Eamonn Holmes awarded OBE in New Year’s Honours list 2018

TV presenter Eamonn Holmes has been awarded an OBE for his services to broadcasting in the 2018 New Year’s Honours list.

The 58-year-old co-presented GMTV for twelve years between 1993 and 2005, before presenting Sky News Sunrise for eleven years between 2005 and 2016.

Making the news instead of reading it tonight from 10.30 pm. Hope u r Happy for me. #Happynewyear pic.twitter.com/Bu1XT3XRNS

— Eamonn Holmes OBE (@EamonnHolmes) December 29, 2017

Since 2006, he has co-hosted This Morning with his wife Ruth Langsford on Fridays and during school holidays.

Hugest congratulations to the fabulous @EamonnHolmes OBE – recognised in #NewYearHonours. Should I be working on my curtsy?! pic.twitter.com/kwPwx6UM5Y

— Sarah Hewson (@sarahhewsonTV) December 29, 2017

“SO proud of my husband @EamonnHolmes All his years of broadcasting rewarded with an OBE!!! Congratulations darling x,” said Langsford.

https://twitter.com/alstewitn/status/946894762661089280

Well deserved @EamonnHolmes – I can’t remember a time when he wasn’t on the telly and that is a wonderful thing.
Nobody works harder at making TV for YOU…here’s to the past, the present and the future ????#OBE #NewYearsHonours https://t.co/QQ8alCjCRO

— Sarah-Jane Mee (@skysarahjane) December 29, 2017