The One Show and, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, returned to Durham to join her.Of course, his one constant companion through the stress and strain has been his long-term sweetheart Nicola Mooney.He left The One Show just one week after coronavirus thrust Britain into its very first lockdown, and found himself immersed in the sudden culture shock of country life.Yet if he had felt out of his depth, he had his wife around to make him feel comfortable."I have a very patient wife.
Nicola is very supportive and understanding," he acknowledged in an interview with the Radio Times.“She is everything to me.
I couldn’t have done any of this without her.“She makes sure there is everything I want when I get home and she’s a fantastic mother.
I really owe her so much."The pair have two children - a 12-year-old son, Luke, and a 14-year-old daughter, Molly.Luke had an insight into his father's TV presenting world when the former Blue Peter star filmed a segment for BBC Countryfile from the farm, after lockdown prevented him returning to London.The proud father gave Luke a job as cameraman and sent an Instagram message out afterwards praising his talents."Tonight my 12-year-old son films Countryfile," he wrote back in 2020.
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