Alan Titchmarsh star fights back tears over late daughter after £5million milestone

During an emotional tribute to his late daughter on Alan Titchmarsh's Love Your Weekend, guest star James Murray struggled to hold back tears.

The actor opened up about his charity work following the devastating loss of his baby daughter Ella-Jayne in 2009, who tragically passed away at just eight months old due to a congenital heart defect.

In the aftermath of their loss, James and his wife Sarah Parish dedicated months working at an orphanage in Cambodia before setting up the Murray Parish Trust in 2014. The trust aims to raise funds for paediatric emergency medicine across the south of England.

On Sunday's episode (August 4), Alan asked James: "You've done a heck of a lot of work for Southhampton hospital because of Ella-Jayne. You lost a child and you have raised millions, the two of you, with the Murray Parish Trust, for equipment for Southhampton Hospital. And that goes on, presumably, does it?"

James responded: "That keeps going on. That just keeps... We lost Ella-Jayne at the beginning of 2009 and we founded the charity a few years later," reports the Mirror.

His voice was noticeably choked up as he spoke about his daughter's tragic passing, but he managed to keep his composure.

He went on to say: "We've raised, I think around £5million now for paediatric facilities across the south of England, predominantly as you say Southhampton Children's Hospital, but that services eight counties."

"We set that charity up as lots of people do who have been through trauma, as a way of giving back and as a therapy, as displacement if you like of where to put your grief. And it just grew."

Sarah spoke candidly to the Daily Mail about her own experiences with the loss of a child and how it has altered their lives: "It changed us