Charlie Brooks, The Rock set for I'm a Celeb?

Charlie Brooks, The Rock set for I'm a Celeb?
Charlie Brooks, The Rock set for I'm a Celeb? (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

Charlie Brooks is rumoured to have signed up for I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! The EastEnders actress is one of the 12 stars heading Down Under when the ITV1 reality show returns later this month, reported the Daily Mirror. It's thought she will join stars including former Corrie actress Helen Flanagan, Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts, ex-Doctor Who star Colin Baker, Ladette To Lady cook Rosemary Schrager, darts champ Eric Bristow, boxer David Haye, Birds Of A Feather star Linda Robson and Made In Chelsea's Hugo Taylor. Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and an unnamed 70s pop star are also tipped to enter the jungle. An ITV source said: "Producers are delighted with this year's line-up. They feel that there is a really good mix. They've been trying to find the right celebrities for a few months now and are pleased with who they have selected." The insider added that TV bosses are thrilled to have landed Albert Square star Charlie, calling it 'a real coup'. "She has been on TV since she was young and they're looking forward to the public seeing what she's really like," the source said. I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! returns to ITV1 on Sunday, November 11, and will again be hosted by Ant and Dec.

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.