I’m a Celebrity 2024 is too nice – you’d get more thrills re-reading Coleen Rooney’s Wagatha Christie tweets

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ITV’s biggest hire last year was Reform politician Nigel Farage, and watching the former Ukip leader attempt to burnish his “man of the people” credentials on prime time made for stomach-churning viewing; somehow, it felt even more dystopian than Matt Hancock’s haunting stint the previous year. “It’ll be nice for Coleen to face a trial that doesn’t involve Rebekah Vardy,” Dec quips five minutes into the episode, in what will surely be the first of many invocations of Mrs Rooney’s nemesis. Later, it’s time for boxer Barry McGuigan and Danny Jones from McFly to take on the “Mausoleum of Misery”, a challenge that quickly devolves into chaotic double entendres involving snakes in trousers after two find their into the musician’s shorts. If you’re after twists and turns, you’d probably get more of a thrill re-reading Coleen’s “Rebekah Vardy’s account” tweet.