Sally Bercow, Heather Mills and Strictly's Ola to face The Jump

Speaker's wife Sally Bercow, Heather Mills and Strictly's Ola Jordan take on The Jump. Credit: PA Wire

Speaker's wife Sally Bercow, Sir Paul McCartney's ex Heather Mills and Strictly Come Dancing star Ola Jordan are among contestants who will take part in Channel 4's daredevil show The Jump.

They will join Mike Tindall - the husband of Zara Phillips - and Gogglebox tippler Dom Parker as they take on a series of winter sporting challenges.

The first series, staged earlier this year, led to numerous injuries among the famous competitors, with two of the four people in the final having to retire due to injury.

Ex-rugby union player Mike Tindall with his wife, Zara Phillips. Credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire

Bercow is no stranger to TV, previously appearing in Celebrity Big Brother as well as landing a Channel 5 series with Big Fat Gypsy Wedding's Paddy Doherty.

Jordan partnered TV wildlife expert Steve Backshall in the latest series of Strictly, but the pair were eliminated from the BBC1 show last month.

Also in the line-up for The Jump are Jackass prankster Steve-O, ex-JLS star JB Gill, and choreographer and ex-Dancing On Ice judge Louie Spence.

Louis Spence has already appeared on Channel 5's Celebrity Big Brother Credit: Doug Peters/Doug Peters/EMPICS Entertainment

The show also features a string of veterans from ITV's I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!, including:

  • Former cricketer Phil Tufnell

  • One-time Pussycat Doll Ashley Roberts

  • Towie's Joey Essex

  • X Factor singer Stacey Solomon

The 16 contestants have already begun training for the show, which will see them put through their paces in events such as bobsleigh, slalom and ski cross.

But they will have to compete even to join the programme. Hopefuls will tackle a skeleton run, with the fastest racers directly qualifying.

The other stars will be involved in a live ski jump. Those who achieve the shortest distances will have to sit out as substitutes.

Last year's winner Joe McElderry had been drafted in following an injury among the competitors.