ITV DAYTIME ANNOUNCES SPECIAL EDITIONS TO MARK KING'S CORONATION

From Monday 1st May, ITV Daytime programmes including Good Morning Britain, Lorraine, This Morning and Loose Women will recognise and celebrate the Coronation of HM King Charles III.

On the week leading up to the Coronation, Good Morning Britain will be joined by an array of experts, dignitaries and friends of His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen Consort, including Hugo Vickers and Andrew Morton to name a few.

Lorraine will also host guests every day that week covering different aspects of the celebration, including Lady Glenconner who was Maid of Honour at the Queen’s Coronation ceremony.

On Friday’s show, the day before the event, Lorraine will dedicate the entire programme to Coronation content including the best food for Coronation street parties to the most fashionable party looks.

Two of ITV’s most iconic shows will join forces for a very special programme on Friday 5th May. This Morning and the network’s longest-running soap, Coronation Street will come together for a live 150-minute episode of This Morning, presented by Friday hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary from the iconic Weatherfield.

Continuing the festivities on ITV1 and ITVX on Friday 5th May, Loose Women will put on a celebration fit for a King from 12.30pm - as the studio is transformed into a great British garden party!

Joining in with events happening up and down the country, the live studio audience will be invited to take part in a green-themed royal knees up, in honour of His Majesty The King. The panel will be dressed to impress for the occasion and joined by Royal super-fans and showbiz guests throughout the episode to honour the Coronation.

On Saturday 6th May from 6am Good Morning Britain will usher viewers into a weekend of programming, with a one-off special episode in celebration of the upcoming Coronation. Susanna Reid and Ben Shephard will be live from Westminster Abbey.

Ranvir Singh will be outside the Abbey speaking to guests as they arrive, Kate Garraway will be live from Buckingham Palace, Charlotte Hawkins will be with the Armed Forces and Laura Tobin will be live from the Long Walk in Windsor. Special guests that day will include Mel B and Jonathan Dimbleby amongst others.

Both GMB and This Morning’s Coronation specials will also be available via Britbox International in the US, Australia, South Africa and the Nordics. On Monday 8th May Loose Women will host an extended 75-minute show for the Coronation Bank Holiday.

Emma Gormley, Managing Director ITV Daytime said, “The Coronation of HM King Charles III is a once-in-a-lifetime television event and here at ITV Daytime we’re producing many hours of bespoke content, as well as special stand alone shows, to celebrate and commemorate this historical occasion with our audience, both at home and globally.”

For details on ITV's coverage plans for the day itself, click here.