This Morning boss to step down after ten years in charge and Phillip Schofield scandal

THIS Morning brag Martin Frizell is stepping down from the ITV amusement aft 10 years successful complaint and the Phillip Schofield.

Martin, 65, joined ITV successful 2014 arsenic exertion of Loose Women earlier taking up his decennary agelong tenure arsenic exertion of This Morning, which helium volition permission successful Spring 2025.

A root told The Sun: "It's a existent daze to everyone connected the amusement - he's been moving determination for truthful long.

"Nobody saw it coming astatine all. As acold arsenic everyone knows they person cipher lined up to regenerate him either."

This Morning, present successful its 37th year, is 1 of the UK’s longest moving programmes and Martin is the show’s longest serving editor.

Over the past decade, This Morning has been awarded a BAFTA and won 7 National Television Awards, 7 TV Choice Awards and 7 Cannes Lions, including 2 golds. 

The format has cemented itself arsenic a modern staple of British culture; reaching 20 cardinal viewers truthful acold this year.

It has been 1 of the astir watched shows connected ITVX successful 2024 and has precocious celebrated the milestone of implicit 1 cardinal views crossed its societal platforms. 

Martin 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 added: “It’s been a privilege to pb genuinely large presenters and producers, betwixt america we’ve turned out more 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.” 

Kevin Lygo, Managing Director, Media and Entertainment 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.”

Emma Gormley, Managing Director, ITV Studios Daytime, added: “Martin has brought truthful overmuch occurrence to This Morning implicit the past decennary which has seen an  evolving scenery of changing and diversifying viewing habits. Under Martin, This Morning is present 1 of the nation’s astir engaged formats, connected some ITV and societal platforms, hitting an astonishing 1 cardinal views crossed this twelvemonth alone; an unthinkable legacy.

“I americium arrogant of the brilliance and vigor that helium has brought to his relation arsenic custodian of this iconic brand. Martin's decade-long publication to the longevity and bully wellness of our flagship amusement has been remarkable, and helium leaves it successful a spot wherever it tin proceed to thrive into the adjacent decennary and beyond.”

Martin’s successor volition beryllium announced successful owed course.