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SUNDAY 23/10/2005 11:09:46
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Carol Thatcher, daughter of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, is set to appear in the next series of hit ITV show I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, it was reported today.

Carol Thatcher, 52, is in talks with the producers of the popular jungle show, according to the Independent on Sunday, which is due to return to TV screens next month for the fifth time.

Asked whether she will soon be bedding down with witchetty grubs, snakes and spiders, Ms Thatcher told BBC1`s Sunday AM: "I can`t possibly confirm or deny that - whether I`ll be sleeping under a gum tree in the next series of I`m a Celebrity.

"It is top secret of course, barring the odd leak."

Previous contestants on the show have included journalist Janet Street-Porter, broadcaster Jennie Bond and former royal butler Paul Burrell.

I`m a Celebrity has proved a huge ratings winner for ITV but a spokesman for the network refused to confirm whether Ms Thatcher was among contestants preparing to head to the jungle.

He said: "We will be releasing names nearer to transmission. We are not going to comment until we officially announce the line-up."

Ms Thatcher recently celebrated her mother`s 80th birthday at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in London along with 650 other guests.

Despite growing up in the shadow of her high-profile mother, Ms Thatcher came to prominence in 1991 when she failed to pay the controversial poll tax.

The freelance journalist has since published a biography of her father Denis, entitled Below the Parapet.

According to the the Daily star Cannon and Ball are signed up for the show.

I can't wait for this series, it took me ages to get into it when it started as I thought it was just another BB copycat series but the last two I've really liked.

Natalie Appletons quote last year-- "aaaaaaaaarrrghh it's a tree!!!"

Only 3 weeks to go...

Have we got a firm date now then?

is that it Mads oooooh im getting all excited

if Cannon and Ball are in it, I shall not be watching a single show. Words cannot describe my hatred for Tommy Cannon.

I heard that Basil Brush and Roland rat have been signed up

"rock on tommy".....whaaaaaaaaat!

AXED STAR ELAINE TO JOIN I'M A CELEBRITY


FORMER troubled EastEnder Elaine Lordan has been signed up for the new series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here.

Elaine, 36, who played Lynne Hobbs in the BBC soap, flies out to Australia next month to compete in the ITV reality show.

A source revealed: "The ITV bosses were delighted when Elaine signed on the dotted line.

"They'd been in talks for months, but a deal has now been reached.

"It's a great coup for the show and it's sure to guarantee this series goes with a bang."

Elaine was kicked off EastEnders last year after rows about her boozing.



Her two-week stint in the jungle will be her first job since she left Albert Square in July 2004.

Elaine will be joined in the jungle by former co-star Sid Owen, 33, who was axed as drippy mechanic Ricky Butcher in 2003.

They will spend two weeks camping in the Australian rainforest with wine buff Jilly Goulden, 70s pop star Jimmy Osmond, TV babe Sara Cox and glamour model Jodie Marsh, in what is being billed as the toughest series yet.

An insider revealed: "This is not going to be a holiday camp.

"The theme bosses are working around is 'bigger, better, harder, harsher'.

"They are keen to hit the celebrities with the worst challenges they can come up with. Viewers can expect to see the stars squirm and really suffer for their supper."

The fifth series of the hit show kicks off on ITV at the end of November.

Hosts Ant & Dec will jet off to Australia later this week to begin preparing for the launch.

The duo, both 30, were named Most Popular Entertainment presenters for the fifth year running at last week's National TV awards.

They will be joined Down Under by ITV2 presenters Tara Palmer Tomkinson and her new co-host Matt Brown. Mirror

Ex-Atomic Kitten Jenny Frost Frost is heading for the jungle for I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! NOTW

Just heard the tv crew are going to Australia on the 9th of November and the show will begin at the end of November...

Well if the line-up in the Star is correct, Carol Thatcher, Jade Goody and Mikey Caroll, I'll be giving this years show a miss

Good really, clashes with the football anyway

Hey Rincy surely if Jade is on the show imagine the potential for bush tucker torture inflicted on her you could enjoy from the comfort of your armchair

Yes but thats the point Blags, some utterly repulsive, dull idiots have entered that jungle, and the great British public have embraced them coz they ate a witchity grub

See TPT, Christine Hamilton, Paul Burrell and Jordan