Richard Madeley fought back the tears on Good Morning Britain on Thursday as he paid tribute to 'very good friend' of 50 years who passed away - which left guest Stephen Mangan feeling emotional. Getting very emotional about what he was about to say, Richard said: 'I don't want to finish this interview without paying a very short tribute to a very good friend of both of us. Getting very emotional about what he was about to say, Richard said: 'I don't want to finish this interview without paying a very short tribute to a very good friend of both of us. It comes after Calum Best fought back the tears as he recounted his mum Angie's 'traumatising and all-consuming' cancer battle on Wednesday's episode of Good Morning Britain. Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX from 6am.