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Author:  JimD [ 16 Nov 05, 22:42 ]
Post subject:  Carol Thatcher joins the latest crop of celebrities
16 November 2005 20:39

Carol Thatcher joins the latest crop of celebrities heading to TV's jungle

What have Carol Thatcher, Germaine Greer and Jenni Bond got in common? Aside from the fact they are all feisty older women, by next week all three will have appeared in I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.

ITV yesterday confirmed speculation that Baroness Thatcher's writer and broadcaster daughter would be starring opposite the permatanned antiques expert David Dickinson and the wine buff Jilly Goolden in the fifth series of its hit reality television series set in the Australian rain forest, which begins on Sunday.

In keeping with previous series, which pitted Janet Street Porter against Paul Burrell and Tara Palmer Tompkinson against Christine Hamilton, ITV's casting department has chosen contestants from very different walks of life.

This year's "celebrities" include Donny Osmond's little brother Jimmy, the former boy and girl-band members Anthony Costa from Blue and Jenny Frost from Atomic Kitten, and a smattering of soap stars - ex-EastEnders actors Elaine Lordan and Sid Owen (aka "Rickaay"), and Emmerdale's Sheree Murphy.

Nigel Pickard, head of ITV1, insisted the new series would match the success of its predecessors. "It's a year since we've done it. There's an appetite for it. It's still seen as the granddaddy of all these shows. It's a great cast list. It's about the interface between the characters. There's a really good mix of feisty ones and quiet ones and of all age groups. There's a warmth to this series."

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Author:  JimD [ 16 Nov 05, 22:50 ]
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16 November 2005

Former PM's daughter faces bush horrors in toughest Celebrity yet
By Lee-Ann Fullerton

MAGGIE Thatcher's daughter Carol faces a stomach-turning diet of maggots and bugs on I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here.

The ex-Tory PM's daughter - one of the contestants confirmed yesterday in the full line-up - won't be able to worm her way out of the most hellish Bushtucker Trials to date.

As the stars flew out to the Australian jungle, Carol revealed she hasn't even told her mother she's taking part in the fifth series of the hit show.

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Author:  Madeline [ 19 Nov 05, 18:26 ]
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DOWDY Carol Thatcher vowed to keep her kit on in the jungle - then stuck the knife into her "vain" co-stars.

Margaret Thatcher's journalist daughter will be joined by three pop singers and four former soap stars on I'm A Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of Here!

Ant and Dec's ITV show kicks off tomorrow night. But Carol started the controversy early when asked if she would be skinny-dipping.

She said: "I think I might leave that to the young, soap and TV stars who are probably more shapely and might look rather nice in pics in your paper.

"I think you'll find other contestants have a higher dimension of vanity than C-Thatch."

Carols nine camp mates include soap sexpots Kimberley Davies, who was Annalise in Neighbours, and Sheree Murphy, Emmerdale's Tricia Dingle Ex-Atomic Kitten babe Jenny Frost will also go into the jungle.


Two more soap stars - former EastEnders Sid Owen and Elaine Lordan - are also in the show.

Carol, 52, said: "Actors love to talk about themselves and their greatest hits 23-and-a-half hours a day.

"I hope I'll listen well and applaud when necessary."

However, the broadcaster insisted she was not planning to argue with the others during her time in Australia.

Carol says she will bring political debate and ladylike manners to the jungle. She added: "The thing about a vicarious political upbringing is on the whole you don't give people a hard time because in my youth one was always told be nice to people because they might not vote for your mother.

"I'm not here to argue. I know it's a competition but I relish the prospect of camaraderie.

"I hope it will be, if not a life-changing, a life-enhancing week or two."

Blonde bombshell Kimberley insisted she would't be eye-candy.

The LA-based actress and model said: "I'm not going to be Miss Perfect Body that's for sure"The other girls will all have better bodies than me. I've just had two kids.

"I'm scared for all you lot. "The one thing that comes with motherhood anyway is that you care about that stuff less because you have less time for it."

Sid - who played thick Ricky in EastEnders - has already confessed he fancies Kimberley.

The actor, who has been out of work for two years, said: "Who didn't fancy Kimberley when she was in Neighbours?

"I think she's married, though, so it's a no go for me. You can look but don't touch."

Sid, who now runs a restaurant and clothes shop in France, added: "Of course I'm hopingthis will raise my profile. It doeshelp and I'm not going to lie." Sid - the 3-1 favourite - will be spared renditions of Long-haired Lover From Liverpool by jungle buddy Jimmy Osmond.

Jimmy joked: "Well that's unless I want to get kicked out sooner."

The other contestants are antiques expert David Dickinson, former Blue singer Antony Costa and wine critic Jilly Goolden dailyrecord
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