Ruth Langsford had some big news that blindsided regular Loose Women viewers on Monday, when she made an announcement that made it abundantly obvious that the show would run for longer than usual.
Over the last few months the lunchtime programme has been the victim of various scheduling alterations, for events like the Budget and Cheltenham Festival, with it taken off air completely for close to a full week to allow for ITV to focus on the horse racing.
Given that Monday was a Bank Holiday, viewers might well have expected Loose Women to be missing in action, but instead, Ruth gave the game away that it had in fact been extended by 15 minutes, when she announced a series of guests who were due in the studio at 1.30pm, the time the show usually finishes at.
