Overview
- Channel 4 launches the new celebrity run at 9pm on Sunday, January 4, with eight one-hour episodes available live and to stream this month.
- The series was shot in North Africa and puts recruits through a condensed version of SAS selection in extreme heat.
- Chief Instructor Billy Billingham leads the Directing Staff team of Jason Fox, Rudy Reyes and Chris Oliver.
- Fourteen recruits are split into Team UK and Team Australia, with names including Gabby Allen, Dani Dyer, Ben Cohen and Graeme Swann facing Jessika Power, Mack Horton, Emily Seebohm and Ryan Moloney.
- Contestants report heavy editing of the experience, with Gabby Allen estimating viewers miss about 80 percent, and Mack Horton citing deliberate tests such as a box of chocolates left to tempt recruits.