Phillip Schofield will return to television, 16 months after his departure from ITV’s This Morning, according to the Sun newspaper. The former TV star is said to have 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”. Advertisement It comes after Schofield (62) teased an upcoming announcement on his Instagram story, writing: “Watch this space.
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” Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby after winning the Daytime award for This Morning at the National Television Awards 2021 (Ian West/PA) The TV special is expected to show Schofield reflecting on the last two years, according to the Sun. Advertisement 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.
Advertisement 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” until the presenter’s own admission in late May 2023. This Morning co-host Holly Willoughby left This Morning almost five months later, after 14 years on the sofa.