‘Frank Bough told me: I do have a very big cock’: how Fern Britton survived in TV in the 1980s – and beyond

The much-loved presenter had 10 years on This Morning before suddenly deciding she had to get out of there. She discusses sexual harassment, tabloid intrusion, Phillip Schofield and the power of forgiveness On the daytime TV behemoth that is This Morning, Fern Britton always had an appealing mix of warmth, no-nonsense capability and a hint of danger, as if she could decide to blow it all up at any moment. And then she did. On the day she resigned in 2009, Britton didn’t know she was going to ...

By Emine Saner