Holly Willoughby has spoken about how cameras were put in her home as a precautionary measure in case This Morning was not able to broadcast due to the coronavirus pandemic.
She and co-host Phillip Schofield have presented the ITV breakfast show throughout the pandemic from the studio.
Willoughby has now spoken about broadcasting through Covid, telling Radio Times: "When this started, we had as much fear and anxiety as everybody else.
"At one point we had cameras put into our homes so we could broadcast from there if we couldn't get into the studio."
Scofield continued: "We watched the team drift away and suddenly it was just Holly and I getting ready in make-up – and that was like a therapy session.
"But right from the start, we said we didn't want to do hysteria broadcasting. Not doom and gloom, but honest and challenging."
The pair have fronted This Morning together since 2009, and Willoughby has admitted she was "terrified" when she started.
"I only ever felt comfortable in cookery and fashion – I was so scared of asking important questions for fear of looking stupid," she shared.
"I was quite young and I think some people were questioning whether I was the right person for the job. Luckily, Phil believed in me from the get-go."
Schofield said he welcomed the new addition of a daytime category at this year's Bafta Television Awards.
He said he hoped the new category would help to "break down some of the snobbishness" around daytime TV, telling the magazine: "I would hope there has been a bit of a sea change.
"Now people know what we do and who we are. I do think that will break down some of the snobbishness."
The full interview with Willoughby and Schofield is in the current issue of Radio Times magazine.
