"Channel 4 engages a specialist service provider to operate the phone lines, administer the competition and put forward the names of potential winners to the production company, Cactus TV, during the show. Our contract with the service provider clearly states they must comply fully with the codes that govern competitions of this nature drawn up by ICSTIS.

"Cactus have also told us that they are fully aware and take very seriously the need for compliance with these codes."

A spokeswoman said Channel 4 and Cactus TV took a 50-50 share of profits. Cactus TV couldn’t be reached for comment today.

Madeley returns to ITV sofa - Dec 28 2006
It seems Richard Madeley will be back on the famous This Morning sofa - as a guest to promote his new ITV show Fortune.

Richard and wife Judy Finnegan quit as the show’s presenters in 2001 after falling out with ITV bosses.

But now Richard is set to grace the sofa again on January 4, according to the Daily Mirror, when new hosts Philip Schofield and Fern Britton will chat to him about his new show where players try to win a share of £1 million.

A This Morning insider told the paper: "It will be very strange to see Richard back on the sofa after half a decade away.

The show lost a third of its audience when Richard and Judy moved to present their afternoon show on Channel 4.

Their first replacements Coleen Nolan and Twiggy were not popular, but Fern and Philip have been raking in the viewers.

Richard’s new show stars celebrities including disgraced former MP Jeffrey Archer, who put up a share of the cash prize and have a say in who benefits from it.

Richard reveals secret of success - Dec 21 2006
TV presenter Richard Madeley has unveiled the secret of his lasting showbiz marriage - it seems he still fancies Judy like crazy.

The presenting duo have just celebrated their 20th anniversary and Richard insists he has never wanted to stray.

The 50-year-old told The Daily Mirror: "I’ve never wanted to cheat on Judy and I never will. I’ve been completely faithful and I know she has to me.

"It hasn’t been difficult. We’re attracted to each other still and always have been.

"You have to feel passionately about your partner. You have to otherwise it’s bl**** boring and sex is important. It’s the bedrock.

"We’ve been lucky. You can’t control chemistry, it’s either there or it’s not. Judy and I are completely devoted to each other."

Richard added that women never seem to "throw themselves at him".

"Look at Chris Tarrant," he said. "Even before the split he said, ’Women are always throwing themselves at me’ and I’d think, ’Women never throw themselves at me’.

"I think it has its roots in the fact I am very famously married. I work with my wife on screen and it’s patently obvious we are happy."

Richard Madeley signs book deal - Dec 15 2006
TV host Richard Madeley has apparently signed a £500,000 book deal.

The presenter, who presents Richard And Judy on Channel 4 with his wife, Judy Finnegan, is set to write a book about the relationship between fathers and sons.

It will be a new challenge for the 50-year-old who is more used to reviewing books on his successful TV book club, than penning them himself.

Publishers entered into a fierce bidding war to sign up Richard, the Daily Express report.

Simon and Schuster will pay him a high six-figure sum, according to the paper.

His agent, Luigi Bonomi said: "Richard has always been interested in how the men in his life relate to each other.