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First pictures of the brand new Love Island villa have been unveiled, revealing tradesmen are already hard at work to get it up to top shape ahead of the ITV show's return on 6 June.The new Mallorcan mansion boasts six bedrooms and sits at the foot of a big hill in a rural area of the island. Rustic in appearance, the rock-walled abode has two floors with a large outdoor area complete with what appears to be a pool. Currently under construction, the house has a tractor on the premises in the photos while scaffolding can be seen in various areas.

With summer around the corner, Love Island fans have been eagerly awaiting the return of the well-loved ITV2 show – and they won't have to wait much longer. Love Island is set to return to our screens in just four weeks time and, with this in mind, the first teaser for its eight season has been dropped.The video appears to poke fun at Love Island's rival dating shows like Celebs Go Dating and Ex On The Beach, before claiming that Love Island "owns it".

Laura Whitmore is said to have bagged a whopping £500,000 deal to host the next series of Love Island. Laura, 36, first hosted the popular dating show in 2020 for the winter edition following Caroline Flack’s decision to step down. In the wake of Caroline’s death in February 2020, Laura went on to host the 2021 summer edition of Love Island.

The Love Island villa which featured on the original series of the hit ITV show has sold for an eye-watering £3 million. The luxury mansion where the series one and two islanders lived for six weeks has been snapped up by a buyer after being on the market for a year.

Love Island is set to be moving to a new prime location, bosses have confirmed after speculation emerged of set changes to the hit dating show for the upcoming series. Along with a host of fresh faced contestants, the ITV2 reality dating show will return this summer with a completely different house after filming at the same Majorcan property for the last five years. Managing director of ITV’s media and entrainment, Kevin Lygo, has said Love Island is moving to a “marvellous” new mansion in what appears to be a bid to revitalise the show, which will enter its eight series in a few month’s time.

Coronation Street viewers are in for a big change this week, as the ITV soap schedule gets a shake-up because of a clash with the FA cup coverage.This week, Corrie, which usually airs two half-hour episodes at 7:30pm and 8:30pm on Mondays and Wednesdays plus one episode on Fridays, will look a little different. While the week started normally with two installments on Monday 31st January, the rest of the days have all been altered slightly. Due to the FA cup coverage being broadcast on ITV on Friday 4th February, there will be no double bill of Corrie going out ahead of the weekend.

A huge shake-up at ITV will see Emmerdale and Coronation Street moved to a different time.

Emmerdale and Coronation Street fans will soon be getting used to a new schedule.

Emmerdale and Coronation Street have announced big changes to their weeknight scheduling amid a huge ITV shake-up. Following the news that ITV is extending its national and international news programming, Emmerdale and Corrie will both have new slots and become part of the channel’s ‘super soap’ nights.

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Love Island bosses have revealed they will accept non-binary applications for the latest series.

ITV’s upcoming adaptation of The Ipcress File “looks like a big Netflix show,” according to Director of Programmes Kevin Lygo, who said he wants the Len Deighton remake to reach beyond the “standard ITV viewer.”

tweeted of the in-depth celebrity interview program. Morgan left ITV’s “Good Morning Britain” earlier this year after fallout from his on-air comments about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.ITV boss Kevin Lygo said in April he was worried about how “Good Morning Britain” could replace Morgan, telling Deadline at the time, “Piers is a special thing.

ITV boss, Kevin Lygo, has defended the number of Love Island complaints from the 2021 series. The hit ITV2 dating show ended on Monday, where Millie Court and Liam Reardon were crowned the winners, and during the latest season it received nearly 25,000 Ofcom complaints following Faye Winter and Teddy Soares' explosive row.

Manori Ravindran International EditorITV managing director Kevin Lygo used questionable phrasing to defend the duty of care standards applied to the channel’s juggernaut show “Love Island,” which has lost two former contestants and its host Caroline Flack to suicide.In a discussion of the 25,000 complaints lodged against an episode of the most recent season, which saw contestant Faye Winter verbally abuse her partner Teddy Soares, Lygo said the channel’s duty of care overall was the “gold

ITV’s Director of Television Kevin Lygo has defended the viewing figures and rejected criticism of its ITV2 jewel Love Island, following the finale of the fifth series of the show earlier this week, saying claims the show is past its peak are well off the mark.

EXCLUSIVE: ITV’s television chief Kevin Lygo has said that Piers Morgan will be impossible to replace on Good Morning Britain after the presenter exited the show in a firestorm over his Meghan Markle tirade.

Love Island is now accepting applications through dating app Tinder in an attempt to shake up the casting process ahead of the show's epic summer comeback.The popular ITV show had no choice but to take a break last year after the coronavirus pandemic forced the UK, alongside many other countries, into lockdown and various restrictions. However, earlier this month, Kevin Lygo, Managing Director of Media and Entertainment at ITV, confirmed Love Island is returning this year.

Great news – ITV has confirmed that Love Island is coming back to screens this summer!

coronavirus pandemic. But soon, a host of sexy singles will be setting up home in a villa for a new series of the ITV reality show.

Love Island is returning this summer after it was scrapped last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.The hit dating show will return to our screens, with a host of sexy singletons setting up home in a villa in the quest of finding love. Kevin Lygo, Managing Director of Media and Entertainment at ITV, confirmed Love Island is returning this year – which will surely delight fans.

ITV has confirmed that hit entertainment show Love Island will be restored to its summer schedule after last year’s sun-soaked dating format was derailed by the coronavirus pandemic.

ITV has confirmed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Oprah interview will air on Monday 8 March.The anticipated tell-all two hour interview airs on CBS in the US on Sunday. It will be shown here in the UK by ITV on Monday between 9pm and 11pm.

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Corrie storylines on the way, with some of them happier than usual while others will be filled with sadness and trauma.ITV’s director of television Kevin Lygo shared the festive teasers today (November 11) while announcing the broadcaster’s plans for the Christmas period.As it was previously thought, Shona and David Platt will actually come out as one of the positive storylines, as their very difficult years comes to an end on a happier note.However, for Leanne Battersby, she will find the

Jake Kanter International TV EditorITV has told staff that it is planning a major restructure, which will increase the British broadcaster’s focus on streaming and result in “leaner” operations.Under the plans, announced to employees on Monday, ITV will create a media and entertainment division that will sit alongside ITV Studios.

Spitting Image creator Roger Law has responded to accusations of racism that have been levelled at the rebooted show.The comments follow a meeting held by ITV’s director of television Kevin Lygo, addressing how to portray Black people in the satirical show in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.In response, Law told Radio Times that “it’s personal”, and that “it’s not a racist thing”.“People sit around looking for things to complain about, and I do big noses and big ears.

Spitting Image creator Roger Law has responded to accusations of racism that have been levelled at the rebooted show.The comments follow a meeting held by ITV’s director of television Kevin Lygo, addressing how to portray Black people in the satirical show in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.“The producers called me and said we need to have a conversation,” Lygo said last month, per The Times.“We discussed with the writer and the producers about how to portray Black people as viciously

The autumn line-up for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! is reportedly complete. Kevin Lygo, the Director of Television at ITV, has allegedly said that all the big celebrity names that are due to take part in the yearly challenge are "excited".

Love Island might 'do an I'm a Celebrity' and find a new location, while X Factor might not return, says ITV’s director of television.Kevin Lygo has been discussing the future of some of the channel’s most popular programmes - and says that although things are generally going well at ITV, some series are suffering a few more setbacks.During coronavirus lockdown, all production was ceased, with only some of the programmes, such as Coronation Street, Emmerdale finding a way to start back up again

The X Factor may not be returning this year, but ITV boss Kevin Lygo has now suggested that it's unlikely we'll see the reality show on our TV screens again next year either.Back in February, it was confirmed that Simon Cowell had decided to rest The X Factor in 2020, with the series taking a year off in order to "reinvigorate" the show for when it eventually returns, originally thought to be in 2021.But at the virtual Edinburgh TV Festival this week, Lygo admitted that The X Factor isn't

Fans of The X Factor might want to look away now, as the show might not return to screens for a while according to ITV’s Kevin Lygo.The TV favourite, which sees members of the public showing off their singing talents in a bid to obtain a life-changing record deal, was paused in 2020 in order to have a year’s rest. However, it seems ITV are now considering taking the competition off-air completely after the break period.

ITV boss Kevin Lygo has said there were “too many changes” to the format of The X Factor before the end of its run, and he is hopeful it will soon return.

Naman Ramachandran Days after writer, actor and director Noel Clarke said that Black talents get only one shot to prove themselves in the U.K. television industry, Kevin Lygo, director of television at U.K.

I'm a Celebrity in 2020, particularly with Love Island's cancellation and a lot of television still up in the air.ITV boss Kevin Lygo announced earlier in the year that the celebrity-fronted jungle show would likely still push ahead this year, despite possible restrictions. In the last week (August 7) it was confirmed that I'm a Celebrity will be welcoming a change of scenery for its 2020 run, swapping out the Australian jungle for the UK countryside.

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