Richard Madeley has confessed that he once phoned his wife, Judy Finnigan, expressing his readiness to relocate from London in a "heartbeat".

In an episode of the Spectator's Table Talk podcast, the Good Morning Britain host reminisced about his early career and life outside of London, where he was "born and bred".

Richard spent approximately two decades residing in the North, including stints in Carlisle, Leeds and Manchester. It was in Manchester where he met and settled down with his future wife, Judy, a native Mancunian, before they returned to London in 1996.

He expressed his contentment living in the North, stating that he "loved" it there, especially Manchester, which he described as a "cool city".

Richard then recounted a poignant moment of nostalgia he experienced when he revisited Manchester for work. He said: "So, I felt like a kind of adopted northerner, and it's funny; I was back in Manchester not that long ago on some business, and I had a couple of hours free.

"And I went to the house where we used to live in Didsbury, which is a southern suburb of Manchester, and I looked at our old house and I called Judy up from outside it, here in London.