OUTBACK beware – it’s time for that annual Winter series of I’m A Celebrity ….. Get Me Out Of Here! involving the usual motley crew.

It all kicked off at the weekend with ex-boxer Chris Eubank, entrepreneur and ex-Dragon Duncan Bannatyne, style guru Susannah Constantine and Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley among the celebs.

In the next few weeks they’ll be undergoing the usual cringe-making tasks, sampling a variety of disgusting “dishes” involving creepy crawlies and unspeakable animal parts, and generally proving that if you want to test someone’s mettle take away life’s luxuries, starve them and incarcerate them with uncertain wildlife.

Of course, as always there are viewers’ likely favourites for the Bushtucker Trials to win meals because they are the most scared – and daft enough to show it – and choreographer Brian Friedman and Hollyoaks’ star Jorgie Porter seem likely to fill those roles.

It’s a programme that brings out the worst in viewers, although sometimes the best in individuals there – with presenters Ant and Dec always the eventual winners.