers and relationship in their new Channel 5 documentary, Richard and Judy: Our Best Bits - In Our Own Words, in which Richard says of the This Morning change: "We began making vague noises to our bosses, 'Maybe this might be our last year doing it and maybe they should think about putting on somebody else'." Judy chimed in to liken that time to "groundhog day" and confessed that juggling the grind of a five-day week, the commute, and family life was "very intense".
After expressing their thoughts to bosses at Granada, they were then asked if they'd be up for broadcasting the show from London, reports . Richard recalls: "They went away and came back to us and said, 'We kind of agree with you that the programme needs a bit of a re.
