It will likely be actually (n)ice, (n)ice, child because it’s been precisely 20 years since they first introduced collectively and likewise their friend-iversary.
All of it started method again in 2004 once they managed the chaos on Holly & Stephen’s Saturday Showdown – the title was in tribute to the Christmas plant, and actor Stephen Fry. Simply kidding, it was after all a self-titled present, which was beforehand known as Ministry of Mayhem earlier than the rebrand.
Katie Rawcliffe, head of leisure commissioning at ITV, stated: ‘Holly and Stephen are two of our best-loved presenters, so reuniting them 20 years after they first appeared on display collectively to host Dancing On Ice marks the beginning of an thrilling yr for the present.’
Like many presenters, they had been in a position to hone their craft on youngsters’s TV. This one threw quite a lot of them, and we’re not simply speaking concerning the gunge, but additionally metaphorically as they needed to get via superstar visitor interviews, phone-in competitions, and video games whereas dwell on-air.
They acquired to know one another very nicely whereas sharing a dressing room, and would even prank one another to cross the time.
‘Realizing Stephen might be there beside her may very well be the consolation blanket Holly must say sure,’ a TV insider informed The Solar, simply earlier than his appointment was formally confirmed.
Holly, 42, additionally left This Morning after 14 years in October and shared she wished to place her ‘household first’ in a leaving assertion.
Stephen additionally had a connection to This Morning – from 2012 to 2014 he was in control of the now defunct ‘The Hub’ the place he would learn viewer feedback to Holly and Schofield.
He described her as ‘probably the most stunning presenter on the TV, and everyone seems to be nervous about assembly her.’
‘It made my coronary heart sing. I used to be very completely satisfied,’ Holly responded to the information.
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