Richard Madeley explains why he doesn't sleep in same bed as wife Judy

Good Morning Britain anchor Richard Madeley has candidly admitted that he sleeps in a separate room from his wife Judy Finnigan. The couple, who have been married for 38 years, spend most of their nights apart.

The TV presenter revealed that his early start time of 6am meant he slept in a different room. Speaking on Kate Thornton's White Wine Question Time podcast, he said: "When I'm doing Good Morning Britain I sleep in the spare room."

Talking about depriving his wife of sleep, he joked: "I wouldn't think of doing that to Judy. Apart from anything else, Judy and her sleep, you do not mess with. "

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Fellow morning presenter Amol Rajan was said to "sleep better" with his spouse, despite being parents to four children under seven. Richard joked: "Amol Rajan's wife must be a saint."

He added: "We did This Morning, but the difference between me and Amol there is that Judy and I would get up at the same time. "The alarm would go off, we'd both get up and roll into our jeans, get in the car, and drive to Liverpool to do the show, and then when we were in London, drive down to the Southbank. So we went to bed at the same time and woke up at the same time."

Richard and Judy became household names as the original presenters of This Morning, which debuted in 1988. T Following their departure from This Morning in 2001, they started their own show, Richard & Judy, on Channel 4, which continued until 2009.