126-445: The Big Reunion is a British reality-documentary series that began airing on ITV2 on 31 January 2013. The show featured chart-topping bands who were big in the UK pop music scene between the 1990s and early 2000s, and the programme followed them as they reunited for the first time in a decade and went through their two weeks of intensive rehearsals before finally stepping back on stage for
252-565: A symbol of Palestinian solidarity , that appeared on the shirt of contestant Ali Bromley. Writing for The Intercept , Nikita Mazurov compared the action to George Orwell 's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four , from which the series Big Brother takes its name, arguing that the editing of the episode represented a "key tenant of the novel: old media being edited and original versions destroyed, leaving no trace of any modification having taken place." The timeshift channel ITV2 +1 launched 30 October 2006, along with its sister channel, ITV3 +1 . It
378-497: A "giggly" interview with then Prime Minister Boris Johnson . The co-hosts' decision to take a selfie with Johnson was also criticised, and viewers raised a "lack of professionalism" and "clear bias". Schofield defended the stunt writing: "Can I point out that if Mr Corbyn had asked for a selfie, we would have happily obliged." Viewers argued that the pair had been more critical when interviewing Jeremy Corbyn , who faced repeated calls to apologise for accusations of antisemitism in
504-572: A 2014 World Record attempt by doing a solo flight to 1,000 metres high, live on This Morning . Reporter Jenni Falconer covered the occasion. On 3 October 2013, This Morning celebrated its 25th anniversary. The programme was broadcast live from its original home at Albert Dock in Liverpool with presenters Phillip Schofield, Eamonn Holmes , Holly Willoughby, Alison Hammond and Ruth Langsford being joined by original presenters Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan . Numerous historical clips of
630-435: A Celebrity: Extra Camp ; original drama such as the third and fourth series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl ; and acquired content including The Vampire Diaries and Gossip Girl and a range of movies. On 1 November 2022, in the lead up to the launch of ITVX, the encryption was dropped on ITV2 HD at around 11am that day and so became free to air. Later that day, Freesat data had been added to ITV2 HD, indicating that
756-543: A Christmas special called The Big Christmas Reunion aired. It features the bands uniting to recording a cover of " I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday " for Text Santa . It also gives an insight into the work undertaken by Text Santa charities Age UK , Barnardo's , BeatBullying, the British Heart Foundation , CLIC Sargent and Help the Hospices. Due to massive ratings success, a second series
882-455: A Millionaire? , Gladiators , CD:UK , Don't Try This at Home , Trisha , This Morning , Loose Women and My Wonderful Life , American acquisitions such as Judge Judy , The Jerry Springer Show , The Late Show with David Letterman and Maggie Winters , omnibus editions of ITV soaps Emmerdale , Coronation Street , The Bill and Home and Away and a Saturday football results service called Football First , which
1008-403: A broken heart, and success will challenge your friendships however robust they are, and turn the sweetest kitten into a clawing puss. And I still can’t wait for Bew*tched to unravel their demons. Roll on next week of this car-crash guilty pleasure. Loving every minute." Of the third episode, which focused on the rises and falls of B*Witched and Honeyz, Frost said: "This week's 'Big Reunion' showed
1134-458: A chance of spending the prize pot of 50,000 euros, and Tell Me Everything , a mental health themed drama series, would be two of the first ITV2 shows to debut on their new streaming service ITVX before getting terrestrial slots, which eventually came in April 2023 and June 2023 respectively. In June 2022, ITV2 picked up a number of American drama series, primarily teen and family dramas from
1260-399: A comeback performance. The first series featured Five , 911 , Atomic Kitten , B*Witched , Blue , Honeyz and Liberty X . Another mini-series, entitled The Big Reunion: On Tour , aired from 5–19 September 2013. It followed the groups embarking on their arena tour, and other behind-the-scenes action. The Big Christmas Reunion , a Christmas special, also aired on 12 December 2013. It saw
1386-451: A daily average of two million viewers. In the first few series, the show's "experts" were weatherman Fred Talbot , agony aunt Denise Robertson , medic Dr Chris Steele , cook Susan Brookes , beauty presenter Liz Earle , hair and make-up artists Andrew and Liz Collinge, and wine expert Charles Metcalfe. The theme tune was by David Pringle, who also wrote opening music for Wheel of Fortune , Fun House and The Pyramid Game . To end
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#17327809525001512-544: A deal with ITV Digital – on 27 July 2001. By the end of its life, it had lost nearly all of its Scottish programmes and mainly simulcast ITV2, but covered the ITV2 graphic with an opaque S2 graphic. UTV2 was a television station broadcast by Ulster Television on Digital Terrestrial Television in Northern Ireland. It was launched in 1999 as TV You . The programming consisted primarily of simulcasts with
1638-959: A division of ITV plc . It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the five analogue terrestrial stations, a claim now held by its sister service ITV3 both of which are freely available to a majority of households. The channel is primarily aimed at the 15/18–34 age group, just like BBC Three , E4 and Sky Max and is known for American programming such as adult animations Family Guy , American Dad! and Bob's Burgers ; repeats of recently aired episodes of soap operas and other entertainment programming from ITV such as Coronation Street , Emmerdale , Family Fortunes and Catchphrase ; 60-second entertainment news bulletin FYI Daily , which airs in-between films; original comedy such as Celebrity Juice and Plebs , and reality formats such as Big Brother and Love Island . Prior to
1764-567: A guest) by Schofield and Willoughby "belittling". Television personality and cleaner Kim Woodburn , who appeared on the show after leaving the Celebrity Big Brother house, branded Schofield and Willoughby "phoney" and "two-faced" on the show. Dr Ranj Singh said in 2023 he had made an official complaint of a toxic culture and been managed out. ITV confirmed an external adviser carried out an investigation in 2021. Former Secretary of State for Culture Nadine Dorries questioned
1890-582: A live daytime morning programme and five regional ITV companies made pilot shows to bid for the national contract: The first episode of This Morning aired at 10:40 am on 3 October 1988 and finished at 12:10 pm, live from the Granada studio inside the Albert Dock in Liverpool . An industry insider believed the idea would not work and would be pulled by Christmas 1988, but despite This Morning being launched with no publicity, its ratings quickly rose to
2016-464: A month of consistently low ratings, it was moved to around 2am each morning, with Bob's Burgers returning on 4 July 2022. Despite this incident, in January 2023, ITV2 would later stop airing Bob's Burgers altogether and replace it with Superstore , a programme which ITV2 used to air until September 2022 when it was replaced by Secret Crush . After another three months of low ratings, this decision
2142-418: A new set and with Holly Willoughby replacing Fern Britton as co-host, which saw ratings rise by 20%. This Morning Cook In! , an interactive cook event, began on 1 March 2010. Each week, five viewers and a celebrity guest cooked along, via Skype , with Gino D'Acampo or Phil Vickery . From 20 March 2010, This Morning increased from five to seven shows a week, with two new one-hour shows broadcast on
2268-413: A pop star." Of the second episode, which focused on the rises and falls of Atomic Kitten and 911, Caroline Frost of The Huffington Post said: "This week's 'The Big Reunion', bringing back together six girl-and boy bands for a one-off concert, concentrated on 911 and Atomic Kitten, which meant one thing - Kerry Katona-watch - but also a couple of harsh life lessons...This week's lessons - fame won't mend
2394-441: A production assistant. Schofield stated that the affair had begun when the co-worker was 20 years old, at which point Schofield was in his mid-50s, and admitted lying about it to ITV's management, his work colleagues, his lawyers, his agent and his friends and family. He resigned from ITV and apologised for his lies, while calling the relationship "consensual" and "unwise but not illegal." ITV said it had investigated rumours of
2520-540: A relationship between Schofield and the co-worker in early 2020, but that both men had repeatedly denied the affair. News of Schofield's affair and departure from ITV received extensive coverage in the British media. Elton John said that "If it was a straight guy in a fling with a young woman, it wouldn't even make the papers" while Jeremy Clarkson said "It seems to me he is only guilty of being what he said he was: gay." Piers Morgan also supported Schofield, saying it
2646-423: A result, Plus was permanently closed down, with its EPG slot taken by ITV3. On 10 October 2006, ITV announced the launch of a one-hour timeshift service of ITV2, ITV2+1. The channel launched on 30 October 2006 along with ITV3 +1. In November 2006, ITV2 commissioned its first soap opera, Echo Beach . The series was to be interlinked with ITV1's comedy-drama Moving Wallpaper . In the end however, Echo Beach
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#17327809525002772-541: A series of challenges for former Made in Chelsea cast member Georgia Toffolo that included completing tasks required of staff in KFC and a sewage works. Viewers deemed the segment "pathetically patronising" to watch Toffolo "slum it like ordinary folk for the day" and claimed the show was "patronising working-class people." In December 2019, during the 2019 general election , Schofield and Willoughby were criticised for
2898-483: A special Big Reunion "End of the show-show" segment on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway on 23 March 2013, Five, Atomic Kitten and Blue all performed one song each, creating a medley . To coincide with the reunion, Ant & Dec themselves returned to their 1990s pop act PJ & Duncan for a performance of their song " Let's Get Ready to Rhumble ", which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart
3024-454: A stand-in presenter since 1999, and her husband Eamonn Holmes became permanent presenters on Fridays and main presenters during school holidays. On 26 March 2009, Britton announced that she was to leave This Morning after ten years and would be replaced by Holly Willoughby on 14 September 2009. She presented her final show on 17 July 2009. In 2014 and 2015, Amanda Holden and Christine Lampard presented alongside Schofield when Willoughby
3150-460: A statement to the Daily Mail on 26 May, Schofield admitted that, before leaving his wife in 2020, he had carried on an extramarital affair with a younger male ITV co-worker. He had first met the co-worker while giving a talk at the drama school where the latter was then a 15-year-old student. Schofield later arranged a job interview for the co-worker at This Morning , where he was hired as
3276-504: A totally different space in my life and I don't feel any need to look back." Another ex-bandmate Mark Baron, who now works for Alan Sugar 's company Amsprop , had been forced to pull out due to Sugar not allowing him time off work. Bowers told the Daily Mirror : "Another Level were supposed to do it but then Mark said he couldn't because of work. He's married to Alan Sugar's daughter and works for him. You don't say no to Alan Sugar. I
3402-540: A uniform service. While free-to-air, it was marketed alongside their own subscription based ONdigital platform. Other ITV licensees, SMG, UTV and GMTV launched their own services in the space (see below). ITV2 was announced in May 1998, and the channel's original controller was Brian Barwick . ITV2 launched at 7:00pm on 7 December 1998. The first programme was an hour-long introductory programme called It Takes Two , presented by Gabby Logan and Vinnie Jones . Billie Piper
3528-543: A woman would not have created such a scandal. Willoughby, who had previously said she was hurt that Schofield had lied to her when she asked about the rumours, returned to This Morning on 5 June for the first time since his departure. Stating that she felt "shaken, troubled and let down," she said that everyone at the programme had given "love and support to someone who was not telling the truth." She expressed concern for Schofield's mental health, thanked viewers for their kindness and support, and said "what unites us all now
3654-486: Is a desire to heal." Stating that it was "deeply disappointed by the admissions of deceit" made by Schofield, ITV severed ties with him, and instructed a King's Counsel to carry out an external review of its handling of the incident. ITV confirmed that This Morning would continue without Schofield, and announced that Jane McDonald would replace him as host of The British Soap Awards . The talent agency YMU dropped Schofield after representing him for 35 years, and
3780-551: Is a list of the six most watched shows on ITV2, based on Live +28 data supplied by BARB up to 10 January 2019. Before Love Island' s successful return, the highest rated show on the channel was episode 7.01 of Celebrity Juice , starring Phillip Schofield , on 9 February 2012. ITV2 won Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Digital Awards in 2007 and again in 2013. It was also named Non-Terrestrial Channel of
3906-599: Is broadcast live every weekday from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm across the United Kingdom , and in Ireland by Virgin Media One . The programme features a variety of news, showbiz , fashion, health and beauty, lifestyle , home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions. The show was originally presented by husband and wife duo Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan for more than a decade after its launch. It
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4032-513: Is currently presented by Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley from Monday to Thursday with Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary presenting on Fridays. The daytime programme has aired on ITV for over 35 years, making it one of the longest-running daytime programmes on British television. It won the National Television Award for Best Daytime/Live Magazine Show for 12 years running, from 2011 to 2022. In 1988, ITV decided to create
4158-525: Is regularly featured on clip shows. In 1996, the show was moved to the London Studios on the grounds that it was difficult to get celebrity guests to travel from London to Liverpool. The show proved newsworthy on several occasions. In 2001 This Morning covered new ground by showing a gay partnership celebration live, and a 2008 interview with Kerry Katona slurring her words also attracted coverage. ITV relaunched This Morning in 2009 with
4284-408: The British Heart Foundation , CLIC Sargent and Help the Hospices. The song was released on 16 December 2013 and charted at number 21 the following week. On 11 February 2014, it was announced that a two-disc Big Reunion compilation album would be released, featuring singles by bands from both series of the show. Disc 1 features the bands from the second series, whilst Disc 2 features the bands from
4410-539: The Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal on 8 November 2012, Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby interviewed then Prime Minister David Cameron . During the interview, Schofield presented Cameron with a list he had obtained from the internet of five people named as paedophiles in connection with the North Wales child abuse scandal . The names of several former senior Conservative politicians were visible on
4536-650: The Prince's Trust announced that it would no longer feature him as an ambassador, saying it was "no longer appropriate to work together." When in Rome stopped selling the Phillip Schofield brand wines on its own website after revelations emerged about Schofield's affair, saying "this collaboration has drawn to a natural conclusion". As a result of the controversy, ITV in October 2023 began requiring all workers at
4662-556: The This Morning team as a regular segment presenter and announcer. In November 2021, she guest presented three episodes of the show alongside Schofield. In December 2020, it was announced that Holmes and Langsford were being replaced on Fridays by Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary , but would remain in their school holiday presenting slot. In December 2021, Holmes announced he was leaving This Morning and would be moving to GB News , with Langsford also announcing her departure from
4788-739: The UEFA Euro 2020 match between England and the Czech Republic . In November 2021, the channel moved into the true crime genre with The Social Media Murders , a three-part documentary series with a different case examined every night, over three days. A second series debuted on ITVX in March 2023 with repeats on ITV1 . In March 2022, ITV announced that their new reality game show Loaded in Paradise , which sees teams in Greece trying to win
4914-526: The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey . On 7 October 2022, the ITV2 Twitter and YouTube accounts were replaced by ITVX accounts in order to streamline the ITV channels for an upcoming rebrand. This came into place on 15 November 2022. In March 2023, it was announced that ITV would be closing its children's channel CITV after seventeen years (and forty years as a strand on ITV1) later in
5040-570: The 2006 FIFA World Cup. The weekend daytime sports coverage broadcast on ITV4. On 20 June 2016, ITV2 simulcast ITV's coverage of a UEFA Euro 2016 match between England and Slovakia . In September 2020. ITV2 broadcast the British Touring Car Championship rather than ITV4 as the channel was broadcasting both the Tour De France and World Series of Darts, and ITV3 broadcast ITV Racing. It was repeated in 2021 for
5166-408: The 2013 National Reality Television Awards: five for the show itself (Most Inspiring TV Show 2013, Best Entertainment Show, Best Reality Non-Competition Show 2013, Best Self-Improvement/Makeover Show and Best Docu-Soap), one for six of the bands from the show (Best Music Act on a Reality TV Show), one for both Atomic Kitten 's Liz McClarnon and Liberty X 's Michelle Heaton (Celebrity Personality of
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5292-748: The European Union/EEA through ALIA in Luxembourg. From 11 January 2011, ITV2 +1 on the Freeview platform has changed its broadcasting hours to 7:00 pm until 4:00 am On 1 June 2011, an additional hour was added in England, Northern Ireland and Scotland, allowing ITV2 +1 to start at 6:00 pm On 2 August 2011, ITV2 +1 began to broadcast 24 hours a day on Freeview across the UK, using an eleventh stream created on mux A. As part of
5418-511: The Friday show. Coleen Nolan and Twiggy replaced Madeley and Finnigan in 2001, with Britton and Leslie remaining on Fridays. Twiggy was later dismissed, whilst Nolan presented until the end of 2001 with Leslie, and was subsequently replaced by Britton. Phillip Schofield joined the programme as a Friday presenter in September 2002. The following month, Leslie's contract on This Morning
5544-500: The ITV2 station shown in England, Wales and the Scottish Borders , although they did also use archive broadcasts from UTV . UTV2 closed on 22 January 2002 following a deal with ITV Digital and was replaced by the national variant. When the channel launched, the logo was very similar in style to the ITV logo at the time and ITV were worried the channel looked just like an extension of ITV and did not offer anything new. It
5670-544: The Labour Party . Viewers noted that Islamophobia in the Conservative Party was not raised with Johnson. Ofcom received 149 complaints. On 5 September 2022, This Morning included a new prize of "energy bills" in their regular "spin to win" game. The prize equated to four months of payments, up to £400 each month. When a contestant failed to provide the qualifying passcode on air This Morning ended
5796-488: The Pull was created by Vine comedian Daniel "Dapper Laughs" O'Reilly . The show was criticised for promoting violence against women and dubbed by one paper as "a rapist's almanac". Due to these criticisms, an online petition for the show's cancellation reaching 68,210 signatures and a sexist joke glorifying rape said by O'Reilly during one of his live shows, ITV chose not to commission a second series. A subsequent live tour
5922-557: The UK pop music scene in the 1990s and early 2000s—would be reuniting for an ITV2 documentary series entitled The Big Reunion , followed by a comeback performance at some point in 2013. Angela Jain, ITV 's Director of Digital Channels, and Katy Thorogood, ITV's factual and daytime commissioner, ordered The Big Reunion . ITV Studios' Kevin Lane acted as series producer, while creative director Michael Kelpie and Phil Mount acted as executive producers. Kelpie said: "To reunite these bands, tell
6048-656: The UPC Ireland line-up on 20 December 2011. Virgin Media One and its sister channel Virgin Media Two already hold carriage agreement to air certain ITV content within the Republic of Ireland, alternatively UTV is available within the Republic. ITV2 is available along with ITV3 and ITV4 within Switzerland , all three channels are available on Swisscom TV and UPC Cablecom . ITV2 is registered to broadcast within
6174-407: The Year 2013), and one for Heaton (Best Female Personality 2013). The show was also nominated for Best Reality and Constructed Factual Programme at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards . The bands were originally only supposed to perform a one-off concert at London's Hammersmith Apollo on 26 February 2013, but when the entire show sold out in under five minutes shortly after the premiere of
6300-503: The Year at the Edinburgh International Television Festival in 2007. In a 2009 episode of Screenwipe , Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker criticised the channel's programming as being "nihilistic worthlessness" and called it "a monument to cultural death" and "frighteningly meaningless." In 2014, the channel was subject to a controversy about one of its shows. Dapper Laughs: On
6426-411: The analogue switch off, with space left over for new channels. While strictly speaking this space belonged to each regional contractor for use within their own region, ITV had undergone a series of buyouts earlier in the decade; the three players operating the majority of the network, Granada , Carlton , and United News & Media , jointly launched ITV2 in 1998 to be broadcast to most of the country as
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#17327809525006552-419: The bands recording a Christmas charity single for Text Santa and looked at how Text Santa helped vulnerable people. The Big Reunion proved to be an unexpected hit for ITV2; the first episode brought in 1.2 million viewers, becoming the channel's highest rated premiere in five years, and the show went on to achieve over 1 million viewers every week, making it one of the channel's most popular shows. Due to
6678-470: The changes, ITV2 +1 swapped slots on Sky's electronic programme guide with Men & Motors , resulting in the timeshift channel making a significant jump from channel 184 to 131. It is now Sky 218. ITV2 was made available on Freeview in the Channel Islands on 29 February 2012, a few months after ITV plc bought Channel Television from Yattendon Group plc . In February 2014, ITV2 announced it
6804-694: The channel broadcasts currently. Despite this, the channel was launched to target a younger, more male audience. Much of the original content in its launch schedule was current affairs related programming fronted by ITV newscasters. Katie Derham presented a weekly media analysis programme called Wide Angle , John Suchet fronted a weekly current affairs discussion programme called Who, What, Why , and Trevor McDonald presented an interview series, Trevor McDonald Meets... . These three programmes all ran on Sunday nights. There were repeats of popular ITV programmes including Midsomer Murders , Inspector Morse , A Touch of Frost , Heartbeat , Who Wants to Be
6930-585: The channel will be made available on Freesat soon. On 8 November 2022 the HD version replaced the SD version on Freesat channel 113. S2 was a television station broadcast throughout the Scottish and Grampian ITV regions by SMG plc , the holder of the Scottish and Grampian region ITV franchises. S2, which aired on the digital terrestrial platform, was launched 30 April 1999 and closed just over two years later – as part of
7056-453: The club's nickname the Toon . The channel's yellow and blue idents changed to black and white, to match the club's colours. In line with the corporate rebranding of ITV, ITV2 received a new look on 14 January 2013. The channel's slogan became "the home of infectious entertainment", and received a "hot red" version of the logo and red on-screen identity including new idents. ITV2 presentation
7182-437: The comeback gig, midway through which Blue joined the show and told their stories as well. The final episode featured the sold-out comeback gig and backstage action. When asked why they chose to join the comeback gig, Blue said: "Phil Mount, The Big Reunion ' s producer, has always been a long time supporter of the band, giving us our first TV break, he really wanted us to be surprise special guests announced halfway through
7308-481: The culture and working practices of the show. Questions over safeguarding and complaint handling by ITV have been raised generally and on 14 June Carolyn McCall answered to MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee . Loose Women panellist Carol McGiffin said This Morning was "tainted" and her colleagues did not like the show or Schofield's handover to them. A former production staff member also criticised
7434-414: The current situation can't go on, and I want to do what I can to protect the show that I love." In the first broadcast after his exit, Hammond and O'Leary praised Schofield as "one of the best live television broadcasters this country has ever had". A broadcasting executive subsequently told The Times that Willoughby had given ITV an ultimatum that either she or Schofield had to leave the programme. In
7560-435: The expiry of a carriage agreement between UPC and ITV. UPC Ireland claim that ITV is not in a position to renegotiate the deal because ITV had struck a deal with another channel provider to provide it with exclusive rights to air certain content from the channels. Conversely, UPC Ireland also claims to have been in discussions right up to the last moment to continue broadcasting the channels. ITV2, ITV3 and ITV4 were restored to
7686-417: The first episode on 31 January 2013, rumours circulated that the show may become a full arena tour around the UK. On 11 February, it was confirmed that, following high ticket demands and the popularity of The Big Reunion , a UK tour would be taking place from 3–14 May 2013. Irish and Northern Irish fans initially looked set to miss out until it was announced on 14 February that the bands would also be bringing
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#17327809525007812-634: The first series, in 1989, the show was presented via satellite from the United States at Disneyland in Anaheim, California . Produced by Granada's Field Producer, Brian Thomas, the set was built directly in front of 'Sleeping Beauty Castle', a first for Disney. As part of the show, Talbot used a floating map of the British Isles to report the forecast. A clip of Mark Roberts , a prolific streaker , running onto Talbot's weather map in 1995
7938-442: The first series. The album was released through Universal Music on 28 February. The first series was sponsored by Crystalla, wristwear by Sekonda , whilst The Big Reunion: On Tour and The Big Christmas Reunion were sponsored by Seksy Intense Rose, also by Sekonda. The second series was sponsored by Blinkbox Music . ITV2 ITV2 is a British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels ,
8064-523: The first time in several years. Whilst all the other bands reunited several weeks before rehearsals began, Liberty X did not reunite until the night before, due to Michelle Heaton undergoing a double mastectomy . The rehearsals for the comeback performance took place at the Lilian Baylis Studio in London, beginning on 7 January 2013 and continuing for two weeks. Atomic Kitten's Kerry Katona
8190-701: The following week. The bands from series 2 performed their gig at the Hammersmith Apollo on 21 February 2014. On 20 March, it was announced that the boy bands from both series (Five, 911, Blue, A1, 3T, Damage and 5th Story) would go on The Big Reunion Boyband Tour in October 2014. Five, 911, Atomic Kitten, B*Witched, Honeyz and Liberty X planned to join together as a supergroup to release a Christmas charity single in aid of ITV's fundraiser Text Santa , confirmed by ITV on 23 October 2013. The bands covered Wizzard 's " I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday " to raise money for Age UK , Barnardo's , BeatBullying,
8316-415: The four of them. The first three episodes featured Five, Liberty X, Atomic Kitten, 911, Honeyz and B*Witched telling their backstories of their time in their respective groups and about their lives since splitting up. The next two episodes featured the groups reuniting for the first time in a decade and discussing how they felt about performing again. The next three episodes were concerned with rehearsals for
8442-499: The game was reported on Russian state television. British politician Mary Kelly Foy tweeted: I'm disgusted that @thismorning have used people being unable to afford their energy bills as some kind of twisted gameshow. The producers need to rethink this immediately! Everyone deserves dignity, especially if they're struggling. On 6 September 2022, Schofield referenced the controversy by saying, "I wonder how much of that they can complain about online." Ofcom received 170 complaints about
8568-419: The general public. Online petitions were also organised calling for the pair to be sacked. Following months of speculation about his private life, and widespread reports of a feud with Willoughby, Schofield presented This Morning for the last time on 18 May 2023, after more than 20 years in the role. Two days later, he announced his departure from the programme with immediate effect, saying: "ITV has decided
8694-426: The group in 1999, and vice versa when Goodman herself departed in 2000. Original member Naima Belkhiati decided not to take part in the reunion, so Cherry called up Goodman as her replacement. Additionally, Five only reunited as a four-piece as founding member and lead singer J Brown backed out at the last minute, claiming that he no longer wants to be in the public eye, having initially attended previous meetings for
8820-499: The huge success, a second series was commissioned. The second series, which premiered on 6 February 2014, featured 3T , A1 , Damage , Eternal , Girl Thing , and a supergroup called 5th Story , which consisted of Kenzie from Blazin' Squad , Dane Bowers from Another Level , and former soloists Adam Rickitt , Kavana and Gareth Gates . On 18 October 2012, it was announced that pop groups Five , 911 , Atomic Kitten , B*Witched , Honeyz and Liberty X —who were big names in
8946-409: The idents were made up of a mix of shades of green to match the channel's logo. In 2008, the channel received another new look. The green logo was kept but edited. The channel now had a new 3D logo to try to make the channel look more modern and appealing to a younger audience. During Newcastle United 's run in the 2004–05 UEFA Cup , the channel was rebranded as ITV Toon on matchdays, referring to
9072-440: The late 1990s and 2000s, for daytimes including re-runs of One Tree Hill , Hart of Dixie and The O.C. as well as the sports drama All American , which had replaced Bob's Burgers in its 7 pm timeslot. Subsequently ITV2 has also picked up Dawson's Creek , Veronica Mars and Chuck . Later additions have included Charmed and Gilmore Girls . All American was unsuccessful in its 7pm slot and so after
9198-418: The launch of Channel 4 in 1982, the name "ITV2" had sometimes been used to refer informally to an envisioned second commercial network in the UK . However, the name resurfaced in the late 1990s for very different reasons. The launch of digital terrestrial television services in the UK saw each existing analogue terrestrial broadcaster given a slice of bandwidth with which to carry their existing service after
9324-429: The launch of ITV3 in 2004, and the launch of ITV4 the year later saw ITV2 ditch sports coverage, except on certain occasions as overspill. In June 2004, ITV plc announced that they were going to double the channel's programme budget and would add more American series and movies. On 1 November 2004, in an attempt to launch ITV3 on Sky, ITV2 moved from 175 to 118 on Sky after ITV plc bought GSkyB for £10 million. As
9450-407: The launch of the streaming service ITVX . As part of the refresh, the logo is now coloured pink and uses idents that are cross-used across ITV1, ITV3, ITV4, and ITVBe with different views which reflect the channel's image and programming output. This Morning (TV programme) This Morning is a British daytime magazine programme that is broadcast on ITV . It debuted on 3 October 1988 and
9576-448: The list. Schofield was widely criticised for his action, with broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby describing his behaviour as "cretinous". Cameron responded by warning against a witch hunt, "particularly about people who are gay". ITV's director of television, Peter Fincham , said that Schofield was "wrong" in confronting Cameron and said that the broadcaster had agreed to co-operate fully with government regulator Ofcom 's investigation into
9702-415: The matter. The investigation was initiated after Ofcom received 415 complaints from viewers. Schofield later apologised, blaming a misjudged camera angle. Schofield and ITV later paid £125,000 compensation to settle a libel suit from one of those falsely accused, Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green . In 2018, viewers and commentators criticised a segment titled "It's A Toff Life". Producers set
9828-406: The merciless mickey out of a bunch of pop has-been wannabes (come to think of it, 'Has-Been Wannabes' would have been a brilliant name for the losing quintet on the original ITV talent show, Popstars )...So I'm delighted and surprised to say that The Big Reunion wasn't the tiresome, drawn-out hour I'd assumed it would be..." Postans called it: "A surprisingly sober tale of the downfalls of being
9954-498: The most "fascinating" band on the show. The first series was a huge ratings success for ITV2. The first episode was seen by an average of 957,000 UK viewers, though it peaked at 1.2 million, making it ITV2's highest rated premiere since Bionic Woman in 2008. The ratings increased for the second episode, which was watched by over 1.3 million, helping ITV2 finish third in the 9:00pm slot in front of BBC Two , Channel 4 and Channel 5 . The overnight audience fell sharply to 670,000 for
10080-573: The network – including staff, consultants, contractors, freelancers, apprentices, and individuals on work experience – to disclose all personal relationships with colleagues. The policy applies to co-workers in romantic or sexual relationships, but also to those who are friends or relatives, who live in the same household, or who share other close connections. Failure to comply with the policy can result in disciplinary action, including termination of employment. Schofield wrote in his memoir that in 2009, co-presenter Fern Britton accused him of meddling in
10206-500: The phone call, prompting Willoughby to say, "Well, we're not going to make Joyce's dreams come true." Schofield replied, "Well it's her fault." Schofield asked the first qualifying contestant if they were "worried" about energy bills and the contestant replied that "it's absolutely murder" having a prepayment meter. The inclusion of bill payments was compared to Black Mirror or The Hunger Games . Coverage from Sky News asked "Is Russia using Phillip Schofield for propaganda?" after
10332-591: The public, when filming for This Morning at the lying in state of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Hall . In a statement, ITV said that the pair was escorted from the press gallery by government staff and did not file past the Queen's coffin. Social media users contrasted this with the actions of former prime minister Theresa May and other celebrities including David Beckham , Susanna Reid and Tim Vine , all of whom queued for many hours with members of
10458-709: The remaining weeks' shows from the South Bank due to the main studio having a revamp ready for the new series on 1 September. The new series had many changes, including a brand new set, theme music, titles and the new logo being painted onto the outside of the building. In February 2017, it was announced that The London Studios , where This Morning is filmed, were planned to close for large-scale redevelopment in early 2018, and that This Morning would be relocated to Television Centre during construction. This move became permanent when ITV announced its intention to sell The London Studios in October 2018. In July 2017, at
10584-481: The rights to broadcast US animated comedy Family Guy , which had previously been airing on competing youth channel BBC Three . At the same time, ITV also bought the rights to American Dad! , The Cleveland Show and Bordertown . They began airing on ITV2 on 29 February 2016. When sport was moved to ITV4, this meant no sports would air on ITV2. However, ITV4 was an evening only service and normally ITV2 would broadcast weekday daytime sports, including games from
10710-410: The segment and it prompted widespread criticism from viewers and commentators. Ofcom's broadcasting code states that: "We would strongly advise broadcasters not to present a monetary prize as a possible resolution of financial difficulty." On 7 September 2022, the prize was removed without comment from ITV. On 17 September 2022, Schofield and Willoughby drew criticism for not joining The Queue with
10836-504: The series and to perform on the Hammersmith Apollo show. This sounded like a lot of fun, giving us the perfect chance to perform together again in the UK for our fans and reconnect with the other acts, many of whom friends of ours and started out around the same time as us. For us the 'Big Reunion' is a great chance for all of us bands to come together for one BIG party on Tuesday night!" Reaction to Blue joining The Big Reunion
10962-460: The series finale of Mayday on BBC One and UEFA Europa League coverage on ITV . 638,000 watched episode 7 and 593,000 watched episode 8. The ratings shot back up for the final episode, as an audience of 974,000 tuned in to watch the highlights and behind-the-scenes action of the Hammersmith Apollo concert. Official ratings show that with the addition of ITV2 +1, the series averaged over 1.2 million viewers every week. The Big Reunion: On Tour
11088-409: The show aired live coverage of the wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank . From 6 January 2020, the programme was extended by 30 minutes following a live handover from Lorraine , which saw the show start at the earlier time of 10:00 as part of changes to the ITV daytime schedule. On 7 February 2020, Schofield came out as gay in an interview on This Morning , where he stated that "with
11214-403: The show and left because of this. Since the departure of Schofield, several people involved in the show have alleged a toxic culture operated . Ruth Langsford made a complaint to ITV while she worked there. Eamonn Holmes stated Phillip Schofield was "a narcissist and a bully at the centre of the toxicity." Media personality and singer Kerry Katona described it as "fake" and her interview (as
11340-624: The show as a three-piece as Redknapp chose not to take part in their reunion. Additionally, Damage's lead singer Coreé Richards and A1's Paul Marazzi chose not to take part either, although Richards did appear on the show to talk about the band and meet with his bandmates one last time. Another Level were on the verge of signing up for the show, but Bowers' ex-bandmate Wayne Williams chose not to take part. In an interview with MTV UK , Williams said: "I decided not to participate in The Big Reunion because it wouldn't feel right to me...I'm in
11466-537: The show to Dublin and Belfast on 16 and 17 May, respectively, bringing the tour to a total of 14 shows. The Hammersmith Apollo concert was released on DVD in April 2013. On 27 March 2013, it was announced that the bands would perform a four-date "Christmas Party tour" in December 2013. Five, B*Witched, Atomic Kitten, 911, Honeyz and Liberty X all took part, but, due to their own tour commitments, Blue did not. Three more dates were then announced on 23 April 2013. For
11592-464: The show were aired, including Gene Pitney 's miming gaffe from 1989 . Keith Lemon presented the weather from the show's famous floating weather map, while Stephen Mulhern presented various items including 'The Hub Sub' (the 'Hub' on a submarine). There was speculation concerning whether Fern Britton would return for the 25th anniversary; however, it was confirmed eight days beforehand that she would not. On 27 August 2015, This Morning broadcast
11718-485: The show without a main host for the first time in over 35 years, a number of presenters were tried out on This Morning , including Steve Jones , Andi Peters , Ben Shephard , Rochelle Humes, Rylan Clark, Cat Deeley , Sarah Ferguson , Emma Willis , Christine Lampard, Mollie King , Lisa Snowdon and Siân Welby . On 16 February 2024, Shephard and Deeley were announced as the show's new permanent presenters and they started presenting Monday–Thursday from 11 March. Amid
11844-761: The show, although she returned to guest present a week of episodes in August 2022 alongside Rylan Clark . In 2021, Craig Doyle joined the This Morning team as a regular segment presenter and announcer. In May 2022, he guest presented two episodes of the show alongside Hammond. Subsequently, Doyle and Gibson replaced Holmes and Langsford as the show's regular stand-in presenters. On 20 May 2023, Schofield agreed to step down from This Morning with immediate effect after more than 20 years following reports that his relationship with co-host Holly Willoughby had come under strain. Schofield said that he understood ITV had decided that "the current situation [could] not go on". Willoughby
11970-483: The show. From 1 to 5 October 2018, This Morning celebrated 30 years on air. During the week, it broadcast a live wedding, a brief come-back of the classic weather map from Albert Dock (presented by Hammond), special opening titles, a new app, a live studio audience, a special 30 years bus (with correspondents Lisa Snowdon and Ore Oduba), as well as special games and guests. On 2 October, an ITV special aired, entitled This Morning: 30 Unforgettable Years . On 12 October,
12096-518: The show. During filming for the show, the remaining four members, Abz Love , Sean Conlon , Ritchie Neville and Scott Robinson , discussed the possibility of auditioning a new fifth member. After they put out a notice, three people auditioned to join the band – ex- Northern Line member Dan Corsi, model and singer Luke Boyden, and Nathan Rawlings, who made it to judges' houses on The X Factor in 2010 as part of boy band The Reason . All auditionees were unsuccessful, however; Five continued on with just
12222-529: The start of the summer series, new titles were made to match Langsford and Holmes presenting the show. The titles were different from the usual design, showing a behind-the-scenes look from the doors to the studio, make-up props and room, clothing department and the art gallery with a view of the studio at fast speed with crew in the presenters' place. The show was also retitled This Morning with Eamonn and Ruth . The regular series titles used since 2015 returned on 4 September, when Willoughby and Schofield returned to
12348-428: The stories of what has happened to them since their heyday and follow them as they prepare to step back on the stage for the first time in a decade is a dream come true." Jain added, "We are thrilled to bring the stories of these pop groups up to date...A lot has happened in the time these bands have been apart - marriages, divorces and changes in careers - and who knows quite what will happen when they reunite!" The show
12474-603: The strength and support of my wife and my daughters, I have been coming to terms with the fact that I am gay". In June 2022, amid the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II , Schofield and Willoughby hosted an episode of This Morning at Buckingham Palace . From October 1988 to July 2001, This Morning was presented by husband and wife Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan . During the tenth series, Caron Keating and Ross Kelly presided, and from series 11 in 1999 Fern Britton and John Leslie were regular presenters of
12600-766: The strength – AND shortfalls – of girl power, and shared two more of life's harsh lessons along the way." Grace Dent , writing for The Independent , reviewed The Big Reunion very positively: "Sometime back in January a small TV brain-fart named The Big Reunion appeared on the schedule. Real low-rent reality TV fodder. The sort of thing I lap up at home with my ankles raised, eating noodles, while you are possibly ironing your own face to stay alert during that new Poliakoff five-parter. I won, however, and hooray for me, because The Big Reunion has been bloody fantastic." Dent went on to state that, "I am truly thankful that we live in an era when washed-up stars can make TV comebacks." Rosie Gizauskas from NOW magazine said that Five were
12726-521: The third episode (but official figures were 941,000), being beaten in its timeslot by Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands on BBC Three . Ratings continued to slide for episode 4, which overnight viewing figures showed was only watched by 630,000 viewers (less than half the audience of the episode of Celebrity Juice that followed at 10:00pm), although the official rating was 826,000. The sixth episode brought in 606,000 viewers when up against
12852-435: The two had never been in a "love affair" and were still friends. He said his career was over; said he had "lost everything" and felt "utterly broken", embarrassed and ashamed; and claimed that if not for his daughters Ruby and Molly guarding him, he would have attempted suicide. Although he acknowledged the age difference, Schofield said he believed homophobia was a factor in the media coverage, suggesting that an affair with
12978-579: The weekends, where Schofield and Willoughby presented pre-recorded links in between compilations of the week's programming. The weekend editions were later dropped from the schedule. The "Hub" interactive segment was heavily featured from 2010 until 2014. Presenters included Jeff Brazier (2013–14), Jenni Falconer (2013–14), Stephen Mulhern (2011–2014), Rylan Clark (2013–14), Emma Willis (2012–2014), Coleen Nolan (2010–2012), Samanthi Jayawardena (2010–2012) and Matt Johnson (2010–2013). On 21 August 2013, Carol Vorderman took her first steps towards
13104-564: The year and moving its content to ITVX . In addition to this, it was also announced that children's programmes would return to an early morning slot on ITV2. The block launched on 2 September 2023 following the CITV Channel's closure and ran between 5:00 and 9:00 before being changed to 6:00 to 9:00 on 19 November 2023. On 8 October 2023, Big Brother made its debut on ITV, with a special launch show simulcast on both ITV1 & ITV2 watched by more than 2.5 million viewers. The following
13230-401: Was a bit annoyed because he pulled out right at the end. Surely he would have known earlier. But his loss is my gain." On 26 January 2014, it was announced that series 2 would begin airing on ITV2 on 6 February 2014. After watching the first episode, which focused on the rises and falls of Five and Liberty X, Adam Postans of MSN said: "I'll be honest; I tuned in to this series opener to take
13356-695: Was allocated channel number 211 on Sky. On 6 May 2008 it was announced that ITV2 +1 would swap with Men & Motors on the Sky EPG making a jump from 184 to 131. This channel is often unable to broadcast certain programmes "for legal reasons", but the programme in question might still be listed on the EPG . ITV2 +1 currently resides on Sky channel 218, and is also available on Freeview channel 29 Freesat channel 114 and Virgin TV channel 315. From 29 November 2023, ITV2+1 started going off air at 2am each night on Freeview. This
13482-465: Was also cancelled. In the wake of the scandal, Stewart Lee criticised O'Reilly's Newsnight apology and said "what kind of person gets banned from ITV2? That's like being banned from a pub that's on fire." In October 2024, in the midst of the Israel-Hamas war , an episode of the series Big Brother was edited by the channel to remove all images of a watermelon symbol, which has been used as
13608-508: Was broadcast on ITV1 instead of ITV2 as was originally planned. ITV2 and its one-hour timeshift channel began broadcasting 24 hours a day on 17 March 2008. The hours formerly held by GMTV2 were moved to ITV4 . GMTV2 programming moved from ITV2 to ITV4. On 20 August 2008, ITV2 unveiled a new look. The logo was given a 3D look, with six new idents . The new look co-incided with a lineup of new programmes including Celebrity Juice , CelebAir , The Fashion Show and No Heroics . ITV2
13734-584: Was commissioned. Groups were rumoured to be reuniting for series 2 included Big Brovaz , Hear'Say , S Club 7 , Busted , Mis-Teeq , East 17 , All Saints , Eternal , A1 , Cleopatra and Another Level . S Club 7 were reportedly in talks to reform for their own rival show to The Big Reunion . During an interview on ITV Breakfast programme Lorraine in February 2013, Myleene Klass said in regards to Hear'Say reuniting, "I just can't imagine it. What are we going to do - sing ' Pure and Simple ' on loop? It
13860-635: Was due to ITV clearing a Freeview slot, moving ITVBe+1 , ITV3+1 and ITV4+1 to timeshare with ITV2+1. At 2am, ITVBe+1 takes over the bandwidth. ITV2+1 resumes its Freeview programming at 7am. ITV2 HD , a high-definition simulcast of ITV2, launched on 7 October 2010 on Sky channel 225. The channel was initially available through Sky's pay subscription service in a non-exclusive deal, before being added to Virgin Media 's service on 14 March 2013. Original HD programming includes entertainment shows, Britain's Got More Talent , The Xtra Factor and I'm
13986-625: Was eventually reversed, and Bob's Burgers returned to ITV2 for a second time in April 2023. In August 2022, the channel axed its Katherine Ryan presented dating show Ready To Mingle after some episodes in the first series received ratings as low as 60,000 viewers, and picked up the rights to the Big Brother format, launching a teaser trailer for its return to British TV during the Love Island final. On 19 September 2022, ITV2 and other ITV digital channels simulcast ITV's coverage of
14112-482: Was given a refresh on 12 August 2015, with new branding, idents, the introduction of gif style bitesized promos, and a reboot of the channel's social feeds, spanning YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram along with the launch of new ITV2 channels on Snapchat and Tumblr . As part of the refresh, the logo kept its previous state but was changed colour from hot red to turquoise. ITV2 was given another rebrand on 15 November 2022, with new branding and idents along with
14238-421: Was heavily involved in the channel's promotion at launch, with an updated version of the 1966 song It Takes Two sung by her used as the theme song for the launch programme and featured in the original promos for the channel. While ITV2 is now an entertainment channel aimed to a younger audience, at its launch in 1998 it was a mixed genre channel and featured some programmes aimed at much older audiences than what
14364-658: Was initially negative among the other groups, as well as fans of the show, due to the fact that, unlike them, Blue were not reuniting, having already been back together since 2011 and represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 . A three-week mini-series called The Big Reunion: On Tour aired in September 2013, featuring the bands as they embarked on their arena tour. Founding Five member Jason "J" Brown also returned to hit back at accusations made by his bandmates. On 12 December,
14490-432: Was later announced as head presenter, with Hammond, O'Leary, Gibson and Doyle as rotating presenters alongside Willoughby. On 5 October 2023, Willoughby withdrew from the programme at short notice when a murder plot against her became known. She subsequently took leave from the show for an indefinite period. Five days later, Willoughby announced on Instagram that she had quit the show. After Willoughby's departure left
14616-530: Was launched on UPC Ireland in the Republic of Ireland on 4 January 2010, marking the first time the channel has been officially available in the country. The channel had already been (and remains) available to Irish viewers on free-to-air satellite for some time, however it is still not listed in the Sky electronic programme guide . On 1 April 2011, ITV2 was removed from UPC Ireland along with ITV3 and ITV4 due to
14742-535: Was narrated by former Live & Kicking presenter Andi Peters . During rehearsals for the comeback performance and arena tour, Paul Domaine acted as the bands' choreographer, while Yvie Burnett , who formerly worked on The X Factor and currently works on The Voice UK , acted as their vocal coach. Filming for the show began in October 2012, featuring the members of each band telling their individual stories about their bandmates and displaying their own personal lives nowadays, and later meeting together again for
14868-585: Was nice and it was a great time in our lives, and where it was at that time is just perfect." It was also reported that Eternal could reform without Louise Redknapp , who initially walked away from the group in 1995. On 27 December 2013, ITV announced that the six bands taking part in the show's second series would be A1, Eternal, Damage , 3T , Girl Thing and a supergroup called 5th Story , comprising Blazin' Squad 's Kenzie , Another Level's Dane Bowers , and former soloists Gareth Gates , Adam Rickitt , and Kavana . As previously reported, Eternal reunited for
14994-573: Was on maternity leave. Holden returned as a guest presenter in 2017. In August 2013, Rochelle Humes and her husband Marvin Humes joined This Morning as regular stand-in presenters and presented together until 2015. Humes returned in 2018 to present alongside Schofield when Willoughby was in Australia filming I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! . Following this, she has returned as a guest presenter numerous times. In 2018, Josie Gibson joined
15120-471: Was promoted to ITV1 in 2001 (while maintaining an ITV2 slot) and rebranded as The Goal Rush . Other launch programmes included youth magazine show Bedrock and Soap Fever which taken a look at the UK's major television soap operas. There was also live coverage of the UEFA Champions League among a range of other sports coverage Many of the older skewing drama series were dropped after
15246-417: Was seen by a relatively low audience compared to its original series. Just 197,000 viewers watched the first episode, whilst episode 2 saw figures dip to 191,000. The third and final episode was seen by an audience of 231,000. The first episode of the second series was seen by an audience of 463,000, less than half the audience of the series 1 premiere. The Big Reunion received a record eight nominations at
15372-444: Was soon after this that the channel received a complete overhaul along with the other ITV channels in 2006. The channel received a new lime green logo, chosen as ITV thought it had a young fresh feel to it. The channel also received six new idents which all had names beginning with "Too" to relate to the 2 in the channel's name. They were called; "Too Fast", "Too Hot", "Too Cold, "Too Expensive", "Too Glamorous" and "Too Loud". Each of
15498-553: Was terminated after television presenter Matthew Wright named him as the man who allegedly raped Ulrika Jonsson . Jonsson had written in her autobiography that "an acquaintance" had raped her when she was 19. Schofield then took over as a main presenter. In 2003, Alison Hammond joined the This Morning team as a regular segment presenter and announcer. Lorraine Kelly presented with Schofield on Mondays and Fridays from September 2004, after Britton requested to spend more time with her family. In 2006, Ruth Langsford , who had been
15624-548: Was the last to arrive for rehearsals due to her being on This Morning talking about Dancing on Ice . The comeback performance took place at the Hammersmith Apollo on 26 February, and was broadcast on ITV2 on 28 March. Atomic Kitten's three founding members, Katona, Liz McClarnon and Natasha Hamilton , took part in the show. Honeyz's reformation came in the form of a third different line-up that consisted of founding members Célena Cherry and Heavenli Denton , and Mariama Goodman , who replaced Denton when she initially left
15750-478: Was time for the media to stop "relentless persecution" of Schofield. Following his resignation, he gave separate interviews to BBC's Amol Rajan and The Sun in June 2023, in which he apologised to the co-worker for bringing the "greatest misery into his totally innocent life." He denied grooming the man, and said that he had lied not to protect his own career but to preserve the co-worker's privacy. He said that
15876-435: Was to focus more on entertainment programming, specifically drama and comedy panel shows - with reality and lifestyle, such as The Only Way is Essex shifted away from ITV2 to a new reality TV focused channel, ITVBe . This shift was not for long however as in 2015 the revival of Love Island premiered on ITV2, and has since became the channel's flagship programme. On 23 March 2015, it was announced that ITV2 had acquired
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