Gef Box: Your Favourite Celebs are Returning to the Jungle

I’m not sure I’m quite ready to dedicate myself to daily viewing of celebrities in a jungle again… but here we are.

I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! South Africa

It’s back with an all-stars version, so get ready to watch your favourite celebs put themselves through further torment in this year’s show to become the ultimate I’m A Celebrity legend.

The names confirmed to return are Diversity dancer and radio DJ Jordan Banjo, boxing champion Amir Khan, ex-England cricketer Phil Tufnell, TV presenter Carol Vorderman, Olympic athlete Fatima Whitbread, supermodel Janice Dickinson, singer-songwriter Shaun Ryder, soap star Helen Flanagan, and former royal butler Paul Burrell.

These won’t be the only campmates making a return, with more due to show up throughout the series. Here’s me hoping one of them is Gillian McKeith…

As ever, Ant and Dec will be hosting as the celebs face hunger, homesickness, and challenges untold. Usually filmed in Australia, I can’t help but wonder what else could be new this time around.

The series begins tonight at 9pm on ITV1.

Malpractice

This new medical thriller sees a successful doctor live through her worst nightmare.

After the strange death of one of her patients, Dr Lucinda Edwards is being investigated for allegations of medical malpractice. While some come to her aid, others are suspicious of Lucinda’s behaviour and decisions in the lead-up to the patient’s death.

We meet Lucinda, played by Niamh Algar, on the shift that ends in the death of the opioid overdose victim – a chilling place to start as viewers are thrown right into the action of a busy ward and spiraling problems. The investigation begins to fracture Lucinda’s marriage as cracks start to show in her professional exterior.

It aired its first episode last night so catch up on ITVX and watch it Sundays on ITV1 at 9pm.

Binge-worthy box sets

Penguin Town

I found myself scrolling on Netflix for something to watch with my partner over Easter break and came across Penguin Town. Before we knew it, we’d finished all eight episodes.

As someone who prefers to follow a story rather than have facts shoved in my face every second, this was the perfect watch.

Every year between February and August, over 2,500 endangered penguins descend on Simon’s Town in South Africa for breeding season. This series follows a number of them as they face immeasurable challenges in their search for a mate and in raising their young. Unexpectedly, it’s now one of my favourite documentary series.

Narrated by Patton Oswalt, it’s set on Boulders Beach and the area surrounding it within a suburb of Cape Town. Serving up its fair share of fun, it also mulls over the harder times these penguins have to face.

For anyone who decides to give it a go, my personal favourites were the Bougainvillia family – solely due to Mr Bougainvillia, the penguin whose story strongly resembles that of fictional hitman John Wick (seriously).

Watch it on Netflix.

Specials

The Real Mo Farah

Of all the documentaries I’ve seen that recount a celebrity’s life, this one takes the cake for the most shocking.

Sir Mo Farah is a British-Somali long-distance runner, known for being the most successful male track distance runner ever, with 10 global championship medals. He is also the most successful British track athlete in modern Olympic Games history.

The sportsman reveals his name is not the one he was given at birth and that he was, in fact, trafficked to the UK when he was nine years old. He was forced to work as a domestic servant after arriving from Djibouti in East Africa. Sir Mo was flown over by a woman he had never met, and then made to look after another family’s children.

The documentary delves deeper into his background and reveals the truth behind his childhood and what happened to his parents. He also speaks about the years leading up to his wins at the London 2012 Olympics.

Stream it on BBC iPlayer. Here is the BBC News report that came after the special.