Loose Women viewers were left issuing a plea to the show's bosses as Rose Ayling Ellis made her first appearance as a panellist. The former EastEnders actress was welcomed onto the ITV lunchtime show as a guest panellist as opposed to a guest in a special show to mark Deaf Awareness Week.
Rose, who played Frankie Lewis in the BBC One soap, joined Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha and Jane Moore in a first for Loose Women, as viewers were able to watch a fully accessible version of the show on ITV1 and ITVX, with an 'in vision' signer on-screen and subtitles available.
Rose was also joined by her own interpreter on the panel and the audience also featured deaf viewers. And there were moments of silence as the usual applause from the live audience was replaced with the signed version for clapping.
