The English presenter is a household name to radio listeners and TV viewers in the UK. He has been hosting and presenting several major shows on multiple radio stations and television channels for nearly 40 years. He served as the first in-vision presenter for Children's BBC and is currently co-presenter of some programs on ITV. Since Schofield was recognised as a television personality, let’s take a look at the memorable events in his life and career.
Phillip Bryan Schofield was born on 1 April 1962 in Oldham, Lancashire. His father Brian Schofield is a businessman and his mother Pat Schofield is a homemaker. Schofield has dual British and New Zealand citizenship. He spent his childhood in Newquay, Cornwall.
The broadcaster Phillip Schofield attended Trenance Infant School before transferring to Newquay Tretherras School. After attending his primary school in Cornwall, he completed his graduation at a Local College.
From his elementary school, the television presenter was more interested in various extra-curricular activities rather than in studying. He was 15 when he first worked on a Sunday show on Hospital Radio Plymouth.
When he was 17, BBC Radio opened its door to Schofield. The youngest employee worked as a tea boy and bookings clerk for BBC Radioat Broadcasting House in London.
When Phillip Schofield and his family moved to New Zealand, he made his television debut there. He took the position of an initial presenter of the youth music program called Shazam.
The presenter continued his career on the radio station Radio Hauraki. He spent two years working at this Auckland-based radio station.
When Schofield’s family returned to Britain, he worked as a presenter for BBC Children's in Broom Cupboard in September 1985. He became the first in-vision continuity presenter for BBC Children's.
From 1987 to 1993, Schofield presented the British children's television series, Going Live! At that time, he was also the host of the awards ceremony, The Smash Hits Poll Winners Party.
Schofield quit the kid-orientated television schemes and started to present various programs for adults. For instance, he presented the five series Talking Telephone Numbersfrom 1994 to 1997.
After a long-term relationship with Stephanie Lowe, Schofield married her in March 1993. The couple has two daughters named Ruby Lowe and Molly Lowe.
Between June 2001 and October 2004, the broadcast presenter became the official presenter of the National Lottery Winning Lines for BBC One. In 2002, he co-hosted with Anne Robinson a BBC quiz show Test the Nation.
The TV broadcaster’s career peaked in the 2000s. He replaced John Leslie on the ITV daytime show This Morning with Holly Willoughby
In 2006, the TV presenter co-hosted The British Soap Awards with Fern Britton until 2008. He became the only presenter of this program in 2009.
Apart from his reputation as a Radio and TV presenter, Phillip Schofield launched Radio Plymouth in Devon in England. In February 2010. The local radio station has become part of the regional station, Greatest Hits Radio South West.
From 2006 to 2014, Schofield was a presenter of ITV’s Dancing on Ice with the co-presenters Holly Willoughby and Christine Bleakley. After five years away, he came back to co-present the show to relaunch the series.
60-years old presenter presented The Cube game show on ITV between 2009 and 2015. Schofield hosted with Amanda Holden the annual awards ceremony A Night of Heroes: The Sun Military Awards, from 2009 to 2014.
Added to his reputation as a presenter, Phillip Schofield performed in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoaton West End Stage in 1991. Moreover, he also took a small role in another musical theatre Doctor Dolittle at the Hammersmith Apollo in London.
Phillip Schofield and his wife travelled to South Africa for clip shooting This Morning. As a result, ITV aired a program called Schofield's South African Adventure.
The veteran presenter has been hosting some of the biggest shows on the screen on various TV channels. He is the main presenter of This Morning and has co-hosted several shows on ITV. Since March 2017, he has hosted a new game show on ITV called 5 Gold Rings.
