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Mark Jefferies & Katherine Heslop

I'm a Celeb kicking off with extra long special as start date and time confirmed

I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! is set to return to our screens with a mammoth episode, as the jungle shenanigans begin.

The long-running ITV show starts on Sunday, November 6, at 9pm, with a 105 minute special, which we will see the celebs explain why they have signed up.

Ant and Dec are then poised to set a series of challenges for them to make their way into the jungle camp near the town of Murwillumbah in New South Wales.

Radio DJ Chris Moyles, Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver and Love Island star Olivia Attwood will be among the celebs getting close to creepy crawlies in Australia this series, which, as ever, will be hosted by duo Ant and Dec.

Chris was the first star confirmed to be in the line-up, after landing at Brisbane airport on Tuesday, followed by Olivia later.

Others celebs who have since been confirmed, by their arrival in Oz, are Hollyoaks' Owen Warner, and Sue.

Famous faces thought to be entering the jungle, but yet to arrive Down Under, are Rugby star and royal Mike Tindall, Loose Women star Charlene White and Culture Club's Boy George.

Chris, 48, posed for photos in sunglasses and was in a joking mood as he got into a waiting car.

Chris Moyles touching down in Brisbane airport ahead of I'm a Celeb (James Gourley/REX/Shutterstock)

Asked if he was looking forward to spending time in Australia, Chris said: "It should be nice, fingers crossed anyway."

Quizzed if he was scared of things in the jungle like snakes and spiders he joked: "There's lots of everything in this country, like sport and beer and I am not scared of sport of beer. So I think I will be alright."

He then added: "I have absolutely no idea what my family and friends would think of me doing a show like I'm A Celebrity.

Olivia Atwood arrived in an all-black ensemble for her time in stint in the jungle (Media-Mode / SplashNews.com)
Dressed in a leopard print cap and matching top, Sue arrived in Oz (Mirror Star Express)

"I have never asked them. But I think they would be much more nervous about me doing Antiques Roadshow."

Hosts Ant and Dec said they wanted to see Moyles as a campmate back in 2012 when Moyles was still a huge star on Radio 1.

Chris and Olivia arrived around 10 days before the start of the series, much earlier than usual, with Sue and Owen arriving a day letter.

ITV asked the celebrities to arrive around a week in advance so they could isolate and also be tested for covid.

If they were to be unfortunate and pick up coronavirus on the flight over, the idea was there might be enough time to isolate and still test negative before the series starts.

An ITV source told the Mirror: "The celebrities are arriving earlier than previous years to isolate and test for covid before entering camp."

I'm a Celeb is back in Australia this year after the show was filmed in north Wales last year due to Covid.

Before the celebs even arrived there has been drama at the camp, after weather forced the site to close.

On, Tuesday, it was reported filming operations had ceased as a "precautionary measure", thanks to severe flooding.

A spokeswoman for ITV told the PA news agency: "We closed site for 24 hours as a precautionary measure due to the inclement weather."

The Aussie camp was evacuated in 2015 as thunder, lightning and torrential rain poured into the jungle.

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