Behind the scenes with Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard.
It’s only lunchtime and Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard have already put in a full day’s shift. But here they are, box-fresh, having been limo-biked straight from sofa to shoot, bantering away and diving into the coffee .
More flirtatious in the flesh than on-screen, it’s immediately apparent that these sidekicks were destined to be together. I could be watching two people in the throes of first love. Our interview is in a vast hotel bedroom with more seating options than a Bridgerton banquet, yet the pair choose to wedge themselves next to each other on a floral two-seater, where much knee-touching and laughter ensues.
‘I couldn’t stay long as I had to take my boys to football,’ Cat says. ‘There was no chemistry test, which flummoxes my American management. They said, “A US network would have spent millions on this”. Maybe they just worked their way down the list and said, “Cat? She’s around. Ben? Maybe. Let’s just stick ’em together!”’
So they were basically strangers. A bold move, given that the entire nation had an opinion on who deserved the new permanent host slot, with Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary favourites alongside contenders Josie Gibson and Rylan Clark. It’s hard to imagine this playful yet wholesome duo bringing anything murkier than dirty chewing gum to the doors of their ITV bosses. Which must be a relief after the soap opera that led to the fall of once golden couple Schofield and Willoughby. Accusations of queue-jumping the late Queen’s lying-in-state, which saw them reduced from national treasures to villains overnight, were just the start.
Did Holly’s experience, which put women’s safety at work back into the spotlight, make Cat nervous about picking up the mantle? ‘No, no, no. I don’t have to do this,’ she says firmly. ‘I could happily spend time with my boys. The reason I do it is because I love working with the team and with him,’ she says pointing to Ben. ‘The minute anything gets too much, I’d be out. It’s that simple. I’ve never lived my life being frightened of anything.
It’s easy to see why they are regarded as a safe pair of hands. But is it a compliment or a kind word for boring? ‘Look, one of England’s best-ever goalies, David Seaman, was nicknamed Safe Hands,’ says Ben. ‘There are worse things to have as a moniker. I don’t agree we’re safe in that it means boring.’
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