Loose Women is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week after first appearing on our screens in September 1999, with the ITV show making a change to the studio set

Loose Women has made a huge set change for their 25th anniversary, with Rylan Clark describing it as “the end of an era”.

The popular ITV daytime show has been on our screens since September 1999 and this week will celebrate its 25th anniversary. To mark the occasion, a new set of sliding doors has been erected right behind the panel, which panellists will walk out from ahead of every episode.

On Monday’s episode panellists Ruth Langsford, Coleen Nolan, Dame Kelly Holmes and Brenda Edwards were the first to experience the set change. A behind-the-scenes post on the official Loose Women Instagram account shows the panellists being briefed by a staffer on their new entrance.

“We’ve got a new opening, we’ve got a new entrance,” Ruth tells the camera. “And so we’re now being taught how to walk. I need it! But there is a gap there so we might get our shoes caught.”

With Ruth and Coleen both wearing high-heels, Coleen quickly says: “Well me and you will.” The camera then pans to Kelly and Brenda, who can be seen wearing trainers, which they are rather proud about considering what they have just been told.

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“And mind the step up,” Coleen tells Ruth. “Step up and the step down. One day, this is going to be on It’ll Be Alright on the Night.”

Brenda then attempts to get her fellow panellists into the spirit. “Come on girls! I mean, nobody else wants to pump it up,” she says.

After successfully walking through the sliding doors and taking their seats, Ruth thanks the crowd before saying: “That is our first ever entrance through the big doors. I was really nervous. I thought, ‘Don’t fall over!'”

The Instagram post which showed the behind-the-scenes clip has been liked more than 8,000 times while a number of people have taken to the comments. Among the people to comment was Rylan Clark, who simply said: “The end of an era!”

Loose Women airs on weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX .