A one-off episode of Loose Women will air later this month, featuring Janet Street-Porter and Gloria Hunniford, as the ITV show marks a huge milestone

Janet Street-Porter is due to take part in a special Loose Women episode(Image: ITV)

ITV is set to celebrate a milestone with a special edition of Loose Women airing in late January, commemorating the network’s 70th year since its inception in 1955.

The festivities will include a unique episode of Loose Women scheduled for Tuesday, 28 January, aptly named This is 70+. Regulars Janet Street-Porter and Gloria Hunniford will be joined by Prue Leith and Lesley Joseph on the show.

These four women, all aged in their 70s and 80s, will tackle a range of subjects on the daytime programme, from style and social circles in your seventies to the important life insights they’ve each gained over time, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Janet Street Porter, Prue Leith, Lesley Joseph and Gloria Hunniford will make up the panel for the episode (Image: ITV)

In a teaser for the upcoming episode, Janet proclaims: “Join us as we say happy 70th birthday ITV! And meet Loose Women’s panel of ‘power-agers’.”

Prue Leith, who will be gracing the Loose Women panel for the first time, shares: “Our 70 plus squad is here… Sharing some life lessons we’ve picked up along the way.”

Lesley chimes in with: “I feel so much freer now I’m older” before playfully quipping: “We’ll reveal our secrets to ageing dis-gracefully!”

Prue is set to make her Loose Women debut (Image: ITV)

Loose Women’s editor Sally Shelford commented in anticipation of the episode: “For 25 years Loose Women has mirrored the lives of those watching at home, with our wonderful panellists sharing their own experiences and leading the conversation on the topics that mean the most to our viewers.”

“In ITV’s 70th year, we’re delighted to welcome Lesley and Prue to join Janet and Gloria on the panel for this very special show, shining a spotlight on important issues and celebrating what it means to be 70 and 80 today. With an unrivalled wealth of experience and life stories, there will be amazing anecdotes, heartfelt advice and lots of laughs along the way.”