The ITV presenter has fronted morning and daytime shows for many years and leads a private life away from TV

Tipping Point and This Morning host Ben Shephard has been a friendly and familiar face on our TV screens for many years.

Ben’s career in journalism started in the late 1990s on the Channel 4 spin-off show The Bigger Breakfast in 1998 with Melanie Sykes and fellow ITV star Dermot O’Leary.

His TV portfolio began to build in the same year as he was the first presenter of T4’s teen strand on Channel 4. It was the start of an incredible career on TV for Shephard, who has now been on our screens for more than 25 years.

The presenter also spent 10 years on the GMTV sofa as well as host Goals on Sunday on Sky Sports alongside his good friend, former footballer Chris Kamara. Until recently, Ben Shephard was alongside Susanna Reid, Kate Garraway and Charlotte Hawkins on breakfast TV Good Morning Britain.

But what do we know about the 50-year-old’s life away from TV including his family home and wife?

Ben Shephard’s health battle and the 9p breakfast item keeps him in shape

Ben Shephard regularly presents ITV’s This Morning alongside Cat Deeley.(Image: Getty)

This Morning presenter Ben Shephard previously credited a 9p superfood breakfast for keeping him in shape at 50. Ben shared during a question and answer session with fans via Instagram: “I get some porridge and I will add protein powder.”

Shoppers at supermarkets in the UK can grab some of Aldi’s Everyday Essential Porridge Oats for 90p, with a 1kg bag costing around 9p per bowl.