To say This Morning has had a terrible year would be a ridiculous understatement. In the space of a few months, the show managed to lose both of its hosts; one to a sex scandal, the other to a full-blown murder plot. Dark mutterings of toxic workplaces and dereliction of care have followed the entire operation around ever since (though they deny these). As such, the show is desperate to get us to talk about anything else. And this might explain why today’s episode was co-hosted by the Duchess of York.
Is Sarah Ferguson an experienced television presenter? No she is not. Does she look as if she has ever watched a single episode of daytime television in her life? Also no. Can she read full sentences? On the basis of her performance today, it’s debatable. Did the whole thing stink of a publicity stunt designed purely to drown out the show’s obvious death rattle? God, yes.
