Gino is the king of the jungle!

Gino is the king of the jungle!
Gino is the king of the jungle! (Image credit: Ken McKay/ITV)

*TV chef Gino D'Acampo won the ninth series of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!* Ant and Dec are back as another crop of famous faces leave behind life's little luxuries for three weeks of eating worms, witchetty grubs - and worse! - in the Australian jungle. Ex-EastEnders' star Joe Swash was crowned king of the jungle in 2008 after the cheeky chap won over viewers with his friendly banter - and who'd have thought that the Walford wideboy would have ended up best mates with Mr Sulu from Star Trek! Among those rumoured to be taking part this time round are former Coronation Street actor Bruce Jones, ex-soccer hardman Vinnie Jones, former Mis-Teeq singer Sabrina Washington and WAG Lizzie Cundy. Once again, the celebrities will have to take part in dreaded Bushtucker Trials to prove they can cope with the pressure of life in the jungle. And, as usual, it's the viewers at home who will choose who competes in the trials, who goes home and, ultimately, who wins! For those who want more than ITV1's nightly dose of entertainment, Jungle Joe will be back as a guest host on ITV2's sister show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here Now!, alongside Caroline Flack. And keep logging on to whatsontv.co.uk, to find out who's enjoying the great outdoors - and who wants out!

Patrick McLennan

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.