Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV

ITV

ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...

. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip. Each series typically airs from the beginning of September of one year to the start of August of the next, taking a break over Christmas.

Due to a recent decline in ratings between January 2011 and June 2011, changes had been made to the show. Changes included a new lineup which saw the dismissal of anchor Kate Thornton and panellist Zoe Tyler alongside the departure of panellist Coleen Nolan. Thornton and Tyler have been replaced by Carol Vorderman

Carol Vorderman

Carol Jean Vorderman MBE is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 to 2008. In September 2011 she became a co-anchor of the ITV1 panel show Loose Women....

 and Sally Lindsay

Sally Lindsay

Sally Lindsay is an English actress best known for playing the role of Shelley Unwin in the long-running ITV1 Soap opera Coronation Street...

, who started September 2011.

Panel

The panel comprises four women from various professions in the entertainment and journalism industries, including actresses, singers, authors, presenters, journalists and reporters. Although all four women are classed as presenters in the credits, one acts as the main anchor, linking to breaks and competitions and addressing the television audience. Kaye Adams

Kaye Adams (presenter)

Kaye Adams is a Scottish television presenter, best known for presenting Loose Women from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...

 and Nadia Sawalha

Nadia Sawalha

Nadia Sawalha is an English actress and television presenter.Sawalha is perhaps best known for her role as Annie Palmer in the BBC soap opera EastEnders during the 1990s, although most of her television work is now as a presenter rather than an actress...

 were the original presenters, Sawalha left in 2002, after the birth of her first child and Adams held on to the role for the first ten series until the end of 2006, when she left to go on maternity leave. Adams was expected to return for a new series, but in August 2007 she confirmed in her newspaper column that after 7 years, she decided that she wanted to move on to other projects and would not be returning.
From 2007 to 2009, the anchor job was mainly shared by Jackie Brambles and Andrea McLean

Andrea McLean

Andrea McLean is a Scottish television presenter who shares the role of anchor on ITV's Loose Women and is a former GMTV weather girl.-Biography:...

 who each presented for half of each week, as well as covering for one another's leave. Following Brambles' departure in August 2009, Kate Thornton

Kate Thornton

Kate Thornton is an English journalist and television presenter. Early in her career, she was notable for her articles at the Daily Mirror and for her role as editor of Smash Hits magazine...

 took over from her during the following month and continued to present the show in rotation with McLean until August 2011.

Following a relaunch in September 2011, the role of anchor is shared between McLean and new anchor Carol Vorderman

Carol Vorderman

Carol Jean Vorderman MBE is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 to 2008. In September 2011 she became a co-anchor of the ITV1 panel show Loose Women....

 who replaces Thornton. As from September 2011 McLean hosts the show on Monday and Wednesday and Vorderman on Tuesday and Thursday and they share alternate Friday shows. When one of the anchors is unable to host the show, usually the other anchor will cover.

The panellists also rotate throughout the week, with three of them appearing on each show. Lisa Maxwell

Lisa Maxwell (actress)

Lisa Maxwell is an English actress and television presenter.-Early life:Born in the Elephant & Castle district of Southwark, South London in November 1963, she was trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, and first acted on TV aged 11 in a schools programme A Place Like Home...

 usually sits next to the anchor, whilst Carol McGiffin

Carol McGiffin

Carol Deirdre McGiffin is an English broadcaster of radio and television, best known for her regular appearances on daytime talk show Loose Women. She married Chris Evans in 1991; the couple separated in 1994 and divorced in 1998....

 is usually found in the next seat along. If these panellists do not appear their seats are usually filled by Sally Lindsay

Sally Lindsay

Sally Lindsay is an English actress best known for playing the role of Shelley Unwin in the long-running ITV1 Soap opera Coronation Street...

 and Janet Street Porter respectively. Either Sherrie Hewson

Sherrie Hewson

Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson is an English actor, broadcaster and novelist.-Early life:Born in Nottinghamshire, Hewson was brought up in a showbusiness family; her father was a singer and her mother a model. She began performing at the age of six, touring the UK's theatres in revues with her own...

, Lynda Bellingham

Lynda Bellingham

Lynda Bellingham is a Canadian-born English actress, broadcaster and author, who is known for her distinctive husky voice.-Early life:...

 or Jenny Eclair are usually found in the chair furthest away from the anchor, whilst Denise Welch

Denise Welch

Jacqueline Denise Healy is an English actress, dancer and television presenter.-Early life:Denise Welch was born in Ebchester, County Durham, to father Vin and mother Ann and has a younger sister Debbie...

 moves around to accommodate the other panellists.

Anchors

• Andrea McLean
  Andrea McLean
  Andrea McLean is a Scottish television presenter who shares the role of anchor on ITV's Loose Women and is a former GMTV weather girl.-Biography:...
  
   (2007–)

• Carol Vorderman
  Carol Vorderman
  Carol Jean Vorderman MBE is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 to 2008. In September 2011 she became a co-anchor of the ITV1 panel show Loose Women....
  
   (2010, 2011–)

Regular Panellists

• Denise Welch
  Denise Welch
  Jacqueline Denise Healy is an English actress, dancer and television presenter.-Early life:Denise Welch was born in Ebchester, County Durham, to father Vin and mother Ann and has a younger sister Debbie...
  
   (2002, 2005–)
• Carol McGiffin
  Carol McGiffin
  Carol Deirdre McGiffin is an English broadcaster of radio and television, best known for her regular appearances on daytime talk show Loose Women. She married Chris Evans in 1991; the couple separated in 1994 and divorced in 1998....
  
   (2003–)
• Sherrie Hewson
  Sherrie Hewson
  Sherrie Lynn Hutchinson is an English actor, broadcaster and novelist.-Early life:Born in Nottinghamshire, Hewson was brought up in a showbusiness family; her father was a singer and her mother a model. She began performing at the age of six, touring the UK's theatres in revues with her own...
  
   (2003–)
• Jenny Eclair (2003, 2011-)

• Lynda Bellingham
  Lynda Bellingham
  Lynda Bellingham is a Canadian-born English actress, broadcaster and author, who is known for her distinctive husky voice.-Early life:...
  
   (2007–)
• Lisa Maxwell
  Lisa Maxwell (actress)
  Lisa Maxwell is an English actress and television presenter.-Early life:Born in the Elephant & Castle district of Southwark, South London in November 1963, she was trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, and first acted on TV aged 11 in a schools programme A Place Like Home...
  
   (2009–)
• Janet Street Porter (2011-)
• Sally Lindsay
  Sally Lindsay
  Sally Lindsay is an English actress best known for playing the role of Shelley Unwin in the long-running ITV1 Soap opera Coronation Street...
  
   (2011–)

Former panellists

Panellist	Duration	Role
Helen Adams Helen Adams Helen Adams rose to fame in the UK when she was chosen to be a contestant on the second series of the reality television show Big Brother, in 2001.-Big Brother:...	2003	Panellist
Kaye Adams Kaye Adams (presenter) Kaye Adams is a Scottish television presenter, best known for presenting Loose Women from 1999 to 2006.-Early life:...	1999–2006	Leading Anchor
Trish Adudu Trish Adudu Trish Adudu is a British freelance journalist, television presenter and DJ, lives in Coventry.-Career:Trish Abudu began working in television as an assistant producer of BBC's sport show Grandstand and the BBC's football show Match of the Day. She then presented on Janet Street Porter's series...	1999–2000	Panellist
Rachel Agnew	2009	Panellist
Susie Amy Susie Amy Susie Amy is an English model and actress most famous for her role as Chardonnay Lane-Pascoe in the first two series of Footballers' Wives.-Biography:...	2003	Panellist
Melanie B	2009	Panellist
Jeni Barnett Jeni Barnett Jeni Barnett is an English actress and TV presenter who grew up in Borehamwood. She is married to Yorkshire-born actor Jim Bywater and has one daughter, Bethany.-Acting career:...	2005	Panellist
Amanda Barrie Amanda Barrie Amanda Barrie is an English actress.-Career:Born as Shirley Anne Broadbent, Barrie attended St Anne's College, St Anne's on Sea. She then trained at the Arts Educational School in London and later at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School...	2003	Panellist
Tamara Beckwith Tamara Beckwith Tamara Beckwith is an English socialite, noted for her coverage in glossy celebrity magazines such as OK! and Hello! magazine.-Early life:...	2003	Panellist
Cilla Black Cilla Black Cilla Black OBE is an English singer, actress, entertainer and media personality, who has been consistently popular as a light entertainment figure since 1963. She is most famous for her singles Anyone Who Had A Heart, You're My World, and Alfie...	2009	Guest Anchor	2010–2011	Panellist
Denise Black Denise Black Denise Black is an English actress, best known for playing Denise Osbourne in the ITV1 soap Coronation Street and Hazel Tyler in Channel 4 TV's Queer As Folk in 1999 and 2000, written by Russell T Davies. After attending Portsmouth's Girls Public Day School, she studied Psychology at London...	2003	Panellist
Karren Brady Karren Brady Karren Brady is an English sporting executive, television broadcaster, newspaper columnist, author and novelist. She is the former managing director of Birmingham City Football Club and current vice-chairman of West Ham United...	1999–2000	Panellist
Jackie Brambles	2005	Panellist	2006–2009	Leading Anchor
Fern Britton Fern Britton Fern Britton is an English television presenter, known as the former main co-presenter on the ITV magazine programme This Morning alongside Phillip Schofield. She left the show on 17 July 2009, her 52nd birthday.- Early life :...	2000	Panellist
Jo Bunting Jo Bunting Jo Bunting is a producer and presenter. She has produced Have I Got News For You and is currently the series producer . She is a regular guest interviewer on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends and has been a panellist on a number of other radio shows, including Clive Anderson’s Chat Room...	2006–2008	Panellist
Emma Bunton Emma Bunton Emma Lee Bunton is an English pop singer/songwriter and TV and radio presenter. She was a member of the 1990s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she was the youngest member. In 2010, she joined the judging panel on ITV's Dancing on Ice...	2008	Panellist
Danielle Bux	2009	Panellist
Beverley Callard Beverley Callard Beverley Jane McEwan is an English actress, best known for her role as Liz McDonald in ITV's Coronation Street, and Flo Henshaw in BBC Three's Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.-Early life:Beverley Jane Moxon was born in Leeds on 28 March 1957 to Clive and Mavis Moxon...	2010	Panellist
Rhona Cameron Rhona Cameron Rhona Cameron is a Scottish comedian. She rose to prominence via the stand-up comedy circuit, and became a regular on British TV in the 1990s.-Television career:...	2005	Panellist
Sarah Cawood Sarah Cawood Sarah Cawood is an English television presenter.-Career:Cawood grew up in the Cambridgeshire village of Maxey and was educated at Stamford High School, Lincolnshire near Peterborough, United Kingdom. She also attended the Royal Ballet School and Arts Educational Schools London.Between 1995 and...	2003	Panellist
Sue Cleaver Sue Cleaver Sue Cleaver is an English actress. She is best known for her regular role in Coronation Street.She studied at the Manchester Metropolitan School of Theatre and her first television appearance was a small part in an episode of A Touch of Frost...	2010	Panellist
Pattie Coldwell Pattie Coldwell Pattie Coldwell was a British TV presenter and journalist.Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, she attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Girls before working as a secretary and starting in local television as a reporter and presenter...	1999–2000	Panellist
Michelle Collins Michelle Collins Michelle Danielle Collins is a British actress best known for her roles on television in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, as Cindy Beale, Coronation Street as Stella Price, and BBC dramas Sunburn and Two Thousand Acres of Sky...	2010	Panellist
Josie D'Arby Josie D'Arby Josie d'Arby is a Welsh actress and television presenter from Newport, Wales.-Biography:d'Arby went to Lliswerry High School in her younger years then went on to attend the Anna Scher Theatre School, and later the London School of Journalism.d'Arby began a presenting career while still a student...	2004	Panellist
Amanda Donohoe Amanda Donohoe Amanda Donohoe is an English film and television actress. She is known for her 1980s relationship with popstar Adam Ant and her later work on television — including L.A. Law and Emmerdale — and her roles in successful movies including Liar, Liar.-Early life:Donohoe was born in London, the daughter...	2010	Panellist
Terri Dwyer Terri Dwyer Teresa "Terri" Dwyer is an English actress. She is best known for her role in the in the British soap opera, Hollyoaks as Ruth Osborne.-Career:...	2003–2006	Panellist
Jennifer Ellison Jennifer Ellison Jennifer Lesley Ellison is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer...	2007	Panellist
Gaynor Faye Gaynor Faye Gaynor Faye is an English actress. She is famous for playing the role of Judy Mallett in the British soap opera Coronation Street from 1995 until 1999...	2010	Panellist
Kate Garraway Kate Garraway Kathryn Mary Garraway is an English journalist currently employed by ITV Breakfast.She has presented the UK version of The Biggest Loser.-Early life:...	2003, 2004, 2006, 2009	Guest Anchor	2003, 2004	Panellist
Lesley Garrett Lesley Garrett Lesley Garrett CBE is an English musician, broadcaster and media personality.- Early life :Garrett was born in the town of Thorne near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, into a musical family. She attended Thorne Grammar School, where she performed in school plays and musicals. As she grew up she...	2006, 2009–2010	Panellist
Sheryl Gascoigne	2000	Panellist
Michelle Gayle Michelle Gayle Michelle Patricia Gayle is a British recording artist, actress and author. Gayle had success as a Soul and R&B singer in the 1990s. She achieved seven Top 40 singles in the UK Singles Chart, her two biggest hits to date being "Sweetness" and "Do You Know"...	2007	Panellist
Trisha Goddard Trisha Goddard Patricia "Trisha" Goddard is a British television presenter and actress best known for her morning talk show, Trisha Goddard, which is broadcast on a mid morning slot on Channel 5 in the UK. In Australia she is known as a long time presenter of Play School.-Background:Goddard was born in London,...	2003	Panellist
Shobna Gulati Shobna Gulati Shobna Gulati is an English actress, writer, and dancer of Indian origin, best known for playing Anita in Victoria Wood's Dinnerladies, and Sunita Alahan in the long-running soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006, a role to which she returned at the end of 2009...	2010	Panellist
Christine Hamilton Christine Hamilton Christine Hamilton is a British television personality and author, and the wife of former British Member of Parliament Neil Hamilton who was Minister for Corporate Affairs between 1992-1994....	2004, 2011	Panellist
Alison Hammond Alison Hammond Alison Hammond is a British television presenter who became famous after appearing on the third series of Big Brother in 2002. The former child actress, holiday representative and cinema usherette was the second housemate to be evicted when she left on day 15...	2002, 2006	Panellist
Julie Hesmondhalgh Julie Hesmondhalgh Julie Hesmondhalgh is an English actress.Hesmondhalgh was born in Accrington, Lancashire. As a teenager, she was moderately interested in acting, but wished to become a social worker. She applied to drama school to be with her friends, and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art...	2000	Panellist
Lucy-Jo Hudson Lucy-Jo Hudson Lucy-Jo Hudson is a British actress, best known for playing the role of Katy Harris in the long-running soap opera, Coronation Street from 2002–05, and as Rosie Trevanion in the ITV drama Wild at Heart from 2006–09....	2005	Panellist
Gloria Hunniford Gloria Hunniford Gloria Hunniford is a Northern Irish TV and radio presenter, and formerly a singer.-Biography:...	2003	Panellist
Sue Jenkins Sue Jenkins Susan Elizabeth Jenkins is an English actress and one of two daughters of Albert and Marjorie Jenkins.-Biography:Sue Jenkins became an actress at the age of eighteen having studied at drama college...	2006	Panellist
Ulrika Jonsson Ulrika Jonsson Eva Ulrika Jonsson is a Swedish television presenter in the UK, who became famous as a TV-am weather presenter and moved on to present Gladiators and became a team captain of the show Shooting Stars.-Early life:...	2010	Guest Anchor
Jo Joyner Jo Joyner Joanne Mary Joyner is an English actress who is best known for her role as Tanya Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in which she has appeared since June 2006.-Career:...	2010	Panellist
Philippa Kennedy	1999–2000	Panellist
Beverley Knight Beverley Knight Beverley Knight MBE is a British soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer who released her debut album in 1995. Heavily influenced by soul greats such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, Knight has released six studio albums to date...	2010	Panellist
Amy Lamé Amy Lamé Amy Lamé is an American-born, British performer, writer, television and radio presenter and producer.-Biography:Lamé was born Amy Caddle and raised in Keyport, New Jersey. She attended Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland and moved to London in 1992...	2004	Panellist
Ruth Langsford Ruth Langsford Ruth Langsford is an English television presenter.Langsford began her career as a continuity announcer and newscaster with ITV regional station TSW in the South West of England...	1999–2002	Panellist	2006, 2007, 2009, 2010	Guest Anchor
Angie Le Mar Angie Le Mar Angie Le Mar is a British comedian, actor, writer, director, presenter and producer.Le Mar is married with three children. The eldest, Travis Jay, is a budding comedian and radio DJ.-Early life:...	2011	Panellist
Gabby Logan Gabby Logan Gabby Logan is a television presenter and radio presenter, as well as a former Wales international gymnast. She currently hosts programmes for BBC Sport, mainly focusing on football.- Early life :...	2002	Guest Anchor
Lorna Luft Lorna Luft Lorna Luft is an American television, stage, and film actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and Sid Luft, and the half-sister of singer and actress Liza Minnelli.-Biography:...	2004	Panellist
Linda Lusardi Linda Lusardi Linda Lusardi is an English actress, television presenter and former Page Three Girl. She is married to the actor Samuel Kane; they have two children, both born in Enfield, London: Lucy Anne and Jack Francis ....	2002	Panellist
Carole Malone Carole Malone Carole Anne Malone is a right-wing English journalist, commentator on Current affairs and occasional broadcaster.-Early life:...	2005	Panellist	2007	Guest Anchor
Kym Marsh Kym Marsh Kimberley Gail Marsh is an English actress and singer.- Early life :Marsh was born in Wigan, Greater Manchester and raised in Garswood, in the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside...	2005	Panellist
Sharon Marshall Sharon Marshall Sharon Marshall is a British entertainment journalist best known for being the resident "Soap Expert" on ITV1's This Morning since 2003...	2007	Panellist
Jennie McAlpine Jennie McAlpine Jennie Elizabeth McAlpine is a British television actress and comedienne. She is best known for her role as Fiz Stape in the well known British soap opera Coronation Street.-Early life:...	2010	Panellist
Daisy McAndrew Daisy McAndrew Daisy McAndrew is an English journalist currently employed by ITN as a special correspondent for the ITV News at Ten.-Biography:...	2009	Panellist
Jane McDonald Jane McDonald Jane McDonald is a British singer, actress and media personality and broadcaster, who first became famous following her appearance on the BBC docusoap The Cruise...	2004–2010, 2011	Panellist
Kerry McFadden Kerry Katona Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Katona is an English media personality and singer best known for her television work, predominantly in light entertainment and reality shows. She has also been a pop singer with girl group Atomic Kitten, a magazine columnist, an actress, and the author of ghostwritten books...	2003–2004	Panellist
Jayne Middlemiss Jayne Middlemiss Jayne Middlemiss is a London-based British television and radio presenter, originally from Northumberland. She began presenting music television shows such as The O-Zone and Top of the Pops in the mid '90s, before presenting a variety of other television and radio shows, including on BBC 6 Music...	2003	Panellist
Sarah Millican Sarah Millican Sarah Millican is an English stand-up comedian. Millican won the if.comedy award for Best Newcomer at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.-Career:...	2011	Panellist
Jane Moore Jane Moore Jane Moore is a British journalist, author and television presenter.-Early life:Moore was born in Oxford, England. Her father was a professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford, and her mother was a teacher...	1999–2002	Panellist	2000	Guest Anchor
Gigi Morley	2003	Panellist
Sheree Murphy Sheree Murphy Sheree Murphy is an English actress and television presenter. A former student of the prestigious Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Murphy placed second on the fifth series of the Reality TV show I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!...	2006–2007	Panellist
Brigitte Nielsen Brigitte Nielsen Brigitte Nielsen is a Danish model, actress, musician and reality television personality who began her career modelling for Greg Gorman and Helmut Newton and several years later made appearances in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV and is also known for her marriage to Sylvester Stallone...	2010	Panellist
Coleen Nolan Coleen Nolan Coleen Patricia Nolan is an English born television presenter, author and singer of Irish descent. She was the youngest member of the girl group, The Nolans, in which she sang alongside her sisters...	2000, 2004–2011	Panellist
Tara Palmer-Tompkinson	2011	Panellist
Wendi Peters Wendi Peters Wendi Louise Peters is an English television and theatre character actress. Peters is married to Kenny Linden and they have one daughter together called Gracie who was born in 2000.-Film:...	2004	Panellist
Arlene Phillips Arlene Phillips Arlene Phillips OBE is an English choreographer, theatre director, talent scout, TV presenter, TV judge and former dancer, who has worked in many fields of entertainment...	2010	Panellist
Fiona Phillips Fiona Phillips Fiona Phillips is an English journalist, broadcaster and television presenter.-Early life:Phillips was born in Kent and Canterbury Hospital in 1961. Her grandparents ran the Duke's Head pub in Church Street St. Paul's. Phillips attended Kingsmead Primary School...	2002	Panellist	2004, 2005, 2009, 2010	Guest Anchor
Eve Pollard Eve Pollard Evelyn "Eve" Pollard, Lady Lloyd, OBE is an English author, journalist and a former editor of several tabloid newspapers.-Career:...	2003	Panellist
Jenny Powell Jenny Powell Jenny Powell , is a British television presenter.-Early life:Powell's parents are from South Africa, she attended Woodford County High School for Girls in Woodford Green and the Italia Conti school in London.-Career:...	2004–2005	Panellist
Katie Price	2011	Panellist
Jodie Prenger Jodie Prenger Jodie Prenger is an English actress and singer. She was the winner of BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything on 31 May 2008. She was also the winner of the second series of The Biggest Loser on Living in 2006...	2009	Panellist
Denise Robertson Denise Robertson Denise Robertson MBE is a writer and television broadcaster in the United Kingdom...	2002	Panellist
Linda Robson Linda Robson Linda Patricia Mary Robson is an English actress. She played Tracey in the BBC comedy, Birds of a Feather from 1989 to 1998.-Personal life and education:...	2003, 2010, 2011	Panellist
Lisa Rogers Lisa Rogers Lisa Rogers is a Welsh television presenter and occasional actress. She has appeared in films, television programmes, theatre and radio.-Early life:...	2003	Panellist
Bridget Rowe Bridget Rowe Bridget Rowe is a former newspaper editor in the United Kingdom.Rowe worked for a succession of magazines: 19, Petticoat, Club, Look Now and Woman's World, before becoming Assistant Editor of The Sun, then editor of "Sunday", the News of the Worlds magazine...	1999	Panellist
Jacey Salles Jacey Sallés Jacey Sallés is a British actress probably best known for her recurring role as Ramona Ramirez on the ITV programme Cold Feet. In addition to this she has also appeared in Murder Most Horrid, Birds of a Feather and My Family. In 2003 she also became a presenter on Loose Women...	2003	Panellist
Nadia Sawalha Nadia Sawalha Nadia Sawalha is an English actress and television presenter.Sawalha is perhaps best known for her role as Annie Palmer in the BBC soap opera EastEnders during the 1990s, although most of her television work is now as a presenter rather than an actress...	1999–2002	Panellist
Sandie Shaw Sandie Shaw Sandie Shaw is an English pop singer, who was one of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s. In 1967 she was the first UK act to win the Eurovision Song Contest...	2000	Panellist
Suzanne Shaw Suzanne Shaw Suzanne Shaw is an English actress, singer and television personality...	2007	Panellist
Sinitta	2008	Panellist
Penny Smith Penny Smith Penelope Jane Smith is an English television presenter and newsreader. She has worked on the breakfast TV show GMTV, for Sky News and for Classic FM.-Early life:...	2009	Panellist
Lisa Snowdon Lisa Snowdon Lisa Snowdon is an English fashion model, television personality and presenter. She was the host of the reality television show Britain's Next Top Model from 2006 until 2009...	2009	Panellist
Stacey Solomon Stacey Solomon Stacey Solomon is a British singer, television presenter, model and reality TV star. She rose to fame during her time on the sixth series of The X Factor, coming third overall on the show...	2011	Panellist
Jaci Stephen	2002	Guest Anchor
Claire Sweeney Claire Sweeney Claire Jane Sweeney is an English actress, singer and television personality best known for playing the role of Lindsey Corkhill in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside and her appearance on the first series of the Reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother.-Early Life:Sweeney was born in Walton, Liverpool...	2003–2005, 2010	Panellist
Melanie Sykes Melanie Sykes Melanie Ann Sykes is an English television presenter and model.-Career:Melanie Sykes was born to an English father, and an Anglo-Indian mother. She first came to public attention as the bikini-clad girl in the Boddingtons beer advertisements with the broad "Northern" accent in the mid-1990s...	2005	Panellist	2008, 2009	Guest Anchor
Gillian Taylforth Gillian Taylforth Gillian Taylforth is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Kathy Mitchell on the BBC soap opera, EastEnders and as Jackie Pascoe-Webb on ITV's Footballers Wives , but more recently as Sgt. Nikki Wright in ITV's The Bill...	2000, 2006, 2008	Panellist
Kate Thornton Kate Thornton Kate Thornton is an English journalist and television presenter. Early in her career, she was notable for her articles at the Daily Mirror and for her role as editor of Smash Hits magazine...	2009–2011	Main Anchor
Sarah Totty	2006	Panellist
Jenni Trent Hughes Jenni Trent Hughes Jenni Trent Hughes is an American life strategist, coach and agony aunt, who specialises in relationships and family issues. She is also a successful TV and radio broadcaster, author and magazine columnist. Although born in Jamaica, Hughes now lives and works mainly in the UK.Her career began, and...	2004	Panellist
Anthea Turner Anthea Turner Anthea Millicent Turner is an English television presenter and media personality.-Education:Turner was educated at the independent St. Dominic's High School in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent....	2000	Panellist
Zoe Tyler Zoe Tyler Zoë Tyler, is an English voice coach, cruise ship singer, performer and reality television show judge. She is also a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.-Early career:...	2007–2011	Panellist
Nina Wadia Nina Wadia -Television and film:Wadia first came to prominence in BBC sketch show Goodness Gracious Me, playing characters such as Mrs "I can make it at home for nothing!" and one half of The Competitive Mothers...	2005–2006	Panellist
Rebecca Wheatley Rebecca Wheatley Rebecca Wheatley is a British actress and musician.Wheatley grew up in Teddington, Middlesex, where she went to St Catherine's convent school, before gaining her BA in English literature from the University of Wales, Lampeter....	2002	Panellist
Toyah Willcox Toyah Willcox Toyah Ann Willcox is an English actress and singer. In a career spanning more than thirty years Toyah has had 13 top 40 singles, released 22 studio albums, written two books, appeared in over forty stage plays and ten feature films, as well as voicing and presenting numerous television shows...	2007	Panellist
Kim Woodburn Kim Woodburn Kim Woodburn is an English television presenter and expert cleaner who is best known for co-presenting the British television programme How Clean Is Your House? and in 2007, starred in the Canadian series Kim's Rude Awakenings.-Early career:Woodburn undertook many jobs in her adult life...	2011	Panellist

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Live Talk was a re-branding of Loose Women. The programme lasted 2 series; the first in 2000 and the second in 2001. Many of the former Loose Women team, came to the show including Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha, Pattie Coldwell

Pattie Coldwell

Pattie Coldwell was a British TV presenter and journalist.Born in Clitheroe, Lancashire, she attended Clitheroe Royal Grammar School for Girls before working as a secretary and starting in local television as a reporter and presenter...

, Karren Brady

Karren Brady

Karren Brady is an English sporting executive, television broadcaster, newspaper columnist, author and novelist. She is the former managing director of Birmingham City Football Club and current vice-chairman of West Ham United...

, Coleen Nolan and Julie Hesmondhalgh

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Julie Hesmondhalgh is an English actress.Hesmondhalgh was born in Accrington, Lancashire. As a teenager, she was moderately interested in acting, but wished to become a social worker. She applied to drama school to be with her friends, and studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art...

. For this new programme, many new panellists contributed including Carol McGiffin, Jenny Powell

Jenny Powell

Jenny Powell , is a British television presenter.-Early life:Powell's parents are from South Africa, she attended Woodford County High School for Girls in Woodford Green and the Italia Conti school in London.-Career:...

, Jenni Trent Hughes

Jenni Trent Hughes

Jenni Trent Hughes is an American life strategist, coach and agony aunt, who specialises in relationships and family issues. She is also a successful TV and radio broadcaster, author and magazine columnist. Although born in Jamaica, Hughes now lives and works mainly in the UK.Her career began, and...

, Kathryn Apanowicz

Kathryn Apanowicz

Kathryn Apanowicz is a British actress best known for her 1980s television appearances in the BBC soap operas, Angels, where she played Nurse Rose Butchins, and EastEnders, where she played the caterer, Magda Czajkowski...

, Emily Symons

Emily Symons

Emily Symons is an Australian actress.Symons's mother remarried when she was just four years old and Symons did not see her biological, English father again until ten years later. She left school before finishing her exams and launched herself into the acting world...

, Anne Diamond

Anne Diamond

Anne Margaret Diamond is an English radio and television presenter and journalist. She hosted Good Morning Britain for TV-am and the similarly titled Good Morning... with Anne and Nick for BBC1, both with Nick Owen as her co-presenter...

, Denise Black

Denise Black

Denise Black is an English actress, best known for playing Denise Osbourne in the ITV1 soap Coronation Street and Hazel Tyler in Channel 4 TV's Queer As Folk in 1999 and 2000, written by Russell T Davies. After attending Portsmouth's Girls Public Day School, she studied Psychology at London...

, Kim Hughes, Sally Gunnell

Sally Gunnell

Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE is a former British Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles...

, Julie Peasgood

Julie Peasgood

Julie May Peasgood is an English actress, television presenter, author and voice over artist known for her distinctive voice. She attended Grimsby's Wintringham School as a student. She is best known for her role as Fran Pearson in the television soap Brookside...

, Lauren Booth

Lauren Booth

Lauren Booth is an English broadcaster, journalist and pro-Palestinian activist. She works for Iran's English language news channel, Press TV.-Family:...

, Jenni Murray

Jenni Murray

Dame Jennifer Susan "Jenni" Murray, DBE is a British journalist and broadcaster. She attended Barnsley Girls High School and has a degree in French and Drama from Hull University...

, Lorraine Kelly

Lorraine Kelly

Lorraine Kelly is a Scottish television presenter, journalist and actress, best known as a presenter for TV-am, and later GMTV and ITV Breakfast, on Lorraine.-Early life:...

, Tracy Shaw

Tracy Shaw

Tracy Shaw is a British actress and singer.She is best known for her role as hairdresser Maxine Peacock in British soap opera Coronation Street during the 1990s and early 2000s.-Career:...

, Denise Welch, Heather Mills, Kate Garraway

Kate Garraway

Kathryn Mary Garraway is an English journalist currently employed by ITV Breakfast.She has presented the UK version of The Biggest Loser.-Early life:...

 and Sheila Hancock

Sheila Hancock

Sheila Cameron Hancock, CBE is an English actress and author.-Early life:Sheila Hancock was born in Blackgang on the Isle of Wight, the daughter of Ivy Louise and Enrico Cameron Hancock, who was a publican. Her sister Billie is seven years older...

.

On 19 November 2010, as part of Children in Need 2010

Children in Need 2010

Children in Need 2010 was a campaign held in the United Kingdom to raise money for Children in Need. 2010 marked the 30th anniversary of the appeal which culminated in a live broadcast on BBC One which began on the evening of Friday 19th November and ran until the early hours of Saturday 20th...

, McLean, Zoe Tyler

Zoe Tyler

Zoë Tyler, is an English voice coach, cruise ship singer, performer and reality television show judge. She is also a soloist with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.-Early career:...

, McGiffin, Hewson and Welch performed Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...

's song The Promise

The Promise (Girls Aloud song)

"The Promise" is a pop song performed by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud, taken from their fifth studio album Out of Control . The song was written by Miranda Cooper, Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania...

as Nanas Aloud.

International variations

• In the USA, The View first aired in 1997 and The Talk
  The Talk (U.S. TV series)
  The Talk is a talk show created by actress Sara Gilbert, who also serves as the executive producer. The show premiered on October 18, 2010, and airs on CBS as a part of CBS Daytime...
  
  debuted in 2010
• In Germany, Frauenzimmer aired between 26 October 2009 and 20 November 2009. The show was cancelled due to poor ratings.
• In Australia, The Circle
  The Circle (TV program)
  -Music from The Circle:Music from The Circle is a compilation album featuring 38 songs chosen by the hosts of The Circle. The album includes a special song recorded by hosts Denise Drysdale, Chrissie Swan, Yumi Stynes and Gorgi Coghlan titled "Circle Song"...
  
  first aired in 2010 and has a similar format. Yet, there is also cookery and makeovers, it is a popular daytime show on Network Ten.

Criticism and controversy

1. On 6 June 2008, the programme was criticised by British
   United Kingdom
   The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
   
    newspaper The Guardian
   The Guardian
   The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
   
   as offensive and hateful to both men and women, for being sexist, and a case of feminism
   Feminism
   Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
   
    gone too far due to the concept of having a politically incorrect
   Political correctness
   Political correctness is a term which denotes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, certain other religions, beliefs or ideologies, disability, and age-related contexts,...
   
    representation of an all-female cast of panellists, as well as the lecherous and patronising behaviour of the panellists.
2. On 17 June 2008, comedienne Joan Rivers
   Joan Rivers
   Joan Rivers is an American comedian, television personality and actress. She is known for her brash manner; her loud, raspy voice with a heavy New York accent; and her numerous cosmetic surgeries...
   
    was a guest on the show and made an error by not realising that the show was completely live and not recorded. She said "get ready to bleep this" before calling film star Russell Crowe
   Russell Crowe
   Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealander Australian actor , film producer and musician. He came to international attention for his role as Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius in the 2000 historical epic film Gladiator, directed by Ridley Scott, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor, a...
   
    a "fucking shit", which subsequently went live to the public on ITV at approximately 1pm in the afternoon. Anchor Jackie Brambles immediately apologised for Rivers' outburst as the audience laughed hysterically, and during the commercial break Rivers was asked to leave the set and not invited to come back for her final segment. A spokesperson for the show said, "Guests are always briefed that it is a live daytime show and are reminded not to swear or use inappropriate language. An editorial decision was taken that Joan Rivers should not appear in the final part of the programme. We would like to apologise to Loose Women viewers for the inappropriate language used on today's show." Rivers, for her part, finds it all quite funny. "I said: 'I apologise.' Everyone apologised. It was hilariously funny," she says. Joan adds that this was the first time she had been removed from a TV show in 40 years and she was "thrilled".
3. After winning the 2010 National Television Award for "Most Popular Factual Programme", Jan Moir from the Daily Mail
   Daily Mail
   The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982...
   
    wrote an article entitled "How was Loose Women voted best factual TV show when it is fronted by a gaggle of sexual incontinents?". The article goes on to discuss how it shows a feminist viewpoint as well as its sexual content, for example, "'I don't like a sucking noise,' said Sherrie, an observation that raised a geyser of sniggers from the smutbuckets who surrounded her. In Loose Women world, no entendre is ever left undoubled." It also took a grudge against the quality of guests compared to the similar version of the show in the United States
   United States
   The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
   
   
4. On a podcast
   Podcast
   A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
   
    with Ricky Gervais
   Ricky Gervais
   Ricky Dene Gervais is an English comedian, actor, director, radio presenter, producer, musician, and writer.Gervais achieved mainstream fame with his television series The Office and the subsequent series Extras, both of which he co-wrote and co-directed with friend and frequent collaborator...
   
    and Stephen Merchant
   Stephen Merchant
   Stephen James Merchant is an English writer, director, radio presenter, comedian, and actor. He is best known for his collaborations with Ricky Gervais, as the co-writer and co-director of the popular British sitcom The Office, as the co-writer, co-director and a co-star of Extras, and as the...
   
   , An Idiot Abroad
   An Idiot Abroad
   An Idiot Abroad is a travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1, as well as a spin-off book published by Canongate Books, created by and featuring Karl Pilkington and his former radio show colleagues Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant....
   
   star Karl Pilkington
   Karl Pilkington
   Karl Pilkington is a British podcaster, author, television personality and former radio producer. He is best known for the Sky travel series, An Idiot Abroad, which was also presented in the United States on the Science Channel, in Canada on Discovery Channel and in Australia on One HD, and The...
   
    said he did not want viewers of shows like Loose Women to watch his show. He went on to describe the programme as "flumpf telly" which "you don't have to think about".

Merchandise

In late 2008, ITV released Let Loose: The Very Best Of Loose Women, a DVD featuring highlights of Series 12 and 13. The DVD is introduced by Jackie Brambles and Coleen Nolan, with Jane McDonald and Carol McGiffin giving an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the set at The London Studios. A second DVD was released in November 2009, entitled Late Night with the Loose Women. The extended programme features Andrea McLean, Sherrie Hewson, Carol McGiffin and Jane McDonald discussing raunchier topics than the television timeslot permits, and includes appearances by guests Will Mellor

Will Mellor

William "Will" Mellor is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Jambo Bolton in Hollyoaks, Gaz Wilkinson in comedy, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps...

, Rustie Lee

Rustie Lee

Rustie Lee is a television chef and actress in the United Kingdom, most famous for her appearances in the 1980s on morning station, TV-am. She was born in Jamaica, but moved to Birmingham with her family as a child. Following her successful stint as a chef on TV-am in 1983, Lee took over from...

 and Christopher Biggins

Christopher Biggins

Christopher Kenneth Biggins is an English actor and media personality.-Career:Biggins was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England and brought up in Salisbury, Wiltshire, where he took elocution lessons and participated in local drama groups...

. A 2010 DVD release saw Carol McGiffin, Sherrie Hewson, Lisa Maxwell and Denise Welch visit New York, titled Loose Women in New York: Let Loose in the City. The DVD was released on 8 November 2010.

A range of books have also been published under the brand which has expanded further with an online shop selling make-up products, champagne, personalised cups and stationery.

Awards

Date	Ceremony	Award	Status
3 September 2007	TV Quick TV Quick TV Choice, is a British weekly TV listings magazine published by H. Bauer Publishing, the UK subsidiary of family-run German company Bauer Media Group...  and TV Choice Awards	Best Daytime Show
19 March 2008	Royal Television Society Royal Television Society The Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...	Best Daytime Programme
25 June 2008	TV Quick TV Quick TV Choice, is a British weekly TV listings magazine published by H. Bauer Publishing, the UK subsidiary of family-run German company Bauer Media Group...  and TV Choice Awards	Best Daytime Programme
10 March 2009	Television and Radio Industries Club Television and Radio Industries Club The Television and Radio Industries Club is a British institution chartered in 1931 to "promote goodwill in the television and radio industries"...	TV Daytime Programme award
7 September 2009	TV Quick TV Quick TV Choice, is a British weekly TV listings magazine published by H. Bauer Publishing, the UK subsidiary of family-run German company Bauer Media Group...  and TV Choice Awards	Best Daytime Programme
28 November 2009	TV Times TV Times TVTimes is a television listings magazine published in the United Kingdom by IPC Media, a subsidiary of Time Warner. It is known for its access to television actors and their programmes. In 2006 it was refreshed for a more modern look, increasing its emphasis on big star interviews and soaps...  Awards	Favourite Programme
20 January 2010	National Television Awards National Television Awards The National Television Awards is a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public. Because of the way the awards are decided, winners are...	Most Popular Factual Programme
6 September 2010	TV Choice Awards	Best Daytime Programme
26 January 2011	National Television Awards National Television Awards The National Television Awards is a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public. Because of the way the awards are decided, winners are...	Topical Magazine Programme

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