News about Sean Fletcher

Countryfile hit with further fan backlash as viewers 'switch off' after show lacks farming content

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 13, 2024
Countryfile has been hit with backlash from fans, who claim they had to 'switch off' after struggling with Sunday night's episode because there wasn't enough farming in it. The popular British documentary series has previously faced complaints from fans for a number of recent episodes - particularly about the lack of usual lighthearted countryside content.

GMB turns 10: Susanna Reid marvels at her image and 'teenage-looking' Ben Shephard in throwback as show marks a decade on air... and reveals her saucy dressing room secret!

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 29, 2024
Good Morning Britain marked 10 years on air on Monday.  The show first hit screens in 2014 and a decade on from the first episode, Susanna Reid spoke to co-host Richard Madeley about early life on the show.  A flashback clip showed the anchorwoman sitting alongside Ben Shephard, Sean Fletcher and Charlotte Hawkins while Laura Tobin stood next to their desk. 

Since a Countryfile segment sparked backlash from viewers who said the show was 'ruined,' the BBC has remained silent.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 3, 2024
After the Countryfile segment sparked backlash from viewers last month, the BBC has broken silence. Following an episode that aired on March 17, the much-loved show that gives viewers a glimpse of country life and all that goes along with it, came under fire. Datshiane Navanayagam, a writer from Devon and Cornwall, went to investigate why people in the countryside have trouble getting to NHS dentists.

After son Reuben's fight with OCD 'almost tore our family apart,' Good Morning Britain host Sean Fletcher admits he'struggled to keep his head above water.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 7, 2023
Sean Fletcher, the presenter of Good Morning Britain, claims he struggled with the demands of his job while his son battled obsessive compulsive disorder. The TV presenter is known to millions as the show's simplegoing co-host, but he admits that his positive attitude was harmed by his son's Reuben's illness and the effect it had on their personal lives. Fletcher, 49, of The Mirror's Men Inn Mind spin-off podcast, says he'struggled to keep his head above water' on Good Morning Britain after the now 20-year-old's diagnosis in 2014.

This Morning is dooming: Guests have declined to appear as ITV's "lost £2 million in contracts" has collapsed

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 29, 2023
Arnold Clark, the show's biggest sponsor, has confirmed that it would not be renewing its existing multi-million-pound contract with the channel in fall as planned. The Mail discovered that certain people who have been invited to be guests are now refusing to appear after ITV's "jewel in the crown." ITV executives are fighting to save the show, with advertisers concerned that it is now a'safe bet.' Dr Ranj Singh, a regular visitor on This Morning, accused the show of having a 'toxic' culture of bullying and discrimination.

Christopher StovENS' column on last night's television: In the aftermath of war, moving tales of a long-lost family

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 18, 2022
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: The climactic shot in every family's history exhibits is the moment when the host produces a brown envelope, a photograph slides out, and the tears begin. The Secret War Babies (C4) of the United Kingdom did not disappoint. Lovely Mary, a 77-year-old Welsh woman, wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry when gazing at a photo of her father she'd never knew, wasn't sure if to laugh or cry. So she did both. . .. The picture was then kissed and then kissed. The'reveal' for John, who was also 77, was much more emotional.

British GIs stationed in the United Kingdom during WWII trace their roots

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 17, 2022
Mary Phillips, a Welsh immigrant, told her daughters how she suffered from racial violence as a child growing up in the United Kingdom. "So I just used to get some bleach and cloth, and wash my face," Mary cried during the program.