Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes to host This Morning for six weeks

Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes to host This Morning for six weeks
Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes to host This Morning for six weeks

Ruth Langsford and her husband Eamonn Holmes are set to return to This Morning for six weeks over the summer holidays following their axe from the show.

The TV presenter, 61, announced she would be stepping back from her Loose Women role for the time being to focus on hosting the magazine show with Eamonn.

The married couple will cover for regular hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby while they take their summer break.

They're back! Ruth Langsford and her husband Eamonn Holmes are set to return to This Morning for six weeks over the summer holidays following their axe from the show

 They're back! Ruth Langsford and her husband Eamonn Holmes are set to return to This Morning for six weeks over the summer holidays following their axe from the show

During Wednesday's episode of Loose Women, Ruth received a send-off from her co-hosts before heading 'next-door' to work on This Morning, which is filmed in the next studio at the BBC Television Centre in west London.

Ruth told her co-stars: 'I'm not leaving - normally when you do a best bits everyone goes: 'Thank you, it's been lovely working with you.'

'I'm going next door. Eamonn and I will be on This Morning for about six weeks then I will be back.

Taking a break: The TV presenter, 61, announced she would be stepping back from her Loose Women role for the time being to focus on hosting the magazine show with Eamonn

Taking a break: The TV presenter, 61, announced she would be stepping back from her Loose Women role for the time being to focus on hosting the magazine show with Eamonn

'But I'll be talking to you all every day because we do the handovers.'  

The pair previously presented the programme every Friday, but were replaced by Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary in January.

Now Ruth has revealed they are returning to the brunch-time show over the summer holidays, telling OK! magazine: 'We'll be doing seven weeks from July. I'm looking forward to it.' 

Bye! During Wednesday's episode of Loose Women, Ruth received a send-off from her co-hosts before heading 'next-door' to work on This Morning

Bye! During Wednesday's episode of Loose Women, Ruth received a send-off from her co-hosts before heading 'next-door' to work on This Morning

Ruth told her co-stars: 'I'm not leaving - normally when you do a best bits everyone goes: 'Thank you, it's been lovely working with you'

Ruth told her co-stars: 'I'm not leaving - normally when you do a best bits everyone goes: 'Thank you, it's been lovely working with you'

Eamonn and Ruth have filled in for main hosts Phillip and Holly since their departure, but they didn't appear on the show during the recent half-term.

The pair co-hosted the show in April, and Eamonn took the opportunity to tell viewers he is going to be a grandfather for the first time. 

The veteran presenter said: 'Declan is my eldest boy, he's 32, and Jenny is his beloved wife. They have just

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