Alison Hammond lands huge new project with Sky despite plans 'to take year off'

This Morning prima Alison Hammond has landed a large caller task conscionable days aft announcing her plans to instrumentality immoderate clip distant from TV

This Morning’s Alison Hammond has taken connected a large caller task contempt her caller announcement that she plans to ‘take a twelvemonth disconnected from TV’.

The Sky archetypal podcast, Smart TV, is simply a caller spin-off to Rob Beckett’s Smart TV tv bid launching adjacent week, up of the bid returning to screens aboriginal this year.

Each occurrence sees Alison, 49, on with comedian and presenter Matt Crosby, talking with household names to perceive astir their cleanable nighttime successful beforehand of the television.

Alison past decides whether she’d beryllium consenting to articulation them. She considers if the nighttime volition excite her and if they supply the close snacks.

Alison isn’t acrophobic to wounded their feelings arsenic she gives a verdict connected their nighttime - 1 they mightiness not ever beryllium precise blessed with.

The bid covers each TV, some aged and new, including a travel down representation lane and an exploration of the TV that is making waves today.

With 21 episodes crossed 10 weeks, and 2 episodes weekly, personage guests see names crossed tv kicking disconnected with Richard E Grant, arsenic good arsenic Olivia Attwood, Prue Leith, Kathy Burke, Richard Armitage, Oti Mabuse, Rob Beckett and Dermot O’Leary.

Speaking astir her caller role, Alison said: “I americium perfectly BUZZING to stock my brand-new podcast, Smart TV! I’m teaming up with the superb Matt Crosby to chat each things telly—drama, reality, and everything successful between! And we’re kicking disconnected successful benignant with the legendary Richard E. Grant arsenic our archetypal guest. Expect laughs, gossip, and top-tier telly chat—it’s going to beryllium astonishing babs!”

It comes arsenic Alison, who is champion known for her stints connected ITV This Morning and Channel 4 deed competition, The Great British Bake Off, has hinted astatine taking a year-long interruption from her TV duties.

In a chat with Heat magazine, she revealed: "In the adjacent 10 years, I privation to question the world, I would emotion to instrumentality a twelvemonth disconnected and conscionable spell and travel. Not conscionable yet, but 1 day. I request to spot the satellite earlier I die!"

The announcement came conscionable days aft she appeared connected surface with her question bid Alison Hammond's Florida Unpacked alongside lad Aidan. The ten-part amusement for BBC Two sees the duo marque their mode astir the precise champion that Florida has to connection connected an affordable budget.

The Smart TV with Alison Hammond podcast volition motorboat connected 5 February