Phillip Schofield has been met with brutal responses from his former ITV colleagues after it was announced this week that he is set to take part in Channel 5's Cast Away

A handful of Phillip Schofield's former This Morning colleagues have publicly shown their support for the 62-year-old's return to television screens. On Monday, Schofield will star in the new series Cast Away on Channel 5 \- 16 months since he left ITV.

Phillip Schofield is set to make his TV return 16 months after his departure from ITV’s This Morning because of an affair with a younger member of staff.The former TV star is said to have filmed a Channel 5 special called Cast Away,