Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock (13719460y) Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby 'This Morning' TV show, London, UK - 17 Jan 2023

Caption: Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock (13719460y) Phillip Schofield, Holly Willoughby ‘This Morning’ TV show, London, UK – 17 Jan 2023
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ITV have instructed a barrister to conduct an external review of the facts surrounding Phillip Schofield’s departure from This Morning.

The network chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall confirmed the news in a letter seen by the PA news agency.

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