It was common knowledge during my time at ITV south bank, brave Phil had parted ways from his young runner friend, who he met at a school, Phil kindly stayed in contact with until him until he was old enough to get a runners job at south bank studio. The runner , about to go public was suddenly promoted to an assistant producer on loose women, also produced in the south bank studios. Suddenly, and I don’t know why, the papers didn’t get their story, and brave, brave pip was a hero….
everyone knew about Phil, the crew had a WhatsApp group called ‘we hate Philip Schofield