Madeley on the warpath

For 12 years from 1988 Richard Madeley (along with his wife Judy Finnigian) the ITV daytime programme This Morning. For each edition the couple would introduce items about health, fashion, food and the couple would conduct an interview with a celebrity. However Madeley had a much more sober background in working for various local Radio and TV new programmes. It was this background that saw him standing in for Piers Morgan on Good Morning Britain. In an interview with Britain's Sectary of Defence Gavin Williamson Madeley asked him about his attacks on Russia and the language used. Williamson repeatedly did not answer the question at which point Madeley declared that he was terminating the interview. Some have compared the incident to something Alan Partidge would do, Madeley has said that he is a fan of the character. One has to wonder if Alan had an influence on Madeley's technique today.