Ant and Dec pull out of all work after falling ill with familiar replacement lined up

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have fallen ill and have pulled out of all shows they have lined up until they are well, it has been reported.

The pair have postponed all work commitments until they recover, an ITV spokesperson has confirmed. This likely means that they may not be attending the NTAs - during which they've consistently won the best TV presenter award for 20 years - tomorrow.

Ant and Dec were due to present two-hour special Britain's Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician, which brings together the world’s most memorable and greatest magicians from past series to compete and become the ultimate champion and win £50,000.

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Their friend and former Britain's Got More Talent host Stephen Mulhern has been called in to replace the duo and host the show.

While Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams will be returning, Simon Cowell won't as he has filming commitments in the US, TVZone has reported.

Simon will be replaced by world-famous magician Penn Jillette - one-half of the Penn & Teller team.

A BGT spokesperson told the online news outlet: "Ant and Dec are both unwell and have postponed all work commitments until they recover.