ITV to carry out external review of the facts following Phillip Schofield’s exit

Schofield, 61, resigned from the broadcaster on Friday and was dropped by his talent agency YMU after admitting to an “unwise but not illegal” affair with a younger male colleague.

Phillip Schofield during a photo call for Dancing On Ice 2023 at the ITV Studios, Bovingdon Airfield, in Hemel Hempstead (Jonathan Brady/PA).

ITV has instructed a barrister to carry out an external review of the facts following Phillip Schofield’s departure from This Morning and subsequent press statements, chief executive Carolyn McCall has said in a letter seen by the PA news agency.

The letter was sent to culture secretary Lucy Frazer, DCMS Committee chair Caroline Dinenage and Ofcom’s chief executive Melanie Dawes, in the wake of Schofield’s departure from ITV last week.