I have just had the longest summer holidays ever, all thanks to my new This Morning partner Holly. Successive This Morning hosts have all thanked Richard & Judy for negotiating the school holidays off, at times it’s a privilege that has looked as if it might be taken away, but we’ve always worked very hard to keep it! To that end the summer holidays are a fantastic time to recharge the batteries and spend valuable time with the family.  This year, because of Holly’s filming commitments to the Xtra Factor, I got an extra two delicious weeks.  It has meant that I’ve done all those jobs around the house that I’ve been putting off. I have cleared the pond of blanket weed, taken a tonne of old clothes to the local charity centre (if you find a very lovely Gucci suit, check the pockets will you?!) and de-cluttered the house and then loaded a big skip.  All that on top of some really great family time in the sunshine! When I put the holiday video together I hadn’t realised how much of my free time revolves around food!

So the summer holidays are over, and I am VERY excited to get back to work.  We met up with Holly, husband Dan and little Harry in the summer and the two of us are really busting to get into the studio and get our teeth into the new series.  The studio looks great, the new additions to the This Morning family are perfect and the new titles have given the whole show a fresh start. We’re cooking everyday at 12pm so you’ll get some great ideas from top chefs and the line-up of guests is sensational.  I really can’t wait and you can be sure that there will be lots of Tweeting from the studio floor and lots of video put on both our websites.  Also check out the new look This Morning website here.

Thanks also for your brilliant response to The Cube it has certainly got you shouting at the telly and got you thinking that you could do soooooo much better if you were given the opportunity! If you think you can beat The Cube and take away that quarter of a million pounds, email thecube@objectiveproductions.com.
 
Keep checking back for more regular updates and see you at 10.30am on Monday when Holly and I will start our This Morning partnership!

And finally, a little competition! Here’s a picture of me taken during the summer - have a go at writing a caption for it and send to officialphillipschofield@iviva.com!

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It’s a very satisfying feeling to spend an intensive few weeks working on shows in the studio and then get to the time where life is a little quieter and they start to get edited and hit the airwaves. 

Word from The Cube editing suite is very encouraging; I got a text from the boss yesterday saying that the shows are looking fantastic.  All the special effects are being added and hopefully it won’t be too long before I can show you some of the video footage I shot in the studio whilst we were making the shows (still a bit under wraps at the moment though, as is the transmission date).
 
A series that is already on air after a really fast turnaround is Mr & Mrs, show one went out last Saturday and got a great reception and fantastic figures, if you watched (or even if you didn’t!) we have some behind the scenes footage that David (who is in charge of our clothes) shot for you coming very soon.  He also made the Danish Pastry outfit which is featured in the clip, and he was, quite rightly, very proud of it.
 
Watch video now!
 

 
 

The dog however is real and not his handiwork! Show two is on ITV1 at 6.15pm this Saturday, hope you enjoy it.
 
One other event to put in your Diary is The British Soap Awards.  We record on Saturday and it goes out on May 13th, I’ll try to get some video footage there if I can, or at the very least a Tweet and a Twitpic!
 
Keep popping back for more and thank you SO much for all your messages.  I may not reply to every one, but I read them all.

© Phillip Schofield 2009

The copyright in this blog is owned by Phillip Schofield. If you are using a quote for publication purposes, copyright law requires you to acknowledge officialphillipschofield.com as the original source.