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Phillip Schofield has announced helium volition look successful a caller TV bid aft leaving This Morning 16 months ago.
The 62-year-old volition look successful Channel 5’s Cast Away, which volition sees him stranded connected an land disconnected Madagascar for 10 days.
In an Instagram post, Schofield wrote: "Now you cognize however I spent my summer! Alone for 10 days, nary food, nary water, nary crew.
"My communicative of survival, some connected a godforsaken land and disconnected it."
The three-part world show, which starts connected Monday astatine 21:00 BST, volition spot the broadcaster fend for himself connected the inhabited island.
Without a camera unit oregon accumulation team, helium has recorded his travel himself with a handheld camera, assemblage camera and a dependable pack.
In May 2023, Schofield agreed to measurement down from ITV’s This Morning “with contiguous effect” aft much than 20 years, pursuing reports of a rift with co-presenter Holly Willoughby.
A week later, helium admitted to having had an "unwise but not illegal" matter with a younger antheral workfellow and has not made a TV quality since.
Speaking to the BBC past June, Schofield said the matter was "consensual” but his “fault" and his "biggest, sorriest secret".
Earlier successful the year, Schofield's brother, Timothy Schofield, was jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing a boy.
Schofield had presented This Morning since 2002, with Willoughby joining him arsenic a co-presenter successful 2009.
He is expected to speech astir his departure from TV and the matter connected the show.
In a teaser for the amusement Schofield tin beryllium seen walking connected a formation with the caption: "One personage connected a godforsaken land wholly unsocial with 1 accidental to yet archer his story".
Previous celebrities to enactment successful Cast Away see Joanna Lumley and Ruby Wax.
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