 He was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters in 2012 by De Montfort University Leicester in recognition of his services to broadcasting and to the Leicestershire community.Julie once posed for a BBC-sanctioned Calendar Girls-style photoshoot to raise funds for Children in Need.In January 2016, the Wadsworths went off air for "personal reasons", and in April 2016 it was announced that both were charged with historical child sex offences.