Country of origin United Kingdom Executive producer(s) Emma Gormley First episode date 19 July 2010 Genre Entertainment | No. of series 7 Editor(s) Martin Frizell Number of episodes 205 (as of 2015 series) Number of series 7 | |
 | ||
No. of episodes 205 (as of 2015 series) Running time 120 minutes (inc. adverts) Location The London Studios (2010–2018) Presented by Eamonn Holmes, Ruth Langsford, Rylan Clark, Dan Neal, James Martin, Anita Rani Similar This Morning, Your Face Sounds Familiar, Saturday Kitchen, Countryfile, Loose Women | ||
This Morning Summer is a spin-off from This Morning, a British daytime television programme. This Morning Summer has been aired on ITV each summer since 2010. Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford have been hosting the seven-week series, alongside guest presenters on Fridays. Since the 2014 series, the "Summer" in the programme's name has been dropped.
Contents
It is generally a continuation of the same format, effectively making This Morning a year-round broadcast.
Presenters
Regular presenters, Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, take a break from duties during this time and are replaced by Holmes and Langsford between Monday and Thursdays. Holmes and Langsford also present all year-round on Fridays and during school holidays.
Friday guest presenters
Whilst Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes present This Morning Summer from Monday to Thursday, various guest presenters stand-in on Fridays. The 2014 and 2015 Friday presenters were Rochelle Humes and Marvin Humes. The 2016 Friday presenters were Rylan Clark-Neal and Dan Neal or James Martin and Anita Rani.
ANote that the first Friday is usually a couple of weeks before the series begins, where Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford don't present for two consecutive Fridays in preparation for This Morning Summer. Guest presenters host the first Friday, then Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby/Amanda Holden present their last episode before the summer on the following Friday.
2010
Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes presented from Monday to Thursday, with Amanda Byram, Myleene Klass, Jeremy Kyle, Paddy McGuinness, Ben Shephard, Mark Durden-Smith, Kate Thornton as the guest presenters on Friday mornings.
2011
Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes presented from Monday to Thursday, with Paddy McGuinness on Fridays presenting alongside Andrea Catherwood for one week Jenni Falconer for three Fridays and Coleen Nolan for another three. On 2 September however, Eamonn and Ruth presented This Morning.
Every Thursday during This Morning: Summer, presenters including Stacey Solomon, Matt Johnson, Brian Dowling and Alison Hammond would visit seaside locations including Brighton, Blackpool and Bournemouth and present live broadcasts shown during the main This Morning programme.
Regular Hub presenter Coleen Nolan temporarily discontinued this role, whilst celebrities including Terri Dwyer, Matt Johnson, Kate Thornton and Stephen Mulhern read the days news and views.
2012
Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes presented from Monday to Thursday, with a mix of guest hosts: John Barrowman, Kate Thornton, Emma Willis, Patrick Kielty and Stephen Mulhern on Fridays.
Matt Johnson and Stephen Mulhern anchored 'The Hub' as normal, with guest presenters including Kian Egan, Zoe Hardman, The Showbears, Jeff Brazier, Mike Toolan and Johnny Robinson hosting in between.
This Morning's executive producer, Karl Newton, said: "This Morning brings in the summer with a bang direct from Benidorm as well as heaps of exciting content and new faces throughout that will join Eamonn and Ruth whilst Phillip and Holly take a well earned break."
2013
Ahead of the 2013 summer series, it was confirmed that Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford would present This Morning Summer from Monday to Thursday. The Friday presenters included Emma Bunton, Jamie Theakston, Jenni Falconer and Jeff Brazier although Marvin Humes and Rochelle Humes presented a one-off show on 23 August. The 'Hub' was mainly anchored by Matt Johnson alongside many new faces.
The summer chefs included Liz McClarnon and Louie Spence.
Various features were presented by Jenni Falconer, Brian Dowling, Stephen Mulhern, Adam and Charlie Benton, Darren Kennedy, Mikey Phillips, Mark Woolley, Lisa Fitzpatrick, Laura Jackson, Paul Manktelow, Tracey Martin, Christian Howes, Denise Robertson, Anna Williamson, Dr Chris Steele, Dr Ranj Singh, Sharon Marshall and Sue Hill.
2014
Ahead of the 2014 summer series, it was confirmed that Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford would present This Morning Summer from Monday to Thursday. The Friday presenters were confirmed as Marvin and Rochelle Humes. However, they only presented five of the seven Fridays, with Holmes and Langsford hosting the entire week 3 and week 7 during this time.
For the first episode of the This Morning Summer series, Ben Shephard stood-in for Eamonn Holmes, who was at his son's graduation. Shephard co-hosted the show with Ruth Langsford.
2015
The 2015 series began on 20 July. Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford returned to host the show from Monday-Thursday. Ben Shephard and Lisa Faulkner presented the first Friday episode ahead of the summer series. Marvin Humes and Rochelle Humes returned to host the second week on 24 July and continued to host Friday episodes throughout the summer. Jenni Falconer and Gok Wan presented one episode, on 21 August.
2016
The seventh series of This Morning Summer began on 18 July 2016. Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes presented Monday-Thursday and James Martin and Anita Rani on Fridays except for 12 August when Rylan and Dan Clark-Neal stood in.