There was a time when you couldn’t escape Adrian Chiles. Whenever you turned on the telly, the chummy Brummie was smiling back at you.
His business tips in Working Lunch were spot on, his chats on The One Show sofa were entertaining and his post-match coverage on Match Of The Day 2 was top-notch.
And let’s not forget various Panoramas, The Apprentice: You’re Fired! and a handful of Radio 5 Live shows in between. Then what happened? ‘The phone just stopped ringing,’ Adrian reveals when we meet up with him for a cuppa in London. ‘It wasn’t part of the plan. 'In my 30s and 40s, all the success came and the trappings came as well – not that I’ve lived an extravagant life – but yes, I had the money, I got well paid [Adrian was reported to have
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