Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Former This Morning host Phillip Schofield is back on TV for the first time since his shock departure from the daytime show last year, and it comes as no surprise that he is dropping bombshells about recent events in his new series Cast Away . The three episode reality series has Phillip, 62, stranded on an island off the coast of Madagascar for 10 days with just a tent and a camera for company, and he admits he has used the adventure as a way to talk about his experiences. “It appealed to me on so many levels.

I’ve recently had a lot of time to think about my life, what went right and what went wrong, but I’ve always had the safe arms of friends and family wrapped around me,” he said. “This time it’s just me, no phone, no comforts, no crew and only lip balm as a luxury .” Guy Davies, Channel 5’s commissioning editor added: “This isn’t just a survival challenge, it's a chance for Phillip to look back over the last explosive 18 months of his life, and explore what happened.

The audience will learn how he feels now about television and the future, as well as the past. And it will be Phillip Schofield as we have never seen him before – unguarded, emotional and brutally honest..

.” In promoting the series, Phillip has already let slip some honest .