COMMENT: The disgraced presenter seeks to salvage his reputation by jetting off to Madagascar for a one-man survival challenge. It’s a pretty dismal endeavour for all involved, writes

Phillip Schofield has landed his first role since dramatically exiting This Morning last year over an inappropriate relationship with a colleague. Phillip Schofield Cast Away for Channel 5 will see the former ITV host spend 10 days and nine nights on a remote, unpopulated island off the coast of Madagascar.

As the latest contestant on the Channel 5 series Cast Away, Schofield is joining celebrities including Ruby Wax and Joanna Lumley, who sign up to spend 10 days on a remote tropical island off the coast of Africa, with nothing but some basic survival gear and several thousand pounds’ worth of camera kit.

The former This Morning host confessed to an "unwise but not illegal affair" with a younger colleague in spring 2023

Phillip Schofield will return to our screens tonight for the first time in 16 months. The former This Morning presenter will star in a new Channel 5 programme named Cast Away. The programme will see the 62-year-old tell his “story of survival,

Phillip Schofield is back. In a ridiculously on-the-nose twist that effectively no one saw coming, the disgraced former This Morning presenter is going to be returning to screens tonight as part of a three part Cast Away special for Channel 5.

Facing both a physical and psychological test, Phillip will be completely alone except for a few cameras to record his journey. Channel 5 has described the experience as: "This so

Many had expected Schofield to quit television for good when he left ITV, having lied and later admitted to an affair with a younger employee at the company. He subsequently disappeared from the spotlight and told the BBC that his career was finished.