Children's TV hosts now - pro wrestler, Banksy rumours and Noel Edmonds bust-up

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Phillip Schofield is 60 years old tomorrow (April 1).Phillip became a staple fixture on our daytime TV screens alongside hosts including Holly Willoughby and Alison Hammond.However long before he was a This Morning host, he rose to fame as a children's TV presenter on BBC programme The Broom Cupboard.He is one a number of children's TV hosts that have gone on to fame, fortune and other interesting paths since launching their careers on some of our favourite childhood programmes.To celebrate Philip Schofield's birthday, Daily Star takes a look at where famous children's TV presenters are now.Long before Art Attack or Smart, Tony Hart was the original children's TV host to inspire creativity in generations of audiences.After joining the British Army in his twenties, the presenter later became a staple of TV in the seventies and eighties with programmes including Vision Art, Take Hart and Hartbeat.Along with working on Blue Peter during the 1950s, he also designed the programme's famous ship logo and highly coveted series of badges.His most famous creation however was plasticine figurine Morph, who featured alongside him on Heartbeat between 1984-1994, and inspired a flash mob in Tony Hart's memory in 2009.Tony suffered ill health in his later years including two strokes, and sadly died on January 18 2009 at the age of 83.His wife Jean Skingle, who he married in 1953 and with who he had a daughter called Carolyn, died six years earlier in 2003.Richard Deverell, the BBC controller of Children's Programmes paid tribute to Tony Hart, saying in a statement: "Tony was a warm man who had a unique ability to communicate with and inspire children. "His dedication to making art look simple and his ability to help bring it to life.