He was a trusted and familiar face as This Morning’s resident doctor for two decades. 

Now Dr Chris Steele, 79, has handed the baton to his son Andrew, who is also doing his bit to help the nation stay healthy. 

Andrew, 40, was previously an athlete, representing Great Britain at the Olympics before turning his attention to a health tech startup. 

The 4×400 metre relay runner won gold in the British Championships in 2007, and came fourth in the men’s 4x400m relay at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, with the team then brought up to third place after it was revealed the Russian team had been involved in a doping scandal. 

Yet after retiring from the sport, he went on to found Stride, a digital-first health and wellness company. 

The company delivers tailored supplements for customers taking into account  lifestyle, dietary preferences and goals. 

How This Morning legend Dr Chris Steele’s famous son has been following in his footsteps by doing his bit to help the nation stay healthy after retiring as an athlete 

This Morning’s Dr Chris was a trusted and familiar face as This Morning’s resident doctor for two decades before he retired in 2021  (pictured in 2023) 

In 2012, Andrew teamed up with his famous father to launch a campaign for close relatives of those diagnosed with coeliac disease to get tested for the genetic condition. Two years prior Dr Chris had been diagnosed with the coeliac disease. 

In 2016, Andrew launched The Life & Performance Podcast with best friend and fellow athlete Greg Rutherford. 

While Andrew has been enjoying his time in the spotlight, his father has retreated from the public eye since retiring in 2021. 

Two years ago he made a rare TV appearance as he appeared on This Morning to reflect on his time on the show..

Dr Zoe Williams sat down with the retired doctor to look back over his incredible achievements and the impact he’s had.

Visiting him at home, Dr Zoe explained: ‘He’s been a mᴀssive, mᴀssive inspiration to me.

‘I would say he’s been part of the reason I wanted to get into medicine in the first place so it’s a real privilege to be given the opportunity to catch up with Chris… and take a look back at some of the most memorable moments of his amazing career.’

Having joined the show in 1988, after meeting Richard and Judy as their family doctor, Dr Chris explained: ‘It’s a long time ago, it feels like a long time ago and it is a long time you know. 

‘When I went on the show, I actually said ‘Look, I’ll do this for about three months’ because I was a family GP, you know, full time.’

Andrew, 40, was previously an athlete, representing Great Britain at the Olympics before turning his attention to a health tech startup (pictured at the 2008 Beijing Games) 

In 2016, Andrew launched The Life & Performance Podcast with best friend and fellow athlete Greg Rutherford (pictured with L-R Joe Lycett, Alan Carr, Natalie Lowe and Greg) 

In 2012, Andrew teamed up with his famous father to launch a campaign for close relatives of those diagnosed with coeliac disease to get tested for the genetic condition

He continued: ‘It was quite exciting for the whole practice, especially the patients. The patients loved it, you know. 

‘They’d say ‘I was in Tesco and I told everybody, he’s my GP you know! I’m seeing him tomorrow morning’ and it was wonderful.’

Dr Chris’ first ever appearance on This Morning was to discuss the MMR vaccine, explaining: ‘That was information for the viewers and also to highlight the importance of the MMR vaccine. 

‘Because there were doubts about it and I think that’s our job… never mind treating patients… teaching them the causes of the disease, what the disease is and what the treatments will do.’

Dr Chris was involved in spearheading the first live breast examination on British television in 1989 and explained why the demonstration was so groundbreaking.

He said: ‘The powers that be said ‘We’re not doing that, naked breasts mid-morning?’ and eventually they accepted it and the beauty of that is, women were just given leaflets on how to examine your breasts [previously].

‘You know what, there’s nothing better than image and so many women responded to these videos. 

‘The response from the viewers and the breast cancer that we detected, patients were so grateful [saying] ‘Thank you This Morning, thank you This Morning’.’

Two years ago, Dr Chris made a rare TV appearance as he appeared on This Morning to reflect on his time on the show (pictured in a throwback 

Dr Chris was involved in spearheading the first live breast examination on British television in 1989 and explained why the demonstration was so groundbreaking

A decade after that groundbreaking TV moment, Dr Chris created history again and performed the first testicular examination on morning television in 1999.

Remembering the occasion, he said: ‘That was a taboo subject… ‘No way are we having a guy naked from the waist down on morning television’ and the programme just contacted an agency, a male model said ‘Yeah, I’ll do it. No problem at all’.

‘That was a very interesting progression forwards and showing testicles, and how to examine your testicles, seeing it being done is better than reading a leaflet.’

In 1996, Dr Chris also bravely allowed cameras to film surgery to treat his own skin cancer, telling Dr Zoe why he wanted to do so.

He explained: ‘Just to let the viewers see exactly what it entails, what the skin cancer looked like but also, they’re watching it and seeing the results afterwards and the very good result that I did get.’

He continued: ‘If it takes the fear of the surgery away from them… You’re not going to be disfigured hopefully, you’re going to be cured and of course, it gets them talking.’

In 2010, Dr Chris was awarded an MBE for his services to medicine and broadcasting.

Discussing the experience he said: ‘A great experience going down to the Queen’s home! It’s just nice to be awarded that you know, an MBE.’

Dr Zoe replied: ‘I think it’s incredible that you got that recognition that you deserve, big thank you from me and a big thank you from everyone at This Morning and everyone from this nation that has watched you for the last 35 years. 

‘You’ve helped so many people.’

Dr Chris created history again and performed the first testicular examination on morning television in 1999 (seen with Love Island’s Chris Hughes in 2018 doing the same examination)