Noughties TV favourites to reunite 19 years after one vowed they'd never work with the other

Two former Channel 4 favourites have revealed they will reunite 19 years on from their last appearance together despite one claiming to never work with the other again

Two former TV favourites have revealed their intentions to reunite after previously vowing to never do so.

Popular Channel 4 stars Miquita Oliver and Simon Amstel are to work together for the first time in 19 years following an early noughties stint.

Miquita, 40, and Simon, 45, were aged just 16 and 21 when they rose to fame on old music show Popworld. They went on to front the T4 show on occasion, but called it quits in 2006. At the time, Alex Zane and Alexa Chung replaced them as their careers went separate ways.

However, despite remaining close off camera, the duo have never worked together since on any projects - until now.

The duo are set to team up once more with Simon set to cover for Lily Allen on the BBC Sounds podcast Miss Me. Lily revealed she is taking a break from the show as she deals with her marriage breakdown. It was reported has checked into a "trauma centre", with Miquita saying on the show on Monday: "I'll see you on the other side. Hopefully I'll be in a better place."

The surprise announcement comes after Miquita previously claimed Simon would never work with her again. Speaking to the Metro in 2022, she revealed: "Simon will not work with me again. I don’t know why. He’s like, 'It was brilliant. Let’s just leave it there'. And I’m like, 'Yeah… but we were so good'."

Miquita will also be joined by singer-songwriter Mabel, 28, rapper Jordan Stephens, 32 for a number of episodes. Mabel will "sit in" for Lily in episodes set to be released through BBC Sounds on January 16 and 20. Mabel - who's the daughter of singer Neneh Cherry - is a family friend, with Miquita's mother Andi Oliver her godmother.

Rizzle Kicks member Jordan will then be the guest co-host alongside Miquita for the episodes due to be available on January 23 and 27. And Simon will be the co-host on January 30 and February 3's episodes of the podcast.

Lily's break is expected to last three weeks. It comes as her marriage of four years to David Harbour ended. Lily candidly told listeners last month: "I'm just so ... I'm really not in a good place. I know I've been talking about it for months but I've been spiralling and spiralling."

Lily and Miquita first started co-hosting the podcast Miss Me? when it launched in March last year. The two friends join each other twice a week for the acclaimed podcast. They last appeared on an episode together last week.

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