Phillip Schofield will tonight return to television on Channel 5’s Cast Away more than a year after he stepped down from ITV’s This Morning following an ‘unwise’ affair with a junior colleague.
The 62-year-old broadcaster will be seen stranded on an uninhabited island off Madagascar for 10 days with no food or water and without a production crew.
Announcing his return to the nation’s screens last week, Schofield described the show as: ‘My story of survival, both on a desert island and off it,’ after leaving ITV’s This Morning in May 2023.
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Phillip takes to Instagram ahead of the first episode
Phillip has taken to his Instagram stories to gear up for the first episode of Cast Away to go live at 9pm this evening.
The presenter quipped: ‘Nearly time!! See you at 9pm on @Channel5_tv and My5. Hope you enjoy x’
He included a previously unseen snap taken during filming, where the former ITV star is sitting underneath a canopy in front of a camera.
When was Phillip Schofield’s appearance on Cast Away announced and what can we expect?
The disgraced presenter announced his return to mainstream TV on September 24.
He will discuss his bitter parting of ways with ITV and This Morning, which he hosted for 21 years, while fending for himself on the island paradise, located off the coast of Madagascar.
Viewers will see the axed presenter reflect on the emotional impact of his exile from mainstream TV after news of his affair with a 20-year old runner on This Morning came to light.
It’s understood that Schofield was given a handheld camera, body cameras and a sound pack before being left to record his emotional week-and-a-half long journey.
‘What people don’t realise is that they batter you – but then there are other people affected’, Phillip Schofield’s ever-loyal wife Stephanie told him before he became a castaway on a desert island this summer.
Mrs Schofield, 59, has been unerringly supportive of her husband in an extraordinary and challenging decade that began with him coming out as gay and then losing his job on This Morning over an affair with a young producer last year.
Gone is his £2 million-a-year ‘golden handcuffs’ contract with ITV as have the lucrative deals with businesses such as Princess Cruises, We Buy Any Car and Waitrose.
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Hello and welcome to MailOnline’s live coverage as Phillip Schofield makes his first return to television since he stepped down from This Morning in May last year.
The disgraced broadcaster is appearing on Channel 5’s Cast Away in which he spends 10 days stranded on an uninhabited island off Madagascar without food, water or a production crew.
The previously beloved TV presenter shocked fans last week when he revealed he would soon be making a return to screens 16 months after an ‘unwise but not illegal’ affair scandal with a younger male colleague ended his career.
Stick with our coverage as we guide you through the hour-long first episode in a three-part series.
Cast Away will be shown on Channel 5 at 9pm.
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