With mid-morning show Lorraine being slashed in size from the New Year, there is no need for stand-ins with Christine Lampard and Ranvir Singh surplus to requirements
22:38, 28 Dec 2025Updated 22:38, 28 Dec 2025
Christine Lampard won’t be back on Lorraine next year(Image: Christine Lampard/Instagram)
Christine Lampard has confirmed she will no longer be Lorraine Kelly’s replacement with ITV cut-backs days away from kicking in.
Earlier this year, TV bosses announced that Lorraine would be reduced to just half an hour daily shows – and would run on a seasonable basis for only 30 weeks a year. That means the Scottish star no longer needs a stand in as she will be presenting a shorter show five days a week.
Christine, who has been stepping in for eight years, and Ranvir Singh will be hosting fewer episodes but will still “remain as part of the ITV Daytime family” with Ranvir hosting GMB and Christine on Loose Women. The pair cover for Lorraine every Friday, as well as during every school holiday.
Christine confirmed her exit on Instagram and she said: “After many years of being part of the @lorraine family it is now coming to an end. We’ve laughed, lunched and learnt so much from one another. Colleagues who have become the best of friends. As many of the team enter a new world in 2026, I want to thank every single person.”
Christine said she’s had the ‘best of times’ after joining in 2018(Image: Helen Hand/Instagram)
In July, ITV media and entertainment managing director Kevin Lygo revealed that the channel’s daytime slate would face a huge change, with ITN taking over production of Good Morning Britain. The new start begins in January, with the format tweak meaning the show set to be off air for a number of weeks every year.
“Daytime is a really important part of what we do, and these scheduling and production changes will enable us to continue to deliver a schedule providing viewers with the news, debate and discussion they love from the presenters they know and trust, as well generating savings which will allow us to reinvest across the programme budget in other genres,” she said.
“These changes also allow us to consolidate our news operations and expand our national, international and regional news output and to build upon our proud history of trusted journalism at a time when our viewers need accurate, unbiased news coverage more than ever.”
An insider told The Mirror in the summer that Lorraine staff fear that she may quit the show following the cuts with the mid-morning show being slashed in size from next year.
“There are genuine fears among staff that Lorraine may decide to walk if the quality of the show they are putting out declines. It’s hard to see how standards won’t fall….and there are questions over whether Lorraine will want to be associated with that. Lorraine and her team are perfectionists – it’s why the show is loved by so many,” they said.
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