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Megan Nisbet

This Morning: Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield reunite on daytime show

ITV This Morning viewers were delighted as Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield reunited to host the show on Wednesday, February 9.

It comes after Phil, 59, was forced to self-isolate for a week after testing positive for Covid-19.

However, the pair haven't actually presented the daytime series together since Thursday, January 13 after Holly took a break to film new BBC series, Wim Hof's Superstar Survival.

Holly was first absent from the show on Monday, January 17 with Phil telling viewers Rochelle Humes would be standing in as co-host while Holly took more than two weeks off.

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Holly then returned on Thursday, February 3 alongside Josie Gibson after Phil revealed he had tested positive for coronavirus on Monday, January 31.

But following his self-isolation period and two negative lateral flow tests, Phil is now back on screens.

"Good morning and welcome to your Wednesday morning, look who's back!" Holly told viewers on today's show.

Holly and Phillip (ITV)

"I missed you," Holly said, before Phil responded: "I have missed you too, I've missed this, I've missed telly, I've cleaned every single cupboard in the kitchen, I've binged on things I haven't had time to watch."

Phil's return to television comes after he was replaced by Stephen Mulhern on Dancing On Ice on Saturday night. You can read more on this here.

Holly and Alison Hammond teased Phil's return on Tuesdays episode.

Holly said: "We do have some good news because, it has been lovely with Alison, but Phil yesterday afternoon had a Covid negative test, and today he is negative again so he is released and free into the world."

Alison added: "I'm so happy for him."

This Morning continues weekdays at 10am on ITV.

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