Phillip Schofield will return to television, 16 months after his departure from ITV's This Morning, in a new show on Channel 5 in the UK.
The former TV star has filmed Cast Away, which follows a "celebrity marooned on an uninhabited tropical island off the coast of Madagascar for 10 days".
Writing on Instagram, Schofield said the show will tell his "story of survival, both on a desert island and off it".
Cast Away begins next Monday on Channel 5.
The news was first reported by the tabloid The Sun.
Schofield resigned from ITV in May 2023 after he admitted to an "unwise but not illegal" affair with a younger male colleague.
At the time, the former TV star said he had "lost everything" after admitting to the affair and that the fallout had a "catastrophic effect" on his mind.
Last December, an external review, instructed by ITV boss Carolyn McCall, found that ITV made "considerable efforts" to find out the truth about an alleged relationship between Schofield and a runner on This Morning in 2019 but was "unable to uncover the relevant evidence" until the presenter's own admission in late May 2023.
This Morning co-host Holly Willoughby left the show almost five months later, after 14 years on the sofa alongside Schofield.
Willoughby has continued to front ITV's Dancing on Ice, with Stephen Mulhern replacing Schofield as co-host.
Over the weekend, Channel 5 posted a short clip of a mystery star, said to be Schofield, walking across a remote beach as it teased its "brand-new" desert island programme on social media.
Coming Soon to Channel 5…
— Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) September 23, 2024
A celebrity marooned on an uninhabited tropical island off the coast of Madagascar for 10 days is challenged with total isolation, the forces of nature, and the battle within their own mind. pic.twitter.com/O1vFUJUfbx
"A celebrity marooned on an uninhabited tropical island off the coast of Madagascar for 10 days is challenged with total isolation, the forces of nature, and the battle within their own mind," the video was captioned.
Source: Press Association
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