Loose Women

Series 1–3

Kaye Adams and Nadia Sawalha were the original presenters on the show. Nadia Sawalha left in 2002, after the birth of her first child; Kaye Adams kept the role for the first ten series until the end of 2006, when she left to go on maternity leave.^[4]

Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha, Jane Moore and Karren Brady were panellists for the very first episode and Ruth Langsford appeared in the second episode.

Series 4–10

Denise Welch, Gloria Hunniford and Linda Robson first appeared as guest panellists during the third, fourth and fifth series respectively before later becoming regular panellists. Carol McGiffin and Sherrie Hewson began their stints as regular panellists at the start of the fourth series, whilst Coleen Nolan had a brief stint in the second series before returning regularly from the sixth series.

Series 11–17

From 2007 to 2009, the presenter job was mainly shared by McLean and Jackie Brambles. Following Jackie Brambles departure in August 2009,^[5] Kate Thornton took over from her during the following month and continued to present the show in rotation with Andrea McLean until August 2011. Jane McDonald also took a 16-month hiatus to focus of her music, returning in 2012. On 14 December Jane McDonald announced her return live on air with a surprise phone call. Following a relaunch in September 2011, the role of presenter was shared between McLean and Carol Vorderman, replacing Kate Thornton, coinciding with the departures of Coleen Nolan, Zoë Tyler and Lynda Bellingham. Jane McDonald returned on 16 January 2012. Linda Robson was introduced as a regular panellist in 2013, after appearing several times previous as a guest stand in.

Series 18

Loose Women underwent a presenter revamp for its 18th series, following the departure of Carol McGiffin at the end of series 17.^[6] Long-running panellists Denise Welch, Jane McDonald and Lisa Maxwell also departed from the programme in October 2013, December 2013 and March 2014 respectively.^[7]

Many former presenters were reintroduced for the 18th series of the programme. Coleen Nolan, Nadia Sawalha and Jane Moore returned as panellists during October 2013, whilst Kaye Adams returned as presenter in November.^[8] Later, Ruth Langsford rejoined the programme as a presenter in January 2014.^[9]

Jamelia and Myleene Klass joined the programme as panellists in November 2013 and January 2014 respectively.^[10]

Series 19

The panel underwent a further presenter revamp for its 19th series following the departures of Carol Vorderman,^[11] Sally Lindsay and Shobna Gulati. Myleene Klass and Claire Richards, who had been panellists for series 18, also did not return. Gloria Hunniford, Penny Lancaster and Judy Finnigan were announced as new panellists. June Sarpong later joined the show on 23 March 2015. The series also featured a total revamp in the style of the show, with the logo, set and theme tune changed dramatically, and the panellists walking out to their respective seats at the start, behind a smaller desk, closer to the audience.

In this series a book club called Loose Books, was introduced; a panellist picks a book which the audience and the other panellists read. The first book was chosen by Coleen Nolan who led the book by 'The Girl on the Train' by Paula Hawkins which as a result went to number 1.

Series 20

Having featured prominently throughout series 19, Judy Finnigan and Linda Lusardi did not return to the panel, though their departures were not officially announced. Businesswomen Hilary Devey and Saira Khan were announced as new panellists, while former EastEnders actress Anita Dobson temporarily joined the regular panellists as cover for Jamelia, whose absence was due to her participation in Strictly Come Dancing.^[12] September also marked the introduction of Kaye Adams as a regular panellist (as opposed to a regular presenter), though she made guest appearances as a presenter.

From January 2016, Katie Price and Vicky Pattison joined the cast as regular panellists, whilst Hilary Devey did not return after the Christmas break.^[13]

There was no summer break this series.^[14] Therefore, guest panellists featured heavily, notably Ayda Field, Nadiya Hussain, Martine McCutcheon, Lisa Riley and Stacey Solomon.

On 22 June 2016, Sir Cliff Richard sat down for a one-on-one interview with close friend Gloria Hunniford for a special edition of Loose Women subtitled Sir Cliff: Out of the Shadows.^[15]

On 3 August 2016, Sherrie Hewson announced on-air that she would be leaving the show. Her final episode aired on 5 September 2016.^[16]

Series 21

Series 21 began airing on ITV on 5 September 2016 – with a farewell party for Sherrie Hewson. New regular panellists Stacey Solomon, Martine McCutcheon, Lisa Riley and Anne Diamond joined during the series. Jamelia was axed from the show and Vicky Pattison didn't return for the start of the series, while June Sarpong didn't return following the show's Christmas/New Year break. Christine Lampard began serving as a presenter from late January 2017 after guest presenting a few episodes in December 2016 and early January 2017. Regular panellist Coleen Nolan made her 1,000th appearance on the panel on 5 December 2016.

Series 22

Series 22 began airing on ITV on 4 September 2017 with Ruth Langsford, Andrea McLean and Christine Lampard returning as the show's anchors. September 2017 saw Denise van Outen join the show as a permanent panellist, having featured heavily during August 2017. However Martine McCutcheon departed at the end of series 21, and thus did not return.

Kelly Brook and Anna Richardson joined the show in January 2018 followed by Chizzy Akudolu in March 2018, whilst Katie Price ceased appearing in January 2018.

Loose Women aired its last episode in The London Studios for 5 years on Friday 13 April - before moving to its new temporary home of Television Centre, London on Monday 16 April. To coincide with the move, the show's look was refreshed and a brand new set with the addition of an electronic ticker dubbed 'Loose Lipped Loosey' that runs throughout the show above the audience stands. The main presenter or stand in presenter now opens the show with a run-down of the day's topics and guests before introducing the panellists as they walk on.

On 15 May the show celebrated its 3,000th episode with a look-back at the show's best bits and a mini-awards ceremony dubbed 'The Loosie Awards'.

Linda Robson all took extended breaks throughout the series whilst Penny Lancaster and Ayda Field began only making guest appearances.

Denise Welch and Carol McGiffin returned to the panel after 5 year absences, making their returns on 7 June 2018 and 5 July respectively.

Series 23

Series 23 began airing on ITV on 3 September 2018 and 6 September 2018 respectively that Denise Welch and Carol McGiffin re-joined the show as regular panellists after both appearing as guest panellists few times in the previous series. Kelly Brook did not return to the show following her stint in series 22, whilst Penny Lancaster and Anne Diamond also did not return to the show.

Christine Lampard took a break from the show due to maternity leave and will be back later in the series whilst Coleen Nolan announced on her social media account in early September that she would be taking an immediate hiatus from the show until further notice. Whereas Denise Van Outen is taking a short break due to her injured ankle and other work commitments.

On 10 October 2018, Loose Women did an Autism Hour special and it proved success to the viewers even stating that the show should do more hour specials like this.

The Current Panel

Loose @ 5.30

Loose @ 5.30 aired at 5.30pm on ITV for two weeks from 29 May 2006. This teatime spin-off of Loose Women was a slight twist on the original format; the panel was composed of both men and women for the first time.^[18] The programme was co-presented by Kaye Adams and Ted Robbins. Panellists from Loose Women included Kaye Adams, Sherrie Hewson, Carol McGiffin, Denise Welch, Jane McDonald and Coleen Nolan. They were joined by male panellists Jason Gardiner and Jeff Brazier.

Live Talk

Live Talk was a re-branding of Loose Women. The programme lasted for two series, the first in 2000 and the second in 2001, and was co-presented by Kaye Adams and Nadia Sawalha.^[19] Panellists from Loose Women included Kaye Adams, Nadia Sawalha, Coleen Nolan, Karren Brady and Pattie Coldwell. They were joined by new regular panellists Carol McGiffin, Anne Diamond, Emily Symons, Jenny Powell, Jenni Trent Hughes, Denise Black, Kathryn Apanowicz, Julie Hesmondhalgh and Kim Hughes. Guest panellists included Denise Welch (2001), Lorraine Kelly (2000), Jenni Murray (2000), Tracy Shaw (2000), Sally Gunnell (2001), Julie Peasgood (2001), Kate Garraway (2001), Lauren Booth (2001), Heather Mills (2001) and Sheila Hancock (2001).

International variations

• In the United States, The Talk began in 2010.
• In Germany, Frauenzimmer aired between 26 October 2009 and 20 November 2009. The show was cancelled due to poor ratings.^[20]
• In Australia, The Circle first aired in 2010 and has a similar format. The show, which also features cookery and makeover segments, is a popular daytime show on Network Ten.
• In France, Le Grand 8 has been aired since October 2012 on weekdays from 12.10 to 13.25 on D8 free digital terrestrial channel, part of Canal + group. The host, Laurence Ferrari, former presenter of TF1 8 pm newscast, and four panellists discuss on topics such as politics, health, trends, business and culture.
• In Ireland, Midday first aired in 2008 on TV3. Midday has been described as an Irish Loose Women but a TV3 representative said "We're not going to be like Loose Women though, they seem to do a lot of men bashing and talking about their sex lives, we certainly won't be doing that"
• In Mexico, Netas Divinas first aired in 2012. It is among the few variations of the programme to be aired in other countries, having aired in other Latin American countries as well as on Galavision in the United States.
• In Canada, The Social first aired in 2013 on CTV Television Network.