Matt Hancock was paid £320,000 to appear on last season’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here and a further £45,000 for Channel 4’s Celebrity Sas: Who Dares Wins, UK parliamentary documents have revealed.
UK government rules obliged the former Health Secretary to report in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests that he received the money from I’m a Celebrity producer Lifted Entertainment on 14 December – two weeks after filming ended – after appearing on the show for 30 days. Hancock has previously said he donated £10,000 of the fee to charity.
He received the £45,000 from Sas maker Minnow Films via Shine Talent Management on 28 October and the Channel 4 show will air later this year.
The disgraced former Health Secretary, who resigned in 2021 after footage emerged of him breaking his own Covid-19 guidance after having an affair with an aide, sparked debate up and down the country following his I’m a Celebrity appearance,...
UK government rules obliged the former Health Secretary to report in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests that he received the money from I’m a Celebrity producer Lifted Entertainment on 14 December – two weeks after filming ended – after appearing on the show for 30 days. Hancock has previously said he donated £10,000 of the fee to charity.
He received the £45,000 from Sas maker Minnow Films via Shine Talent Management on 28 October and the Channel 4 show will air later this year.
The disgraced former Health Secretary, who resigned in 2021 after footage emerged of him breaking his own Covid-19 guidance after having an affair with an aide, sparked debate up and down the country following his I’m a Celebrity appearance,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Channel 4 has enjoyed a swipe at the ongoing cost of living crisis in a message marking the 100th anniversary of the BBC.
The broadcaster celebrated its centenary on 18 October, having originally been established back in 1922.
In a tweet, rival broadcaster Channel 4, which was not founded until 60 years after the BBC, wished it a “Happy Birthday”, but took the chance to make a joke about the current state of the UK.
“Happy Birthday @BBC on your 100th birthday!” wrote the official Channel 4 account, alongside a “party popper” emoji.
“When you were founded we had a King, no one knew if they could afford to put their heating on and we’d just lived through a global pandemic. Times really do change!”
The BBC itself is marking the occasion in a number of ways.
From the 24 to 28 October, the popular topical series The One Show is being renamed The One Hundred...
The broadcaster celebrated its centenary on 18 October, having originally been established back in 1922.
In a tweet, rival broadcaster Channel 4, which was not founded until 60 years after the BBC, wished it a “Happy Birthday”, but took the chance to make a joke about the current state of the UK.
“Happy Birthday @BBC on your 100th birthday!” wrote the official Channel 4 account, alongside a “party popper” emoji.
“When you were founded we had a King, no one knew if they could afford to put their heating on and we’d just lived through a global pandemic. Times really do change!”
The BBC itself is marking the occasion in a number of ways.
From the 24 to 28 October, the popular topical series The One Show is being renamed The One Hundred...
- 10/18/2022
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Celebrity Sas: Who Dares Wins viewers spotted an uncanny lookalike of UK prime minister Liz Truss during the series finale on Sunday (16 October).
The Channel 4 reality show’s finale saw stars including EastEnders’ Maisie Smith, Strictly Come Dancing’s Aj Pritchard and Towie’sFerne McCann all pass the intense Special Air Services screening process.
But many fans of the show were distracted by one of the Sas interrogators, who bore an uncanny resemblance to Truss.
“Has anyone noticed the interrogator on Celeb Sas bears a remarkable resemblance to Liz Truss?” one viewer wrote on Twitter.
“Liz Truss on Celebrity Sas tonight. She is a much better interrogator than she is Prime Minister,” said another.
“Is Liz Truss’ absence explained by her moonlighting as the female interrogator in Celebrity Sas: Who Dares Wins?” someone else joked.
On the season finale of the show, Calum Best, as well as Smith, Pritchard and McCann,...
The Channel 4 reality show’s finale saw stars including EastEnders’ Maisie Smith, Strictly Come Dancing’s Aj Pritchard and Towie’sFerne McCann all pass the intense Special Air Services screening process.
But many fans of the show were distracted by one of the Sas interrogators, who bore an uncanny resemblance to Truss.
“Has anyone noticed the interrogator on Celeb Sas bears a remarkable resemblance to Liz Truss?” one viewer wrote on Twitter.
“Liz Truss on Celebrity Sas tonight. She is a much better interrogator than she is Prime Minister,” said another.
“Is Liz Truss’ absence explained by her moonlighting as the female interrogator in Celebrity Sas: Who Dares Wins?” someone else joked.
On the season finale of the show, Calum Best, as well as Smith, Pritchard and McCann,...
- 10/17/2022
- by Furvah Shah
- The Independent - TV
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