Ah, daytime TV – a guilty pleasure in TheGayUK office. It occurred to us that the day time team on ITV, is particularly hot.
Men of daytime, we salute you, from Phillip Schofield to Judge Rinder, these are our top Hunks of Daytime TV on ITV.
Philip Schofield, ITV, This Morning
The original silver fox, many will know Phillip from his original stint on Going Live, however, he’s now firmly embedded in the daytime schedule at ITV, one of their enduring and successful hosts.
Jessie Pavelka, ITV Good Morning Britain
He’s fronted numerous health magazines and apparently smokes cigars (well according to Wikipedia). He’s a trained fitness expert and specialises in extreme weight loss. Here in the UK he also fronts the popular programme: Obese: A year to save my life, on Sky 1. He is married to actress Sitara Hewitt.
Ben Shephard, ITV, Good Morning Britain and Tipping Point
Forty-four-old Ben Shephard is the current presenter of Tipping Point on ITV Daytime. His career in television started in 1998 when he began hosting the Channel 4 spin-off show, The Bigger Breakfast along with Melanie Sykes and Dermot O’Leary. He’s married to Annie Perks and the couple have two children, Jack and Sam.
Robert Rinder, ITV, Judge Rinder
Robert Rinder has been making waves with his daytime jewel, Judge Rinder. Benedict Cumberbatch married him to his husband in 2013. His first series had 20 episodes; it was so successful that ITV ordered 50 more.
Sean Fletcher, ITV, Good Morning Britain
40-year-old Sean is an American-British journalist and grew up in Essex and Zimbabwe. although he was born in New York. In 2014 he became a celebrity ambassador for the UK charity, Balls To Cancer. He learnt to speak Welsh because his wife is from Wales.
Jeremy Kyle, ITV, The Jeremy Kyle Show
There can’t be anyone in the UK who doesn’t know the name, Jeremy Kyle. 49-year old Kyle was born in Reading and is married to Carla Germaine. He has 4 children. He started his career as a radio presenter for Orchard FM in Taunton, before being signed by Kent’s Invicta FM in 1996.
Vernon Kay, ITV, 1000 Heartbeats
40-year-old Kay is famous for his presenting of All Star Family Fortunes, Beat the Star and Tom Daley’s Splash!. One of his first TV gigs was Fully Booked for BBC one followed by a five-year stint with T4 on Channel 4.
Jeff Brazier, ITV, This Morning
Born in 1979, Jeff was former partner to Jade Goody and is the father to their two children Bobby and Freddie. He made his television debut in Channel 4’s reality show Shipwrecked. Jeff’s father was Stephen Faldo, who was the skipper of the Thames pleasure boat Marchioness, which sank in 1989 after being hit by a dredger. He was killed along with 50 other passengers.
Matt Johnson, ITV, This Morning
32-year-old Welsh-born Matt Johnson is currently dating Ashley Robert former singer with The Pussycat Dolls. His TV career begun in 2009 when he joined ITV Wales.
Phil Vickery, ITV, This Morning
Married to Fern Britton, Phi, 53, is a noted celebrity chef, who has written 14 books, including the enticingly named Cooking Naked, which was released in 2007.