Judy Finnigan baffled by Richard Madeley’s Good Morning Britain ‘paranoia’
Richard Madeley has admitted Judy Finnigan is totally baffled by his Good Morning Britain routine.

The 67-year-old presenter is no stranger to early wakeups after decades on breakfast television, but he admitted he is still ‘paranoid about sleeping through’ and missing the start of the show.

Appearing on This Morning to celebrate ITV show GMB’s decade on air, he said: ‘I’m paranoid about sleeping through.

‘I have a ritual – I set them three times the night before and Judy says to me, “What are you doing? You know it’s set, what are you doing?” I say, “I have to do this”, otherwise I don’t sleep.’Richard even has his alarm set at a very specific time to trick his brain into thinking its at a much kinder hour.

‘I’ve got three alarms, set for 4:01, one minute past four,’ he explained. ‘Because psychologically I say to myself, “I’m not getting up in the middle of the night, I’m getting up early in the morning.”He’s not the only one to set three alarms and hope for the best (we’ve all been there), and co-host Susanna Reid admitted she needs a few attempts to get up and ’em.

She said: ‘3:40 first alarm goes off, 3:45 second alarm goes off, and then 3:50, out of bed and on it.’