If we have learnt anything at all by now about I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here!, the tenth consecutive series of which has just opened on ITV, it’s this: that it’s a marathon, not a sprint. For that specific reason, there are legitimate concerns about Linford Christie’s ability to prosper out there in television’s most avidly watched jungle clearing.
We know the Olympic gold medal-winner to be a formidable competitor under ten seconds, but he is untested at international level over the longer distances — in this case, three weeks. We haven’t seen him do a lot of work with witchetty grubs, either, come to think of it.
So far, so good, though. Sport’s sole representative this year in the quest