Richard Madeley confirms 'One Show' talks

Richard Madeley has confirmed that he is in informal talks about hosting The One Show.

The presenter was linked to the job after Adrian Chiles quit the BBC last month.

"Every presenter under the age of 79 has been linked with the mammoth task of replacing Adrian," Madeley told Bang Showbiz.

"I was approached informally in Cannes, the TV festival down there, about a month ago - not personally, but my agent. That's all that happened. They said, 'Are you interested?' and I said, 'I don't know, I could be'. And we might have a meeting, we might not."

Madeley also repeated his claim that he would not want to host the show every day.

"If it were to happen, I'd only want to do it on an occasional basis," he explained. "I don't want to tie myself down to another four or five days a week. I did that for 21 years with Judy. I'd need a lot of persuading to do something with that regularity so it's unlikely, but it's in the air."

This morning, reports suggested that Jason Manford is the favourite to land the job.