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Inside Holly Willoughby's TV comeback: A year after being scared to leave home - and with a sidekick who's the 'antidote to Schofield' - how she's now loving life again ahead of her return to our screens


With a plunging black frock and beaming smile, Holly Willoughby's presence on the red carpet last week had all the hallmarks of a confident showbiz comeback.

Supported by her friend, All Saints singer Nicole Appleton, the former darling of ITV's This Morning betrayed no hint of nerves as they attended the premiere of Robbie Williams' biopic Better Man, in London's West End. This time last year, Holly, 43, was too afraid to leave her home, after police had foiled a kidnap plot by deranged fan Gavin Plumb, who planned to rape and murder her. This Saturday will see her return to our screens for the first time since she fronted ITV's Dancing On Ice in January – appearing alongside her new 'work husband', Stephen Mulhern, to host a reboot of 1980s gameshow You Bet!

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