Our Girl star jungle terror

OUR Girl star Michelle Keegan was shocked when a crew member on the BBC drama got bitten by a spider as they shot scenes in a jungle – and was “15 minutes from death.”

The team was in Malaysia when Andrea Bamford – a script expert on the army medics series – fell ill.

“She lost all colour in her face,” a witness said: “After a couple of minutes she couldn’t walk.

“The medic on set only had antihistamine and paracetamol.

“Luckily there was a crew member who used to work with the military and he said Andrea was going into shock.

“He took control and took her to hospital. They hooked her up on a drip and said if she was 15 minutes later she would have died. Everyone, including Michelle, is completely shocked and feels like they are in danger.

“Bosses had to assure them that it’s fine to continue filming.”

Two weeks earlier they had filmed in an area with no phone signal. The insider said: “What would have happened then? It would have been awful.”

Malaysia has 425 species of spider, including the brown widow and hunstman (inset) which can kill with one bite.

Michelle – Lance Corporal Georgie Lane in the series, which returns next month – has told previously of sleep deprivation during gruelling filming.

Crew also complain of poor sanitation including a loo made from a chair and a plastic bag.

The BBC said: “Our priority is always the health and safety of cast and crew on set.

“The crew member has fully recovered following treatment on set and in hospital and returned to work.”