ITV schedule shake up sees This Morning and Good Morning Britain taken off air this week as Women's World Cup begins

This Morning and Good Morning Britain will be taken off air next week as part of a major schedule shake up. ITV will instead be showing the FIFA Women's World Cup as it gets underway in Australia and New Zealand.

This Morning will be in its usual slot of 10am to 12.30pm from Monday to Wednesday before it is taken off air on Thursday as the tournament kicks off. It will then return on Friday, with presenters Dermot O'Leary and Alison Hammond at the helm.

Lorraine will host a bumper edition of her show from 9am on Thursday with an extra 15 minutes added to her slot ahead of the Australia vs Republic of Ireland coverage kicking off at 10.15am. Loose Women will also be cancelled on Thursday, with ITV switching over to ITV Lunchtime at 1.30pm straight after coverage of the match.

Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features

Meanwhile, Good Morning Britain will be shown from 6am each day except for Friday, when it will be axed to make way for coverage of the match between Switzerland and Philippines.

Both ITV and the BBC will be making big changes to their usual schedules over the next few weeks to make way for coverage of the football games. All 64 matches in this summer’s tournament will be broadcast live on terrestrial TV in the UK after the two networks clinched a joint rights deal.

England’s three group-stage kick-offs all begin between 9:30am and 12pm in the UK, with ITV and the BBC splitting broadcast duties across the tournament. The final will be broadcast on both BBC One and ITV1.

Australia and New Zealand are co-hosting the 2023 Women's World Cup, which for the first time will feature 32 nations, 20 more than the inaugural 12-team tournament held in China in