Hilary Jones for Lorraine / ITV
Dr Hilary Jones has revealed that he will leave ITV Daytime as a regular contributor at the end of the year.
The news comes amid sweeping cuts across the broadcaster’s daytime output coming into effect in 2026 that includes Lorraine being slashed from 60 minutes to half an hour and airing for 30 weeks a year rather than 52.
Jones, 72, has been a constant presence across Lorraine, Good Morning Britain and their predecessors since 1989 but will lose his full-time contract under the new regime.
“I’m still working there until December 31 and then I’m a free agent,” he told The Sun. “It’s liberating from the constraints of a news programme presenter.
“I’ll probably come back as a guest presenter now and then.
“People are being very sensitive to the fact that some people are having to move on. A lot of people are being redeployed elsewhere or in the same role. ITV, like everyone else, are having to make changes.”
ITV has yet to comment on Jones’s departure.
