Martin Frizell to step down from This Morning after decade as editor

Martin Frizell is stepping down arsenic the exertion of ITV’s This Morning aft a decade, it has been announced.

Frizell said helium was leaving his relation arsenic helium is “expecting my household priorities to change” and needed to escaped up clip for them.

He has overseen the long-running greeting amusement arsenic it won galore awards including a Bafta and 7 National Television Awards.

Speaking astir his departure, Frizell said: “Next twelvemonth I’m expecting my household priorities to alteration truthful I request to escaped up clip for them.

“I emotion my squad astatine ITV and volition miss them and the thrill of unrecorded telly but it’s an ever on, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week committedness and I won’t beryllium capable to bash both.”

He continued: “It’s been a privilege to pb genuinely large presenters and producers.

“Between america we’ve turned retired much than six 1000 hours of unrecorded topical telly, that’s astir 20,000 items and whilst the gongs are ever nice, I’m astir arrogant of the alteration we made to truthful galore lives, adjacent redeeming a just fewer with our campaigns connected anti-suicide, menopause, testicular crab and ‘how – to’ items.

“This juggernaut is the toughest trial for immoderate broadcast journalist.”

Frizell, who is joined to TV presenter and writer Fiona Phillips, joined ITV successful 2014 arsenic the exertion of daytime amusement Loose Women and volition permission This Morning successful outpouring 2025.

Kevin Lygo, managing manager of media and amusement astatine ITV, said: “This Morning is an iconic amusement successful ITV’s schedule, and heading the squad for a decade, producing much than 10 hours of original, topical, unrecorded tv each week is an astonishing achievement.

“As a programme and a brand, Martin has made definite the amusement continues to beryllium a household name, an award-winning staple of the docket with a increasing palmy beingness successful integer and social.

“On behalf of the ITV network, we convey Martin and privation him the precise champion for his aboriginal ventures.”

ITV said that Frizell’s replacement volition beryllium announced successful owed course.

The amusement has reached much than 20 cardinal viewers successful 2024, making it 1 of the astir watched shows connected ITVX, and the amusement precocious celebrated much than 1 cardinal views crossed its societal platforms.