Emily Atack to co-host This Morning while Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby are on their Easter break
INBETWEENERS’ actress Emily Atack has been given the chance of a lifetime by ITV bosses – presenting This Morning. She will step in next week when Holly Willoughby and co-host Philip Schofield take their usual Easter break. It comes just four months after Emily finished runner- up to Jungle King Harry Redknapp in I’m A […]
INBETWEENERS’ actress Emily Atack has been given the chance of a lifetime by ITV bosses – presenting This Morning.
She will step in next week when Holly Willoughby and co-host Philip Schofield take their usual Easter break.
It comes just four months after Emily finished runner- up to Jungle King Harry Redknapp in I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here!
And she will be in familiar company on This Morning as her fellow camp mate John Barrowman will be by her side when the pair host the show on Friday, April 12.
Emily told The Sun: “I am absolutely over the moon to be joining This Morning with my best mate John Barrowman over Easter.
“It’s a dream come true to be presenting one of my favourite shows. I look forward to being on the iconic sofa.
“We’re going to have so much fun.”
Insiders say the gig could lead to bigger presenting roles with ITV if she impresses during her stint.
A source said: “Bosses think This Morning is a great opportunity for Emily and there’s no reason why it couldn’t open much bigger doors if it goes well.”
It will be some much-needed practice for Emily and John, who The Sun revealed are in talks to front their own show as a duo later this year.
Emily said: “There are ideas floating around. At the moment everything is meetings and exciting opportunities.”
They will be hoping this time around they won’t be faced with having to eat a kangaroo’s privates.
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Cath’s scar-ing role
SHE has been laying low since bowing out of Coronation Street last year, but Cathrine Tyldsley has just landed her first major sitcom role.
The actress who played glamorous Eva Price on the ITV soap for seven years, will star in Scarborough, the new comedy show by Benidorm writer Derren Litten.
It will follow the lives and loves of characters in the North Yorkshire seaside resort.
Catherine posted a snap of the read-through script on Twitter with a stick of rock saying: “It has begun! Things just got super exciting!! Looks like I’ll be living on fish ’n’ chips for a while.”
After the BBC confirmed last summer that Derren was penning the project, he announced: “I am so thrilled to be back at the BBC and with a show I am so passionate about. After ten years of Benidorm, I think Scarborough is going to surprise a few people and in very good way.”
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CORONATION Street’s Daniel Brocklebank – better known as Weatherfield’s cheerful vicar Billy – is to make his live stage debut in West End Proms this July.
He signed up for the two shows after winning ITV’s All Star Musicals.
Hel’s a belle
COUNTRYFILE’S Helen Skelton shows off her trim tum after ditching her wellies and wax jacket for a break in Lanzarote with her parents, her rugby star husband Richie Myler and their sons Ernie and Louis.
The TV host, right, recently said of filming the BBC nature show: “Often we will be filming in farms surrounded by cow muck, so there’s no place for fashion.”
At least this trip makes a change.
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THERE’S a chilling whodunnit in Emmerdaletonight, when vicar Harriet is brutally attacked in the street by a hooded figure.
Could a face from Harriet’s past as a private investigator be on the lookout for revenge?
Over in EASTENDERS, Stacey and Shirley accompany Jean to hospital for her first round of chemotherapy to treat her stage three ovarian cancer.
And Keanu reluctantly tries to get his relationship with Louise back on track, much to Sharon’s envy when she spots them cuddling on the sofa.
Shirley a beebie God Ma
SHE’S been a resounding success as a judge on Strictly Come Dancing and it seems there is no end to Shirely Ballas’ talents.
The Latin dancing queen is trying her hand at kids’ TV presenting after landing a show for CBeebies.
Shorley will front Our School Summer Camp, made by Twofour Productions, which sees her lead children doing activities during the summer holidays.
A telly source said: “Shirley is really excited about the project and can’t wait to start. She’ll have a fairy godmother-type role and will be a breath of fresh air on the channel.
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“She’s garnered a young fanbase over the past two years since her breakout role on Strictly.
This is the ideal job for her before her judging commitments start again in the Autumn.
“She has so much energy and can’t wait to get started.”
Hopefully she won’t bring fellow judge Craig revel Horwood along with her. He might end up scaring the kids.
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