Danny Baker
Occupation: TV and radio presenterAge: 59Phobias: None, but nobody can say how they will be if you are buried underground with cockroaches falling all over you!Biggest misconception you want to dispel in the Jungle: You would have to have an ego even larger than mine to think people had any conceptions about you in the first place.Role in the Camp: Master of all trades and entertainer. I've got an exhaustive list of anecdotes.Miss most: Nothing!Dream Campmate: Jennifer Aniston
Danny Baker (or the man with no phobias, as he claims above) celebrates 40 years in show business this year - so what better way to celebrate such a feat than to put yourself through hellish Trials, basic rations and Jungle living?
Luckily, Danny has prepared himself for a trip Down Under by doing nothing at all. "I have done no preparation. It would be foolhardy to think there is something you can do. If you prepare for blue, they will give you red." We can't argue with that one.
The TV and radio presenter claims he won't miss anything at all, not even cheese and crackers or a cracking cuppa, but there is something he's certainly afraid of - not getting picked to do a Trial! "That would be the greatest trial of them all if you don't get picked" he explains. "For the sake of pure boredom, you should embrace them." Let's see if he feels the same way when covered in critters or munching on a camel's toe...