EXCLUSIVEWhen 米，稲 McGuiness's career took a 攻撃する，衝突する, it was met with whoops of joy の中で many in the TV 産業. Now he's 支援する on 無線で通信する 2, 明らかにする／漏らすs KATIE HIND, and here's how he did it...

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When 米，稲 McGuinness 自白するd to his own downfall live on television at the end of last year, it was met with whoops of joy の中で many in the television 産業.

His candid 自白 that he was 存在 軍隊d 支援する on to the stand-up comedy 回路・連盟 after his BBC shows were axed, leaving him in 悲惨な need of cash, did not 獲得する much sympathy either from テレビ視聴者s who took to social マスコミ to 株 their disdain for him.

On the This Morning sofa last December to 促進する his new 小旅行する ― the first in eight years ― he was asked by host Emma Willis why he was going 支援する to his roots as a stand up comedian.

'Errr... 井戸／弁護士席 the money's run out now, it's taken about eight years to spend it all and I'm like 'Oh, I've got to build it 支援する up',' he told her.

The Bolton-born comedian, who is surprisingly 人気がない の中で peers にもかかわらず his 'cheeky chappie' persona, must have been shocked that his 星／主役にする had 病弱なd. Indeed, his downfall was one of the most high profile and 早い for some time.

米，稲 McGuiness with his wife Christine before 発表するing their 離婚 in 2022 after 11 years of marriage

米，稲 was a presenter on 最高の，を越す Gear と一緒に Freddie Flintoff, left, and Chris Harris. But the show was 残り／休憩（する）d に引き続いて Flintoff's serious 衝突，墜落 during filming

Because, he was, for so long, the BBC's golden boy. In Septemb er 2021, he was 発表するd as the new host of the gameshow Question of Sport, 取って代わるing 告訴する Barker. He was also a presenter on 最高の，を越す Gear, I Can See Your 発言する／表明する and Catchpoint.

In December that same year, he and wife Christine's raw and emotional 文書の about life with their three autistic children, 米，稲 and Christine McGuinness: Our Family And Autism, 空気／公表するd on BBC1 and received 普及した 賞賛する for 最高潮の場面ing 問題／発行するs 直面するd by so many families.

But in 2022, the couple 発表するd they were 離婚ing after 11 years together, meaning there would be no more family shows. This had 'an 絶対 cataclysmic 影響' on 米，稲's desirability, TV insiders say.

The 分裂（する） 同時に起こる／一致するd with 最高の，を越す Gear 存在 残り／休憩（する）d に引き続いて Freddie Flintoff's serious 衝突，墜落 at the Dunsfold Aerodrome in December 2022, which left him with life-changing 傷害s. And then Question Of Sport was axed last year.

So, as 2023 drew to a の近くに, his television work had 乾燥した，日照りのd up and he was 支援する to the 製図／抽選 board as a jobbing comedian on the 回路・連盟 and doing his best to 促進する his 小旅行する across the マスコミ.

'米，稲 was on his backside,' says a の近くに associate of the 星／主役にする. 'And the 見解（をとる） was that it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.'

Friends of the McGuinnesses are said to have enjoyed watching Christine ― now a 正規の／正選手 on the reality TV 回路・連盟, and appearing in the BBC programme, 巡礼の旅: The Road Through North むちの跡s ― go from strength to strength while 米，稲's career seemed to 拒絶する／低下する.

Or, it had until this week when it was 発表するd that 米，稲, 50, has risen from the ashes to become the 最新の celebrity 調印 to the 無線で通信する 2 roster.

On Tuesday, it was 発表するd by the 駅／配置する's boss, Helen Thomas, that the singer and presenter Michael Ball is to 取って代わる the late Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs slot, with 米，稲 taking over Michael's 11am to 1pm show.

The news 誘発するd uproar from 無線で通信する 2 現体制支持者／忠臣s, not because Michael was 取って代わるing Steve, but because 米，稲 had been 雇うd by the 駅／配置する. They took to social マスコミ in their droves to tell of their horror.

One wrote on X (以前は Twitter): '米，稲 McGuinness . . . 本気で?? That's another 無線で通信する 2 programme I'll be switching off.'

'絶対 mad to give him this show,' penned another.

And on 最高の，を越す of that, last week he was also 手渡すd a new television show, と一緒に his former 最高の，を越す Gear co-星／主役にする, Chris Harris, する権利を与えるd Chris & 米，稲: Roadtrip.

Bolton-born comedian 米，稲 also hosted Question of Sport but the show was axed last year

Friends of 米，稲 say he is 'relieved' to be making a 復帰 and his 給料 will help in what is said to be a 高くつく／犠牲の大きい 離婚 戦う／戦い with Christine

Today, the Mail can 明らかにする／漏らす how 米，稲's 復帰 was 操るd by the 連合させるd 力／強力にするs of his talent 機関, YMU, and perhaps more 意味ありげに, a 上級の member of staff at the BBC who had 行為／法令／行動するd as his cheerleader at ITV where he hosted the dating show, Take Me Out, which was scrapped in 2020.

Sumi Connock is the creative director of BBC Studios, the organisation's 商業の arm. Her LinkedIn profile says that she is 責任がある 'developing the 全世界の 足跡 of an 広範囲にわたる 判型s 目録 of more than 300 肩書を与えるs'.

What it doesn't 明言する／公表する is that she is also a 抱擁する fan of 米，稲 and was 伴う／関わるd with much of his 早期に career success at ITV, where she held a 類似の 役割 until 2017.

In her new 職業 at the BBC, she had 責任／義務 for 最高の，を越す Gear and a year after her arrival 米，稲 was 雇うd to join Harris and Flintoff on the team. She was also 伴う／関わるd in Question Of Sport, which, until it was axed last year after a 51-year run, was the longest running TV sports 質問（する） show in the world.

While it is not known if Connock was 伴う／関わるd in 雇うing 米，稲, she would be forgiven for keeping it 静かな if she had: after 米，稲 stepped into 告訴する Barker's shoes, ratings 急落するd from 4 million in 2021 to just 800,000 in 2023.

She is, I'm told, also behind 米，稲's new show with Harris. One BBC insider tells me: 'Sumi was at ITV with 米，稲 and she was a 抱擁する fan. She was the creative director there at a time when there were some 大規模な programmes 存在 made and she was a real cheerleader for him.

'At the time, he could do no wrong and Sumi, like any other television (n)役員／(a)執行力のある, made hay while the sun shone on 米，稲.

'Then she left for the BBC, Take Me Out was looking like it was at the end of its days and then all of a sudden 米，稲 got 最高の，を越す Gear.

'It was one of Sumi's big shows. At the time 米，稲 was a wild card choice, he wasn't a car person. But as for 無線で通信する 2, Sumi carries 負わせる and 米，稲 did 即時に lose his 職業 on 最高の，を越す Gear when Freddie was 負傷させるd.'

Then there is 米，稲's 星／主役にする-studded talent 機関, YMU. They have long had a strong 持つ／拘留する over 放送者s, 含むing both ITV and BBC. And their rumoured 戦略 of 物々交換するing or 'horse 貿易（する）ing' their bigger 指名する 星／主役にするs so their lesser known ones get a chance is long 設立するd.

After all, Vernon Kay is one of YMU's long-standing （弁護士の）依頼人s and last year he 取って代わるd Ken Bruce. Then there is Rylan Clark, the 無線で通信する 2 Saturday DJ who 米，稲 stood in for earlier this year.

'There are strong 関係s between YMU and 無線で通信する 2,' said one 従業員. 'You have to wonder what 取引，協定s might or might not be going on, but it all seems a bit rum doesn't it?

'One minute you have Vernon and the next his mate with the same スパイ／執行官, 米，稲.

'It's a 事例／患者 of 職業s for the YMU ギャング（団）. It is not 権利, it should be about the listeners.'

Friends of 米，稲 say he is 'relieved' to be making a 復帰 and his 給料 will help in what is said to be a 高くつく／犠牲の大きい 離婚 戦う／戦い with Christine.

While they are both co-habiting in the family home, 米，稲 has 雇うd a pricey London-based family lawyer Emma Hatley, while Christine has Catherine Bedford of Harbottle & 吊りくさび.

米，稲 is also 代表するd by マスコミ solicitor Jonathan Coad ― the man behind the likes of Phillip Schofield and 'Baroness Bra' Michelle Mone.

'権利 now 米，稲 wants to 保護する his 評判 as a wonderful family man. He has his BBC career 支援する and he will do whatever he has to do to keep it.'

But as 無線で通信する 2 bosses nervously watch the ratings, it will be the listeners and テレビ視聴者s who have the 決定票 on 米，稲's success ― not television (n)役員／(a)執行力のあるs or expensive lawyers.