Robbie Williams wants to be in 'Celebrity' jungle
Chart-topper Robbie Williams has revealed that he would love to be a contestant on the next series of I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! The former Take That star - a self-confessed reality TV addict - is reportedly desperate to be a part of the show. "I really like I'm A Celebrity," he said, "It'd be fun to go on." "I like to see how those shows are constructed, filmed and edited." Robbie - who also wrote his own Big Brother blog, on which he begged bosses not to scrap the show, has also said he is so fascinated by fly on the wall shows he would like to make one himself - about his girlfriend Ayda Field's mum Gwen. "She's a really amazing lady," he said. "She lives in this beautiful, constructed world of her own. She's a documentary all by herself or better still a reality show that I want to make happen." If Robbie does get the chance to appear on I'm A Celebrity, he would join a line-up already rumoured to feature Oliver! star Mark Lester, footballer Jason Cundy and his wife Lizzie, and snooker legend Jimmy White. Veteran actor Brian Blessed is also among those tipped to take part this year. The show will return later this autumn.
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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.
An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.