Dancing On Ice to air for three hours this Sunday

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Dancing On Ice will air for nearly three hours this Sunday, marking its longest episode yet.


The ITV ice skating competition, hosted by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, will begin earlier than usual at 6.20pm.

The Ice contestants will dance 12 times with their professional partners, meaning that the main performance show will be 2 hours, 20 minutes long. The results programme is to be shown later than usual at 9.45pm for half an hour.

Schofield, who also fronts This Morning with Willoughby, spoke about the scheduling change on the daytime show.

The 47-year-old presenter said: "I think it's a programme that lasts 26 or 27 hours. It's a really full-on show next week with everybody skating, I can't wait."

A source added to The Mirror: "If you like ice skating, ITV is the place for you on Sunday, otherwise viewers should slide off to another channel."

The last series of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing was criticised for airing instalments lasting over three hours on a Saturday evening.