Wife swap as TV presenter turns up late

Richard Madeley turned back the clock to host ITV1's This Morning, nine years after quitting – when presenter Eamonn Holmes was late for work.

By The Newsroom

Published 3rd Sep 2010, 10:29 BST

Updated 3rd Sep 2010, 10:29 BST

Madeley had been due to appear as a guest – along with wife Judy Finnigan – on the show which they hosted for 13 years.

But Holmes struggled to make it in to the studio at London's South Bank due to traffic, so the former host filled in.

His stand-in role also made the appearance something of a celebrity wife-swap.

Madeley hosted the start of the show alongside Holmes's wife Ruth, and then, when the late-running regular finally arrived, he took his place on the sofa alongside Finnigan.

Holmes had become stuck in traffic in west London, following his regular morning appearance as the presenter of the Sky News Sunrise programme.

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