Phillip Schofield facts for kids
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Phillip Schofield
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Schofield presenting This Morning in 2013
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Phillip Bryan Schofield
1 April 1962 Oldham, England
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| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Years active | 1982–2024 |
| Employer | ITV (1993–2023) BBC (1985–1993, 2001–2006) |
| Television | Going Live! This Morning Dancing on Ice The Cube |
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Stephanie Lowe
(m. 1993; separated 2020) |
| Children | 2 |
Phillip Bryan Schofield (born 1 April 1962) is an English television presenter. He is well-known for hosting many popular shows. He worked for the BBC and ITV from 1982 to 2023.
Phillip was born in Oldham, England, and grew up in Newquay. He started his career at Children's BBC in 1985. He was the first presenter to appear on screen for CBBC weekdays. He worked in "The Broom Cupboard" with Gordon the Gopher. Later, he hosted Going Live! on Saturday mornings.
From 2002 to 2023, Phillip presented This Morning. He worked with co-hosts like Fern Britton and Holly Willoughby. He also hosted Dancing on Ice, All Star Mr & Mrs, and The Cube. Besides TV, Phillip performed in musicals like Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He also hosted The British Soap Awards.
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Early Life and First Steps
Phillip Schofield was born on 1 April 1962 in Oldham, Lancashire. He spent his childhood in Newquay, Cornwall. He went to Trenance Infant School and Newquay Tretherras School. When he was 15, he started working at Hospital Radio Plymouth. He had his own Sunday show there.
After writing many letters to the BBC, Phillip got a job at 17. He became a bookings clerk and tea boy for BBC Radio in London. He was the youngest person working there at the time.
Television Career
Starting at the BBC
When Phillip was 19, his family moved to New Zealand. There, he started his TV career as the first presenter of Shazam!. This was a youth music show that began on 23 February 1982. He also worked for two years at a radio station called Radio Hauraki.
In 1985, Phillip came back to Britain. He became the first on-screen presenter for Children's BBC. He worked on weekdays from September 1985 in "The Broom Cupboard." This was a small studio for BBC Children's shows. Here, he introduced his friend and co-star, Gordon the Gopher. Phillip left The Broom Cupboard in 1987.
After that, he hosted Going Live! on Saturday mornings. This show ran from September 1987 to April 1993. From 1988 to 1991, he also hosted the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party. This was an awards show for a pop music magazine. In the early 1990s, Phillip started hosting shows for adults on ITV. These included Schofield's Quest and Ten Ball. He also presented Talking Telephone Numbers for five series.
In 1991, Phillip hosted a show named after Gordon the Gopher. It was shown on CBBC on BBC One and BBC Two. The show had 13 episodes.
Later, Phillip hosted the National Lottery Winning Lines show for BBC One. This was from June 2001 to October 2004. Between 2002 and 2006, he co-hosted the BBC quiz show Test the Nation. He presented it with Anne Robinson. In July 2006, he signed a special contract with ITV. This meant he could no longer present Test the Nation.
Moving to ITV
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In August 2002, Phillip became a presenter on the ITV daytime show This Morning. He joined John Leslie and Fern Britton on Fridays. Later that year, Phillip became Fern Britton's main co-host. In May 2008, Phillip took a break from This Morning when his father passed away. John Barrowman filled in for him.
In 2009, Holly Willoughby took over from Fern Britton as Phillip's co-host. Phillip and Holly became very close friends. They presented the show together from Monday to Thursday mornings. They worked together until Phillip left in May 2023.
Gordon the Gopher also made a few appearances with Phillip. He was on Dancing on Ice in 2009 and 2012. Gordon also appeared on This Morning in 2010. This was to celebrate Phillip's 25th anniversary of presenting CBBC.
From 2006 to 2023, Phillip presented The British Soap Awards. He hosted it with Fern Britton until 2008. He also co-hosted I'm a Celebrity, Get Me out of Here! Exclusive with Sheree Murphy. In April 2008, he and Fern Britton started hosting a new version of Mr and Mrs. It was called All Star Mr & Mrs.
Phillip presented Dancing on Ice on ITV with Holly Willoughby from 2006 to 2011. Then he hosted it with Christine Bleakley from 2012 to 2014. The show returned in 2018, and Phillip co-presented it again with Holly Willoughby.
From 2009 to 2015, he hosted the game show The Cube. Contestants could win a top prize of £250,000. Phillip returned to present the show in 2020. The only winner of the series was runner Mo Farah. He won on a celebrity episode for charity.
Phillip hosted A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards with Amanda Holden from 2009 to 2014. He also hosted The Comedy Annual in 2010 and 2011. From 2011 to 2015, he co-hosted the Christmas charity show Text Santa on ITV. He worked with Christine Bleakley and Holly Willoughby. In December 2014, he did a live 24-hour TV marathon for Text Santa. He appeared on many shows that day.
In March 2014, Phillip narrated Educating Joey Essex for ITV2. This show was about Joey Essex. It was so popular that it got a full series. He also presented two series of You're Back in the Room for ITV in 2015 and 2016. In 2018, Phillip and Holly Willoughby appeared on Coronation Street. They interviewed some characters on This Morning.
In 2016, Phillip traveled to South Africa with his wife, Stephanie Lowe. This was for a series of short clips for This Morning. ITV then aired three episodes called Schofield's South African Adventure. Since March 2017, he has presented 5 Gold Rings, a game show for ITV. He also presented How To Spend It Well at Christmas with Phillip Schofield. This show tested popular Christmas gifts.
Royal Family Programmes
From 2011 to 2022, Phillip was involved in many TV shows about the British royal family. In April 2011, he co-hosted ITV's coverage of Prince William and Catherine Middleton's wedding. In June 2012, he covered the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. He co-hosted these with Julie Etchingham. In May 2018, they also covered Prince Harry & Meghan Markle's wedding.
In 2016, Phillip worked with Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. They made a programme called When Phillip Met Prince Philip: 60 Years of The Duke of Edinburgh's Award. This celebrated the 60th anniversary of the youth awards programme. After Prince Phillip's death in April 2021, Phillip co-hosted a tribute show. It was called Prince Philip, Fondly Remembered. During the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II, Phillip presented two shows. He celebrated the occasion with Holly Willoughby on This Morning. He also hosted The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration with Julie Etchingham.
Interviewing Politicians
In December 2019, during the 2019 United Kingdom general election, Phillip and Holly Willoughby interviewed then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson. They took a selfie with him. Some viewers thought this showed a lack of professionalism. Phillip said that if other politicians had asked for a selfie, they would have taken one too.
