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Holly Willoughby's replacement on This Morning named as Emily Atack

Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield are taking a break from ITV's This Morning over Easter - and their replacements have now been revealed.

Former Inbetweeners actress Emily Atack will be joining her fellow I'm A Celebrity campmate John Barrowman in taking the helm as the show has a shake-up.

Emily has proved to be a hit with the public, who voted her into second place behind King of the Jungle Harry Redknapp.

ITV bosses are obviously hoping that her bubbly personality will captivate viewers and Emily cannot be more excited about presenting alongside her "best mate", reports The Mirror .

The new pairing will come together on This Morning for the first time on Friday April 12 and Emily has spoken to The Sun about her new TV gig.

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Emily said: “I am absolutely over the moon to be joining This Morning with my best mate John Barrowman over Easter.

“It’s a dream come true to be presenting one of my favourite shows. I look ­forward to being on the iconic sofa.

Harry Redknapp, Emily Atack and John Barrowman (Tim Merry / Daily Star)

“We’re going to have so much fun.”

Sources have said that there is a hope that Emily will live up to expectations with ITV bosses, who are hoping this will lead to more presenting roles with the channel in the future.

It could be an early indication what an Emily and John show could look like, as the pair are apparently in talks to do something together.

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Emily has spoken previously about this project, saying: “There are ideas floating around. At the moment everything is meetings and exciting opportunities.”

Until then though, the This Morning sofa will be the first opportunity to see if ITV have the new Phil and Holly on their hands.

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