Alan Titchmarsh welcomes adorable new arrivals with emotional speech
Alan Titchmarsh kicked off his ITV show Love Your Weekend with a big announcement that left fans swooning.
Alan Titchmarsh becomes tearful over The Railway Children
Alan Titchmarsh had fans swooning as he delivered an emotional speech about a series of new arrivals on ITV programme Love Your Weekend. The countryside expert, 75, was sitting on a haybale surrounded by tiny border collie puppies as he introduced the show. While one dog, secure in Alan's lap, kept yowling for attention, he stroked the adorable puppy and crooned to it gently.
Alan told viewers: "Spring has officially sprung and new life abounds everywhere, from the blossoming of the early tulips to the fluttering of recently transformed butterflies. Not to mention-" He was cut off by one particularly insistent puppy who wanted more cuddles, telling the pooch: "Yes, I know! I’m getting round to you! Big hello to the world from these little’uns, five-week-old border collies. It’s the season of new beginnings and of new hope, which is fitting really, because I certainly have high hopes for today’s show. So what do you think, pups? Shall we get it on the road? Bark once for yes. Never mind. It’s time for Love Your Weekend. I know!"
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Social media users were left swooning over the announcement, with one X user tweeting: "I want those puppies #AlanTitchmarsh was cuddling so bad," with a sad face emoji.
It comes after Alan broke down in tears on his TV show, sharing a poignant confession about his daughters. The star had been chatting to Jenny Agutter and Renee Bailey about The Railway Children, in which Jenny starred as Bobbie.
Alan was left in tears as Bobbie eagerly awaited her father’s return, and confessed that he was so moved by the scene that his wife Alison and daughters Polly and Camilla gifted him a garden bench inscribed with the quote: “Daddy, my daddy.”
Alan told The Times that he has to leave the room if his daughters watch the film – and that their names remain on their bedroom doors despite both women being in their forties and living elsewhere.
The star has confessed in one of his books: “Fathers of sons have expectations. Fathers of daughters have worries. You worry about them all the time.
“I mean, not in a paranoid way, because I delighted in their company and they're now mums themselves and I've got four grandchildren. But you're only as happy as your unhappiest child and that spreads to grandchildren as well."
