ITV bosses have launched an external review into Phillip Schofield's departure from This Morning.
ITV has instructed a barrister to carry out an external review of the facts following Phillip Schofield's statement and departure from This Morning, chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall has said.
In a letter sent to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, DCMS Committee chair Dame Caroline Dinenage and Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes, Dame Carolyn McCall said: "You will have seen the significant media coverage concerning Phillip Schofield."As you would expect we take the matter extremely seriously and have reviewed our own records over the weekend.
It also referred to wider stories about This Morning, including allegations of a "toxic culture" by TV doctor Ranj Singh, a former presenter on the show, saying: "We were sorry to read his statement.
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