Ask anyone over a certain age who the most iconic hosts of This Morning are, and you might find it's not Holly Willoughby and Phil Schofield that is their reply.
For some viewers of the long-running ITV show, there was one irreplaceable couple who used to front the programme who will forever stay in their hearts - Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, of course.
With an incredible 35 years of marriage under their belt and a hugely successful media career under their collective belts, Richard and Judy are one of the strongest couples in showbiz and are still going strong.
After meeting when they were both working as TV reporters in 1982, they went on to become hugely popular figures in the daytime TV world throughout the 80s and 90s as they kept viewers captivated with their clear devotion, and sometimes very obvious irritation (on Judy's part).
They've always been known for their strong feelings for each other - daughter Chloe has blasted them for being 'not normal' in the past - but some fans might be surprised to know that things weren't always so romantically rosy for the pair.
They were both previously married and Richard, now 66, has been honest about his past affairs while he was married to first wife Lynda Hooley, before he met Judy.
Speaking about how many women he bedded during the six-year union, Richard previously told the Mirror: "Oh lots, numerous, probably in the space of about five years, about 10.
"Although the marriage had some very happy moments, there was a lot of negativity in it. I'm not using that as an excuse. It's wrong to have affairs, but I was a very young man."
Judy, now 74, first clapped eyes on Richard when he joined her at Granada as a news presenter.
"I remember the first time I saw him. He walked into the newsroom and I was sitting at my desk at the other end," Judy recalled of their fateful first meeting.
"I remember exactly what he was wearing: a pale blue linen suit. I thought he looked nice. Tall, handsome and all that but I thought the suit was a bit flash. Then, because he was a newbie, I was assigned the job of looking after him."
And their first exchange has gone down in history as Richard has revealed: "I was sitting at my desk when this hand appeared on my shoulder and I looked up at this face and Judy said, 'Hi, I'm your Mummy' and I thought 'Whaaaaat?'"
Explaining the joke, he continued: "At Granada when someone new arrived, someone was appointed as their dad or their mum to show them round – the canteen, the toilets and all that. So Judy was my 'mum'."
It's been said that many of their colleagues were aware of their growing attraction as the pair grew close, but at the time Judy was still married to journalist David Henshaw, while Richard was in the process of splitting from Lynda.
Soon an affair began over a meal together as they couldn't keep away from each other, but both have insisted it was much more than a "sordid office affair".
"[Colleagues at Granada] thought it was frivolous but it wasn't anything of the kind. It was actually very painful because we were very much in love but it was very difficult," Richard recalled.
Judy has previously explained things got serious quite quick, but she had reservations because of her six-year-old twins Dan and Tom.
"I had to be absolutely convinced that Richard was mature enough and sure enough of his own mind that my boys weren't going to be hurt," she said.
"When we first got together I remember my mother said to him, 'If you hurt those boys I'll never forgive you'."
After putting a stop to the romance, Richard headed off to Greece for two weeks, armed with a bag of step-parenting books, according to the Mirror.
"I knew Dan and Tom really well and they were smashing, they were terribly sweet, so I took it very seriously. In the end I knew of course that I could do it – I wanted to do it," he said.
After a year Judy decided she wanted to be with Richard and things were rosy for a while but soon they faced tragedy together as they lost a child when Judy suffered a miscarriage, before she was forced to give birth.
Richard opened up about the heartbreaking loss in Channel 4 documentary Child of Mine, where he explained they went for a routine scan at 16 weeks and found out the devastating news.
He recalled: "It was utterly devastating: no warning; no earlier, gentle, indication of the possibility of catastrophe.
"Our baby had just died. And he was still in Judy's womb.
"She was kept in hospital overnight for a second scan (“just to make absolutely sure”) and was then put into an induced labour.
"My heart broke for her as I waited outside the delivery room. What a dreadful experience: to go through the motions of childbirth, knowing what the grim outcome would be."
In 1986 Richard and Judy welcomed Jack, now 36, and then, just as she was about to return from maternity leave, she found out she was expecting Chloe, 35.
In 1988 they took up a job on a show that would change their lives forever - ITV's This Morning.
The pair proved the perfect tonic for daytime TV viewers looking for a bit of light entertainment but also a chance to keep up with current affairs. And the duo's bags of chemistry made an exciting watch too, as did Richard's verbal faux pas, based on a cringeworthy impression of Ali G that he always insisted on doing, and also too much information about his and Judy's sex life.
Speaking to the Mirror, Richard once said: "I think relationships can evolve to a point in old age where sex becomes less important - but I am 58, not 98.
"In most dynamic marriages, sex is a very important component. You can deny that at your peril.
"One of the reasons that most marriages fail is because there is a growing sexual incompatibility. It has to be an important part of the equation.
"Research shows most happily married people in their 70s and 80s still have a functioning sex life and so they should. It's one of the most fundamental aspects of humanity."
He added: "I think it's incredible that I've been fortunate enough to meet the woman I love. I know happy marriages come in different shapes and guises but I like the fact we're both possessive of one another.
"If Judy or I were to have an affair, it would be the end."
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