Celebs on the run
PICK OF THE DAY
THIS tense reality show returns with a celebrity special for Stand Up To Cancer, to see if some famous faces can go off grid and escape capture.
Somewhat more tricky if you are a celebrity, in one of the most fame-obsessed countries in the world.
“I cannot bear the thought of someone chasing me,” says broadcaster Anneka Rice. Did her agent not explain the premise of the show?
She’s escaping alone, while the other six are in pairs – Made in Chelsea’s Jamie Laing and Spencer Matthews, The Wanted’s Jay McGuiness and Siva Kaneswaran, and Steph and Dom Parker from Gogglebox. There are others that spring to mind, who we would have happily sent on the run (Katie Hopkins anyone?), but here we are.
And as they begin, I know who my money’s on – she just needs her Challenge Anneka jumpsuit.
Meanwhile, Steph and Dom saunter along with their posh wheelie suitcases – absolutely no sense of urgency as an elite team of trackers (headed by ex-Scotland Yard chief Peter Bleksley) get to work.
The team has 14 days to find them, but at this rate the whole thing might be over within an hour.
The idea here is to see if the famous can really disappear. But the real question is, do they really want to? From some of the displays of attention-seeking here, it’s doubtful.
Steph and Dom jump into a chauffeur-driven vintage car and wave at passers-by. Jay and Siva plan to use their army of fans as a smoke screen, while Jamie and Spencer make use of their boats and helicopters, and Anneka intends to be whisked away by John Illsley from Dire Straits.
This doesn’t sound very low-key to us...
But it’s entertaining and all for a good cause.