November 22, 2004
.... Daily Telegraph Australia
I'm A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out of Here!
It was where love supposedly blossomed last year for plastic duo Peter Andre and Jordan.
But things didn't get off to a great start for cast member and former royal butler Paul Burrell yesterday when he had to be rescued by a helicopter after his parachute jump into a rainforest to start the show went awry.
Unpredictable winds blew him 400m off course yesterday as he made the 3700m descent into the jungle for the reality TV show.
Burrell, 46, a former butler and confidant of Princess Diana, could barely conceal his terror as he made the tandem jump near Murwillumbah in northern NSW.
His 1200m freefall was a nasty start to his time on the reality show, which will screen on the UK's ITV1 channel.
Burrel was "absolutely terrified," a spokesman for the show said.
Also taking part in the trashy show are British model Sophie Anderton, ex-girlfriend of controversial former Aussie goalkeeper Mark Bosnich, former All Saints singer Natalie Appleton and Brian Harvey, a member of boy band East 17.
Harvey will complete filming on the series despite the news that his grandmother died just after he reached the set.
