Adil Ray tipped for bigger Good Morning Britain role

Adil Ray, one of a rotation of hosts on the ITV morning show, is a favourite to become more permanent on the daily breakfast slot.

Adil Ray is the favourite to succeed the reportedly departing Ben Shephard as permanent co-host of Good Morning Britain, according to bettingsites.co.uk. Ben has been tipped to take over from Phillip Schofield permanently on the troubled This Morning, which also airs on ITV1/STV. 

Adil as a presenter has plenty of experience anchoring the 6am-9am slot and leads the betting at 7/2 to assume the vacancy, narrowly ahead of Martin Lewis at 4/1.  Versatile broadcaster Richard Bacon is next in the market at 5/1, with Ed Balls (10/1), Richard Madeley (10/1) and Jeremy Kyle (16/1) as the other notable selections.

Neil Roarty, spokesperson for bettingsites.co.uk:

“We certainly seem to be in the midst of a presenter transfer window across several British TV programmes, with Ben Shephard’s reported departure to the This Morning sofa raising the question of who will fill in on the Good Morning Britain panel. It’s Adil Ray who is the current favourite with us to assume the vacancy due to his previous experience of hosting the show, with Martin Lewis second in the betting at 4/1.

“Should none of the market favourites be awarded the role, then watch out for the likes of Ed Balls (10/1), Richard Madeley (10/1) and Jeremy Kyle (16/1) – each of whom have been given a reasonable chance of getting the call up.”

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Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITV1