Loose Women is taken off air for the rest of the week in HUGE daytime TV shakeup on ITV

Loose Women has been taken off air for the rest of the week in a huge daytime TV shake up on ITV.

The panel show will not be on at 12.30pm as usual because the channel will be covering the horse racing at Cheltenham Festival. 

Show presenter Ruth Langsford told ITV viewers at the end of Monday’s show: ‘We are off for the rest of the week because of the racing at Cheltenham.’

She added: ‘We will be back next Monday. I know it’s a shame, but we will see you then.’

Loose Women normally airs between 12.30pm and 1.30pm on weekdays, but the ITV lunchtime news will instead be shown until 12.50pm.

Oh no! Loose Women has been taken off air for the rest of the week in a huge daytime TV shake up on ITV

Switch up: The panel show will not be on at 12.30pm as usual because the channel will be covering the horse racing at Cheltenham Festival 

The horse racing will be aired from 1pm on ITV with all of the racing action. 

The festival begins on Tuesday and will go on until Friday. 

The festival will showcase 28 races across four days and will end with the much-loved Gold Cup.

Last year’s 2022 festival saw a total of 280,627 people attend the action over the four days of racing.

The 2022 Gold Cup saw a sell-out crowd of 73,875 watch the final day of races, with this year’s event set to be just as big.

The Cheltenham Festival will begin on Tuesday, with the first race getting underway at 1.30pm and drawing to a close at 5.30pm. 

The Opening Show will take place on the morning of each race from 8.30am until 10am. 

This year’s action will draw to a close on Friday, ending with the much-anticipated Gold Cup.

Announcement: Show presenter Ruth Langsford (left) told ITV viewers at the end of Monday’s show: ‘We are off for the rest of the week because of the racing at Cheltenham’

Important: The festival will showcase 28 races across four days and will end with the much-loved Gold Cup

Ready! The Cheltenham Festival will begin on Tuesday, with the first race getting underway at 1.30pm and drawing to a close at 5.30pm

This year’s Cheltenham Festival will be shown live on ITV, with coverage getting underway at 1pm each day.

Fans will also be able to stream the action on the ITVX app. 

ITV will show the first five races, with the final two races being shown live on Racing TV and on a bookies’ live stream service.

The Cheltenham Gold Cup is one of the most anticipated races in the horse racing calendar.

It will take place on the fourth and final day of the Cheltenham Festival.

This year’s Gold Cup will take place on Friday, with the race getting underway at 3.30pm.