Loose Women
| Loose Women | |
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| Genre | Panel show |
| Created by | Diane Nelmes |
| Presented by |
Ruth Langsford Andrea McLean |
| Starring |
Kaye Adams Nadia Sawalha Jane Moore Coleen Nolan Janet Street-Porter Linda Robson Gloria Hunniford Penny Lancaster Saira Khan Katie Price Ayda Field Martine McCutcheon Stacey Solomon Lisa Riley Anne Diamond |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 21 |
| No. of episodes | 2685 (as of 20 January 2017) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Emma Gormley |
| Producer(s) | Isabel Buxton Eleanor Gibbs Natasha Dukcevik Cristo Foufas Mattie Jameson |
| Location(s) | The London Studios |
| Editor(s) | Sally Shelford Siobhan O'Gorman (deputy) |
| Running time | 1 hour (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Granada Television (1999–2002) Anglia Television (2002–05) ITV Studios (2005–present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 6 September 1999–present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Loose Women is a British panel show that has been broadcast on ITV since 6 September 1999. The programme was originally broadcast from Norwich before moving to London and focuses on a panel of four female presenters, who interview celebrities, discuss their lives and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip.
The programme has been simulcast in the Republic of Ireland on UTV Ireland since January 2015. Its 2500th episode was broadcast on 29 April 2016.
See List of Loose Women episodes for presenters per episode.
The panel comprises four women from various professions in the entertainment and journalism industries.
Carol McGiffin holds the record for the most appearances; she appeared in 1172 episodes between 2003 and 2013, followed by Coleen Nolan, Andrea McLean, Sherrie Hewson, Jane McDonald, Kaye Adams and Denise Welch respectively.
Adams and Nadia Sawalha were the original presenters on the show. Sawalha left in 2002, after the birth of her first child; Adams kept the role for the first ten series until the end of 2006, when she left to go on maternity leave.
Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha, Jane Moore and Karren Brady were the panellists who appeared in the very first episode and Ruth Langsford appeared in the second episode.
Denise Welch, Gloria Hunniford and Linda Robson first appeared as guest panellists during the third, fourth and fifth series respectively before later becoming regular panellists. McGiffin and Hewson, currently the longest serving panellist, began their stints as regular panellists at the start of the fourth series, whilst Nolan had a brief stint in the second series before returning regularly from the sixth series.
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