Alison Hammond made an unexpected return to This Morning as she shared a huge announcement. The presenter hasn't been seen on the ITV daytime show since her week-long hosting stint alongside Dermot O'Leary earlier this month.
And despite not hosting the show on Monday (April 17), Alison was live on the programme from what was a secret location. Throughout the programme, the 48-year-old teased that she had some big news to share with viewers and was appearing live from a mystery location as she gave clues to viewers.
She hinted that it involved the upcoming Coronation of King Charles III by showing a pack of coronation chicken-flavoured crips to the camera. And it soon became clear that Alison was treading the most famous street - or should we say cobbles - in the country.
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Of course, she was on the Salford-based set of Coronation Street where she was joined by two of the ITV soap's stars, Sally Ann Matthews and Jodie Prenger, to whom Alison handed over an invitation before revealing all.
She told viewers that This Morning would be ditching its London studio and be bringing one of its upcoming epsidoes live from the Corrie cobbles. ITV1’s flagship daytime show This Morning and the network's longest running soap Coronation Street will come together to get the Coronation weekend celebrations started.
The two shows will unite on Friday, May 5, the day before the coronation of King Charles, when Friday hosts Alison and Dermot O’Leary will take the shows famous blue sofa from Television Centre in West London to 'Weatherfield’ in Greater Manchester and invite viewers to join them for a show packed with special guests and a party fit for a King.
Alison commented: "I literally cannot wait to be back visiting those cobbles again. I always have such a great time with the Coronation Street team and to be there with our This Morning team this time for such a special occasion will be epic, it's going to be so much fun!"
Dermot said: "I cannot think of a more iconic way to spend a Friday hosting with Alison and delivering a show like this ahead of the King's coronation. We will definitely be bringing the party to Manchester that day!"
Corrie producer Iain Macleod added: "The whole place is buzzing about having This Morning here for the Coronation! It seems totally fitting to have daytime royalty, teaming up with soap royalty to celebrate actual royalty and we can’t wait to join Alison, Dermot and the team in raising a pint of Newton and Ridley to His Majesty in the Rovers Return."
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