Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is back for a fourth season on Channel 4 and boasts an all-star line-up including AJ Pritchard, Calum Best, Fatima Whitbread and Maisie Smith. Bolder, better and more brutal than ever, this season of the challenge show has the biggest celebrity lineup yet, with 14 new star recruits taking on the condensed SAS selection course.
Back to put them through their paces are ex-special forces operators, chief instructor Rudy Reyes, Jason ‘Foxy’ Fox, Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham and Remi Adeleke.
“SAS is renowned for having the highest standards,” says Rudy. “We don’t care where they come from or what their net worth is. We demand full throttle excellence no matter celebrity, title or fame.” Foxy adds, “This is the hardest hit bunch of celebs to date! Fact. In this year’s helping of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, you get plenty of strength, weakness, dark times, easily some of the funniest comments, moments and huge, huge surprises. They who dare ultimately stand there deservedly.”
So here's everything you need to know about Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins on Channel 4...
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins release date
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins series 4 is a seven-episode series that starts on Channel 4 on Sunday September 4 2022 at 9pm. Episodes will also become available weekly on the streaming service All4.
What happens in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins season 4?
As always, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins will test the celebrities to their limits as they attempt to complete a condensed version of the SAS selection course. Braving the heat of the Jordanian desert, one of the harshest training environments on the planet, they will take on a number of gruelling physical and psychological challenges and face terrifying interrogations.
Ex-special forces op Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham says, “These celebrities will learn quickly that image and egos count for nothing. Many will try, but few will be chosen!”
Meet the stars of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins series 4
Here's our rundown of the 14 star recruits in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins 2022...
AJ Pritchard
Former Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer AJ Pritchard has also appeared on Celebrity Hunted in 2018 and I’m A Celebrity... in 2020. “It was enlightening. Everything about the show is so positive. Even in the most dangerous scenarios there’s always a positive to take from it. This was a massive life goal ticked. It was everything I hoped it would be and more.”
Curtis Pritchard
AJ's dancer brother Curtis appeared on Love Island in 2019. “I’ve always been into pushing myself to the extreme, but let’s be honest, Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is the most extreme show on TV,” he says. “It’s seeing whether you can cope, whether you can go to hell and back and come out the other side stronger and better. I really wanted to see if I had what it takes!”
Amber Gill
Amber won the 2019 series of Love Island, starring alongside Curtis. “Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is a massive test of who you are as an individual. I learnt so much about myself that I didn’t expect in such a short space of time, but let me tell you, it’s really hard.”
Ashley Cain
Former Coventry City footballer Ashley lost his eight-month-old daughter Azaylia to leukaemia last year. “Losing my daughter was the most difficult experience of my life. I think to combat trauma you need to step outside your comfort zone and see who you really are. There’s no better way to do that than on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, so when the opportunity came, I took it with both hands.”
Calum Best
Son of legendary footballer George Best, Calum has appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, Famously Single and Celebs go Dating. He says, “I’ve wanted to do this show since it started. It’s the coolest, most intriguing, entertaining show on TV because it shows people being challenged in a way you never get to see. It looked terrifying but I’d been asking for it for so long, so bring it on.”
Dwain Chambers
Sprinter Dwain Chambers is the fifth fastest Brit of all time in his favourite event, the 100m sprint. “I wanted to take myself out of my comfort zone, but I didn’t know what I’d let myself in for. It takes you through a series of lows that make you realise who you are. You're either somebody who crumbles under pressure, or you step up. And every single one of us stepped up. I loved every single bit of it. Would I do it again? Hell no! But I’m glad I did it.”
Fatima Whitbread MBE:
Fatima is a world record-breaking javelin thrower. She’s also appeared on I’m A Celebrity… “As a young woman I was always adventurous and living in a children’s home, I was tough and had a survival instinct, so doing Celebrity SAS: Who Dares is really a knock on from those days. I’d have liked to have done it as a young Whitbread, but I think I’ve flown the flag for older women.”
Ferne McCann
Reality star Ferne shot to fame on TOWIE and competed on Celebrity Best Home Cook last year. She’s also been on I’m A Celeb.. “It just felt like the right time in my life to be challenged. I had no idea what to expect but I wanted to see how tough it really is. You’re stripped of everything, broken down to the point you have no choice but to build yourself back up again. It was the opportunity of a lifetime and I’m so glad I’ve done it.”
Jade Jones
Taekwondo star Jade is known as ‘the headhunter’ and won Olympic gold medals in 2012 and 2016. “After losing at the last Olympics I wanted to figure myself out, I wanted to see just how tough I really am because I think I’m a bit of a baby when it comes to anything other than fighting. But I had no idea how tough it really is, they make it look easy on TV but when you’re in it, it’s brutal.”
Jennifer Ellison
Actress Jennifer made her name on Brookside, playing Emily, but has gone on to star in The Phantom of the Opera, Hotel Babylon and Sleeping Beauty. “Going on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is like labour - you go to hell and back but then you get the most incredible reward at the end which stays with you for life. It changes you and I’ll never be the same again, I’m so thankful for the experience.”
Jonathan Broom-Edwards MBE
Jonathan is a Paralympic high jumper and won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. He says: ”It’s the best experience. I would recommend it to anyone because I came out knowing more about myself and that I can endure much more hardship than I ever thought possible. I’ve taken those lessons into my everyday life moving forward."
Maisie Smith
Actress Maisie played Tiffany Butcher-Baker in EastEnders. She also took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2020. “I’ve seen the show before and I really wanted to put my mental strength to the test. I’ve always pushed myself but this was beyond limits I didn’t even know I had. It was the best experience of my life"
Pete Wicks
Pete is best known for appearing on TOWIE but he’s also been on Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls, Celebrity Masterchef and Celebs Go Dating. “I’m fortunate to have a very pampered life, so to get the chance to test what you're truly made of was an opportunity I just couldn’t turn down.”
Shannon Courtenay
Shannon is a professional boxer and held the WBA female bantamweight title between April and October last year. She says, "People only know me in the ring, they don’t know what I’m really like as a person, so I wanted to show the real me, the vulnerable side to me. If any show is going to break you down like that, it’s SAS: Who Dares Wins."
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Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins season 4 episode guide.
Here's our episode guide for series 4 of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. We'll be adding to the guide each week, so do check back.
Episode 1: Sunday September 4
In ultra-hostile Jordan terrain, 12 celebrities are dropped from black hawk helicopters into the middle of the Wadi Rum desert the 12 celebrity recruits face an intense start to the course. After being instructed by the DS to crawl through the sand in the blistering 40-degree heat, the recruits then head to a chamber where they must follow orders as they are exposed to CS. With little time to recover, the celebrities go head-to-head in close combat boxing. The fights get quite emotional for some recruits. Reality TV star Pete Wick’s regular regimen of partying and 40 cigarettes a day means he struggles from the start while fellow recruit 60-year-old former Olympic javelin star Fatima Whitbread, the oldest to take part in any series, storms through the first 24 hours leaving the DS seriously impressed.
Episode 2: Sunday September 11
All celebrities face a series of brutal exercises, designed to push the recruits to face and overcome their deepest trust issues. Trust in your teammates is vital in the Special Forces, where hesitation costs lives; but trust doesn’t come easily to actress Jennifer Ellison, when the celebrities need to depend on each other to pass some of the most dangerous challenges on selection. The recruits must first jump from a helicopter in pairs, working together to get to shore, but Pete Wicks finds himself knocked unconscious on impact with the water before recovering and swimming back to shore. When some of the group lose equipment and fail to keep their kit dry, they all have to endure a punishment beasting. They then face the ultimate test of trust – where one recruit is suspended over a 150ft cliff and freefalls down before being stopped by their partner acting as brakeman. Taekwondo Olympian Jade Jones is forced to face her demons at the top of the sheer drop and reality TV star Ferne McCann, needs to conquer her self-doubts to prevent her partner, son of a football legend, Calum Best from smashing into the ground.
Episode 3: Sunday September 18
Entering the next phase, the remaining 12 celebrity recruits will face a series of tasks which will test their resilience to its limits. In teams led by brothers and fiercely competitive sibling rivals Curtis and AJ Pritchard they face the gruelling task of moving a broken-down vehicle weighing 1000 kilos to a safety zone over half a kilometre away through thick sand. Which brother will get to the end zone first? After being banned from athletics for using performance enhancing drugs sprinter Dwain Chambers wants to put himself to test his endurance in a bid to prove to himself and the DS that he has the physical and mental capability to continue on the course. In the ultimate test of nerve and resilience, the celebrity recruits balance on ropes 160 feet above the ground to cross a ravine. Can Dwain prove he’s got what it takes? And will the Pritchard brothers prove who is the strongest sibling?
Episode 4: Sunday September 25
As the 12 remaining celebrity recruits enter the fourth phase of this condensed version of SAS selection, the DS will test their ability to stay composed when faced with some of the most terrifying tasks on the course. With emotionally charged hand-to-hand combat and having to make split second decisions about whether to shoot in a simulated war zone, the recruits are pushed to their mental limits. Pro boxer Shannon Courtney comes face to face with her anger issues and Ferne McCann confronts her fear of the dark when recruits are forced to dive backwards from a 7-metre foot platform into the waters of the gulf of Aqaba in the dead of night. At the end of this episode the DS culls two recruits. Who will lose their place on the course?
Episode 5: Sunday October 2
On a Special Forces mission, a team will be made or broken by its leader and, in this phase, Chief Instructor Rudy Reyes puts ex-footballer Ashley Cain and actress Maisie Smith to the test. In the first task, both teams must construct a zipline in the Jordanian coastal port of Aqaba and get all their equipment across a body of water, without it getting wet before going head-to-head in one of the most violent tasks on the course; murderball. They must thing strategically, using controlled aggression to gain control of a tyre. Finally, back in the blistering heat of the Jordanian desert, the two teams must work out how to load and pull a 200kg sled loaded with equipment up a narrow ravine. It’s a test of tactics as well as grit and determination. Will Maisie manage to find her voice and successfully organise her team? Will Ashley manage to control his anger and keep the focus he needs to be a good leader? Not all the recruits will make through this brutal phase as the weak must be culled before the final stages of selection.
Episode 6: Sunday October 9
Eight recruits remain for the penultimate Survival phase of the course. Chief Instructor Rudy Reyes says a soldier would rather spend a hundred days on the run, than one day in capture and tests the recruits’ ability to remain calm and act strategically under the intense pressure of imminent capture. The first task tests the recruits' reactions in a terrifying explosion and gunfire filled simulated driving ambush. Tormented by a prank that went wrong for dancer AJ Pritchard and his girlfriend, how will he fare when faced with fire again? Back on base, they face a brutal beasting designed to cut the recruits who are holding others back. Can TV personality Calum Best prove that he is tougher than his public image and use the demons from his past to fuel his determination? Can boxer Shannon Courtenay overcome an injury to complete this phase? The final challenge sends the recruits on the run. Led by Calum Best and AJ Pritchard, the teams must evade capture, or face the last and most gruelling phase of the course - interrogation.
Episode 7 final: Sunday October 16
The final episode of the series reveals who has got what it takes to pass this condensed celebrity version of SAS: Who Dares Wins. Fourteen celebrity recruits started the course – who has the mental and physical strength to make it to the end?
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