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Daily Mirror
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Lorraine host forced to pull out of show last minute and is replaced by 90s icon
Lorraine viewers were left wondering where Ranvir Singh was this morning as an icon from children's television stepped in to fill her shoes at the last minute Lorraine viewers had a surprise this morning after a popular host failed to appear on the show, and was replaced by a children's television icon. Ranvir Singh, who regularly hosts the Friday show, was missing from today's episode as presenter Andi Peters took her place. Andi, 54, told viewers that Ranvir had been forced to pull out due to health reasons. Lorraine Kelly herself has been missing from her show this week as she recovers from surgery. He explained: "Just want to say get well soon to Ranvir who can't be here today. That's why they have drafted in a man with a bright orange shirt this morning. Get well soon Ranvir, we send you all of our love." Andi became a staple of children's TV after first appearing on CBBC's The Broom Cupboard in 1989, after being poached from ITV. His role, alongside a puppet called Edd the Duck, was to introduce shows and fill in the gaps between programming. He later revealed to The Telegraph that as a The Broom Cupboard presenter, succeeding Phillip Schofield and Andy Crane, he did everything himself, even switching on the lights. Andi said: 'What The Broom Cupboard did was bring an intimacy between the presenter and the viewer. It was one camera, no bells and whistles, no graphics, just the presenter talking to the audience at home.' In more recent years, he has narrated the ITV2 series The Big Reunion and appeared on the ITV daytime show Show Me the Telly. He has also hosted competitions on Good Morning Britain, Ejector Seat, and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. Andi has also appeared as a contestant on Dancing on Ice and Celebrity MasterChef, during which he finished as runner-up. Earlier this week, Lorraine revealed that she would be taking time off the show due to a surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes. She shared the news on Instagram but assured fans that the procedure was 'purely preventative'. It was to be done by keyhole surgery, she explained, adding: 'I just wanted to let you know I'm having a wee procedure today. "I've not been feeling all that well for a little while, so I had some scans and tests, and I have to have my ovaries and my tubes taken out.' Following the operation, Lorraine shared a snap of her smiling, surrounded by healthcare workers. She wrote: 'Huge thanks to these kind, caring, gorgeous professionals who took care of me at @heatherwoodhospital - back home now and following doctors orders to rest up.' While Lorraine has been out of action, the show has been hosted by a range of presenters, including Christine Lampard, Ranvir, and Sian Welby.
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Gary Barlow reveals surprise link to Andi Peters
It turns out that Gary Barlow and Andi Peters go way back. On Friday, 11 April's edition of Lorraine, the award-winning musician joined presenter Ria Hebden for a quick chat about the new series of Wine Tour, which whisked him off Down Under this time around. It was during their conversation that Barlow revealed Peters, who accompanied him in Australia, was one of his "oldest friends." Barlow told Hebden: "Us Brits love Australia, but I think to get one level beneath the sort of tourism and get into the wine that country makes, it's off the scale." "I imagine when you're going through your black book picking people to be in the show, I bet everybody wants to be a part of it," pointed out the Lorraine star. "So we've got Sophie Ellis-Bextor; our own Andi Peters is in this as well! How did he wangle that?" Read more: Robbie Williams admits new film Better Man 'throws people under the bus' Robbie Williams 'knew' Gary Barlow 'didn't like or trust' him Gary Barlow admits he's still angry about his daughter's death That's when guest Barlow called back to a period of struggle for his boyband Take That, which was originally made up of himself, Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Jason Orange. "D'ya know, Andi's one of my oldest friends," he said. "When no-one else would put us on TV, this is like 1990, Andi would make any excuse to have us in The Broom Cupboard." Other celebrity guests set to appear on Wine Tour include Dannii Minogue, Tim Minchin and Ronan Keating. Launched in 1985 with Phillip Schofield as host, The Broom Cupboard was a CBBC programme where its stars would introduce segments from a tiny control desk dubbed the 'Broom Cupboard'. Four years into the show's run, Peters and Zoe Ball replaced Schofield and Andy Crane. His time in the studio also saw him working alongside iconic puppets Edd the Duck and Gordon the Gopher. Peters left in 1993, and once spoke about some of the bold wardrobe choices he made on there. "I always thought Andy Crane dressed badly, and Phillip too, so I thought I'd try some different combinations. I wore waistcoats a lot, and lots of tartan. And I was one of the people who originated wearing a short sleeve T-shirt over a long sleeve one," he claimed. "It kind of became a trademark. Some days I even wore a tie! I quite enjoyed changing things and making it different." Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV1 and ITVX, while Gary Barlow's Wine Tour: Australia premieres today at 2pm on the same channel.
