Alison Hammond's big ITV This Morning announcement under fire as viewers say 'is that all' after big build-up

This Morning has come under fire after Alison Hammond made an unexpectedly early return to This Morning as she shared a huge announcement. Phillip Schofield was back at the helm of the ITV daytime show on Monday (April 17) for the first time in a number of weeks.

But Holly Willoughby was nowhere to be seen after her planned return with Phillip was thrown into chaos after she fell ill. In an Instagram post shared by both Holly and This Morning on Sunday (April 16), the mum-of-three confirmed her return had been hit by a setback and that she'd be away for a "few days" - or the whole week - due to being struck down by shingles.

She wrote on the distinctive green This Morning logo backdrop: "Hi ...just to let you know I may be away for the rest of the week as I have Shingles," she said with frustrated-face emoji. Holly added: "I'll be back as soon as I'm better. Huge Love."

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But despite not hosting the show herself as Rochelle Humes stepped in to replace Holly, Alison was live on the programme from what was a secret location. Throughout the programme, the 48-year-old teased that she had some big news to share with viewers and was appearing live from a mystery location as she gave clues to viewers.

She hinted that it involved the upcoming Coronation of King Charles III by showing a pack of coronation chicken-flavoured crips to the camera. And it soon became clear that Alison was treading the most famous street - or should we say cobbles - in the country. Of course, she was on the Salford-based set of Coronation Street where she was joined by two of the ITV soap's stars, Sally Ann Matthews and Jodie Prenger, to whom Alison handed over an invitation before