Phillip Schofield breaks Channel 5 silence to share 'how he spent his summer'

Phillip Schofield has broken his silence after confirming he will return to television 16 months after leaving This Morning. The former TV star has filmed a Channel 5 special called Cast Away, which follows a “celebrity marooned on an inhabited tropical island off the coast of Madagascar for 10 days”. On Instagram today he posted: "Now you know how I spent my Summer! Alone for 10 days, no food , no water, no crew.

My story of survival, both on a desert island and off it. "Cast Away starts Monday on @channel5_tv & My5 at 9pm." NEW 🚨 Phillip Schofield returns to TV next week in a one-man reality show on Channel 5.

"Cast Away" airs 3 nights next week and will see Phillip dropped off on a remote uninhabited island for ten days, with no crew and only a few cameras to document his experience, by himself. pic.twitter.

com/lMOPylaz3U — sᴜᴘᴇʀ ᴛᴠ (@superTV247) September 24, 2024 Schofield resigned from ITV last May after he admitted to an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague. At the time, the former TV star said he had “lost everything” after admitting to the affair, and that the fallout had had a “catastrophic effect” on his mind. In December, an external review by Jane Mulcahy KC, instructed by ITV boss Dame Carolyn McCall, found that ITV made “considerable efforts” to find out the truth about an alleged relationship between Schofield and a runner on This Morning in 2019 but was “unable to uncover the relevant evidence” .