I've got to be honest, I'm surprised there are no out and out comedians in this year's I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, so I did wonder whether I should write about it.
But having seen that the line-up includes Richard Madeley I'm sure there is going to be plenty of comedy here. Even if it is mainly of the awkward Alan Partridge variety.
The second episode quickly revealed that French Silver Fox David Ginola snores. Well that scuppers my image of him as a cross between a Gallic Paul Hollywood and a quiffy big nosed Billy Bragg. He redeemed himself, however, with some very impressive press ups. I'd put the smart money on him now.
He also amazed everyone by saying he had a near death experience, with his heart stopping for twelve minutes after he had a heart attack. The surgeon said to him: "It's a miracle, nine out of ten would have died" "Am I going back for a purpose?" asked Ginola - yes, to win I'm A Celebrity obviously. Record producer Naughty Boy was very impressed, looking into Ginola's steely eyes and swooning.
The ten celebrities taking part are Broadcaster and ex-BBC Breakfast Host – Louise Minchin, Olympic Gold Medallist – Matty Lee, Radio 1Xtra DJ – Snoochie Shy, needs no introduction Richard Madeley, Choreographer – Dame Arlene Phillips, DBE, Music Producer– Naughty Boy, Paralympic Gold Medallist– Kadeena Cox, MBE, Football Legend – David Ginola, Pop Star and Presenter – Frankie Bridge, Emmerdale Star – Danny Miller.
The real comedy comes from Ant and Dec who really are a brilliant double act on this. I haven't heard a camera crew laugh this much since the golden era of Tiswas. In fact sometimes i think the laughter is a bit too much. But there is no denying that they brighten up the show every night. One highlight tonight was when Ant tried to used slang such as "sick" and Dec said: "You're 46, you're not fooling anyone." If they are doing it off the cuff give them a pay rise. If it's scripted give the writer a pay rise.
They were even quite topically satirical at times, at one point Dec pretending to lose his place in the 'script' and shuffling the pages and saying "fogive me" over and over again just like Boris Johnson during his CBI speech this morning.
But David Ginola is definitely turning out to be a star turn too - giving Danny a manly hug and an inspirational pep talk before his Bushtucker "Can I have a sip of uterus" Trial...I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, Nightly, ITV1, 9pm.
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