Adrian Chiles to make return to The One Show after quitting for ITV

Adrian Chiles will make his return to BBC’s The One Show – five years after he controversially quit the show to join ITV.

Chiles, 48, will make an appearance as a guest on January 6 to promote his new two-part documentary, My Mediterranean With Adrian Chiles.

A BBC source told The Sun: “This is a massive thing for Adrian. He left The One Show in pretty controversial circumstances and at the time relations between him and the BBC weren’t great.

“But over the last five years relations have thawed considerably and he has done radio work for them, which was a great way of being eased back in.”

The source said the BBC are “happy to have him back” but that it will be “surreal” for Chiles.

They continued: “He had a great time working there with Christine and although it ended in a less than favourable way, he still has good memories of the place and the team.

“When he was presenting, the show attracted up to seven million viewers and many people see the BBC as his natural home. It’s going to be very strange for him to be interviewed by the new hosts Alex Jones and Matt Baker.”