Well, it’s been a long time in coming, but it was always inevitable; Christine Bleakley and Adrian Chiles have been ditched by Daybreak’s ITV bosses.

Christine and Adrian – who formerly hosted BBC’s The One Show – have been a disaster from the get-go, and were never popular with viewers, who tuned out in their droves when GMTV became Daybreak.

And of course, as part of the multi-million pound re-brand, ITV bosses sacked a raft of familiar GMTV faces, and brought in Chiles and Bleakley instead. Error.

In the year they’ve been at the sofa’s reigns, viewing figures have dropped to a startling low of around 350,000. Which, given that Adrian received a £6mn contract, and Christine a deal worth £4mn, is kinda shocking.

A show insider told The Sun, “It’s game over. ITV have tried everything to make the show work, but viewers are fed up with Adrian and Christine.

“The point of scrapping a well-liked brand like GMTV was to come up with something a lot better — but the opposite’s been true.”

The paper goes on to say that the sacking of the duo is expected to be officially announced on December 1st, when new executive David Kermode takes over production of the show. It’s understood that he took the job on the proviso he could bring in new hosts.

It’s further rumoured that Kermode is in talks to lure Eamonn Holmes and Natasha Kaplinsky to the show, and that popular presenter Kate Garraway may be given a “bigger” role on the show.

Are you glad Christine and Adrian will be leaving? And who would you like to see as new presenters?