Reviewed: Lorraine Kelly: 40 Unforgettable Years; Cast Away with Phillip Schofield; Joan; Nightsleeper As befits the queen of daytime television, Lorraine Kelly had two celebrations: one on her morning show, and an hour-long, prime-time tribute in Lorraine Kelly: 40 Unforgettable Years (ITV1, Wednesday) . Much of the material had been aired before. While there were endless tributes to Kelly’s all-round niceness, the best explanation for her longevity came from her pal Piers Morgan.
“Lorraine is an iron fist in a velvet glove,” he said. We saw a clip of her shredding an alleged girlfriend of Boris Johnson for daring to come on the show and not answer questions. “If you try to mug off Lorraine Kelly then you’re in trouble,” said Piers, making her sound like one of the Kray twins.
Phillip Schofield with Stacey Solomon before it all went wrong (Image: free) Cast Away with Phillip Schofield (Channel 5, Monday-Wednesday) , found the ex-This Morning presenter alone on a desert island pondering his departure from the show. Schofield walked after his relationship with a much younger colleague came to light. He could have stayed at home and bellyached or strapped a GoPro camera to a trolley and wandered around Sainsbury’s muttering to himself, but no, an island off Madagascar it was.
Schofield was there alone for 10 days and nine nights. From dawn till dusk he complained about those he felt had done him wrong. As far as he was concerned, the whingeathon was a success.
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