I'm A Celebrity UK bushtucker trials to include signing up for Universal Credit

THE CHALLENGES set for celebrities in the UK-based of I’m A Celebrity will include surviving a night out in Cardiff and queuing for three hours for the tip.

TV executives are confident that contestants will find tackling typically British problems such as eating a kebab from a dodgy van by a pub just as disgusting as swallowing a kangaroo’s testicle.

Producer Lauren Hewitt said: “Spending a few nights on a Scottish moor might not seem that bad, but anyone who has ever been camping in Britain will confirm that it’s uncomfortable, frightening and depressing.

“We’re mulling over really difficult bushtucker trial options like attending an interview at the Jobcentre or forcing down a Wetherspoon’s chicken jalfrezi.

“The only issue really is that we haven’t got many creepy insects in the UK, so we might just ask them to have a pint with Nigel Farage instead.

“To be honest, as long as the celebrities look like wankers, no one’s going to give a shit where it’s filmed.”

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