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Celebrities ready? Louise Minchin, Rob Beckett, Joel Dommett and Ellie Taylor are confirmed to star in a BBC special of physically challenging show


Four famous faces are preparing to compete in the BBC spin-off Celebrity Gladiators.

On Wednesday, BBC confirmed Rob Beckett, 38, Louise Minchin (pictured), 55, Joel Dommett, 39, and Ellie Taylor, 40, will be taking on the gruelling challenge in a special episode Its arrival on the prime time Saturday night schedule proved to be a ratings winner for the BBC, with 28 day viewing figures revealing 9.8million tuned in for the first episode. 'I can reveal we are going to do a celebrity special,' Executive Producer and Hungry Bear Media Managing Director Dan Baldwin, husband of TV presenter Holly Willoughby, told Radio 4.

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